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She &mnral iTjai VOL. X. PRESIDENT TAFT URGES SENATORS TO EXPEWTE WORK May Call Extra Session if Con gress Fails To Settle Sana dian Reciprocity Question During This Term WASHINGTON. Feb. B.—President Taft today summoned Senators Crane, of Massachusetts, and Carter, of Mon tana, to the WhiM House to urge upon them the necessity of expediting legib le don in the senate, so there would be no necessity for an extra session of congress Vice President Sherman and Senator Smoot also were in conference with the president. If "administration’* senators had any doubt about the attitude of President Tuft toward the projected Canadian rec iprocity agreement, it was removed when Senators Crane and Carter returned to the capltol today from a conference with hr. Taft. The message which these sen ators brought to their colleagues was that there must be a vote on the agree ment at the present session, or congress will bo called back in extra session al most immediately after adjournment on March 4 Although Messrs. Crane and Carter de clined to discuss their mission to the White House, the report soon leaked out that the president was insistent upon a vote. It is said he made plain bis/belief that the country generally favored the adoption of a reciprocal trade agreemen: with Canada; that the McCall bill to put the agreement into force, would pass the house with a large majority and that the senate would enact the measure if given an opportunity to vote upon it. The rules of the senate which permit un trammeled discussion of a measure are the principal obstacles to a vote in that body. It is known that Senators Heyburn and Bailey are bitterly opposed to the agreement and that the opposition extends also to most of the progressive Republicans who represent agricultural states Senators Crane and Carter en tered M once upon a campaign designed to advance the president's program The impression has prevailed at the capltol that President Taft would insist upon votes on both the Canadian agree ment and the bill to create a permanent tariff board, but this partially was re moved today. According to the general report at the capltol the president places the Canadian agreement above the tariff board measure and would be satisfied if the former were enacted at this ses sion If an extra session should be called by the president on account of the senate to agree on the Canadian agreement it Is understood the president would de mand the creation of a permanent tariff board and might go so far as to prom ise data cn the wool and woolen sched ule of the tariff act if th# Democratic house desired it. / John Norris, representative of the Itehers. informed the committee of the house today that he would present a statement tomorrow showing that the paper and psilp clause of the Canadian agreement should be Immediately ratified, without change of language Mr. Norris stated that mistaken im pressions existed a» to the effect of thia feature of the agreement; and that he would have a complete summary of Can adian restrictive laws and other facts bearing upon the situation to present to the committee. COLD WAVE WiITSAVE • GEORGIA PEACH CROP Conensus of Opinion Is That Crop North of Macon May Be Saved State Entomologist E. L. Worsham 1 stated Monday morning that the pres ent weather conditions looked favorable : for the peach crop In the state in the| section north of Macon. *Tf the present rain." said Mr. Worsham, "is followed' by a cold spell, the crop north of Ma- i con should be saved. South of that point I I am afraid the blossoms have advanced I so far that there is small chance of a good erop being realised." From reports received by the state en tomologist the chances for a good peach I crop are considered more favorable than I they were during the past week at j which time warm weather was being ex perienced throughout the entire state, i and the peadh x trees were beginning to blossom. Especially was this true of I the early peaches which were reported in | full bloom In many sections. State Entomologist Worsham states that there is practically no danger of | the crop being killed by the cold until > the blossoms have opened to such an' extent that the water can enter the centers and then become frozen from | cold weather. From reports received it | appears/that only the very early peaches have progressed to this stage, except I In the southern section of the state where practically all tree are in full * bloom. “If the weather changes and the con- I dit'.ons of past week are renewd." con tinued Mr. Worsham, "the chances are that the outlook for a peach crop will bo very blue Other fruit is not in any serious danger, as apples and pears usu- . ally bloom several weeks later than the peach trees ” At the Georgia Fruit -exchange it was state that the condition of the “peach 1 crop at present is pretty much of a gamble” It was the opinion of the men In that office that the chances were favorable for the crop being saved in the event that a cold wave followed the rain Monday. "The chances are favorable even tn the southern section, where the trees are In full bloom.” It was stated- If a strong wind, comes up and dries the blossoms a cold wave might sot do materia! damage in that sec tion. and would certainly save the I greater part of the crop in the north-1 er in part of the state" ♦ ♦ ♦ 190.000 BGCHB AM SETBBD ♦ e* OM ACCOUNT OF AGE ♦ e- BOSTON, Feb .4.—Because of ob- ♦ ♦ jeetlon to their age. 10.0 TO dozens of ♦ ♦ eggs consigned by a Chicago cem- ♦ e pany to Boston bekers. were seized ♦ «■ by the federal officials here today e ♦ ♦ BOOMING OF SOOTH WILL BE THE THEME OF BJGCffIIGRESS Southern Commercial Con- gress Will Hold Three Days’ Sessions in Atlanta Next Month What promises to be one of the moat Important events in the industrial his tory of the south will take place at At lanta on March 8. 9 and 10. On that occasion, which will be the third annual meeting of the Southern Commercial Congress, some of the most famous men of this country will tell about the south's physical recovery. The meeting. In the words of G. Grosvenor Dawe, who Is the dynamic force behind this new move ment In the south, "will be historic in its setting and historic in Its effect. It comes here just 60 years after the states of the south were unted In a struggle of arms. It typifies a new un ion of the south along the constructive lines of commerce and business endeav or, the several states vying w/th each other in the wise use of their great nat ural resources, that they may. through their prosperity and development, use their enormous resources for the strengthening and enrichment of ths na tion of which they are an integral part.” Among the speakers at this congress will be President Taft. ex-Presldent The odore Roosevelt, the Mexican ambassa dor, Senator Money, Senator Fletcher, George W. Perkins, late of the banking house of J. P. Morgan A C.; Mr. George Westinghouse, the famous Inventor; Judge Elbert H. Gary, of the steel trust; the secretary of agriculture, the French ambassador, Baron de Rio Branco, of I Brazil; the British ambassador, John Barrett, the minister to Argentina, Col. j John Temple Graves, editor of the New > York American; Atherton Brownell, | president of the Century Syndicate: ex- Senator Gordon, of Mississippi; Bernard N. Baker, the commissioner of education, ' Surgeon General Wyman, T. V. Powder- j ly, the director of the bureau of mines, William G. McAdoo, builder of the Hud son river tube system; Gov. Woodrow Wilson. Mayor Gaynor, of New York; the secretary of war. These are but a few of the speakers who will address the speakers who will address the meet- | ing, and the list of names indicates that the proceedings will have an interest which will be nothing lees than national hi Its scope. ICE IS RUSHED TO SAVE MEATS Bulloch County Farmers Will „ Lose HeaylU -Unless Cold Weaiher Comes STATESBORO, Ga.. Feb. -It Is gen erally predicted now that the fruit crop in this section will be cut down by cold this season. This Is especially true of plums, peaches and pears. The peach trees are pink with blossom and plum trees are white. Not only is fear entertained for the fruit crop, but much uneasiness is felt for the country meat. Many farmers are now sending to Savannah for Ice to i keep their meat on. Some farmers hav« already lost much of their pork, and unless it turns cold Bulloch county will suffer a great loss in this product. Many of the farmers haste not killed their larger hogs, waiting until after Christmas when they thought they would have better weather. Since then they have not dared to make the venture, and It is feared that the remaining cold spells will not be suffi ciently long for them to kill their choice meat. « Another thing worrying them Is the | fact that feed is running low, and the pork will become poor before they can kill, if they can kill them at all. THIS HEAVY SUBSOIL PLOW WORKS WONDERS IN DEKALB Governor-Elect Srrrfth Is Having Some Model Farming Done On His 600-Acre Farm--The Plow in the Picture Goes Sixteen Inches Deep, Greatly Increasing Land’s Produc tiveness / It was mentioned to a reporter of The Journal In Decatur Saturday afternoon that some deep plowing was being done nearby on the 600-acre farm of Gov eleet Hoke Smith. A visit was paid to the farm, where the experiment was being made. After a drive of a little over a mile a turn tn the ropd disclosed an open view of the ten-acre tract where the work was being done. A large turn plow was sagn drawn bv two immense mules, turning the dark brown soil in neat furrows six to eight inches deep. Following behind this plow two more large mules pulling the sub-soil plow which was following tn the furrow made HOW FARMERS WELCOMED FARM TRAIN ON FIRST DA Y _ . _______________ . — _— r ~ it, _- X • 1J Al/ *• aammnMK 1 / JKklt/, B| SSm'WMnKssi 1 wX JEAMb« -aF w« "JOHJa TnTilflMHW »V Y « . lite.nw.insjl The two pictures show the crowds at Commerce, where the agricultural train made its first stop. The lower left hand picture shows ths machinery and stock oars at Cornelia. The lower right hand picture is that of a group of ths largo crowds at that place. FH PROSPECTS MO FOO COMING SEISON Model Farm Manager Says Mild Weather Has Helped Early Planting SAVANNAH, G*., Feb. 10. —The farming prospects for the coming ssason are good, according to Prof. James M. Johnson, manager of the model farm which is op erated in the county under the auspices of the chamber of- commerc and which has just completed if* first year. The prevalent warm weather, with plenty of sunshine, has afforded ideal opportunities for the planting of the aerly crope. Cabbage and lettuce plants have al ready been set /out and are doing well. But little apprehension is felt that the cold wave anticipated about the last of the present month will affect them in any way. The cabbage plant la capable of standing a temperature of 13 degrees above zero, while the lettuce plants will live at 24 degrees. Land tlMP®u<hout this section has been plowed and fertilized and is now ready for the sowing of potatoes. The plants will not appear above the ground, how ever, until around March 1. which will af ford them a good opportunity of escaping the frosts. With sufficient warning, even after the plants have come up. a covering of pine straw will protect them. Professor Johnson is by no means san guine about, the peach crop. The trees are now in full bloom, he says, and after they have become set a killing frost will destroy the crop. Should a cold wave set in now and stop further progress of the blossoms, the crop would probably not be greatly damaged. by the turning plow. Mr. Joel Strickland, the tenant in charge of the land on which the big plows were at work, gave the following statement: "This piece of ground will now make ; over a bale of cotton or over 50 bush els of corn to the acre. "Four years ago it was the poorest kind of red clay. We broke It up and I put in peas the first year and then we put it in wheat and clover. "We fertilised with stable manure and we plowed pretty deep. We got down probably about eight Inches deep and T made a bale of cotton on It last year , to the acre. "Now I am using the sub-soil plow and ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1911. LIVE NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Senator Ter rell’s condition was, reported as slightly Improved today at 11 o’clock, by the authorities at George Washington hos pital. He spent a comfortable night, is conscious and cheerful today. It was learned this morning that a case of Bright’s disease underlies the stroke of paralysis, and it is regarded as doubtful whether the senator ever per manently regains his health and strength. Most of the improvement shown thus far by the senator has been in the power of speech, which was af fected by the stroke. ERIE, Pa., Feb. 9.—A mystery of un usual caliber has developed here in the discovery that a body has been stolen from the vault here of the family es the late 'Congressman William- L. Scott. The police of communities within 40 miles have bein notified of the crime. t The discovery was made by two men walking through tlie Erie cemetery. The family wm immediately notified and a watch was placed in the cemetery at midnight last after all assurances were made that the missing body was not in the vault. WASHINGTON, D <5., Feb. tions this afternoon point to probable passage by the house today of a bill providing for 433 members of congress under the new reappointment bill. On this basis, Georgia would gain a repre senatlve in congress, and no state in the union would lose a single member. Per sons who claim to know declare that the Republican caucus plan of restricting the membership will be defeated by five or WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 9—The six votes. fight against reciprocity took on a new phase today when from administraHon sources came the charge that the lum ber trust is trying to beat the agree ment. It is revenge upon President Taft for his activity against Senator Lorimer. we are plowing 16 inches deep. I expect to make at least a bale and a half to the acre. "Governor Smith hja been after us to do deep plowing and he gave us the sub soil plow. “One pair of the mules are mine and one pair one of my neighbors. It takes four mules to pull the two plows so he and I are exchanging time and mules and are each trying ten acres plowed 16 Inches deep. “It is surprising how quick this red clay will get rich if you put a reasonable amount of stable manure on it and go down deep enough to make it hold the water and cultivate it svery two or three years in peas.” MARIETTA, Ohio, Feb. 9.—Edward E. Epler, former auditor of the Marietta, Columbus and Cleveland rallrffhd, who is charged with embezzling $5,000 of the funds of the railroad, escaped from the county jail early today. George Bayless, arrested on a charge of burglary, escaped with Epler. I The county jail is situated upon the fourth floor of the court house and this was the first escape ever made there from. NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—lt was learned today, according to a dispatch from Rome, that th* Miss Brown, who sailed from New Yer® on ths liner Cincinnati W|M not Miss Wteothy Arnold, the miss ing heiress, but Miss Marjorie Afnold, of Atlanta, Ga. It was at first thought that Miss Brown was the missing heir ess, who has been sought for the past 59 days, but this theory was set at rest when tyiss Brown gave out the follow ing Interview: CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. B.—Rumors are current of one of the worst snow slides in the history of the Canadian Pacific railroad at Glacier, British Co lumbia. It is .not know whether any transcontinental trains were caught in the slide or whether lives were lost. OFICEBSIFEIFGTEII B! GEORGII FRUIT MEN Next Meeting of State Horti cultural Society to Be Held in Athens / (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) / : THOMASVILLE. Ga.. Feb. 9.—The ses sion today of the Georgia State Horti cultural society has been a busy one for* the members and with the reading of papers, the discussions upon the various Srtcs taken up and the reports of com ttees every moment of the time, has been fully occupied. . The program of taw meeting hgffTiem pretty fully carried out; only or twff of thoee scheduled for articles being absent. President the South-' era railway, was unavoidably absent but he sent his article on the ‘•Conservation As Applicable to .horticulture is GeO» gla,” which was read and listened tp with grat interest by all present! Mr. Finley's paper was along the fine of using the horticultural advantages pf this state so as to make them of the hlgheet value and ae applied to the horticultural Industry, it falls under two branches, conservation as applicable to production and conservation as applicable to mar keting. “The Present Status of the Pecan In dustry,” by J. B. Wight, of Cairo, was of special interest to the people of this section as well as the members of the society, as this industry is exciting great attention and is being much talked about all over the south just now, The afternoon session was devoted chiefly to reports, etc., the election of officers, and a place of meeting. L. A. Berckmans, of Augusta, was elected pres ident, to succeed his late father; B. W. Hunt, of Eatonton, vice, president; T. H. McHatton, treasurer, and J. B. Wight, secretary. The next meeting will be held in Ath ens In January, it being proposed to hold a joint session with the State Agricultu ral society, the Dairymen's association, etc., which meet in that city at that time. ♦ ♦ ♦ WELL-TO-DO FARMER ♦ ♦ HANGS SELF FROM TREE. ♦ ♦ DAHLONEGA, Ga.. Feb. 9.- ♦ ♦ Frank Jones, a well-to-do citizen ♦ ♦ of Lumpkin county, committed sui- ♦ ♦ cide by hanging himself from the ♦ ♦ limb of a tree early Tuesday ♦ ♦ morning. ♦ ♦ Despondency brought on by ill ♦ health is thought to be the cause. -«■ ♦ Mr. Jones owned two or three ♦ e- farms near Dahlonega, his home ♦ ♦ being on one of these some three ♦ ♦ miles from town. He leaves a wife ♦ ♦ and several children. ♦ ■e ♦ REGISTRATION LAND LAW IS FAVORED BY BARRETT President of Farmers’ Union Says Such Legislation Will Aid Members UNION CITY, Ga., Feb. 7.—President Charles S Barrett, of the Farmers’ National union la heartily in accord -with the plans for legislation In Georgia for a land title and registration law, along lines jit. the .Torrens stautes. Speaking of the proposed legislation. President Barrett said: "I have made a study of the operation of ths law in several states," he con* tlnubd, "and my observation has unh formly been of a favorable nature. "The state of North Carolina employe the system, and would not exchange it for any other. At the recent Farm ers’ union national convention, held at Charlotte, there was much discussion of the Torrens idea, and members generally expressed themselves In unqualified ap proval of It. “Sentiment for the law is growing in Virginia and South Carolina, while in south Georgia it is especially strong. "There is no valid reason why the state should not, as under the Torrens plan, guarantee titles to land. It is called Upon, often enough, to thresh out differences of opinion regarding titles in its superior courts, to makA It to the state's interest to minimize litigation. "That is, in fact, one of the most ap pealing features of the Torrens system. It minimizes both litigation, which is expensive to the state and to the indi viduals, and U- saves antagonisms. And one/of the most fruitful sources of quar rel in the country districts Is found in disagreements ovy> land titles.’* ' PfWident BaJtttt has gone to Rich mond and WatMpigton. 7n~the fir*Jfche Will attend an im portant stapf Sneeting of the Virginia organization. the national capital he will press up on offhgress the matter of a national parcels -post. "We are sure to get it," he said, "as soon as congress finds out the whole coun try really wants this right, now given K majority of European nations." ITS COUNTY WILL ✓ ■ TURN OUT FOR TRAIN Ga., Feb. 7.—Jackson and Butts' county will turn out en masse to meet the college on wheels which will be here on Thursday morning, Febru ary 9. The coming of the educational j train is creating lively interest among all classes, particularly the farmers, and It Is expected a much larger crowd will - meet the train this year than did on the IJrst visit two years ago. The train will be in Jackson for about I two hours, coming here from McDon- ■ ough, and wjff later stop at Macon the i same day. /Ttfie-jpayor TenTfi council and j a delegation of prominent citizens will l meet the train and those in charge oi - the movement will be shown every ac-1 pommodation possible. WILL NoTcjjx-wr 1 YEAR’S CROP LEXINGTON, Ry.. Feb. 4.—Results of the mass meetings held in county seats throughout Kentucky today indicate that | the plan to cut out the growth of a crop of tobacco in 1911 will be abandoned. It is stated here today as a result the Burley Tobacco society will not join with the Burley Tobacco union. The principal reason assigned by the majority of the counties for opposing the cut out of the 1911 crop was that it was likely to cause night riding with its at tendant arson and murder. WARM WEATHER STOPS SUMTER PLOWING AMERICUS, Ga., Feb. 6.—While the destruction of the fruit crop here by a late freeze seems well-nigh a foregone conclusion, farmers are very much dis turbed over conditions resulting from lack of rain here during the winter sea son. The rainfall has been very light, and! in consequence the ground is bone dry ' at slight depth and in no condition to j insure a crop this year. FARMERS WELCOME COLLEGE ON WHEELS AT EVERY STATION 1 - Farm Demonstration Train Is Conducting a Triumphant Tour and Farmers Quit Work To Hear Addresses M’DONOUGH, Ga., Feb. 9.—Half an hour before schedule, and in a pouring rain, the agricultural train arrived here at 7:30 o’clock this morning, after seeing Atlanta for the last time, Wednesday night, till March 12. By 9 o’clock the train had stopped, and the lecturers aboard, headed by Dr. Soule, began their work. Two hundred and fifty pupils of the McDonough schools, under charge of Supt. E. D. Gunby, and his assistants, were escorted through the coaches and then conducted back to the school au ditorium, where Commissioner Brittain, R. F. Duckworth and Prof. J. Phil Camp bell addressed them, the last named get ting into action for the first time re garding his important work, the Boys’ Corn clutf movement. County School Commissioner Lawrence Duffey said that he had dismissed every school In the county for the day, and but for the weather’s Interference would have had at least 2,000 children here. Forty pupils from the Flippen school, several miles up the railroad toward At lanta, were here under charge of Prof. G. H. Bailey and Miss Kate Glass. May -0? A. M. Stewart and the entire city council met the train here. E. Lee Wor sham, state entomologist, and Lauren Foreman, publicity representative of the Southern railway, who were with the train Tuesday, both joined the party a* Atlanta. Farm Train Leaves Atlanta For South Georgia Tour BT W. T. WATERS, JB. With a record breaking ovation of two days behind it, the Georgia State College of Agriculture train left Atlanta early Thursday morning over the Southern railway, for a long sojourn in south Georgia, from which it will not return till March 12, more than a month from now. It will go straight to Brunswick, reaching that point next Saturday night and spending next Sunday there. TSMi it will be busy in south the rest of the month. GREAT Rl’N The train spent Wednesday Atlanta, at the Terminal statiM['ffi||gS| Remarkable crowds met the ■BSfiMMa State College of Agriculture day weather —marvelous crow Is. n< ti e generally d sa g-ea! > <MLi%sgy t'.ons, crowds rigger and ’■■■r: ■■ a:. -H.e f.-- g r ra : train anew: ere. or t.,een warned for **. rmß t 0 Dr. AP4,ijffni'*l* "W »•" is an authority. His emphatie declara tion on this | point is conclusive. “It is a veritable educational awaken ing we find,” said he, Wednesday. ‘The trip Is not over yet, and of course we oon’t know what the rest of the state wilFdo. But I will venture the predic tion that It will not only show as much interest as we have already discovered In northeast Georgia, but that it will show even more. I don’t believe there is a state in the union where the people take as much interest in a thing of this kind as they are taking right now and here in Georgia.” It was drizzling and misty when the train stopped at Toccoa Wednesday morning. But the crowds there were bigger than could be accommodated un der the circumstances. Even the bare trees near the train were full of listen ers. It was fair when the train stopped at Gainesville and found a band and the biggest crowd yet—probably »000 people, at a conservative estimate. It was raining steadily and seriously when the train stopped at Buford. But there were a couple of thousand people wait ing there. They stood in the rain and I waded through the mud to hear a talk By Dr. Soule and to get to the exhibi tion coaches. At each of the three points where the train stopped there were farmers gathered not only from the surrounding countrysiue within driv ing distance over muddy roads, but from towns within a radius of 20 and 30 miles. Numerous school teachers from the country came In, too, to see the train, some of them stating they would have brought their pupils with them but for the bad weather. Farmers Are Urged \ To See Farm Train Incidental with the tour of the agri cultural train, Secretary-Treasurer J. T. McDaniel, of the Farmers’ union, has is sued a letter, urging members of the organization to meet the train at as many points as possible. His letter says: ‘‘The Farmers’ union has labored In cessantly to educate the farmers to real ize the Importance of improved methods of agriculture. “The fact that the organization has been able to arouse its membership to a partial realization of these new im provements has made this agricultural train possible. “The Farmers’ union has never been able to bring to you demonstrations .and specific improvement, except its lecturers and liter- at. best, aroused only a jpfffil per cent of- -fhose engaged in The arglcultural pursuits. "We have been asked to furnish some one along with thM train to give out information in regard to our organiza tion and to lend a helping hand in making this train a specific benefit to the individual farmers. In order that this may be done the more effectively, I am' writing you and asking that you get busy at once and see to it that every farmer, and every farmer’s family in your section visit this train when it passes through your place. It will only take a few hours for you to get on your horse, or in your buggy, and start the news through your community, and by enlisting aid you can easily notify every man, woman and child in your commu nity. “The information gathered by visiting this train will be of more value to the people of your community, than I can express, hence I urge upon you to meet this train without fail, and don’t forget that we want all of your neighbors.*' ♦ ♦ ; For Additional Farm ; ♦ Train News see Pages 2 t ♦ and 8. t -A- -A- NO. 41.
