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VOL. X.
SAYS RECIPROCITY
WILL WREAK RUIN
TO FARMERS OF 0. S.
Senator McCumber Declares
Agricultural Trade Is In
creasing Without Need of
Treaty With Canada
(By A MOCiAted Brest.) •
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Responsibility
for the conditions with which they are
now confronted was charged tn part to
the farmers thoroaelves by Senator Mc-
Cumber, of North Dakota, today, in a
speech tn the eenate against the McCall
Mil, which puts into form for enactment
Info law the provisions of the Canadian
reciprocity agreement
Holding that the ratification of the
agr ram ent would spell disaster for the
agricultural Interests the senator said
that they had loaned their ears-to argu
ments that were urged for lower rates of
duty at the Ume of the passage of the
Payne-Aldrich bill and their having given
their votes In the ensuing election to the
opponents of those members of congress
who had voted with the leaders in the
two houses, had been the undoing of the
farmers. He declared that when a cru
sade agatnat the whole tariff system was
launched in the press that “naturaly con
servatism lost her balance and everything
in the tariff bill was condemned.” That
we needed money, he continued, 'to run
the government was loot sight of. and a
wave of free tra telsm that would have
destroyed every vestige of protection and
left the government without revenue
swept over the country.”
SECTIONALISM IN TARIFF.
Mr. McCumber referred to the section
alism that developed in the tariff situa
tion. and the desire of one part of the
country to have its own products protect
ed while those of another part should be
made to compete with the free goods
brought in from abroad.
••Under these conditions.” he said, “men
of the middle west were destroyed be
cause they allowed protection on fabrics
and thereby increased cost of living. The
men of the east were destroyed because
they allowed protection on food products
and thereby increased the cost of living
Out of this turmoil a new political creed
was born, and the hero of each locality
was he who cried. ‘Protection on every
thing that we produce and free trade
on everything the rest of the country pro
duces.’ This is bossism’ o fthe promt
day.”
‘The end to which all this madness
pointed,** said Mr. McCumber, was plain
to him. The farmer had been “poison
ed by the virus with which the politi
cal had been impregnated,
and he. in too many instances like all
the others, turned against those who had
labored for hla benefit and others de
strowed them or punished them with
greatly diminished majorities.”
“It was rough, no matter what he
may have done to protect the Interests
of his own state, for a senator or a
representative to have been caught eev-1
eral times voting "the same way as the,
• chairman of ths committee on finance t
had voted." That meant the opposition
of thos«» who had yielded to the clamor, i
The president, said Mr. McCumber.:
should not be censured for his advocacy
of the reciprocity agreement. The
farmers had shown by their votes last i
fall that they had not wanted to return |
the representatives who bad defended
their interests in the tariff legislation
and that meant that the farmers did not
care whether they were protected or not
Retributive punishment, however. Mr.
McCumber said, was no part of his
faith. He did not believe in retaliation
upon the farmers by the enactment of
the McCall bill when theirs had been
“the mild offense of having been mis
led by the press and magazines of the
country.”
AGRICULTURISTS AFFECTED.
The speaker held that no class were
so vitally affected by the measure as
the agriculturists. He dwelt upon the
threat to those interests that lay in the
throwing open of this country for the
free eontry of farm prducts from a ter
ritory so rich in soil and opportunities
as northwestern Canada.
Reciprocity, said the speaker. was
not needed to increase this country's
trade with Canada it is increasing as it
ia
A plea for the farmer was made and
the speaker sounded a note of warn
ing. he said, to those senators who rep
resent the great cities with their enorm
ous wealth. 'Every great conflict Is
not determined in favor of him f who
strikes the first blow,” said Mr. Mc-
Cumber. “But in favor of him who
strikes the last blow. By this tneaty
yoo strike the great cereal and stock.,
internets of the northwestern states a
staggering blow, but they will arise and
return that blow with interest."
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BURNS IN RICHMOND
RICHMOND. Va., Feb. 25.—Fire de
stroyed the F. D. Williams & Co. to
bacco stemmery at Twenty-first and
Cary street and the Larus & Ejro. Co.
manufacturing plant, 3 to 9 South
Twenty-first street, this city.
Lose about 3100.000 which is cover
ed by insurance. Daring rescues of em
ployes trapped in the burning buildings
and of firemen overcome by smoke were
features of the .fire and were applauded
by thousands of spectators. Several
firemen were injured, one of them seri
ously, however. The Henrico county
Jail was at one time threatened by the
flames and the prisoners were removed
to the city prison.
They were panic-stricken.
Both Williams A Co and tn® Larus
company will start up work as soon as
ossible.
175 CURBBROKERS
INDORSE NEW MARKET
»
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—One hundred and
seventy-five curb brokers, lurve today in
dorsed the proposed constitution of the
New York Curb Market association, there
by assuring the success of the plan. Two
hundred .of the curb brokers of good
standing were given the privilege of join
ing the new organization. which is to be
governed along lines similar to the rules
of the New York stock exchange.
CABBAGE SHIPPED
BY WAGON LOADS
BAINBRIDGE. Ga.. Feb. 25.-Wagon
loads of headed cabbage have been com
ing into Bainbridge all the week from
the plantation of John E. Donalson. in
the southern part of the county. The
cabbages are nicely crated and will go to
ihA imrrharn »v»« r-k
?EICH LOSS TO MCE
MIS TOM PER GENT
Darkest Reports Come from
Americus Where Half of
Crop Is Killed
<>y Associated Frees.'*
MACON. Ga.. Feb. 25.—Comprehensive
and authoritative reports received here
indicate that the ©each crop of south
and middle Georgia has weathered the
cold invasion with an average loss of
blooming buds amounting to between 15
and 20 per cent.
The darkest reports come from Amer
icus, whero it is estimated by growers
that Thursday night’s frost killed half
the blooms. Even this will leave a' fair
bloom.
Marshallville. Fort Valley and other
points In the heart of the peach produc
ing section have come through with
comparatively flying colors.
Marshallville growers estimate only
15 per cent loss. The Hale orchards of
Fort Valley reoort a maximum of 25
per cent loss of the early bloom, which
latter is only about 25 per cent of the
entire crop.
Reynolds. Nutler and further south
report no damage. Barnesville esti
mates 25 per cent.
Thomas Growers Unable
To Tell Extent of Damage
THOMASVILLE. Ga., Feb. 25.—How
much damage has been done in this sec
tion by the recent cold it seems impos
sible yet to tell, as reports are very
conflicting. As far as early vegetables
are concerned it seems to depend a good
deal upon the locality and soil, as well
as the degree of exposure.
The great dryness of the soil all over
south Georgia has prevented the injury
which would otherwise have been great,
as vegetation is fully a month ahead in
this section and everything in a condi
tion to have been ruined. In some sec
tions of the county a goofi many peaches
are raised and the fears are that they,
with the LeConte pears, may drop their
fruit, which had begun to form. The
cold may have the* effect of delaying the
planting of corn, etc., which many had
designed to begin next week.
Reports Are Conflicting
On Damage to Crops
SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 25—The Central
of Georgia railway’s agricultural and
fruit bureau gets very conflicting reports
relative to the damage done by the cold
wate in Georgia. Some of these say the
fruit has been damaged fully 80 per cent,
wtyile others say it does not amount to 10
per cent.
It is believed the crop In Georgia could
sustain a loss of 50 per cent and not be
hurt very much.
Heavy Loss of Peaches
Reported in Some Sections
SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 25.—Reports re
ceived here last night from Americus,
Milledgevile and Barnesville tell of fruit
growers' statements that the Joss to the
peach crop from the now passing cold
snap was very heavy. -*,
E. A. Ray, of near Americus. '■ quoted
as saying that fnlly one-half of the buds
in his orchard of 200,000 trees were killed.
Little Damage Done
By Cold in Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. Feb. 25.—Re
ports from nearly every section of the
state are that the cold wave has done
very little damage in Florida, during
to the timely preparations of the truck
growers and cltrue grove owners. Only
the most delicate vegetables were in
jured.
STWIm
PUNNED FOR fflflEll
Drainage Congress Proposes a
Model Demonstration Farm
in Former Swamp
(Pj Aeevneted Press.*
BRUNSWICK, Ga.. Feb. 25.—A proposed
drainage law for Georgia, which is almost
a duplicate of that of North Carolina,
was drafted by the Georgia Drainage con
gress in session here. Gov.-elect Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, who made one of the
principal addresses, pledged himself to
sign any carefully considered bill put in
his hands by the legislature.
It was proposed that a model demon
stration farm be established by the state
in reclaimed territory to show what can
be done with lands formerly swamp.
A trip out to sea and a smoker were
the features of the entertainment.
fruit7s~damagedT
SAY PUTNAM GROWERS
EATONTON, Ga., Feb. 25.-According
to reports received today from orchard
itts in different sections of Putnam,
your correspondent, interviewing the
largest peach orchard owners, estimates
of damage to the crop in this section
i vary from 30 to 60 per cent, with an
■ estimate by Mr. B. W. Hunt, vice
president of the Georgia Horticultural
society, after a careful examination of
buds submitted to him. of about 50 per
cent.
i Messrs. Walter Broadfield, Frank W.
; Holt, Z. J. anti A. S. Edmondson, Will
| Rainey and Dr. E. Y. Walker, all have
I large orchards, and Messrs. Rainey and
Walker operate a small cannery at their
: orchards, finding it fully, if not more
, profitable, than shipments to commission
I dealers. Mr. Holt also has a large plum
' orchard In connection with liis peach or
-1 chard, and it is thought that these
i have been damaged heavier than the
. peach crop.
FORESTRYHERETO STAY,
SAYS FORESTER GRAVES
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Feb. 25.-’The
national fight has won for us and fores
try has come <o stay,” said National For
ester Harry S. Graves today in his ad
dress at the closing exercises of the Yale
Forestry school.
"Ten years ago forestry was regarded
with some doubt by the court try at large,
but now we have passed the second
stag", emphasized by the passage of the
; Appalachian bill in congress last week."
I The Yale students of forestry go at
; once to Texas for field work, and 49
>«eniors will send hack delegates to the
I nnmmpnr#>mpnt.
EXTRA SESSION
PUHPOSE OF TIFT
IF IT IS NEEDED
The President Says That
If Call for Congress Is Is
sued That It Will Be for
April 4
f (By Associated Free*.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25,-So probable
is It that an extra session of congress
will be necessary in order to get action
on the Canadian reciprocity management,
that President Taft has fixed April 4 as
the date on which such a session may be
called.
The April date was selected after con
sultation with Champ Clark, who will be
speaker of the next house, and Repre
sentative Underwood, of Alabama, who
will be chairman of the ways and means
committee, which will have charge of
and report the reciprocity bill in the
house.
The president had intended to convene
the extra session at an earlier date, but
Representatives Clark and Underwood
told him they would like to have a
month’s time after the present con
gress adjourns in which to map out the
Democratic plans for the next-session.
There was no change in the situation
in the senate today regarding the Cana
dian reciprocity agreement and the lead
ers see no hope of bringing to a vote
at this session the McCall bill to carry
the bill into effect.
Many rumors were circulated of moves
te remedy the situation, but apparently
they were all without foundation. The
most persistent of all was one that
Senator Aldrich, famed for winning leg
islative battles which his colleagues
thought lost, was speeding to Washing
ton at the urgent solicitations of the
president, to take charge of the situa
tion in the senate.
ALDRICH FOR TREATY.
The Aldrich rumor apparently was a
distortion of a telegram which the sen
ator sent from Jekyl Island, Ga.. where
he has been for several weeks in search
of health, saying that if he were here
he would vote for the Canadian agree
ment.
The telegram was to one of the sen
ate leaders asking that a pair be ar
ranged for him in favor of the McCall
bill if it comes to a vote this session.
The fact that such a telegram was re
ceived was whispered about the senate
and created some surprise as many
stand-pat senators had believed Senator
Aldrich, like Senator Hale, of Maine,
would oppose the reciprocal arrange
ment..
Many correspondents sent reports to
their papers, some saying that Senator
Aldrich would be in Washington on
Monday and others that he left Bruns
wick, Ga.. early today and would reach
here Sunday.
Jekyl Island, where Mr. Aldrich has
been sojourning, is isolated so far as
communication is concerned, and there
fore, in the absence of contradictions of
the ktory, it gained currency. It'Ts not
believed by any of Senator Aldrich’s
immediate friends in the senate nor at
the White House.
As a matter qf fact, no one believes
that the coming of Senator Aldrich
would alter the Situation in respect to
the McCall bill. The measure is opposed
by Senators Cummins, Bristow and
Clapp and many other Insurgent Repub
licans. The arrival of Mr. Aldrich and
any attempt by him to force the con
sideration of the bill upon the senate
would be like shaking a red rag in the
face of a bull. It would serve, accord
ing to the consensus of opinion in the
senate, only to Intensify the Insurgents’
fight against the measure. Not only
that, but his friendship for the bill un
questionably would alienate some of his
best friends like Senators Hale, McCum
ber. Smoot and others who aided him
In framing the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill,
but who are opposed to the Canadian
agreement. i
Senator McCumber spoke against the
bill today, basing his argument on the
disastrous effect which he said its en
actment would have upon the farming
industry.
Canadian Farmer
Tells of Reciprocity
OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 25.—“ As far a»
the reciprocity agreement goes, it has
the complete approval of the western
farmers, but dissatisfaction Is expressed
at the smallness of the reduction In the
duty on agricultural Imports.”
This was the statement today of
James Bower, president of the Canadian
National council and of the United
Farmers of Alberta, who Is In Ottawa
to urge the government to grant in full
the demands of the farmers' delegation
of December 15.
"If, howeevr,” said Mr. Bower, “the
contention of some is correct that the
agreement Is but the first steo toward
breaking” lown the system of protection
the farmers may well hall it with un
qualified satisfaction.
"The antl-reclprocity speakers are ab
solutely wrong as to how it would af
fect western farming conditions. Now,
with the prospect of a market we could
engage in growing the crop whicn ts
most suitable to our natural conditions
and with the assurance of competition
in the cattlo trade and an outside mar
ket for our stock, the cattle trade would
receive a wonderful stimulus."
HAD TO MILK IN RAIN
AND SUES FOR DIVORCE
A cross-bill for divorce was filed in the
superior court Saturday by Mrs. Lizzie
Elliott Phillips, charging her husband,
W. S. Phillips, with cruel treatment.
She says he beat her and made her
milk the cow in the rain. Also, says she.
he told her she hadn't done it nearly so
well as a negro could have. Wherefore
Mrs. Phillips asks that the court grant
her, and not her husband, the divorce.
TOBACCO POOL IS
FORMED BY GROWERS
LEXINGTON, Ky.. Feb. 25.—Tho Ken
tucky branch of the American Society of
Equity hold a secret session at Mount
Sterling. Ky.. last night where the ctatc
Farmers’ Institute was meeting and or
ganized i movement for a pool of the
1911 crop of white hurley tobacco.
This is a blow at the Burley tobacco
union which has been working for the
elimination of the 1911 crop.
BLUE RIDGF., Ga., Feb. 27.—W. D.
Pope died here yesterday very suddenly
under peculiar circumstances. An In
quest was held and his stomach was
sent to Atlanta to see if it contained
nntenn and if co arrests will follow.
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PERTINENT POULTRY PARAPHRASES
GREAT ENTHUSIASM AT
TALLEDEGA POULTRY SHOW
Fine Displays of Birds and Big
Crowd Mgjfe Show a
Success
BT BORING BROWN.
SMYRNA, Ga., Feb. 25. —I have just re
turned from the Talladega, Ala., show.
Finished judging the birds at 6 o’clock
yesterday afternoon. It lias been many
a day since I have seen as much ejt
.thusiasm in a small town as I found at
this show. The building was packed with
visitors from the time the doors open
ed until I left. The displays of birds
were neatly arranged in the armory in
beautiful new coops. There were
birds in this lot that would have won
honors at the recent Atlanta show—es
pecially in Rhode Islands Reds, Buff
Orpingtons and White Orpingtons.
The display in each of theso classes
contained some magnificent birds. The
Barred and White Rocks display was
also strong—especially the Barred Rocks.
Most of the popular varieties were well
represented.
A number of good sales were made dur
ing the day,-and the Interest in value
that this show will bring to Talladega
will be felt for many years to come.
The merchants of the town donated a
splendid list of premiums—each mer
chant giving some article of value from
their line of business or cash. They re
ceived advertising that was of value to
them as well as making up a good list
worth competing for, and helped the
breeders, as well as themselves, to fos
ter an Industry that the entire south
is thoroughly aroused on, and it Is well
that they should be, as it is adding
many dollars of revenue in our midst
that has been getting away from us.
The officers of the have arranged for
another big show next year, and we pre
dict that in the next few years many
prize winners will cornu from this section.
A full list of awards at this show will
be published in The Journal later.
DALTON CORN CLUBS
HEAR BRADFORD SPEAK
Prizes Are Offered for Best
Yields by the Individual
Members
DALTON, Ga., Feb. 25.—Dr. William
Bradford, of Cedartown, in charge of
the work of organizing boys’ corn clubs
in this section of the state, is hero
today to address the boys of the coun
ty at the court house at 10 o’clock this
morning.
The coming of Dr. Bradford has been
looked forward to for some time, and
it is certain that a large number of
boys interested in the work will meet
him here today. Col. W. C. Martin,
president of the Whitfield county board
of education, will deliver an address
to the boys.
Considerable interest in the corn club
has been manifested here in the past;
and this year th premiums offered
amount to several hundred dollars—
much more than ever before. The club
already has a good membership; and
it is thought that there will be fully
100 contestants entered.
♦ ♦
♦ STRAWBERRY GROWERS ♦
♦ LOSE $500,000 BY COLD ♦
♦ AMITE (TTY. La., Feb. 25.—1 tis ♦
® claimed that tlie damage to straw- -e
♦ berries and other c’rops in this vi- -*
♦ ctnity as a result of cold weath-
♦ er of the past few days will reach
♦ $500,000. On one farm 5,300 bushels ♦
®- of radishes and large fields of -e
♦ beets and lettuce were destroyed. ♦-
SEED OF WONDERFUL COTTON
COMING TO ATLANTA SOON
“Caravonica” Variety Grows 15 to 30 Feet High and Has
Bolls 7 Inches Long and 8 Inches in Diameter—Experi
ments to Be Made by State Entomologist
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weevil will be forced to get’
flying machines if they expect to do any
damage to a new species of cotton which
is on its way to Atlanta for examination
by the state department of agriculture.
Capt. Bob Wright has just received a
Letter from 8. Billow in Guatemala, Cen
tral America, proclaiming the wonderful
qualities of a new species of cotton 1
which grows from 15 to 30 feet high and
bears bolls 7 inches long and 5 to 8 inches
in diameter.
In the letter from Senor Billow the
writer requests the state agricultural de
partment to sqpply him with one of their
recent publications on the subject of cot- ,
ton as it is grown in this state. He also
mentioned the fact that great success
has been made in Central America by
Dr. Thomates, an Italian scientist, who
has pioduced a new species of cotton
called the “caravonica” by hybridizing ■
a vayitty of cotton ound in Mexico with '
anofntr vartety which flourishes along
the tributaries of the upper Amazon, in
South America.
The hybrid plant, according to the
statement of Senor Billow, has been I
raised with great success in both coun- ■
LIVE NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF
An invisible spectre is haunting the
halls and corridors of the Atlanta post
office. Its name is Fear, its unseen
hand is at the throat of every man and
woman clerk ». .-loyed in that
tion, stifling them to silence and sub
mission to the rule of the inspectors.
Pitiful to relate, the first result of
the present demand of the newspapers
and the public for the exposure of the
Hitchcock spy system has been to cause
a veritable reign of terror among the
clerks and penal employes here whose
daily bread is dependent on Tng their
jobs.
It is the terror of the slave or captive
who watches in a frenzy of mental ag
ony the effort of some would-be libera
tor to strike off his shackles, realizing
that if the effort fail and the attempt
be discovered, he will be subjected to
redoubled cruelties —particularly if h®
has had the temerity to raise his own
hand t o aid the effort.
Tn accordance with a request just re
ceived from the county commissioners
of Brooks co mty. Governor of
fered additional rewards of SIOO to the
rewards of the same amount offered by
the county commissioners in the follow
ing cases: One hundred dollars for the
person or persons who shot Love Brown
at Barwilk, Brooks, county, on December
25, 1910; SIOO for the perr.' i vr , arsons
who killed J. W. Joyce near Morven,
Brooks county, on February 9, 1911.
NEW YORK. Feb. 27.—With the call
ing of the case of Joseph G. Robin, the
indicted banker, in supreme court to
day, the opening of an Important chap
ter in the history of bank wrecking
prosecutions here was promised. Rob
in, whose financial operations caused
the closing of three banks, including the
Northern Bank, of New York, Is being
prosecuted on the charge of the theft
of $27,000 from the Washingtgon Sav
ings bank, one of the closed institutions,
of which he was president.
Indications of possible sensational de
velopment during the trial were not
wanting, as Robin declared he would
give many men of prominence in fi
nance, whom he classes as his enemies,
occasion to regret their alleged prosecu
tion of him. Robin has been legally de
clared sane, although alienists for the
state pronounced him mentally unbalanc
ed.
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fries and the plant grows to a height of
15 to 30 feet, bearing bolls of enormous
size which are filled with clear lint.
The writer also called attention to th®
fact that the floss of the hybrid plant
was very silky and that .the plant Itself
had prved to be a prolific yielder. From
experiments conducted in the section of
Central America around Guatemala it
was stated that from 1,200 to 1,500 pounds
per acre of clear lint had been grown,
which amounts to two and a hall or three
bales to the acre. Also that the ratio
of the product was 48 to 62 per cent lint
to the seed cotton, which is a much high
er ratio than the cotton now being grown
in Georgia
Til® Georgia cotton produces about 33 1-3
per cent, and it is thought that wonder
ful results can be obtained in this state
by,- hybridizing the “caravonica” plant
with the local short staple producer.
Senor Billow has sent a package con
taining some samples of the cotton from
th® “caravonica” plant and also a num
ber of seed which will b®, turned over
upon their arrival to the state entomolo
gist by Captain Wright for experiment
purposes.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27,-With a full
realization that after today there would
be very little opportunity to give any con
sideration to the ease of Senator Lori
mer, his friends went into today’s ses
sion of the senate with the determination
of pressing the question to a vote before
adjournment, if possible. Senator Pen
rose, in charge of the postoffice appropri
ation, was regarded as the principal ob
stacle, but appeared willing to yield in
favor of the Lorimer case if by so doing
he could insure a vote upon it.
Senator LaFoliette is still an uncertain
factor but the supporters of Lorimer were
confident that even though Mr. LaFol
lette’s opposition should develop into a
filibuster they still could force a vote,
unless reinforcements should come to his
assistance.
By September 1, A. C. & J. G. Evins
are planning to open the largest motion
picture theater in the south, on White
hall street. It will seat over 800 people
and will cost between $20,000 and $25,000.
Messrs. Evins are proprietors of the
Vaudette motion picture sh< v on the
east side of Whitehall, near Mitchell.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.—That the
president and congress shall call a halt
and “take hands off” in the matter of
the Mexican revolutionary is the “de
mand” of certain residents of San An
tonio, Tex. Their demand reached the
senate today in a petition bearing 50
signatures. The document was address
ed to “the president of the United States
senate and to the speaker of the house of
representatives,” and read:
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 27.-A fH*
buster to prevent a vote on the Lorimer
case developed in the senate this after
noon and interferred with Senator Ba
con's purpose to address the senate on
the popular election of senators.
He was to have begun at 2 o’clock, but
at this hour Senator Crawford, of South
Dakota, had the floor and was making a
rambling speech against Lorimer. He
did not hold the attention and the sen
ate and innumerable roll calls delayed
matters.
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 27.—Jackson
Bolton, assistant city engineer, was as
phyxiated in his bath room today after
having brooded several days over a
censorious report made by a city coun
cil Committee which investigated tbo
engineer’s department.
A number of costly errors were at
tributed to Bolton.
n TWIN STURTS
■ITS FOURTH WEEK;
HUS BUSY PROCRAM
College on Wheels Faces the
Hard Task of Visiting Two
Dczen Towns Between
day and Saturday
BI W. T. WATEES, JR.
COLUMBUS, Ga., Feb. 27.—Wi h 2,213 ’
miles of the long journey already be
hind it, the educational special of the a
Georgia State College of Agriculture roll-' |
ed out of the Union station here this
morning to begin the fourth week of
its tour to of the state, it will rest next
Sunday in Savannah; the Sunday after |
that, In Atlanta; the ensuing Sunday, in c
Rome; and ere another week has turned, -i
It will have completed Its work and ;
vanished, like Halley’s comet, leaving be- ’
hind It a trail thousands, Instead of mil- |
Hons, of miles long—a trail that is steady S
ily clarifying the atmosphere and dis
pelling the clouds of prejudice and life
time habit, even now, while the train is ;
yet on wheels.
That the special is doing a great work
for Georgia, cannot be doubted by any ’
observant man who gives it his atten- J
tlon. It is making the farmer think. It ,
is making him realize that there is
something more to his great vocation
than mere back-breaking toil. It 111 teach- |:
ing him that brains and business are ;
needed on the farm as vitally as they ar®
needed everywhere else.
The train is not carrying a college edu
cation to the man who raises Georgia'®
corn and cotton. Were It even to at- j
tempt that, it would fail dismally. That
would be a titanic task, impossible to i
perform. Yet some seem to think that
It Is the train’s sole purpose.
LESSONS FOR FARMERB. 1 9
But It is carrying a few deep lessons
to the farmer. It is telling him how to j
save his lands if they are rich, and how >
to feed them if they are poor, ajd how !
to doctor them if they are sick. It is
telling him to save his work by produc- J
ing as much on a few acres a® he has 7
heretofore been producing on many; and ;
it is showing him how to do that It is j
counseling him to diversify his crops,!
and to raise stock, and briefly telling ?
him how to do both.
In short, the educational spf-cial is
carrying a capsule of information to the |
farmer, showing him its effects, telling fl
him that he can get other capsules at ‘.j
the state college, and advising him, if a
his circumstances permit, to Send his |
sons there that they may partake of a
full meal at the table of knowledge and J
be prepared, as a lawyer or a doctor g
or business man is prepared, for their s
life work.
It is spreading dissatisfaction vrtth the |
old conditions. It is working, not for
the college of agriculture nor for any in- |
dividual, but for the agricultural devel- j
opment of Georgia, for the stoppage of J
leaks through which millions of dollars fl
are lost each year, for the enrichment ®
of the state.
At Columbus, Saturday evenirg/ an- d
other surprise awaited the tradr party, |
’Hee the one which greeted It St Savi»M
nah a week before.
OPEN HOUSE AT COLUMBUS.
At Columbus the whole train had to ■]
be thrown open. The local newspapers 1
had advertised the coming of the train. |
and the community insisted upon see
ing for itself what the farmers of Geor- a
gia are seeing daily by tens of thou- |
sands. Many farmers, apparently, had flj
come tn from all parts of Muscog®«£|
county to see the train. Most of the §
visitors were city people, residents of
Columbus. But one and all. whether cits |
men or farmers, they looked long and |
hard and with interest at every detail
that was laid before them, and mad® 3
comments and asked inteliigerir ques- j
tions, and went away talking about it •
all. The doors of the exhibits could
have been left open till midnight, ;
they were at Savannah, or later;.".;;
But the party aboard the train IS
dwindling daily, now. and hardly a cor- -
poral’s guard was left, when it reached
this city' Saturday night. It was too big
a task, and there were too few men to g
perform it, and all were too tired, to give ’
Columbus and Muscogee county all bt ;
the educational train that they seemed to !
crave. So the doors were shut at 9 j
o’clock, by previous agreement with the ;
considerate leaders of the local reoep- |
tlon, after they had been open to the
public for two hours.
The present week's work will carry the i
train, Monday, in the charge of the Cen
tral railroad, to Geneva, Butler. Perry fl
and Fort Valley; Tuesday, to Milledg®- fl
vilie, Eatonton, Monticello and Gray; |
Wednesday, under charge of the Macon,
Dublin and Savannah, to Jeffersonville, i
Danville, Dublin and Soperton; Thurs
day. in charge of the Georgia, Southern
and Florida, to Wellston, Vienna, Ash
burn and Sparks; Friday, again in the
charge of the Central, to Forsyth, j
Barnesville and Thomaston; and Satur- 1
day, to Gordon. Toomsboro, Tennlll® and -fl
Wadley. From Wadley the train will
be run into Savannah to spend Sun- J
day.
At Columbus the members of the par- J
ty were shown numerous courtesies on
Sunday by J. L. Hunt, traveling passen- .1
ger agent of the Central, whose
quarters are here. Through his thought- |g
fulness, they were provided with card® fl
to the Elks’ club here, and so were pro* fl
vided with the means of adm ssiqn t® |
' several new and pleasant friendship®.
I Prof. T. 11. McHatton, head of th® 3
i horticultural department at the college, fl
relieved Prof. G. W. Firor, who has been 3
with the train since it started, here yes- S
terday, for a week’s trip. Prof. R. J. H. *
DeLoach, of the cotton industry depart- -3
ment of the college, relieved Prof. John "j
R. Fain, agronomist, so: a like period. J,
Royal Time Is Planned
By Douglasville Folk I
DOUGLASVILLE, / Ga.. Feb. 27.-On S
March 21 the educational train wilf ar
rive in Douglasville at 10:30 a. m. for a J
stay of two or three hours. It is ex
pected that every person in Douglas coun
ty will be present to meet his train and
give Dr. Soiile ar.d his assistants a roydl
welcome. The Douglasville Silver Cornet,/t
band will be present’and furnish music Ml
for the occasion. |
A committee consisting of Mayor Ed
wards. Dr. T. R. Whitley, W. M. McLarty |
and O A. Selman lias been appointed qt-fl
the meeting of the town council to ar- fl
range a program for the day. *
This committee urges every person- in "S
the county who has fancy chickens, pig-Jfl
cons, cattle, hogs, horses, mules and dog»fl|
to bring them to Douglasville, March ZJ, J
and exhibit them on the front street from J
the Phillips ami Dr. Selman’s corners. Th®
educational train boasts that they ex- ig
hibit with the train and we want to show T
them and all visitors on that day just ■
what Douglas can show. .
It is also planned to have an address 'ii
In the afternoon on the good road® mov®- «
meat by some visitor who has tna/le this i |
subject a study.
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