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Newspaper Page TextEducation , EyL Successful $ A NDREW M- This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information. Letters should bo addressed to Xhr. Andrew M. Souls, president Stats Agri cultural Collara, Athens. Ga. SOME IMPORTANT MEETINGS FOR GEORGIA FARMERS Three important associations con cerned in the development of Georgia’s agriculture will meet at State College of Agriculture in Athens, January 1® to IS. inclusive. These associations are as follows: Georgia Dairy and Live Stock association, which holds its tenth an nual convention on January 1® and 17; the Georgia State Horticulture! society, which meets in its Mfn annual con vention on January 17 and U. and the Georgia Breeders’ association. which holds its third annual meeting oh Jan uary IS. ' The first of these associations, as its title indicates, is concerned in building up the live stock interests of Geor gia. The dearth of milk and butter on many of our city markets is a strong evi dence that this line of industry in spite of the gratifying devekrpupent it has made in the past few years, still needs encouragement. We know that beef production has been grievously neglected in the state. Therefore, every one con cerned in the breeding, feeding and man agement of live stock should make a special effort to be present at the com ing meeting of the association where topics of the most vital concern to this interest wUI be discussed by experts from Georgia and other states as well. The live stock Industry of the state . has been materially held in check through the presence of the cattle tick. Reference has been made to the de structive nature of this parasite in these columns before, and It is gratifying to see the growing interest in its eradica tion which is now developing in many sections of the state. The eradication which is no# developing in many oec tions of the state. The cattle tick can be eliminated from the state of Geor gia in the course of a few years If the state will appropriate a moderate amount of money and co-operate with the United States department of agri culture in enforcing regulations calculat ed to starve It out- Work of this character or three years, and some of them have already been let out of quar antine. This means that the farmers living in these particular counties may bring in improved live stock any part of the United States, and so build up their herds and flocks with great rap idity and to a high degree of excellence. Every farmed in Georgia should make it a point to attend this meeting and learn about cattle ticks and the means of controlling and eradicating them, which will be discussed tn detail. In the presence of cattle ticks live stock Industries cannot be built up with the economy and success which is possible after its destruction. The following gentlemen will address the association on the subjects men tioned: Response to the address of wel come. Hon. Charles S. Barrett, presi dent of the Farmers’ union; annual ad dress of the president. Hon. J. D. Price, Farmingsua; "How’the State Veterina rian Can Benefit the Live Stock Indus try," Dr. B. F. Bahnsen, state veterina rian; "Why Jerseys Are Best Suited to Georgia," Mr. Henry Odum. Covington; "Why Guernseys Are Best Suited to Georgia," Mr. C. L. Willoughby, Ingle side; "Why Holsteins Are Best Suited to Georgia." CoL I. C. Wade. Cornelia; "Silo Construction." Prof. J. W. Hart. State College of Agriculture; "Marketing Dairy Products.” Prof- J- I*- Bishop. State College of Agriuclture; •'Wholesal ing Milk and Cream.” Mr. T, C. Craw ford. Greensboro: "Tick Eradication as , Been by a Stockman." Mr. J. L. Brown. “ Greensboro: "Progress in Tick Eradica tion.’ Dr E. M. Nighbert, in charge of tick eradication in Georgia and - South Carolina; •'Steer Feeding." Capt. J. W. Parker. Elbe’-ton; Markets for Georgia Live Stock.” Mr. W. H. White. Jr., Atlanta. Address by George W. Rom mel. United States department of agri culture;"' "Why Georgia Needs More Live Stock." Mr. Oliver J. Copeland, Rome; “Protecting the Live Stock Indus try," Dr. W, M. Burson. State College of Agriculture; "Dairying in the South," Prof. B. H. RawL United States depart ment of agriculture; “Improving Farm Work Stock.” Prof. M. P. Jarnagin. State College of Agriculture; "Percher ons tn Georgia." Mr. L. W. Jarman. Porterdale. Ga.; “Stock Farming vs. Cot ton Farming.” Mr. Felix Williams, Vil- I A DAINTY A.!!! ARTISTIC r - v_ USEFUL \ Washing restores my original ♦. \ beauty. I come stamped on w l white Pique and many shades 1 of Poplin. lam \ Slim Jim \ - V - i 1 The popular Wash Tie for w\m- 1 Ladlesand Gentlemen. If % Initial stamped free. Cotton AMMr I \ 1 to work included. 25 cent*. I V~—l Embroidered, $1 00. * IU 4 CUNNING CO. ■ (Humeef SBui Jtaal C* ' ' ■ FwfcrrtW P—urn. Art BaWaMsry ■•MteJ*. ’«« <• •«> **• Cincinnati. 0. Fr»« Cat •*•*•». Ar»‘ ■’•"•*1 irwyw«*n WANTED AGENTS F’ OR a readily saleable proposition requir ing no -quipment. It is a high clam t-wioMM proffer which commands respectful consideration and yields extremely liberal commiMion. Territory will be awarded. Only reliable applicants considered, refer erencea required. / ADDRESS ‘ J. T. KEMPTbN. JR. Atlanta. Ga. to 6 Ferayth St. F^CWah^ — For a limited time we offer I fn " 38 ,b - Xew Feather Beds .X. 18.3 each. 6 lb. Sew Feather L J ~* 1 "' Xfc/t'lllo’rs 51.50 per pair, f.o.b. |[a— .. factory, cash with order. All New. Lire feathers and best A. C. A. Ticking. Guaranteed M represented or money back. Our refers area, Commercial and Farmer* Bank. Mebane, N. C. Order today or write for order blanks. SOUTHERN FEATHER A PILLOW CO., Dept. C. Mebane, N. C. la Rica; “How to Make Tam worths the Most Profitablie of All Hogs." Mr. Lo ring Brown, Smyrna; “How to Make Duroc-Jerseys the Most Profitable of All Hogs,” Mr. C. K. Vanoe. Calhoun; "How to Make Berkshire* the Most Profitable of All Hogs.” Mr J. C. Broome, Hepzi bah. President Andrew M Soule, of the State College of Agriculture, will deliver an address to a joint meeting of the three associations on Wednesday even ing. January 17. The State Horticultural society has had a long and honorable career, as shown by the fact that this is its 38th annual convention. This society has been in strumental in promoting the culture of peaches, apples and pecans in Georgia, and has lent its aid to the truck indus try as well. Some of the foremost horti culturists in the United States have been its officers at various times, and an unusually able series of papers will be presented at the coming meeting. For the information of our readers the pro gram has been summarised and a per usal of it will show that those attending will have. an opportunity to hear many subjects of vital importance to our hor ticultural interests discussed. Address of welcome. Chancellor D. C. Barrow, University of Georgia; re sponse to address of welcome, Mr. T. R. Lombard, Cornelia; address by President R. C. Berckmans. Augusta; "Varieties of Apples Adapted to North Georgia.” Mr. H. H. Staight, Demorest; "Horti cultural Investigations at the Experi ment Station," Prof. H. P. Stuckey, Ex periment; "Some Important Truck Crop Pests and Diseases,” Prof. A. C. Lewis, assistant state entomologist; "Tree Surgery.” Mr. John Davey, Kent, Ohio; “The Latest Things in the Breed ing of Figs and Citrus. Fruits.” Mr. B. W. Hunt, Eatoaton; "Celery Culture in North Georgia,” Prof. C. M. Snelling, Athens; "Horticultural Methods in West Virginia and Maryland," Prof. J. W. Firor, State College of Agriculture; "Marketing Georgia Fruit,” Mr. B. W. Hunter, Cornelia; "The Georgia Apple.” Mr. Edward Hafer, Atlanta; "The Latest Methods in Horticultural Plant Breed ing.” Prof. R. J. H. DeLoach. State College of Agriculture; ‘*The Fruit Pos sibilities of Northeast Georgia," Col. I. C. Wade, Cornelia; •‘The Truck Possi bilities of Coastal deorgla,” Mr. J. M. Johnson, Savannah; "The Value of Quarantine Regulations Against Diseases and Insects,” Prof. E. L. Worsham, state entomologist: "Report of the Na tional Nut Growers’ Association in Mo bile.” Mr. J. B. Wight, Cairo: "Histofy of the Pecan Industry in Georgia," Mr. B. W. Stone, Thomasville; address by Dr. J. P. Fort, Athens. There will be a field demonstration of orchard heaters conducted by Prof. T. H. McHatton and Prof. G. W. Firpr, of the State College of Agriculture. ;t r The Georgia Breeders’ association is a comparatively new organisation, this be ing its third annual meeting. The ob ject of uiis association is to promote an interest in the selection and im provement by hybridisation and other methods of corn, cotton and other farm crops and all classes of live stock. When we realive that there is a cow in the United States which last year produced as much as seven tons of milk and 1,000 pounds of butter, and reflect that the average animal probably does not pro duce over 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of milk and from 100 to 150 pounds of butter, a clearer insight is obtained Into what the Georgia Breeders' association stands for, and fully demonstrates that there is no organisation which can confer greater economic benefits on our agricultural de velopment. Among the topics to be pre sented before this society are the follow ing: "The Handling of Cotton Seed,” Dr. L G. Hardman. Commerce, and Mr. J. C. Reese. Alpharetta; "Report of Corn Breeders on Origin. Methods of Improve ment and Standards of Varieties,” H. G. Hastings, Atlanta; J. M. Whelchel, Gainesville; Thomas Little. Sparta; Gid Morris. Smyrna; Thomas Whatley. Hel ena; J. W. Hadden, Austell; W. S. Saunders, Danielsville; H. C. Vinson, Mcßae; W. C. Lewis, Wellston; C. C. Parrott. Newnan; H. H. Arrington, Rome; B. K. Farrar. Machen; J. E. Mil ler, Turnersvll|je; R. P. Steinheimer, Brooks; "Improvement in Length of Lint Cotton.” R. C. Keeny, Columbia, S. C.; "Discussion,” by R. J. H. De- Loach. State College of Agriculture; "Cotton Breeding,” C. A. McLendon, Ex periment Station; "Corn Breeding,” Felix Williams. Villa Rica; G. G. Strange. Homer, and Edwin B. Newton, Halcyon dale; "County Survey Work,” Patterson & Thomas, Pidcock, and R. D. Tatum, Palmetto; "Effect of Fertility on Crop ' Growth,” Dan Hughes, Dublin, and W. W. Rast, Pidcock. It will cost very little to attend these meetings at the State College of Agri culture in A the,is. Come and meet the , specialists Who will be present on this occasion, and take part In ti.fe discys -1 sions yourself. It will pay you to do ■ so. for the social feature of these occa | sions in highly beneficial to all attend ing. It isnot possible for so many topics Ito be discussed without ideas being pre sented which are of practical value Jo the stockman, fruit grower or the breod |er of corn and cotton. The meetings are • free to all. Every white citizen of the I state is welcome. The College of Agri . culture, through its board of trustees, is sparing no effort to make the meet ings a success from every point Os | view. • • • THE VALUE OF RAW PHOSPHATE ROCK. | .W. T. G., Quitman. Ga„ writes: What' j is your opinion as to the advisability of using raw phosphate under cotton? I am told that in the middle states raw phosphate Has been used with as good results as acid phosphate? Several successful farmers near here say they have secured as good if not better re sults after two years trial with the raw phosphate than with the acid phos phate- I would like your opinion in this matter. , In Illinois and some of the western states where the land is unusually rich in organic matter, raw rock has been used at the rate of 1.000 to 1,200 pounds per acre by a number of farmers with fairly good' results. It has probably not given more satisfactory results to many of these men, however, than acid phosphate would have done. It Is true, however, that by using the raw rock a larger per cent of phosphorus has been added to the soil at a relatively lower cost than where the treated rock is used. On soils where these good re sults have been secured the store of nitrogen varies from 4,000 to 8,000 pounds per acre foot, while in Georgia l • THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA* FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1912. POULTRY SHOW OFFICIALS ARE HARD IT WORK Show Will Open to Public on Monday Afternoon—2,36o Birds Will Be Exhibited Work lias already begun at the audi torium-armory, in preparation for the eighth annual poultry show of the Geor gia Poultry association, which will be gin there next Monday. The officials of the association are having their coops brought out and put in perfect order so that a good start can be made on them later in the week. As the auditorium Is "dark” this week it will be possible for the workmen to be set to work In good time and it is virtually a certainty that every bird will be placed and everything be in good order at 1 o’clock Monday, at which time the show will formally be declared open. , The final checking over of the birds entered for the Great Central Show of the South has been made and it de velops that an even 2,360 birds of various sorts will be shown. This lot includes 1,026 single girds, 1,- 065 tn pens, IM bantams, 49 display birds and 112 pigeons. These birds will be ex hibited by 253 different individuals. The offer of the Buff Orpington Club of America of a silver cup has consid erably stimulated the interest in the showing that will be made in that class, 151 birds having been entered and as they represent the best offering of southern breeders, the competition for this epecial prize Is bound to be keen. The coming show will mark the official end of the greatest season of poultry shows ever held in the south. the amount x will vary from 1,000 to 4,000 pounds. In other words, the per cent of nitrogen and vegetable matter in the soils of these two sections is essentially different, and this should be borne in mind by those anticipating the substitution of floats for the acid phosphate. Suppose a sample of floats contains 26 per cent of total phosphoric acid. The first year it is probable that not more than 5 per cent of this will become available. Since the treated iock contains 16 per cent of available phosphoric acid, you will see that one would need to use 3QO pounds as against 100 to secure the same amount of available plant food. The ground rock it is true contains considerable lime, and it may be that this helps the soil quite as much as the phosphorus it contains, for we. have found many Georgia soils markedly deficient in lime, and are inclined to think they will respond well to applications of this material. We are carrying on a series of experiments to determine the rela tive efficiency of floats as compared with phosphate rock, and must say that the indications are that floats will give a fairly good, account of it self, but where the soils are markedly deficient in phosphoric acid and much of the essential plant food is needed in a quickly available form, the chances are that the treated rock will prove the most effective. • • • SUGGESTIONS FOR CORN CLUB BOYS. E. R. W., Farmington, Ga., writes: I have a boy who wishes to enter the corn contest for 1912. I have some low dark loose soil and yellow subsoil which has been in cotton* for six years. . How should this land He prepared and the kind of fertilizer to use to make a good yield? I have about five or six tons erf stable manure. How far apart should the corn be planted? i It is gratifying to know that your boy expects to enter the corn contest next year, and it will be a pleasure if we may sb 'advise And assist him that he will succeed in raising an unusually large crop of corn. It will be best to break land of the character described in your letter as soon as possible. Not much if any of the subsoil, however, should be brought to the surface. If yop can break the land ten Inches deep it will be good practice. During the winter run a disk-over the land fence or twice and break up'the crust so as much moisture as possible may enter the soil and be held for the use of the crop next sum mer. Lime the land at the. rate of one ton per acre, using caustic ■ lime. Do not apply the lime until 30 days before plant ing. It should be well fined or slaked before scattering on the land. A few days before planting open wide, deep furrows 4 to 4 1-2 feet apart, and run a bull tongue behind the turning plow, and put In stable manure. You may also put in about 500 pounds of a 10-3-4 fertilizer. Fill in the furrows and plant the corn on the level, using for upland soil a prolific variety. Among those which have given good results in our tests are Marlboro, Whatley and Hast ings. Plant the corn about 15 inches apart in the drill row. In order to in sure a perfect stand you should use selected seed. It may be necessary to plant thicker than has been suggested and thin out some as a uniform stand has much to do with securing a large yield. About six weeks after planting the corn put on a side application of 200 to 300 pounds of the same formula under the drill row. Two weeks before the corn begins to bunch to tassel apply 100 pounds of nitrate of soda as a top dress ing alongside the drill row. Give shal low. persistent cultivation. Stir the soil as late Into the season as you possibly can. By following these suggestions you should be able to grow a large and profitable crop on your land. • • • HANDLING AND CURING HAY CROPS. A correspondent, Augusta, Ga., writes: Will it be safe to bale pea vines or other heavy grasses immediately after cutting; if not, how long should they stand before baling? Is the nitrogen and humus in pea vines if plower un der in the early fall of sufficient value to justify doing so. as against cutting for hay?' Does the plowing under of pea vines result in the lose of much nitrogen by evaporation? • - It is not safe to bale pqa vines- or other heavy grasses Immediately after cutting. They had best be cooked up and left to cure for several days. Grass may be drawn into windrows and if the weather Is good cured sufficient ly there to permit of baling. Our test for these crops being ready to bale is to take a bunch in the hand and twist it vigorously. If water fails to show at the point where twisted the crop is in condition to bale. We believe it is important to have the crop well cured before baling, and especially is this true of peas, and we can offer no sim pier suggestion as to how to determine this point than the one just made. If you construct a stave or cement silo which is air tight, it will be a sim ple matter to preserve pea vines grass just as they are cut in the field, but they should be in good condition to make hay before they are cut for silage. In making silage it is Impor tant that the crop be sufficiently ma tured to exclude a part of the water which it might otherwise carry into the silo and cause the green mass therein to become sour and hencs not in the best condition for feeding. One can let crops get too ripe to put in ths silo to the best advantage, but prob- COMMISSION REDUCES STOCK FREIGHT RATES Schedules an Live Stock, Packing House Products and Salt Are Cut (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Radical re ductions of existing freight rates on live stock, packing house products and salt today were prescribed by the inter state commerce commission to apply to all western and southwestern railroads. The commission holds that present rates on live stock from points in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma, to Fort Worth, Tex., Oklahoma City, Okla., and Wichita, Kan., are unreasonable; that existing rates on fresh meats and other packing house products from Fort Worth, Oklahoma City and Wichita to points in other states also are unrea sonable, and that the rates on salt from the Kansas field to Oklahoma City are unjust. The findings of the commission, pre pared by Commissioner Prouty, are the result of an exhaustive investigation, and affeot the rates to all points east. Mileage rates on all the commodities are prescribed by the commission, the reductions amounting to an average of approximately 8 per cent. No order is issued at this time by the commission, but the railroads are given until Febru ary 1, 1912, to put into effect the rates suggested. If they shall not have done so by that date, a mandatory order will be Issued to compel them to make the prescribed rates effective. It is ex pected the carriers will acquiesce. ably more poor silage Is made from putting crops in on the green side rath er than on the overripe side. The nitrogen and humus in pea vines is of sufficient value to save and this can best be accomplished by plowing the crop under before frost falls on it. A good method to follow with peas Is to plant them as soon as danger ot frost is past in the spring, using such varieties as Warren's Extra Early and New Era. Cut them fpf htj when they have matured sufficiently which will ordinarily be about .the. middle of July to the middle olf Let the af termath develop and gather from it peas for seed 4,nd turn t.ie balance under. This will carfy Into the soli anywhere from 20 to 19 pounds of nit rogen per acre, will Improve it • me chanically, and will save in large measure the leaching away of the nit rogen which would take place were the crop not plower under. Where peas are plowed under it Is desirable as a rule to plant a cover so that the nitrogen whioh they contain may be assimilated and held by the ;growlnn crop. There vould be much less lofts of nitrogen from plowing under the pea vines and stubble than from letting the land remain undisturbed after the crop has been harvested.. PLANTING OATS I? 9 THE? OPEN FUR ‘ •"■ ROW. ’ ’ G. L. Ji, Collins, GA., writes: Please give me a good plan fbt* planting oats In rows, distance rows should be apart, and amount of seed irb put to the acre, etc. -* ; t- - l>:. ’ The apparatus to übe-'and the method planting wilt Var?*'#ith"Yhe acreage to be planted to oafs. the farm is small, there is nothing better to use than an ordinary corn planter for the seeding. Sometimes in vety hard ground or where the soil is In bad physical condition, it Is to run a bull tongue ahead of the planter. This, how ever, is not often necessary. A good wide furrow should be left behind the planter. WO believe that at least 300 to 500 pounds of fertiliser should be used under the oats in the fall, A good form ula for ordinary lands would be an 8-2-3 mixture. The rows should be , run about mixture. The rows should b erun about 16 Inches apart as nearly as possible, and of bourse, the finer afid more friable the land the better will be the opportu nity of securing a good stand. You should feed from a bqshel and a half to two bushels per'acre. On larger 'farms or where a big acreage is to be seeded various methods of planting may lie resorted to. SeveraJ drills have been put on the tnarket with four hoes set about 16 Inches apart. These will »#> fairly good work in jand irr good con dition, but are not very satisfactory on hard land. ’ They are also heavy to operate, the draft being very consider able as pressure Is used on four hoes. This type of drill is being steadily Im proved from year to year, and it is my opinions that a double disk which has been invented by a Georgia farmer and has been used with some success the past year will eventually, prove practical and that the two-horse drill for plant ing in open furrows will be a matter of reality before very long. On tlie col lege farm where we seed considerable areas of oats we are still using the single stalk drill largely because where the ordinary grain drill is used we can not leave a large and wide enough ridge to protect the oats from severe and con tinued freezing in the winter. In a mild open season they will come through just as well when put in with an ordinary grain drill, as where sown In thq. open furrow, but in a Reason where several severe freezes follow ench other the crop is nearly alwass lost. We prefer, there fore, to arrange for crop insurance by seeding in the open furrow. Cheaper Cab Rates NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Cab fares as low as those of London and Paris are promised for New York within a few weeks if the program proposed by some of the large taxicab and livery com panies is carried through. A flat rate of 25 cents a mile will be charged with lower rates for greater distances. Accidentally Shot WRIGHTSVILLE. Ga.. Jan. 2.—C. T. Lane was accidentally shot in the hand and face here last night by the dis charge of a revolver which was dropped on the floor. The wounds are not se rious. Mr. Lane is extra gang fore man of the W. & T. R. R. Co. TRAPPERS GET BUSY BIG MONEY IN FURS c i‘ J j ROOSEVELT DECLINES TO ; DISCUSS ANY POLITICS Will Neither “Confirm Nor De ny” Any Rumors,Now in Circulation (By Asaeeiated Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—With a general refusal to “confirm or deny any rumor,” Col. Theodore Roosevelt declined today to discuss a report that a movement was Afoot in New Jersey te place his name on the presidential primary ballots. The former president was asked if ha had been approached by any one of conse quence or authority in New Jersey poli tics, with a view to having his name placed on the ballots. "That necessarily involves a definition of the phrase, ’anyone of consequence or authority,’ ” he replied. “I must decline to confirm or deny any reports or rumors of this sort.” "Have you taken any steps, colonel, to have your name removed from the pri mary ballots In Nebraska?” he was asked. - "I have taken no steps one way or the other.” "A dispatch from Washington says that you have made known to President Taft, through a friend, your willingneas to say that you will, under no clrcttan stances, acc«i4 the nomination next Juee . Is this true?” ~, , , “I haven’t seen the story, ** Colonel Roosevelt answered. "I suppose I have been neglecting my education again, but I will say this: That when I have any announcement to make I will make it publicly. I will not discuss such rumors. I have nothing to say on any subject.” "It is reported that you will have an important announcement to make au a dinner Frldaiy night—” "To electrify the situation?” interrupt ed the colonel. "No I have no dinner engagement for Friday. I’m still not hungry.” "Gifford Pinchot is quoted this morn ing as saying that you tyaq told him that you wouldn't accept the nomination, al though you thought you could be elected. Do you wish to deny this?” "I haven’t seen the statement,” said Colonel Roosevelt. “But I’ll wager he did not make it. Three times within the past few weeks he, has been misquoted. I wrote to him twice and found that hee had not said what he was quoted as saying, so you see I can’t discuss it.” U. S. WILL DECIDE COTTON OWNERSHIP NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 3.—The United States supreme court will prob ably be called upon for a final deter mination of the ownership of the sev eral thousand bales of cotton which the trustees of the bankrupt cotton firm of Knight, Yancey & Co. has Cor the past year tried to get possession of through court order. It was stated here today that an ap peal will probably be taken from the decision of the United States circuit court of appeals which yesterday de cided that the cotton involved rightful ly belonged to the foreign spinners to whom it had been shipped a few days previous to the failure of the firm of Knfght, Yancey & Co. The question of the spurious bills of lading is involved in this litigation. CROPS DAMAGED BY HEAVY COLQUITT RAINS MOULTRIE, Ga., Jan. 2.—For the last ten days Colquitt county has been delug ed with the heaviest rains ever known in this part of the state. Public rdSds and bridges are washed away, until it is almost impassible. All the cotton that remained unpick ed in the field has sprouted, rotted and ruined. Fully 10 per cent of the crop is yet in the fields and ruined. Fully 10 per cent of the crop is yet in the fields ruined and will be plowed under as fertilizer for an oat crop. The cotton acreage in this county will be considerably reduced this year. HUTCHINSON NAMED MAYOR OF SENOIA SENOIA, Ga., Jan. 2.—The election for mayor and councilmen to serve for 1912 and 1913, resulted in the election of L. L. Hutchinson over his opponent, C. F. Hollberg, by the largest majority ever given to a mayor of this city. Coun cilmen elected are O. S. ( Mann and L. P. Brandenburg. Dry Goods Store Sold GAINESVILLE, Ga.. Jan. 2.—G. F. Turner & Co., the largest retail dry goods store in Gainesville was sold to day to Newman, Frierson, McEever company, of this city. The donsideration has not been learned, but this makes the Newman. Frierson, McEver compa ny the owner of the entire store formerly known as the G. F. Turner company store. For many years Mr. G. F. Tur ner has been at the head of this vary large business house, and he now re tires with hta son, to enter business In some other line. It Is understood that ho will remain in Gainesville. 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TdtqPto th. w.wn and without any txtoa chary, whatov.r wo ..nd each certifr “tJalmb rs 2" isbis POSTAL CARD'LOST IN RACE WITH DEATH NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3.—“ Dear Pop: I hope' you come home before anything happens,” was a p’aintive message on a postal card found In the effects of D. W. Evans, whose body was found last night in a hotel here with an empty carbolic acid bottle nearby. . The fcottle bore the name of a St. Louis druggist., . Other papers indicated that Evans lived at 5726 Cote Brilllante street, St Louis. The body Is at the morgue. WOMAN RECEIVER IS NAMED IN KENTUCKY COVINGTON, Ky., Jan. 3.—With the announcement of the appointment of Mrs. Mabel Van Dyke Bell today to fill the office of federal commissioner of the northern district of Kentucky The Blue Grass State can boast of being one of the very few where a woman holds a po sition of this kind. The appointee has been connected with I the federal courts tn Kentucky for years i J. P. MORGAN BUYS ART FROM FRENCH COLLECTOR NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—J. P. Morgan has bought for more than 81,000,000 an other great assemblage of art objects from M. Gerges Hoentschel, the French collector, according to statements pub lished he>e today. M. Hoentschel was formerly the owner of the splendid Gotti ic and Rennalsance collections now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art here. NEW OFFICIALS ARE NAMED BY MARSHALLVILLE MARSHALLVILLE, Ga., Jan., 2.—As a result of the recent primary held for municipal officers, the council now com prises : Mayor, R. H. Richard, the in cumbent; Messrs. Mlles Patrick, J. M. Ware, J. E. Haslam, S. B. Goodwin and Feldef Frederick. This body has a working majority in favor of municipal ownership of public improvementa. SERIOUSLY BURNED IN TRYING TO RESCUE DOLL NEW YORK, Jan. £—As a result of heroic efforts to rescue a Christmas doll from the flames of her mother’s kitchen stove, Emma Benson, 2 years old. is dy ing at Bellevue hospital. 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