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This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State
Agricultural College, Athens, Ga.
SOIL TESTS FOR GEORGIA FARMERS
The need of a more complete and thor
ough understanding of the soil is patent
to all whom are familiar with the history
of crop production in the United States.
It is manifestly impossible to use soil ,
amendments with intelligence and the
highest degree of efficiency until the far
mer understands the primary defects in
his soli, and how these may be overcome
with a minimum expenditure of effort
t ■_ on his part- Realising the constructive
** i character of work of this nature, the
1 State College of Agriculture has under
taken to institute a soil survey in Geur- .
gia. The funds asked for this work
: were scaled considerably by the last leg-
I lalatune, and hence the money avialable
at the present time is quite insufficient
to make much impression on a task of
such a stupendous character as that of
surveying, mapping, analysing, testing
and defining the soil needs of a state
in which there are so many series of
soils types represented, and which has an
.area of approximately 60.0 W) square miles.
Not discouraged, however, by the mea
gerness of the appropriation, work has 1
been instituted in a vigorous fashion
and a soil chemistry laboratory establish
ed at the college, and some 20 series of
test plats laid down on 12 distinct soil
typea The test plats cover three acres,
each acre being divided into 20 smaller
plats. By this means the work is car
ried on in duplicate on each acre, and
some ® questions are being asked of the
three acras. A different crop is grown
on each acre of land so that a rotation of
.crops may he instituted and its effect on
the soil determined. The present year
the first acre is devoted to cotton, the
second acre to corn, and the third acre
to cowpeas. The first and the eleventh
plats are check plats; the second and
twelfth plats received potash alone; the
third and thirteenth plats received phos
phoric acid; the fourth and fourteenth
plats, nitrogen; the fifth and fifteenth
pUgs, phosphoric acid and potash; the
sixth and sixteenth plats, potash and
nitrogen; the seventh and seventeenth
plats, phosphoric acid and nitrogen; the
eighth and eighteenth plats, phosphoric
acid, potash and nitrogen; the ninth and
nineteenth plats, ground phosphate rock;
the tenth and ewentieth plats, ground
phosphate rock and potash, and on half
of the plats in each test the leguminous
crops are to be cut oft. and turned un
der on the other.
Before these series of plats were laid
down, the soils were crefully analysed
so that the marked deficiencies in plant
food might be ascertained and the fer- |
tHiser applied proportioned somewhat
to the apparent needs of the soil. It .
will be seen that a series of plats of
this character instituted on some SO .
acres of land in Georgia will presently
, furnish data of the greatest possible
practical importance to farmers, and i
will set at rest many vexing problems.
Os course, work of this character must
be continued for several years to be
of any value. The present season, how- i
ever, is clearly abnormal, and the re
turns may be small, but the average of
a five-year period may be depended on
with some degree of accuracy. It is
contemplated that this work will be
continued on the same area of ground,
however, for a period of not less than
ten years. It is certainly desirable that <
one of these series of test plats be laid .
down on every type soil in Georgia
Just bow many of these there are no
one knows, for enough work has hardly
'been done to make even an approxi
mate estimate. It is believed, however, i
that there will be well on to 300 type
soils found in the state. It is mani
festly absurd and wanton folly to at
tempt to operate and fertilise all of
these soil types in exactly the same
manner. This, as we all know, has
been the custom in the past, and if the
state Is to make permanent progress
and develop a type of agriculture which
will not only sustain the population, but
result in the conservation of the soils,
a new system of management must be
instituted, and to make this at all prac
ticable, it will be necessary to have an i
accurate knowledge of the type soils
which can alone be secured through
the inauguration of some system such
as that now being established. c
The tests in progress now are located
on Conseuga silt loam, cecil sandy loam,
Norfolk sand, cecil clay loam. Durham
sandy loam. Greenville sandy loam,
Norfolk sandy loam. Norfolk fine sands
loam. Norfolk fine sand. Plummer fine
sand. Tifton randy loam, and Orange- I
burg sandy loam. Tests are at present
in progress in Walker, Troup. Brooks.
Dougherty. Sumter. Dooly. Dodge. Ware, j
Bulloch. Washington Hancock. Colum
bia. Oconee, Walton. Clarke and Frank- •
lin counties. • The physical examination |
of the type soils on a number of other i
counties has been completed by the
bureau of soila. of the United States
department of agriculture, but test
plats could not be established on these
areas the present year owing to the
limited nature of the appropriation
made for this particular work. The de
mand made upon the college for work
in this direction is very great, and the
farmers who an seeking for the estab
lishment of test plats in their counties ,
; are wise in their day and generation,
but it is manifestly impossible for the
work to be extended without increased
support from the state.
* This article has been prepared so
that those chiefly Interested in this
matter might be fully Informed as to
what is being done and the reason why
the work cannot be expanded further
at the present time.
It will be interesting to many to know
something about the variation in the
composition of the soil types on which
tests are being conducted at the present
time. In Walker county an acre of soil
to the depth of a foot, contains 1.3®
pounds of nitrogen. S» pounds of phos
pchnc acid, and 2.640 pounds of potash.
This soil is not a rich soil in any re
spect. but it is markedly deficient in
phosphoric acid and nitrogen In
'Franklin county the area on which the
test plats are located contains per acre
foot 2.*» pounds of nitrogen. 3.3® pounds
of phosphoric acid and ".120 pounds of
potash. Notice how much richer this
eoil area is in all the essential elements
of plant food, yet the lands in Frank
lin county respond well to certain kinds
of fertiliser. These figures make it clear
that the same systems of management
should not be followed on these two
•oil areas.
Passing to a consideration of one or
two other counties for the purpose of il
lustrating the point under discussion. It
la Interesting to note that the test plats
m Bulloch county contain per acre foot
1 84® pounds of nitrogen. 1.040 pounds of
phosphoric acid, and 1.5® pounds of pot
aFh In Sumter county the plant food (
per acre foot on the test plats consists ,
of 2.4® pounds of nitrogen. 1.2® pounds
at potash. There is thus a distinct dis- ,
Terence shown in the natural fertility of
these two soil t . pee which lie very much
in the same latitude.
While many more illustrations quite as
striking as these could be presented, it
is not intended to tire the reader, but
simply to point out the necessity of hav
ing a correct basis on which to judge
ot the deficiencies of our soils, and how
to supply them with the greatest econ
omy. To do this no system has yet
been devised superior to that which has
been instituted in Georgia. It is simply
a question of time until the data needed
by the farmer can be secured. Os course,
the work can be continued on its present
basis and the results acquired in the
course of 50 or 100 years, but if the far
mer desires to have the information
which is to give him the largest meas
ure of control over his soil, it will be
necessary for much larger sums of
money to be appropriated for thia im
portant line of work by the state.
• • •
USING NITRATE OF SODA ON CORN.
C. T. 8. writes; I have a field of
corn that I am using SOO pounds of fer
tiliser per acre on and I want to use
nitrate of soda later on. Will you
please tell me how to use it to get the
best results?
Nitrate of soda should be applied to
corn about two weeks before it begins
to silk and tassel. If put on later than
this the chances are that it will in
crease the growth of stalk and leaf at
the expense of grain.
Nitrate may be broadcast between
the drill row. It should be put near
the surface of the ground and not cov
ered by the soil. Put it on after, rath
er than before the rain. It would ap
pear as a white crystal or powder on
the surface of the ground after it has
been sown but.you will be surprised to
see how quickly the moisture will arise
to the surface and cause It to dissolve.
Passing into the ground as it does in
a form immediately available to plants
it is very quickly assimilated and its ef
fect on the growth becomes apparent
a few days after it has been applied.
One hundred to one hundred and fifty
pounds should constitute a satisfactory
application to corn on most soil. On
extremely thin land or where the corn
has made a rigorous growth, 200 pounds
can sometimes be used to advantage.
It is better ordinarily to not use more
than 100 pounds at a single applica
tion.
• • •
CULTIVATION OF RED CLOVER.
J. M. P., Valdosta, Ga., writes: I
send a clover bloom and want to know
what kind it is. It seems to do well.
I would like to know when to sow it
and how much to use to the acre.
Where could I get good first-class
seed?
The specimen sent appears to be a
head of red clover, but it was so badly
faded and crusned that it is difficult
to tell what the original color was.
This clover grows in various parts of
the United States, but it is not exten
sively cultivated in Georgia, It will
possibly grow very well in many sec
tions where the land is deep, moist and
porous and well supplied with lime. It
does not do well cn acid soils. In many
sections of the south clover experiences
sickness which proves destructive to it.
They have developed a strain of resist
ant seed at the Tennessee station
which has not been widely distributed
as yet, but It promises to make possible
the growing of this clover more ex
tensively in the future than has been
possible in the past. Red clover may
be sown either in the fall or spring.
It should be put on moist, rich land
well supplied with vegetable matter and
free from acid. Fertilise the soil welt,
especially if it is acid, with a mixture
of 500 pounds of fertiliser containing 8
to 10 per cent of phosphoric acid, and
5 to 7 per cent of potash. Sow’ the
seed at the rate of 12 to 15 pounds per
acre. Scatter it on the surface of the
ground and woik in w-»ll with a weeder.
It may be sown from the 15th of Sep
tember to the 15th of October. It is
important to sow it rather early so as
.to enable it to develop a good root sys
tem before cold weather sets in. This
crop sometime:) produces crops for two
years it* succession. It makes a hay
of superior quality, rich in protein and
finely adapted for feeding all classes
of live stock properly cured. You can
secure seed of red, clover from any re
liable seedsman. The price varies so
materially that a suggestion along this
line would not be of much service at
this time. We do not think you would
find it practicable to grow red plover
extensively in your section as you can
raise many other legumes which are
more certain to give a uniform yield tn
an average season than this crop. Crim
son clover is certainly well adapted for
growth in your section of the state, and
we are disposed to think you will find
alsike clover hardier than red clover for
use in south Georgia.
• • •
MANAGEMENT OF AN ALFALFA
PATCH.
M. H. M., Milledgeville, Ga., writes:
I have two rows of alfalfa in my gar
den for my chickens. One row was
planted a year ago and inoculated; the
other row was planted this spring a
foot from the first row, but not inocu
lated. Both rows have done finely until
now the leaves look shriveled and dead.
Does it need a stimulant of some kind?
The ground is comparatively rich. I
used chicken manure and leaves with
the alfalfa. What should be added to
chicken manure to make a good vege
table fertilizer? What will keep worms
out of squash, cucumbers and toma
toes?
Tour alfalfa may be suffering from
one of several troubles. The alfalfa
rust often proves destructive In this
section. It is thought by some to be
due to the tenacious character of much
of our clay lands and heavy rainfalls
which do not permit as much aeration
of the deep feeding roots as seems
necessary to the well-being of this plant.
No doubt the second row referred to
was not inoculated sufficiently to en
able it to gather the amount of nitro
gen needed from the air. You might
scrape the earth from alongside the
row that has done well and take some
of it and mix it thoroughly around the
row which is not thriving well. You
will probably find a good dusting of
the soil with unslaked lime beneficial.
After the lime has been on the ground
for a couple of weeks, suppose you try
an application of nitrate of soda and
see if it does not benefit the alfalfa.
It may also be benefited by phosphorus
and potash. If you have used only the
chicken manure, you have not supplied
enough of these elements. We would
suggest that you use a complete fer
tiliser in association with the chicken
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1912.
LAWN OF WOODROW WILSON
HOME LOOKS LIKE AN ARMED CAMP;
PENCIL SQUAD PITCH TENTS TO STAY
Motion Picture Men Are on the
Job, • and Delegates Are
Swarming to Seagirt to Con
gratulate Leader
(By Associated Tress.)
SEAGIRT. N. J., July 3.—"1 haven’t
had time to think ot all these things."
Gov. Woodrow Wilson came out of
the "little white house," sat in an easy
chair on his porch, crossed his legs, took
off his glasses and thus replied today
to a bombardment of questions hurled
at him by a group of reporters. He was
looking rather care-worn and tired.
“I don’t know yet whether I shall ap
point Mr. McCombs my campaign man
ager or suggest him for the chairman
ship of the national committee,” said he.
**l haven’t decided w’hether I shall re
sign as governor of New Jersey. I
haven’t had time to read the platform;
1 have made no campaign plans—in
fact I have devoted all my time to
mbrning callers and to my correspond
ence. ’These and other details I shall
take up in due time with my friends.
Poor fellows, they will have to get some
rest.
THANKS HIS FRIENDS
To all the thoughtful and generous
friends who * have sent me messages
cf congratulations I want to express my
hearty thanks. I shall not be able to
answer them individually, I am afraid,
they are so very numerous. I hope this
inadequate acknowh dgment will fall un
der their eyes. These messages of per
sonal confidence hel.i immeasurably to
make public service seem worth while.’
manure for garden purposes, contain
ing about 2 to 3 per cent of organic
nitrogen. 9 per cent of phosphoric acid,
and 5 to 7 per cent of potash. This
should be used at the rate of not less
than 500 pounds per acre. Then you
may use some nitrate in small quanti
ties for top dressings on the vegetables
you mention. The vegetable matter
and chicken manure you are using on
your garden are good materials for pro
viding humus and nitrogen, but the
manure must be supplied in larger
quantity than you are now using. ,
Probably the pickle worm and squash
borer have attacked your cucumbers
and squash. The best way to fight
these pests is to mix arsenate of lead
with water at the rate of one ounce
to about four gallons and spray the
plants thoroughly. This metnod will
not prove very effective, but it is the
best suggestion we can offer under the
circumstances. You should gather up
all infested vines and burn them.
The worms in your tomatoes are no
doubt the corn bud worm, and the
chances are they will go to the qorn in
a few days. Spray your tomatoefe with
arsenate of lead in the proportion men
tioned above. Be sure to wash any to
matoes and cucumbers which have been
sprayed before using. Follow a rota
tion of crops in your gardet., and keep
trash off the ground, and burn or bury
all infested tomatoes.
• • •
FIGHTING THE COTTON CATERPIL
PILLAR.
W. H. M., Cuthbert, .Ga., writes:" I
have learned that the cotton caterpillars
are on their way down here. They ate
up kbout three bales of cotton for me
last year. I have such a nice crop of
cotton that I would hate to lose it by
the worms, so I have come to you for
help. Can you tell me what to do to
keep them away, or to destroy them after
they have appeared ?
Your fear in regard to the cotton cat
erpillar is well founded as they do an
enormous amount of damage. Reports
are coming in from many'parts of the
state that cotton fields are being visited
and preyed upon by this pest. These
worms winter in the southern states and
are generally in very small numbers the
first of the season. They hatch about
three broods during the summer, not
being in very large numbers until the last
hatching when they literally clean up all
the cotton leaves that happen to be left
green in the late autumn. They pass the
winter in the form of moths which be
gin to fly about in March in search of
some good place to lay their eggs which
number between 6® and 800, which hatch
Into army worms. These worms develop
another set of moths which in turn lay
again and give rise to the second gener
ation of worms. The question of com
batting the worm is a serious one, and
no very effective remedies have as yet
been discovered, but one which has been
fairly successful is to mix an equal
quantity of wheat flour and Paris green
and dilute with slaked lime in the pro
portion of one to five parts. This mixt
ure thinly distributed over the cotton
plants will in some measure check the
movement of the worm, and should be’
applied before they cover a large area.
This mixture should be applied not only
in the area in which the worms are feed
ing, but should circle around this area
for a few feet. Another remedy is to
make a dust furrow around the area
covered by the worms by plowing a deep
furrow and raking with a drag in order
to pulverize the earth. The caterpillars
get in this furrow and can not get out.
• • •
GOOD VERSUS POOR PREPARATION.
C. S. 8., Atlanta, Ga., writes; What
have been your observations in regard
to crop conditions this year where the
lands have previously been broken deep,
as compared with fields which have al
ways had only shallow breaking. I
should think that lands well broken
would not have the trouble of draining
themselves of the excessive rains this
winter and spring as lands not broken
deeply. Have you observed the condi
tions in fields which have previously
been broken with dynamite?
In our judgment the fields which have
been deeply broken have taken care of
the abundance of water which has fall
en as rain to better advantage than
those not properly prepared. In a sea
son such as this there would be less
difference between a well prepared and
poorly prepared piece of land, for the
reason that the superabundance of mois
ture finding its way through the soil
will tend to dissolve out and liberate a
considerable quantity of plant food, and
may in fact supply the crop with a
larger amount than would be true in a
dry season. As a matter of fact, any
'crop will do better in either a wet or dry
season on soil which has been thorough
ly prepared. Lands which have been
well broken will dissolve and hold more
moisture than those which have not
been deeply stirred. Os course, all soils
have a maximum water-holding capaci
ty, and when they become surfeited with
moisture, there is a tendency for them
to wash and erode. It is not likely that
the use of dynamite on soils would show
as good results In a wet season as in a
dry season. We have had no opportun
ity to observe any pronounced results
as yet from the use of dynamite. It Js,
of course, too early in the season to de
termine what the effect of dynamite
might be on the ultimate yield, of such
crops as corn, cotton and cowpeas.
•’Do yoq care to comment upon the
convention’s work?" he was asked.
“I can only say," he replied, “that I
am most gratified at its harmonious
ending. As to the work of my support
ers, I never saw anything like it for
absolute devotion. Many of them were
my warm personal friends.”
WILL REMAIN GOVERNOR
Whatevef’clse the governor does, he
will continue to visit Trenton every
Tuesday, maintaining the custom set
when a summer mansion was first built,
of keeping ’’governor’s day" at the state
capitol.
His friends are posi :ive that he will
not resign as governor until after the
first of next year, as under the New-
Jersey law the president of the senate
automatically takes the governor’s seat
upon the latter’s resignation. John D
Prince, the present president of the
senate, is a Republican.
Governor Woodrow Wilson slept
late this morning, after the ar
duous days preceding his nomina
tion. Visitors began gathering on the
lawn in front of the "little white
house" before 8 o’clock, however, and
nearly a dozen tents, erected for tele
phone booths and other accommoda
tions. sprang up on the green.
Besides the usual run of enthusiasts,
many delegates returning from Balti
more were expected at the Wilson cot
tage today. Texas delegates. 40 strong,
notified the governor that they would
stop over at Seagirt on their way home.
Practically the entire New Jersey dl
egation is expected, and many delegates
from Pennsylvania a fid Tennessee are
coming.
The governor retired late last night
without knowing officially that Gov
ernor Marshall, of Indiana, had been
chosen as his running mate. He was
told as early as 11 o'clock that Gov
ernor Marshall had been nominated,
however, and. although this report was
premature at the time, it was confirmed
by the convention’s subsequent act.
'But when this action was vaken Gov
ernor Wilson wns asleep.
Photographers , are here by the
score, and several moving picture con
cerns have men on hand taking every
conceivable phase of the activity here
about. One set of moving pictures was
taken last night while the governor
was moving: about the lawn with the
newspaper men before he retired.
HE WIRES MARSHALL.
The governor this morning sent the fol
lowing telegram to Governor Marshall at
Indianapolis:
“Sincere congratitlatldns. I shall look
forward with pleasure to my association
with you.
“WOODROW WILSON.”
The governor also gave out the follow
ing statement:
"Governor Marshall" bears the high
est reputation both as an executive and
as a Democrat, and I feel honored by
having him as a running mate. He is, I
am happy to say, , a valued personal
friend of mine as well as a fellow-Dem
ocrat.” i
MANY CONGRATULATIONS.
W. J. Conners, of Buffalo, wired Gov
ernor Wilson:
“A splendid fight won the right way.
I congratulate you and the Democratic
party upon your nomination.”
United States Senator Mark A. Smith,
of Arizona:
"I was for my school boy friend and
college classmate, Champ Clark, until
this afternoon. From now on I am,with
you with all that is in me. I congratu
late you, our party Jind our country on
your success.”
Percy Belmont:
“My sincerest congratulations. Under
your leadership a progressive Demo
cratic party will triumph over both the
president and his predecessor."
GETS 1,000 MESSAGES.
Nearly 1,000 messages of congratu
lation to Governor Wilson were in the
hands of his secretary before the gov
ernor had arisen from the breakfast
table. Among the first received was
one from Charles F. Murphy, leader of
Tammany Hall:
"Permit nie to extend my hearty
congratulations,” it read. "Your nom
ination means a great Democratic vic
tory.”
MORE CONGRATULATIONS.
Richard P. Hobson and wife: “We
congratulate you, the Democratic party
and the country upon your superb vic
tory."
Governor Hall, of Louisiana: "I ex
tend my congratulations."
Atlee Pomerene, United States sena
tor from Ohio: "Accept my hearty con
gratulations. My services are at your
command for the campaign."
Old classmates and pupils from near
and far sent messages of good will.
Some weer bubbling with enthusiasm.
"Hooray,” wired one enthusiastic fol
lower. "School has begun and thus end
eth the first lesson.”
A message from Mont Clair, N. J.,
read: "Heartiest congratulations,”
from the New Jersey Association for the
Blind, affected the governor greatly. He
has taken great interest in the work of
this organization for many years.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA. v
"Legitimate business has nothing to
fear, Socialism nothing to hope for,”
wired a North Carolina, friend.
Among the governor’s accomplish
ments, he boasts a mastery of short
hand. He displayed his knowledge of
this today by making notes for dicta
tion. As he wrote, leaning his pad up
on the arm of his easy chair, the camera
squad snapped him again and again and
moving picture man recorded his move
ments.
NEW RAILROADS WILL
RUN FROM WAYCROSS
WAYCROSS, Ga., July 2.—Railroad
construction figures prominently in the
industrial activities of this section now
and unless plans that have strong sup
port fall through some Important points
in this section will soon be brought in
closer touch. Two roads are building
out of Waycross, one towards Milltown
and some point on the Georgia South
ern and Florida, the other south to some
Florida city. These roads are operating
over a portion of the completed line and
as fast as construction proceeds the
service will be extended. The Waycross
and Western is a local road, while Penn
sylvania capitalists are * behind the
Waycross and Southern.
Another railroad that is getting into
the gossip of the present is one on
which much work was done several
years ago. a short cut from Waycross,
through Baxley to Vidalia. Waycross
parties are still Interested in the project
and from the new enthusiasm shown
along the proposed route little difficulty
is expected in getting positive action
on this line. The Atlantic, Waycross
and Northern, which has a charter cov
ering a line from St. Mary’s to Fort
Valley, and which now operate from St.
Marys to Kingsland, is one of the live
propositions that railroad men are in
vestigating and it is believed arrange
ments will be made within a few
months to bring the road as far as
Waycioss.
With the past jxperience of railroads
as developers the activity in railroad
construction is considered one of the
neat reasons this sectionihas for count-'
ing on a remarkable growth during the
next few years.
KEROSENE OIL SPREADS
DEATH TO ARMY WORM
Colquitt County Farmer Gives
Method for Destruction
of Plague
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MOULTRIE, Ga., July 2.-J. A. Smith,
a farmer, who lives in Co’quitt county,
near Pavo, a short distance from the
Thomas county line, has discovered that
kerosene oil, sprayed on corn or other
plants, is sure death to the army worm,
and his experiments in this direction
have been very successful. He had 12
acres of corn that the worms had in
vaded and destroyed and he applied the
Paris green treatment shortly after he
discovered the worms but it failed to
destroy them until they had literally de
stroyed the corn.
After the majority of the corn on the
12 acres had been destroyed Mr. Smith
says it looked as if the worms would de
stroy everything he had planted. He de
cided to try kerosene oil and as an ex
periment got a bottle and fil ed it with
oil. He poured a small quantity of the
oil in the bud of the corn and found
that wherever it came in contact with
the worms it killed them in a few min
utes.
Mr. Smith says he believes that the
moth or fly lays the egg in the bud of
the corn and as soon as they are hatch
ed they commence eating there and con
tinue until they devour the whole plant.
He is satisfied with the result of the
test from the little oil he sprayed and
is sure that when it is put on the bud of
the corn it Is the surest and quickest
way of killing off the pest.
The army worm caused but little dam
age so far in the fields of the Colquitt
farmers and the majority of them are of
the opinion the result will not be very
serious. Several other farmers in Mr.
Smith's neighborhood tried the kerosene
oil treatment after he had experimented
and found it worked with good success.
WAYCROSS TO CONSIDER
COMMISSION SYSTEM
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WAYCROSS. Ga., July 2.—-Although
the question has been oversnadowed for
several months by various local and
state matters, commission government
is by far anything but a dead issue in
Waycross and before fall will come
into considerable prominence. A com
mittee. headed by John W. Bennett, has
gathered data regarding the new form
of government, and while no recommen
dations have been made so far, it 'is
probable that the change will get
strong support from many sources in
Waycross.
A comparative statement of the cost
of conducting the present city govern
ment and a commission form shows
actual difference favoring the commis
sion form of only a few dollars. This,
however, could be made greater with
the introduction of some radical changes
in several departments.
Aldermanic jobs are not looked upon
with so much favor in the city now
because of the heavy work the office
requires. In the olden days an aider
man's job was no work at all, but so
steady has been the growth of Way
cross that today to be an aiderman
means that much valuable time must
b e devoted to the city, with practically
no pay. ‘
In the discussions that have taken
place it has been argued that a com
mission of three men, well selected,
could save money for ’ the city and
render at the same time service more
satisfactory than under the aldermanic
form of government. There is opposi
tion to the new form of government in
the city, but no specific reasons for
opposing the change have as yet been
advanced. Regardless of who runs for
governor or what questions come up
locally, the conuaission government one
will hold its own this year.
S2OO A CAR OFFERED
FOR COLQUITT MELONS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MOULTRIE, Ga., July 2.—Two hun
dred dollars a car were offered here
yesterday for watermelons, the highest
price that this part of the country has
ever seen, but those who heard the of
fer were of the opinion that the fellow
who made it only wanted one carload.
At least the price was established and
will hold the record for a long time to
come, in the opinion of the farmers
hereabouts.
W. G. Smithford, a farmer who lives
near here, was loading a car of melons
at the A., B. & A. Station, at a contract
price of $l5O, when a Baltimore buyers
came along and offered him S2OO for the
car. Mr. Smithford could not sell, and
it just happened he was the only farm
er here with melons, and the buyer did
not get any.
PIGEONS FLY FROM MACON
TO HOMES IN BALTIMORE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Ga., July 2.—Over 500 hom
ing pigeons have been released in Ma
con since Sunday to wing their way
hack to Baltimore, from whence they
were shipped. Two coops were released
Sunday from the top of the Southern
Express company’s building.
The birds were sent to Macon by
pigeon fanciers who desire to time their
flight from Macon back home, a dis
tance of about 600 miles. Each of the
birds left their coop as fast as they
were released amid a large crowd that
gathered to see their flight.
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MACON. Ga., July 2.—The police are
making a high and low search for Miss
Hattie Belle Speer, the 15-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles O.
Speer, of 2028 Third street, who mys
teriously disappeared from home last
Saturday. The search was begun Sat
urday night, when she failed to return
from a trip downtown with several
friends, she told her parents she ex
pected to accompany.
Every place possible has been search
ed by the officers, but not the slightert
information has been gained of satis
faction to the parent* and friends. It
is believed that she has left the city,
although she cannot be traced to either
of the four depots in Macon. Her
mother is almost prostrated over ner
disappearance, and thinks perhaps that
she has been kidnaped.
DEBRUHLE WONT GIVE
HIS VOTE TO BLEASE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal)
COLUMBIA. 8. C., July 2.—“1 no
ticed in one of th® issues of The Atlan
ta Journal that Governor Blease Is
quoted as saying that I am his person
al, and he believed his political, friend.”
said M. P. Deßruhl. assistant attorney
general, to the representative of The
■Journal today.
"I wish to say in regard to the mat
ter." continued Mr. Deßrul.*. "that I
entertain no person antagonism to
Governor Blease and all communica
tions which I have had with him have
been personally pleasant and he has al
ways been courteous to me as I have
been to him. I have no. voted for him
for governor and will not do so this
year for the reason that I do not agree
with him in a number of matters in his
political course and in his administra
tion as governor." t
HARDING DAVIS WILL
WED BESSIE M’COY
(By Aisociated Brest.) |
NEW YORK. July 2.—Richard Hard
ing Davis, the novelist, and Bessie Me- ,
Coy, the actress, are to be married on
July 8, according to a statement made
by Mr: Davis. Mr. Davis' first wife ob
tained a divorce from him in Chicago
last month.
Crushed by Train
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., July 2.—Mrs. W.
G. Monroe, of this city, was brought
home last night from Letford, Ga., in a '
critical condition as the result of in- |
juries sustained yesterday afternoon
when crushed beneath the wheels of a
Savannah and Southern train at Norden.
The chances of her recovery are slight.
Mrs. Monroe was thrown from the plat
form. The wheels of the coach passed
over her aim and leg, mangling both to
such an extent that amputation was
necessary. She was brought here in a
private ambulance, which was hurried
for her after the news of her injuries
reached her relatives here.
Bloodworth Won’t Runt
FORSYTH. Ga.. July 2.—There has
been some talk over the Flint circuit
to the effect that Hon. O. H. B'. Blood
worth would announce against Messrs.
Owens. Smith and Fletcher, already in
the race, for solicitor general. Last
week, a petition was signed by a large l
percentage of the voting population of
Forsyth, requesting Mr. Bloodworth to j
make the race, but upon his return to
Forsyth today, he authorizes the state- I
ment that he is In no sense a candidate ;
for this office.
Negro Assailant Shot
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON. Ga., July 2.—Frank Tanner,
a negro, who attempted assault on a
young white woman on Hines Terrace.
Vineville, yesterday, was shot through
the thighs by Deputy Lon Williams
when he attempted to resist arrest. The
wounds are very painful, but will not
prove fatal. ,
CORN DOCTOR PRAISES
CHICAGO WOMEN’S FEET
(By Axsociated Pre**.) i
CHICAGO, July 2.—Chicago women, af
ter being frowned upon for a generation
by the women of other cities, as being
the possessors of the largest feet, finally
have been placed in their true light. In
stead of having the largest feet they
are possessed of exactly the opposite,-
according to Dr. Ignace J. Reis, in at
tendance at the National Chiropodists’
convention here.
The women of Chicago have been libel
ed and slandered for years in that they
have been given notoriety as having the
largest feet.” said Dr. Reis. "As a mat
ter of fact, their shoes are smaller than
those worn by’ the women of Parts. Lon
don. New York, Berlin or Naples. Sta
tistics gathered by shoe dealers and man
ufacturers. fortified by the observations
of chiropodists, prove this.
"Thousands of women in Chicago, be
tween the ages of 30 and 35 can wear a
1 1-2 shoe. The average size shoe worn
by women here is 3 1-4, in New York 5
and in Paris 3 3-4, in London and Ber
lin 4, and in Naples 4 1-4.
Mrs, Jno. Seay ( Sr„ Dead
DAWSON. Ga., July 2. —Mrs. John
Seay, Sr., passed away here this morn
ing. Mrs. Seay, who was about 65
years old, was one of the most highly
esteemed women in the county, having
resided in Dawson for a number of
years. The funeral services will b®
conducted Tuesday. Deceased is sur
vived by two children. Mr.. John Seay
and Miss Jimmie Seay, both of thia
city.
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