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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1913.
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-AGMCULTl/RAl
si Education
Successful. Farming
Andrew ft. g,ouLt
This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
'- tiers should he addressed to Dr. Andrew if. Soule, president State
agricultural College. Athens, (ia.
WINTER OATS IN GEORGIA
Georgia farmers are intensely inter
ested in the cultivation of winter oats.
They provide one of the most satisfac
tory of winter cover crops, occupy the
land to advantage, and furnish a con
centrate equal in importance to corn.
Ir fact, where corn and oats arc prop
erly rotated an abundance of concen
trates will be provided for practically
ail seasons of tfye year, and the farmer
will not be under the necessity of buy-
in corn at $1 or $1.50 a bushel, oats at
75 cents a bushel, or bran and other
mill feeds at prohibitive prices.
There are several points to be guard
ed by those who expect to engage in the
cultivation of winter oats. First, it is
very important to secure a good strain
of seed. There is no one best variety of
oats but there are several standard
sorts the merits of which have been
fairly well established. There is much
difference in the resistance to disease
within a given strain, and it is very im
portant that the farmer should know
under what conditions the seed he in
tends for planting was produced. One
of the great troubles in this state Is
the tendency, 'f©r oats to ‘rust under
certain seasonal conditions, and of
course, only rustproof strains should be
planted. The importation of oat seed
from other states is to be discouraged,
and in fact every farmer should en
deavor to produce his own seed from
year to year as nearly as possible. He
can select from those areas where the
rust lias been least destructive, and he
will have a cheaper and ordinarily a
more satisfactory grade of seed than
he can buy indiscriminately in the open
market. There are some breeders of
oats who are putting out a good product
and. where seed is purchased one should
ask for the strongest possible guaran
tee, and buy only from well established
and reliable firms.
Varieties of winter oats have been
tested on 4 the college farm at Athens for
several years past. As an average of
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Red Rustproof is second, with a-yield
of 67 bushels: Bancroft is third, with
a yield of 64 bushels; Culberson fourth,
with a yield of 48 bushels. Virginia
Gray has been tested for only three
years, but during that time has made
an average of 54 bushels. Fulghum has
only been tested for two years, and has
made an average yield of 65 bushels.
The Fulghum oat is earlier than the
other varieties and has a strong, stiff
straw, and presents every evidence of
being a strain of unusual merit and
virtue to Georgia farmers. The test
ing of this strain In comaprison with
others will be continued, and of course,
more definite information as to its value
will be obtained with the lapse of years.
We feel from our experience, however,
that farmers who can secure a good
quality of seed of this variety will be
as safe in planting it and as likely to
secure good * yields* therefrom as the
other strains mentioned. The particu
lar advantage Fulghum has in the mat
ter of ripening recommends it to the
favorable consideration of our farmers.
The method to be followed in plant
ing oats is a matter of more than or-
i dinary importance. Three years’ tests
in the college demonstration field indi
cate that where oats were planted with
an ordinary grain drill the average yield
was fifty-eight bushels when planted
in the open furrow, fifty-five bushels,
and when sown broadcast, fifty-one
bushels.
One would naturally conclude, there
fore, that seeding with the grain drill
should be given preference in all in
stances. This will depend a good deal
on the/ physical condition of the soil,
the amount and character of fertilizers
used and the preparation made for
planting. On land which is in fairly
good physical condition and where peas
have been rotated, vegetable matter
supplied and a rational system of fer
tilization followed, seeding with the
grain drill. It is only in the rarest
On thin, poor and impoverished sbils
the open furrow method will often
prove superior to seeding with the
graind drill. It is only in the rarest
instances that broadcasting will be
found satisfactory.
According to our experience the fer
tilization of oats is an important mat
ter and should be carefully investi-
| gated by the farmer. There is not
! a sufficient residue of plant food in
the soil ordinarily devoted to oats to
meet the needs of this crop. We be
lieve, and this belief is emphasized by
the practice and experience of many of
the best farmers in the state, that the
use of from 200 to 500 pounds per acre
of fertilizer will be found advantageous.
We advise a formula containing 2
per cent of organic nitrogen, 8 per
cent of phosphorus and 3 per cent
of potash. On soils which are very
thin and sandy, 2.5 per cent of nitro
gen, 9 per cent of phosphorus and
4 per cent of potash should be ap
plied. The richer the soil the less fer
tilizer necessary, the poorer and thin
ner, the larger amount which should
be used. An application of 200 pounds
may prove more profitable under cer
tain conditions than the use of' 500
pounds. According to our observation,
however, fairly liberal fertilization has
proven more profitable than where a
stinted ration of plant food is applied.
Of organic sources of nitrogen, cotton
seed meal, blood, tankage or fish scrap
may be • used. Acid phosphate will
piobably supply phosphoric acid in as
cheap and efficient form as any ma
terial which can be used on our aver
age soils, lacking as they are in organic
matter. While potash may be supplied
in one of several forms, kainit, muriate
and sulphate are the kinds likely to be
found most desirable.
• * *
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N. D K., Mullins, S. C., writes: I would
be glad if you could tell me what a two-
uorse wagon load or ton of stable manure
is worth.
in the course of time, though this will
depend a. good deal on the height of 1
your bottom lands above the water ta
ble.
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that has the itch? She scratches herself
nearly all the time ayd is fulllug of in
flesh.
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There is much variation in the compo
sition of yard manure owing to the class,
age and condition of the animals produc
ing it, the amount of concentrates fed
and the care to which the manure has
bSen subjected. Where the manure has
been left out in the open and allowed to
wash and *leach, or piled in good sized
heaps and allowed to fire-fang during the
summer the plant food will be much less
than' in the case of manure which has
been kept moist and under cover and
not exposed to washing rains. On an
average a ton of manure will contain
from 9 to 12 pounds of nitrogen, 5 to 8
pounds of phosphoric acid and 9 to 12
pounds of potash. In exceptional instan
ces the nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash may run a little higher. It is an
easy matter to haul a ton of manure on
a two-horse wagon, but here again the
size and height of the wagon bed, the
amount of water in the manure, etc., ef
fect very materially the amount one can
haul in a wagon. A ton of manure con
tains fertilizing constituents worth, rela
tively speaking, $2.50 to $3.00 per ton. Of
course, manure as you know exerts a
most wholesome effect in the soil, and
its value is much greater than the fig
ures cited because of the renewed activ
ity it gives to the bacterial life of the
soil and the humus it provides.
• * •
MAKING PERMANENT PASTURES.
T. ,T. H., Avera, Ga., writes: I have
three or four acres of bottom land which I
wish to make into a permanent pasture for
cows, hogs, etc. The land was in oats this
year and I thought of sowing in oats again
and dropi Ing Bermuda grass every third
or fourth furrow. Please state if Bermuda
is the Ix’st grass for this purpose.
It is likely that your mule is affected
with what is known as mange as dis
tinguished from itch. This being true
you should examine the skin closely as
mango is caused by a mite which closely
resembles the scab mite. In the case of
mange the mite burrows into the skin
and is lifflcult to deal with on that
account. Each domestic animal has
its own species. The symptoms are in
tense itching, the skin in red and cov
ered with small pimples which exude an
amber colored fluid. The disease spreads
and the afiimal naturally presents a most
disagreeable appearance when badly in
fected. . Affected animals should be iso
lated and the hair clipped on the dis
eased parts. Then apply green soap and
allow it to remain - at least five hours.*
Wash it off with warm water and take
off all the scabs carefully. Then wipe the
parts dry and apply the following rem
edy: Mix together one ounce of creolin,
one ounce of oil of tar, one ounce of
flowers of sulphur and eight ounces of
lard or vaseline. Mix these ingredients
together and rub into the skin once daily
for three or four days. Withhold for a
week and apply again. It is important
to remember that in treating a case of
this character the quarters should be
kept clean, dry and airy. None of the
harness or eguipment should be used on
a healthy animal without first disinfect
ing by boiling for twenty minutes.
NOLES ON WINTER OATS.
A. M. R., Macon, Ga., writes : I would
like all ths information you can give me
in regard to the best piethod of planting
and cultivating oats. For the last two
or three years I have had very bad luck
with my oat crop, and believe the trouble
lies in the manner in which I hafcdle the
same. Most of the crop is planted on river
bottom land.
Probably you are attempting to grow
your oats on rather wet land. In
this case no doubt the crop suffers con
siderably by heaving whenever frost
falls. You do not state whether you
have sown the crop broadcast or drilled
it by the open furrow method. We
would suggest that you try the open
furrow method on part of your land
this year. We believe if the crop be
comes well rooted and properly estab-
ed by planting in rows 16 inches
ap a ~t, and where you have fertilized
tne land well that you csai? grow thi
crop with success and profit. If you
have a grain drill we would s.uggest
tnat you put another area in seeding
rather deeply by setting the hoes well
into the ground so as to leave a rela
tively wide furrow behind them. We
believe it will pay you to fertilized
your land fairly well. It is probable
that river bottom land does not need so
much nitrogen as upland soils, possibly
not any. Not being acquainted with
the soil I can hardly offer a definite
suggestion along this line. We think,
however, that 1 per cent of nitrogen,
8 or 9 per cent of phosphoric acid and
2 or 3 per cent of potash, depending
on the per cent of sand in your land,
will be a good formula to use under
oats. We would suggest th'at you try
300 pounds per acre to begin with. Se
lect your seed with car e and treat it
with formaldehyde to destroy smut.
Any of the rust proof varieties will an
swer very well. It is important in our
Judgment that you get an early matur
ing, hardy variety and seed that is
true to name. Much of the seed which
has been offered for sale at different
times in Georgia is really not rust
proof.
If your land has not been prepared
for oats by plowing and there is a good
season in the soil, you may cross disk
it and then harrow until a fine seed bed
is obtained. A relatively firm soil on
top is desirable for oats, though break
ing it so as to put it in good tilth, es
pecially if the land is a heavy clay
is often a very desirable practice. If
the water table in this land is close
to the surface or it is subject to over
flow for any length of time, you will
probably have difficulty in raising oats
with success.
JAPAN CLOVER VERSUS COWPEAS.
J. M. P., Valdosta, Ga., writes: Will
Japan clover improve land as fast as pea
Tines?
If one desired to build up land quickly
preference would be given to pea vines,
though Japan clover is a legume and is
very valuable for certain purposes, as
it will grow under conditions and on
soils where pea vines could probably
not be raised with success. On old thin,
worn-out and washed lands partly pos
sessed by broom sedge and wild grass
Japan clover should be sown In the
spring of the year. On semi-shaded pas
tures it does finely, as it will grow in
the shade to good advantage even where
broom sedge will not grow. It may
take It some time to establish itself,
but it will eventually drive out such
grasses as broom sedge and possess
the land. It should not be grazed too
early in the season of the first year,
but,after it becomes well established
it will take care of itself. Japan clover
can probably be used to the best ad
vantage for improving pastures and re
claiming soils, but on any lands which
can, be cultivated successfully we think
other legumes, such as cowpeas, should
be used, not only for the purpose of
securing grain and hay, but for the
improvement of the soil. At the same
time It should be remembered that both
of these plants are legumes, and there
fore have the ability, under certain
conditions, of assimilating nitrogen
from the air.
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If you desire to use your bottom land
for a summer pasture. Bermuda will
make you a perfect sod and afford a
larger amount of grazing than any oth
er tame grass which you can establish.
The sod will foi#i quickly. Of course,
the rapidity with which the ground
will cover up depends somowlvat on the
condition of the land and the amount
of sod you distribute. Where you de
sire to secure a good sod of grass in
the shortest time possible it is best to
cut the sod up by running through a
cutting box and distributing it from a
wagon. It should then be pressed into
the soil with a roller, and the oats
should be seeded as you have indicate*
j thereafter. Bermuda sod is quite
| hardy and if put out immediately
j should stand the freezes of Winter
without serious injury unless we have
much colder weather than is ordinarily
experienced m Georgia. If you would
sow along with this Bermuda grass
and the oats some red top, say six to
iuht pounds per acre and a little alsike
clover. you would secure a pasture
which will provide grazing for a longer
pc’-od and this would of course be an
advantage. Probably the Bermuda
will choke out -the red top and clover
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FOR CONGRESS
I respectfully announce for Congress. My
platform is to learn and carry into effect the
needs and wishes of the white people of the
Second Congressional District.
If you think me worthy help me.
Respectfully,
(adt.f FRANK PARK.
Charleston, S. C.—Trade in wholesale
lines continues to show some Improve
ment. Retail trade is normal. The
movement of cotton is fully under way
and a good deal is being sold. Wind
storms in various sections of this im
mediate territory have damaged what
cotton remained in the fields. Collec
tions are fair.
Greenville. — Textile manufacturers
say that business continues active,
with the market strong ana very row
goods to b© had. Prices on fine goods
have strengthened, and tne outlook for
mills making this class of goods is
more promising. Wholesale dealers in
all lines report business active, anu
the marketing of cotton in this section
has improved collections.
Chattanooga.—Wholesale houses re
port a good increase in the number 01
orders booked, and they regard the
outlook as very encouraging. Manufac
turers, while not expressing much op
timism. continue to regard prospects
as favorable. Weather conditions re
main favorable for crop gathering. Col
lections have improved. Retail trade
appears to be in a healthy condition,
though continued warm weather has
caused it to fall off to some extent.
Memphis.—Jobbers of groceries, hard
ware, shoes and dry goods report busi
ness ahead of last year. Warm weather
has retarded retail trade, but it bene
fits cotton, which is being picked rap
idly. Collections still are slow, but
Improving.
Atlanta.—The movement of cotton
has stimulated trade, wholesale and
retail, and collections show an im
provement. Weather conditions con
tinue good.
Birmingham.—^No. 2 foundry iron is
firm, with inquiries increasing, and the
outlook is more encouraging. Fall
trade in general is of satisfactory vol
ume, and retailers anticipate a good
volume of trade, due to the state fair
having opened today, to continue until
after the 18th. Collections are slow. ,
Mobile.—Jobbers In all lines report
trade active, and retail trade is very
good. Collections are fair.
Montgomery.—All lines of trade show
a slight improvement. Collections are
fair. ,
Jackson.—Trade, wholesale and retail,
is good. Farmers are taking advantage
of.fair weather to pick and gin cotton.
New Orleans.—With the promise of
fair weather Louisiana farmers hope to
retrieve some of their losses as a re
sult of recent rains. Gathering of cot
ton, corn and rice has been materially
retarded, and the damage, no doubt, will
be heavy. Yet with a week of sunshine
the loss would be considerably lessen
ed. Much interest centers in the cot
ton outlook, and reports from some
few of the parishes are rather gloomy,
rains having prevented picking and
lowering the grade of tnat which re
mains in the field. Notwithstanding
these unfavorable reports, cotton has
moved to market freely. Tne sugar
cane crop has suffered to some extent,
but a cold, dry spell would be of im
mense benefit. The crop on the while,
however, Is in a fairly satisfactory
condition jobbing houses have felt the ex
isting condition, and their business has
been out somewhat. Retailers report slow
condition, and their business has been
cut somewhat. Retailers report slow
sales the past week on account of dally
rains. Collections are fair.
Oklahoma.—Since the recent rains
cotton has rapidly developed. It is
now believed, if killing frosts do not
visit this region wiuiin the next thirty
days, the total cotton production for
Oklahoma will considerably exceed the
earlier estimates. Business activity is
confined chiefly to oil-well supplies and
material related to oil developments.
Dallas. Jobbers and retailers report
trade fairly good. Collections are im
proving. No rain has fallen in this dis
trict the past week. The fields are dry
ing, and cotton picking is rapidly pro
gressing. The grade of cotton has been
badly injured.
Fort Worth.—Cotton fields are still
very wet, an<l picking is retarded. Much
grain i s being planted. Trade the past
two weeks has been very backward, .« d
Collections are slow.
SAN ANTONIO—Wholesale trade ia
fair, and collections are fairly good.
Very little shipping is going on, owing
.to the late flood. Retail trade is only
fair.
IN THE FAR WEST.
SAN FRANCISCO—Wholesale trade
is expanding with the advance of the
season. Hardware and steel are very
active. Demand for dry goods is in
creasing. Cooler weather has material
ly benefited retail trade. This year’s
citrus fruit crop is estimated at 29,000
cars.
THE CROPS.
With the publication of the govern
ment reports as to late crops, the agri
cultural season of 1912-13 has measur
ably closed. Taken as a whole, the pre
liminary returns point to a rather bet
ter outcome than earlier sensational
damage reports rendered probable.
Wheat, especially, * has turned out bet
ter, and so have oats. Corn yields,
though smaller than last year, probably
equal light yields of the immediate
past. Potatoes, tobacco and barley show
slightly larger yields than were indicat
ed a month ago. Cereal yields as a
whole are below last year by 24 per
cent, but exceed 1911 by 4 per cent.
Good prices for these and for the large
carry-over from 1912 have made for a
fairly satisfactory year for agriculture.
Winter wheat seeding has gone for
ward actively in the past few weeks,
rains have put the soil in good condi
tion. and an area equal to last year’s
very large acreage is freely predicted.
Better weather in the southwest has
made it possible to resume cotton pick
ing in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Storms and floods have washed out some
cotton and injured the grade of more,
but it is now conceded that a late, warm
fall will render possible a much larger
yield than seemed possible a few weeks
ago. Some damage was done by a vio
lent but rather restricted storm in the i
Carolinas last week. Cotton ginning
is active, and the movement, stimulat
ed by the high price, has been very
large.
Louisiana rice and sugar crops have:
been damaged by heavy rains.
Kentucky tobacco crop results are j
better than expected some short time 1
ago.
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Here is what Marion Harland said in 1906 about
Cotiolene
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Many years ago, I discontinued the use of lard in my kitchen
- a " d substituted for it, as an experiment. Cottolene, then com-
paratively a new product. Since my. first trial of it I can truly
say that it has given complete satisfaction. I honestly believe it to
housekeeper ° f itS ldnd ever offered to the American
MARION HARLAND.
are tender when they are cold—that is a sure test of a
Try it yourself. Make the biscuits like this:
Cottolene makes biscuits that
good shortening.
Won’t you followtheexample
of famous cooks and make
Cottolene THE fat for all
your cooking ?
Order a pail from your grocer; also
send to us for the valuable FREE
Cook Book, HOME HELPS.
■ BAKING POWDER BISCUITS .
2 cups flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 4table-
®P°°" S Cottolene, 3-4 cup milk. Sift flour, salt and baking powder
together; rub in Cottolene; mix lightly and quickly; mixture should
not be dry; roll out. on board, cut into small biscuits, bake ten
to fifteen minutes in hot oven. To make biscuits richer, mix '
with cream. Whole wheat, gsaham or rye biscuit may be
made in the same way.—Edith L. Clift. 3
CROP ROTATION HELPS LAND
AND GIVES VARIETY OF FOOD
In our farming operations it must be
remembered that crop rotation is an
important object if we desire to keep
up or improve our land, and at the same
time insuring a larger profit. If farmers
would only practice a regular yearly
system of crop rotation best adapted to
) the nature of their soils both their i
farms and themselves would be hand
somely benefited by the process. What
is meant, is to grow such crops in ro
tation which the soil is best capable of
producing. It is a well known fact that
every farmer desires (and it's to his
interest) to try and keep up or steadily
improve his farm. I can not recommend
any easier or quicker method which .will
have the desired effect than a regular
systematic rotation of crops, in both
regular farm crops and legumes or for
age crops.
Never crop the same land year after
year with the same kind of crop, as
this method when practiced will kill
or ruin the best land in a very short
period; but use a crop rotation system.
Not only is the soil kept in better con
dition or order, but rotation encourages
crop growth, causing them to produce
a larger yield and better quality, there
fore increasing our profits. We must
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FRANK BAACKES, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Saks Agent
American Steel & Wire Company
Chicago, New York, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Denver;
C. 8. Steel Prodnets Co., San Fraaeiaoo
FEATHER BED BARGAINS
Semi ns $10.00 and we will ship yon one fL*st-
class new 40-j>ouih1 Feather Bed, one pair 6-
ponnd new Feather IMllows ($2.50); one pair
full size Blankets ($3.50): one dandy Comfort,
full size $3.50,) all for $10.00. All new goods
and no trash. Biggest bargain ever offered.
Satisfaction guaranteed. This offer is for a
short time only to introduce our goods. Mail
Morey Order now. or write for circular and or
der blank. Southern Feather & Pillow Co.,
Dept. 1012, Greensboro, N. O.
have fields so arranged to produce mon
eyed crops one year and the next in a
soil improvement’ crop. By such rota
tion we are improving a certain portion
of the farm annually. Of course, we
can grow if desired (and is best) a mon
eyed crop, and also a soil improvement
crop the same year, as where crimson
clover if fallowed under in the spring
will produce fine corn, tobacco, or cotton,
and will not injure the land nearly as
much as when left idle or not culti
vated until another year.
Of course, by using different ma
nures and fertilizers and growing the
regular farm crops in rotation, the
soil can b© kept up to a fairly gooa
state of fertilization; but it is advis
able and essential to sow a legume or
soil improvement crop in such fields
at least once in every three years, find
turn under in a green state. Where
the regular farm crops are used only
in rotation, the soil has a tendency to
become close, and in a packed condi
tion, but by using a legume crop occa
sionally the soil will always be kept
more or less in a loose or mellow con
dition, also being enriched, furnishing
humus and plant food so much required
, for the growing crops.
At the last cultivation given the
crop I find it important and profitable
to sow a crop which will act as a cov
ering during the winter. Several ad
vantages will be derived from sych a
cover crop practice. First it furnishes
shade for the soil, and keeps it from
washing or leaching so badly. Second,
it will help to retain the moisture in
the soil in a droughty season, and will
also add to its' fertility. Third, If the
proper kind of crop is sown will fur
nish some winter and early spring graz
ing for cattle and sheep, which must
not be overlooked. For this cover crop
1 highly recommend crimson clover,
and think it most suitable to meet all
of the above requirements. * %
There are a number of different
kinds of crops that may be used for
this purpose, though prefer crimson
clover and deem it decidedly the best
and most profitable, as I know from
experience that it is 'one of the best
soil builders that can be grown. Rape,
cowpeas, soja beans and vetches are
good crops to be used in rotation, and
fallowed under in a green state, as
each one will add greatly to the fertil
ity of the soil.' Such crops turned un
der in the green state furnish plant
food in its decay, and after well de
cayed or rotten retains the moisture
in the soil, without which it is impos
sible to grow any kind of crop.
Rotation of crops also means a good
deal more of different feeds produced,
which saves the extra cost of buying.
This bountiful supply of feed also
means more and better live stock, which
also insures more plant food to be
returned to the soil, which in the end
certainly means more profit and enjoy
ment for the farmer. Use a regular
system of crop rotation, and stick to it.
Y#u will never regret it, but will find
your farm far more valuable and profit
able. In our farming operations we
must have objects in view, such as
the planting or sowing of crops which
will increase thr fertility or make our
soils more productive while growing
them, and also to select those which
we can get the most money out of or
will be most profitable, working in a
systematic way so as the business will
not be a burden or drudge, but an en
joyable and most pleasant occupation.*
ADAMSON WOULD OPEN
CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER
Georgia Congressman Asks
Lock and Dam Appropriation-
Good Roads Bill, Too
fBpeclal Dispatch to The Journal.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Congress
man Adamson today introduced a bill
appropriating $400,000 for the improve
ment of the Chattahoochee river be
tween Columbus and Eufaula, Ala. The
measure provides for the construction
of a set of locks and dams with a view
to making the river navigable at til l
seasons of the year, notwithstanding the
power dams at West Point and other
points above Columbus and Eufaula.
A good roads bill was introduced yes
terday by Judge Adamson. It provides
that the federal government shall pay a
rental of $15 pef mile per annum for
all of the public roads its agents use
In the delivery of mail.
ROOFING
grny as m mm More than $325,000
mil I D* worth of every
Arm mm mm make and kind of
brand new, dependable roofing now be
ing offered at such remarkably low'
prices, that we ask all in need or who
contemplate buying to hesitate placing
orders until they get these remarkable
Bankrupt
Prices. This lot consists of every known
make of roofing—Galvanized, 2Vc per sq.ft.;
Corrugated Steel, lEo per sq. ft.; Rubber
Surfaced Ajax Roofing 62o per square, etc.
We now own the Chicago House wrecking
Company and Incorporated for $10,000,000;
this tremendous purohase Is the first result
—nothing like it ever before attempted by
anyone. Every dollar’s worth of the roofing
guaranteed brand new. Every quality. Write
tor free samples and remarkable prices.
KARRIS BROS. COMPANY
Sept. BW-184
Chicago, Ill.
Try One in Your Home
POISONED BY MISTAKE,
BIG BARGAIN!
$10 Money Order brings
you one 36-lb. Feather Bed;
1 pair 6-lb, Head Pillows; 1
pair Sham Pillows or Bols
ter. (8-lb.) 1 pair Ladies
fancy or black Hose, 1 25c
Needle Book, 2 paper Pins;
1 pack Post Cards, 1 bu
reau Rug, 1 Handkerchief,
1 Testament and one pair
u 1“ nilVo u«iti i I irr Turkish Towels, and all for
Ht rAYS Wllrl LIFt cnly$10 to introduce our Feather Beds. No one
oan give a better quality of goods for the money
than we do. Agents wanted. Address
1 will lend you a
genuine Victor
Talkiae Machine
\7fr”rrkD or victro, » ,or a
VICTOR Free Trial in your
own home — any one you may vvrTDn | A
choose from my complete, Ulus- V Iv, 1 KULA
trated catalog} with tix double faced record* (12 piece* to
play). You need not send a cent. If, after the free
trial, you decide to keep it, l will sell it to you on my
ewy payment plan.
One Year to Pay
12.00 a month will pay for a Victrola. If you decide tbit
you don’t want to keep It, just notify me and 6end it back
at my expense. The risk is all mine. I trust you
Write to-day for my handsome catalog. It U Free.
PETER GOODWIN. President, Peter Goodwin
MercantF Victor and Victrola Distribu-
tera, 1019jCentur>Bldig\^t^Louis^io^
STREET DUEL VICTIM TO
RECOVER^SAY SURGEONS
Macon Man With Several
Wounds Is Improving—Assail
ant to Ask Bond
WILMINGTON. N. C., Oct. 20.—Wil-,
liam T. Gardiner, agred fifty-eight, a 1
prominent farmer of Edgecombe coun
ty, this state, died today at Pinetops
N. C., as the result of taking by mis
take last night a poison for headache
medicine. Gardiner had recently un-1
dorgone an operation and a solution
had been left for antiseptic purposes.
He arose during the night in the dark- j
ness, took the poison by mistake and
called in a physician, but too late.
Grover Bed Works, Grover, N. C.
MACON, Ga., Oct. 20.—With a bullet
still resting between his brain and
skull, and a bullet wound through his
chest, and painful Injuries in both!
hands, William Bolton, a sheet metal |
worker and the victim of the pistol duel j
last Saturday betfeen himself and
Return this a<i. with Money Order and get Charles E. Sniites, is said to be recover
EXTRA, one set of Lace Curtains or one Japan
ese Rug, 30x60.
NEGRO MURDERER IS
HANGED AT SANDERSVILLE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
SANDERSVILLE, Ga., Oct. 20.—Ed
Kitchens, colored, aged twenty-eight,
convicted at the September term of the
Washfnglon superior court, of the mur
der of Brantley White, overseer for J.
H. Hooks, near Warthen, in August,
was hanged here yesterday.
J.3UILT FOR
WINTER AND
SUMMER USE.
One Side a succession of soft,
r springry leather sections, snug and warm
for cold weather comfort. The other side for summer
[ use, firm, smooth and cooling. Mattress weighs 35 lbs.
A Feather Mattress Built Not Stuffed.
Guaranteed for a lifetime; satisfaction or
I money refunded. All feathers m this mattress are
new, clean, odorless, sanitary and hygienic. Built
in strong eight ounce A. C. A. Ticking.
I Write for catalogue. Agents wanted. Make big I
I money. Reference: Broadway National Bank. 1
Address: PURITY BEDDING CO.
[ Box 244, Dept. Nashville, Tonn.
ing at the Macon hospital. His present j
condition is such that he can undergo it,.
doctors.
Hospital doctors believe that he will |
survive his injuries. As soon as his
condition is such hat he can undergo it, ■
an operation will be performed.
Snipes still occupies a cell in the
Bibb county jail and is reticent about
.he affair. G. C. Tittle, who was with
Bolton until the shooting began, has
been released from Jail under a bail of
$500. He was arresed with Snipes and
’arried to jail to be held as a witness.
‘Ie states since his release that Snipes
md several other men followed hirn and
iolton about the streets Saturday atter-
'■oon in a threatening way.
Bolton has not yet given his version
f the affray.
Attorneys for Snipes will ask for ht!:
-s soon as the condition of Bolton per
mits.
Hundreds of our agents are making $10
a day in their npare time. Many are beat
ing t hat and are getting their own clothes
Free. We are dead sure you can do it. Such
a thing as failure is utterly impossible with
our new and complete outfit which wo send
by express- all chargeo prepaid. Our fine
Kne of stylish,well made, carefully finished
:lothe», guaranteed fit—beats everything
ever offered. Lowest prices. Oor Outfit
is magnificent—our styles and fashions
simply wonderful. Strong soiling plans
that bring the orders and Big Money for
you every Week, in hard cash.
Pants $3Sp Suits 19&
Can rou b«nt it? Bo a PROGRESS aeont. Earn ts to \
am time whila doing other work. 1
rything 1 a FREE. No experience ft
Outfit, order blanks, stationery,
hing necessary to start you In s i
ever known. Land the early orders In bunches. •
Tailoring Co., Dipl 9040 Ch,c
. ... yours-pare
Send no money. Ever; *
necessary. Get the <
tana line and everything necessary
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tie -m--* t. write ua rayl/vr *1 acueptthis offer,
K- O •. you rr return R,*or promptly after
’* Write now—-you cannot loeo,
MIDDLES ROOKS CO., Dopt $7,