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MA&KING TIME.
For two wrecks the congress of the
United States did nothing but mark
- time, a gentleman's agreement by which
that great ■ and expensive legislative
body did nothing else for that period
It is a question as to how long the coun
try will permit such agreements, when
the congress is costing the people so
much money, actual cash drawn out of
the strong box of the nation every thirty
days or oftener But such is the pre
vailing custom now and which has >een
growing worse for fifty years, because
the political conventions are constant
ly increasing in volume and more and
more expensive, every four years. If
congressmen and senators would stay
In Washington on the job there would
be no need for marking time They
might be interred in what the con
ventions were doing but the hegira
from the District of Columbia, is some
thing astonishing, when there conven
tions are en tapis.
Perhaps it is only the of poli
tics. Nevertheless there are very senious
objections to being ruled by a bunch of
politicians who are drawing more than
twenty dollars per day land to speak
plainly are hired to stay in their seats
and answer to roll calls. A rood many
of them could *ae spared all the time. A
postage stamp on a chair could be
counted with agreeable results for a
whole lot of them. But they are prone
to conventions and what is consequential
in big towns like Chicago and St. Louis
when conventions are on.
There are plenty of men who are not
in congress who could pull off conven
tion business with ease and facility:
• but the congress crowd could not pa
rade with so many consequential airs
and graces if they were not permitted
to "cuss and discuss" in the floors of
these big convention gatherings.
how doos thiix old homes
When I was a child and lived in
Decatur with my parents we had a
valuable dog named Brutus. He was
very large, white, shaggy dog. and very
fond of the family. He was a fine guard
dog. and at one time prevented a bur
glar from breaking in the house.
We usually spe.it Christmas and New
Tear's at the plantation home, twelve
miles away. When we drove from the
Decatur residence one winter we called
for Brutus, but he was away. We
finally left without finding him. We
reached the plantation late in the aft
ernoon twelve miles away, and next
morning on rising we found Brutus at
the front door, none the worse for his
night travel. He could not tell us how
he found us. because he had not been
there before.
This was recalled to mind on reading
of a valuable foxhound, owned for
merly in Pennsylvania, but recently sold
to a man in Virginia. He is seven
years old and when his former master
awoke one morning he saw the fox
hound in his accustomed place, but the
dog had traveled 300 miles to get there,
ar.d he had found his way. although he
had been shipped by rail.
The better you treat a dog the more
sagacious that deg will be in getting
to you. if he is forced to make the
effort, to find you.
I had an excellent dog some years
ago. a great big common country dog.
and I was his special care. I do not
remember ever getting out of bed after
retiring (during the night > that he did
not rise from his rug on the piazza and
make it known to me that he was on
guard. I never went home from a
right train that he did not meet the
buggy on the top of the nearest hill
and attend me to the house. He never
cared to come in doors, because he had
been trained te keep to the piazza, but
when I was expected home he always
left the house and went off to meet
the buggv and he did that for nobody
else
KB. RBTAM WILL TAKE THE
STUMP.
Ever since Mr. Bryan left the cab
inet and resigned from the office of
secretary of state, he has been severely
criticized and many times denounced as
a traitor to President Wilson and the
Democratic party. So everybody was on
the que vive as to what Mr. Bryan
was going to do. in the event of the
renomination of Mr. Wilson.
Antagonism to Mr. Bryan was at fever
beat in Nebraska, his home state, and he
was defeated in a primary as a delegate
to St. Louis, and -left high and dry
without an alternate's place, and if he
had not been engaged as a first-class
reporter at both the national conven
tions. it is doubtful if he would have
been allowed to enter the coliseum at
St. Louis. But he did go as a reporter,
and he became the object of acute
Interest to the St. Louis delegates.
Every hour accentuated that interest,
and the convention itself began to cheer
him every time he entered the hall or
left it—and as the hours wore on—cries
for “Bryan." were constantly heard In.
that vast throng. To make a long story
short, he was invited to address the
convention and surprised everybody .by
indorsing Wilson and Marshall, and of
all the men who were prominent in the
Democratic convention none had more
attention at the last than W. J. Bryan.
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This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, pesident State Agri
cultural College, Athns. Ga
SUPER BEEF FOR THE SOUTH
He was a likely enough calf with the
characteristic markings of the Hereford,
bo closely did lie resemble this breed
that several experienced stocKinen who
saw him thought he was a pure bred.
He was not a remarkable calf in any
respect; just a good, healthy, vigorous
individual of average size and-quality.
He was born in a big Bermuda grass
pasture where there was plenty of sun
shine. wide areas of rough land to range
over with shade trees scattered here
and there about, and a stream of clear,
cold water running through it, fed from
a bold spring. His ancestory was not
of the best; at least there are those
who could have picked a number of
flaws therein. His grandmother was
an ordinary south Georgia cow which
grew up under semi-range conditions,
and having fought ticks and struggled
to secure a livelihood at'the same time
from sparse pastures was naturally un
dersized. Having but a slight dash of
Hereford blood in her makeup she show
ed ma.rka.hly the characters of her scrub
of piney woods origin.
The grandmother was brought to
Athens and mated with a pure bred
Hereford Sire of high quality and noble
lineage. As a result of this cross a
heifer calf was dropped and It was as
tonishing to see what a complete char
acterization of the Hereford breed it rep
resented. At the proper time this heifer
was mated with another pure bred Here
ford sire of fine quality, the resulting
progeny being the animal on which this
stocy is based. In other words, the
steer which made good was but three
generations removed from the primitive
scrub of the piney wxiods. The wonder
ful evolution or transformation wrought
through the use of the pure bred sire
is hard to believe for one who has not
actually seen it; and yet were it not
possible to effect such changes in a com
paratively short time, the question of
improving our live stock would not be
the relatively simple and inexpensive
one which it is and for which the far
mers of the south have every reason to
be devoutly thankful.
The calf was allowed to suckle his
dam and spend the first summer ac
quainting himself with the large Ber
muda grass pasture which was his
home and adding to the strength and
vigor of his body by climbing up and
down the hills of a typical Piedmont
grazing area. In the autumn he was
weaned and fed during the first winter
in a large, roomy bov stall with other
calves of his own age The food con
sisted primarily of silage made
from Kafir corn and sorthum to which
was added a small amount of cotton
seed meal, never over two pounds per
day. being fed and a much smaller
amount for the greater part of the time.
Os course, plenty of exercise w-as pro
vided for and there was an abundance
of pure water available at all times and
plenty of rock salt.
Tn the spring of the second summer
this calf w-as turned out to graze and
received no grain. About the Ist of
August it was decided to prepare him
for the state fair and he was stabled
on that account and fed all the silage
he would eat daily and a mixture of
equal parts of cotton seed meal, corn
and cob meal and wheat bran. No
special effort was made to force him,
though he was Induced to eat as liberal
a ration as possible his manger being
well supplied with food at all times.
He had a good appetite and atee free
ly but not excessively, and never got
off feed on that account In November
he was taken to the fair where he at
tracted much favorable attention. Later
he was brought back to Athens and
about December Ist was sent out on a
tour of the state. He was kept on
the train for nearly six months and
during that time, could, of courae, not
be fed silage. His ration of cotton
seed tneal was also reduced somewhat
and he was fed a mixture during the
period in question of corn and cob meal,
Unless he Is a skilled hypnotist, we
cannot account for his hold on that
bunch at St. Louis. Three times nomin
ated for president by the Democrats,
and defeated every time—and he played
the magician in the Baltimore conven
tion, and wrecked Champ Clark, who
had already received a majority vote—
he moved that convention in 1912 to
nominate Wilson under surprising cir
cumstances. And he was denounced as
traitor. He played the magician in St.
Louis again without any concealment
for he went there, under most repelling
conditions —but he had the last word
and his say was the biggest talk in the
final windup.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1916.
oats, bran and cotton seed meal. Some
mixed hay was used as roughage, but
mostly peavine hay was fed, it being
found that alfalfa hay, for instance,
produced an over degree of laxativeness
which was undesirable.
At thirty months of age this steer
attained a weight of 1,442 pounds and
was of such excellent quality that "the
butchers who had a chance to examine
him while on the train offered $142.50
in cash for him or the equivalent of
10 cents a pound live weight, a verj«
remarkable price indeed for southern
butchers to be willing to offer for a
single animal. But he was worth every
cent of the money in question, and on
that account has been kept for display
as a three-year-old at the various fairs
to be held in Georgia this fall. He
not only possesses fine quality and a
beautiful conformation, but his flesh is
deep and well distributed over all parts
of the body. His legs are short and he
is low to the ground, and undoubtedly
if slaughtered would kill out approxi
mately 65 per cent of-'his live weight.
Moreover, he is not excessively fat or
patchy, and it is certain that the flesh
would be found beautifully marbled and
the meat of the choicset quality for
human consumption.
Such in effect is the story of the
steer that made good and shows what
a marvelous transformation may be ef
fected in the character and quality of
live stock produced in the south in a
short time. How easy it would be to
get rid of»the scrub if our farmers could
only fully once appreciate how unprof
itable they are as compared with the
progeny of animals improved by two or
three dashes of the blood of a pure
bred sire. Observe that this calf was
not petted Or pampered in any way for
the first year and a half of his life and
It is quite certain that there were other
calves dropped at about the same tune
which would have made equally satisfac
tory records. He was only stall fed for
about three months before he was sent
to the fair and he was only heavily
fed for about six months before he at
tained the weight and the quality noted
above. This steer was not the product,
therefore, of intensive feeding but was
Handled in a manner possible and prac
ticable on the average southern farm It
is noteworthy that the roughage he con
sumed consisted largely of silage; that
the concentrate most extensively used
was cotton seed meal, and that this to
gether with the corn and oats fed were
all products of the college farm. The
bran was, of course, purchased. It ap
pears, therefore, that the feeds available
were satisfactory in Insuring rapid and
uniform gains and the finishing out of
an animal of high quality.
it is worthy of mention that the sale
price of this steer was equivalent to that
of nearly three bales of cotton at 10
cents a pound. Some acres of land on
farms that are especially well managed
land handled produce a bale of cotton,
but the average good farmer probably
does not secure over a half a bale per
acre, if the cotton seed raised on an
acre of land making the above yield were
made into meal, however, it would pro
vide enough of this concentrate to feed
a calf two pounds a day for 125 to 150
days, or the average winter feeding pe
riod in the south. One-quarter acre of
land devoted to silage would produce
all that he could possibly eat in a period
of 150 to 180 days, leaving three-quar
ters of an acre to be used for the pro
duction of oats to be followed by corn
or cowpeas, thus supplying such addi
tional roughage and concentrates as
might be necessary, or if preferable,
the farmer could with a little adjustment
of his land grow silage and the otner
roughage and grain needed without re
ducing his cotton acreage. It is certain
that if he diversifies his crop production
and increases his holdings of live stock,
he could through the accumulation of
yard manures materially enrich his soil
and increase its crop yielding capacity
in a short time.
These facts appear to indicate that
it is within the reach of many farmers to
soon own a herd of high grade cattle
evolved from native cows through the
use of purebred sires, and that Bermuda
grass pastures, silage and cotton seed
meal will enable stockera to be carried
through the winter cheaply; that It is
practicable to grow the foodstuff needed
for finishing the cattle off to good ad
vantage, and that in so doing the south
ern farmer will diversify his crops and
build up the fertility of his soil. It is
also clear that he can finish animals of
high quality and which will command a
premium on the market, and that he can
secure a much larger return per acre
from live stock properly handled and
fe<f than he has been accustomed to be
lieve.
• • •
MANAGING LAND COVERED WITH
WEEDS.
H. A. R., Cheoah. N. C.. writes: I
have a piece of land that is covered in
large weeds. I wish to cut the weeds
aurt put them up as a compost. Am
thinking of mixing phosphoric acid with
it. What do you think of this plan?
Situated as you are we would not
try to make a compost out of weeds. It
would be much better practice from our
point of view to plow them under. If
they are verey rank it might be neces
sary to cut them with a mowing ma
chine. You should have no difficulty
then in turning them under to a good
depth. It is important to roll the land
as soon as you turn under any consider
able amount of green matter. When
this is done the moisture is immediately
brought to the surface of the ground and
the green matter will quickly decay
Otherwise it may fire-fang and cause the
land to dry out. You do not -state what
crop you wish to plant but there is no
reason why you should not apply from
200 to 300 pounds of acid phosphate
, per acre before devoting the land to
such crops as cowpeas, velvet beans or
penauts. tl would be better to use the
larger amount of phosphoric acid indi
cated. It should be scattered over the
surface of the ground and harrowed in.
Os course if you can put it down at
1 the same time you are planting the crop
there will be no special objection to
, using it under the drill row. You should
! not have serious difficulty in securing
acid phosphate though the price is now
higher than usual on account of the
demand created by the war for sulphuric
acid. Our experience and observation
lead us to believe however that even at
prevailing prices it is the best source
of phosphoric acid which, our farmers
can utilize. There should be a number
of manfacturlng concerns In your zee
J tion which should be able to supply
, you with all of this material you need.
A compost should be primarily made
. out of waste materials which accumu
I’.ate on the farms and which cannot be
Incorporated in the soil to advantage be
fore a crop is to be planted. We have
never believed it a wise policy to try
and make composts sufficiently line to
run through a fertilizer drill. The ma
terial can be used to advantage without
breaking it down to this extent and »n
our judgment it would be better to have
a larger quantity of partially decayed
material than the small quantity which
one could undertake to break down to a
sufficiently fine degree to permit it to be
distributed through a fertilizer drill.
• • • •
LOWING CRIMSON CLOVER AFTER
PEAS.
G. It. L., Pavo, Ga., writes: I have
two acres of sandy land that has been culti
vated for ten years in peas almost every
y< ar. I want to try it in crimson clover
this fall after the peas come off. Where
can I get the seed and how about inocula
tion? Would it do to mix alfalfa seed
with clover?
It will probably be rather difficult
to secure crimson clover seed this fall-
It is impossible at this season of the!
year to forecast the condition of the
market. A considerable amount of crim
son clover was produced in the south
last season but it is not certain as to
how much of it was saved for seed. As
I understand it, a good part of the seed
used in past years has been Imported,.
and this source of supply has been cut:
off by war conditions. It is quite like
ly, therefore, that rhe price of crimson
clover will be considerably higher next
fall than in previous years, and it may!
also be rather difficult to obtain it. The
large number of seed firms doing bust-'
ness in this and other states will make ■
an effort to secure as large a quantity |
as possible, and will no doubt be in a
position to partly supply the demand
of the trade.
Crimson clover seed can often be inoc
ulated to advantage. In fact, we would
advise you to follow this treatment.
You should be able to secure the inocu
lating material free of cost from the
bureau of plant industry. United States
department of agriculture, Washington.
D. C. The College of Agriculture does
not distribute material of this charac
ter.
We do not think it good practice to
mix alfalfa and crimson clover seed
together. We can recommend alfalfa
,to your favorable consideration. We Ire
growing it qtiite extensively on the col
lege farm and with pronounced success.
We have cut from five to five and a
half tons per annum for several years
past. It makes very excellent haj- ad
mirably adapted to the feeding of dairy
cows and young stock. It is also good
for beef cattle. • • • •
• * •
PRESERVING CORN FROM INSECTS.
W. T. P., Gainesville, Fla., writes: I
have heard considerable talk about a meth
od claimed to be used in Georgia of heat
ing corn when stored in order to kill
the weevils and keep them from propa
gating. If you eau give me any informa
tion on this subject 1 will appreciate It.
There is no method of heating corn
practiced in Georgia for the killing of
weevils with which I am familiar. It
Is quite a common practice, however, to
use carbon bisulphide in bins in which
the grain is stored for the purpose of
destroying the weevil. Carbon bisul
phide is a white liquid with a very of
sensive odor. It is inflammable in the
presence of light but will not injure the
hands or clothing. It quickly evapor
ates and produces a gas much heavier
than air which sinks down through the
bln effectually destroying the weevil.
Retreatment Is often necessary in a pe
riod of ten days or two weeks so that
the weevils in the egg form when the
first treatment was given may be de
stroyed. It is sometimes necessary to
treat the grain two or three times dur
ing the year- The tighter the bin the
less carbon bisulphide needed and the
more effective the treatment. It is best
to put the bisulphide in shallow con
tainers on top of the grain at the rate
of a pound and a half per ton of grain.
This treatment is effective, as we know
from experience.
• • •
FLAX CULTURE TN THE SOUTH.
M. 8.. Albnnv, Ga., writes: Can flax
be successfully raised in this section? If
It can how should it he cultivated?
It is probable that flax can be grown
successfully in your section of the
state; at least it Is generally consider
ed possible to raise flax where wheat
can be grown satisfactorily. The crop
is best adapted to sandy loams and
heavy clay loams. While the crop can
be grown over a very wide territory,
good fiber is only produced it appears
where the climate is cool and there is
a uniform supply of moisture. This
vtZiCIRCU
(Continued from Last Issue.)
Thirteenth Installment
LIGHTING every step of the way
Mary dogged the chiefs steps as
he burst into the suite of rooms
that were June’s. They were empty. A
window’ leading out on a balcony stood
open. Allen reached it at a bound.
June, fifteen seconds earlier, had fled
out upon that balcony and thence
down a lattice to the ground. At the
very bottom of the lattice Farwell
seized her.
“I got her, chief!’’ he called up, ex
ultantly.
Allen and Mary descending the stairs
again, had just reached the garden
when Lamar arrived at the house. A
glance told Max his very direst fears
were justified. He had reached the
Travis house three mniutes too late to
save the girl he loved.
For one wild moment Lamar pon
dered on the Idea of covering both her
persecutors with his pistol while June
escaped. But at once he realized the
suicidal folly of such an act. No, his
one way to help her now was by his
wits. The time for force had passed.
He advanced calmly toward the group
in the garden. At sight of him Chief
Allen shouted:
“We've tracked her down at last, Max,
my boy. We’ve ”
“What is It? What does it all mean?”
demanded the bewildered Mrs. Travis,
finding voice for the first time.
“It means, madam,” replied the
chief, “that this young woman isn’t*
your child. She's a slick crook. The
daughter of old 'Circle Jim* Borden.
Max!” he added, turning to Lamar.
“You’ve worked hard enough on this
case. You ought to have some kind of
reward. I’m going to give you the
honor of making the Go to it,
son.”
May Umar moved to June's side
and touched her on the arm.
“Come, sweetheart,” he whispered,
“there’s nothing else we can do now.
But I'm going to get you out of this if
It takes my last dollar and my last
breath.”
As they passed Mrs. Travis on their
way to the street June paused and
held out her arms. Mrs. Travis re
coiled from her as from a snake.
With bent head the girl moved on at
her lover s side. The world —her world
>—seemed at an end. She had not the
power to suffer any more. Her brain
and heart and body were numb. She
walked as if in her sleep.
Next morning as Charles Gordon
picked up his newspaper he read, in
big headlines. that the mysterious
'•Red Circle lady” was at last cap
tured; that she was at last cap
known as “June Travis,” but that she
was really the daughter of “Circle Jim”
Borden.
Silas Farwell, so ran the story,
Our
HOusehold
MIDSUMMER MUSINGS.
How swiftly the seasons come and go
to those who have passed youth’s golden
horizon. To the children time drags
from Christmas to vacation time, but
after life's responsibilities have keen
assumed It seems as if the days fairly
fly away. It sometimes seems as if
there must be a mistake somewhere. We
seem to have skipped a month some
where. Thus from year to year we live
and as the days pass we see how much
has to be left undone, how filled our
lives are with life’s dull routine, as it
may seem, and the dreams we cherish
must not become realities because there
is no time to make them more than
dreams.
Christmas, Easterttmq, and before we
realize It summer is in her zenith. Yes
terday the lamp for the evening duties
had to be lighted a little earlier and
from now on the busy housewife must
put aside the serving or odd jobs a
little earlier to make the rounds among
young chickens and turkeys and gather
the eggs before the time for feeding
the flocks and seeing about the evening
meal.
Tomorrow will be a great day in
many places. The glorious Fourth will
be used as a picnic time, a time to burn
gunpowder and a time to listen to all
sorts of oratory. In Tuscumbia there
will be great doings. There is a most
wonderful spring and the fair grounds
is indeed a resort to be proud of. The
Woodmen of the World will give a great
pfbnic and all sorts of entertainments
will be furnished the “many men of
many minds.” For a week the ther
mometer has soared among the high
figures, rains have been plentiful some
where, clouds have hidden the moun
tains, and distant thunder has made
more than one poultry raiser gather
her small fry into their shelters, but
thus far this valley has missed the
drops that would quench the thirst of
a parched earth. All this has been
pretty hard to bear while strenuous
work had to be done, but who will mind
the heat if a favorite horse is winning •
a race, or the lovers of such pastime
are tripping the light fantastic toe?
There will be ice cream, lemonade and
all sorts of cooling drinks to.be had
for the price—and people will generally
find the price.
The farmer has been pretty hard at
work and had counted on going to the
park for the day, but word has come
that the thresher may be here tomorrow
and the wheat cannot be left for a
more convenient season; the man who
owns the thresher In a neighborhood
has things pretty much his own way.
And that is right for that machine must
make the rounds in quite a systematic
way. Not a day must be lost nor a
wheat field skipped. So thr is now a
crop is chiefly raised In a commercial
way in the northwestern part of the
United States, and largely In the south
ern part rtf western Canada. This crop
seems primarily to have been used on
the North American continent as a
pioneer crop. In other , words, the
prairie country was chiefly reclaimed
by first seeding the fresh broken prairie
sod to flax. The cultural methods with
flax are quite similar to those followed
with spring wheat. The seed should
be covered about a half inch deep.
Broadcasting the seed may be followed
but it is not so desirable as planting
in drills. Where the stand is thin the
stems produce many branches and con
sequently many seed. When the stand
is thicker the branches develop only at
the top and few seeds are produced, but
this is the manner of seed which should
be followed in order to secure the best
type of fiber. The crop is easy to har
vest as a self-binder may be used for
this purpose. While this crop may do
fairly well in Georgia, we are Inclined
to think that its cultivation would not
prove as profitable In this state as
many other crops which can be grown.
brought a charge of grand larceny
against her and Mrs. Travis refused to
help the girl or to have anything to do
with her June’s old nurse Mary had
used her own savings to provide bail
and had taken June away with her to
a little apartment in the lower part of
the city.
Gordon read and re-read the story.
Then in furious indignation, he aprang
to his feet. This was the girl who
had saved him from prison!
The newspaper account was correct
In every detail. Twenty hours earlier
June Travis had been one of the most
popular girls and one of the richest
heiresses in the city. Now, accused
of crime ,and homeless, she found no
friend to help her except the old wom
an who had nursed and petted her from
babyhood.
Max Lamar, it is true, had done ah
that a mortal man could do; yet he
was but a helpless atom in face of the
law’s iron power. He had arranged
that June's detention should be as
brief and as little humiliating as pos
sible. Then he had scurried out for
bail. But before he could return Mary
had provided the needful bond an had
spirited June away.
Now, in the tiny apartment to which
Mary had brought her, the stricken
girl sat alone. The nurse had gone out
for supplies. And June, in her squalid
little living room, had no companion
ship but her own tragic thoughts.
She was still stunned and apathetic
from the terrific blows fate had dealt
her. She sat gazing stonily in front of
her, self-hypnotized by her dreary mus
ings.
And, as she sat thus, alone, brooding
—a strange thing happened. Or if It
did not happen, the dazed girl was at
least certain that it did.
Through the closed door of the room
emerged a shadowy figure—a formless,
vague something, that seemed to gather
shape and features at is crept toward
her chair.
Gradually bending down above her,
the shape oecame recognizable. It was
a thickset man, broad of shoulder, deep
t»f chest. The wraith of a .nan with
leonine head and a shaggy mane of white
hair—with a rugged, hopeless face m
which smoldered deep, fiery eyes.
On he shadowy right hand that
reache out toward the girl glimmered
a Red Cirjle.
?he ghost—if ghost It was—was the
ghost of “Circle Jim” Borden!
June sat motionless, staring with
wide, bewildered eyes.
(Continued Next Issue.)
Acid Rates Suspended
WASHINGTON, July s.—Proposed in
creases rates on sulphuric acid from
New Orleans to New York City were
suspended until January, 1917, by the
interstate commerce commission today.
prospect of this farm seeing things done
On the fourth as usual. Independence
day, like so many ristorical dates, it
a time disputed by many people. North
Carolina claims an earlier date than the
one now observed, and I wish some loy
al son or daughter of that great state
would give us a list of her early
achevements. I had such a Ist once but
misplaced It. We should know the his
tory of our own country.
Doubtless, many readers of these lines
knows of historic LaGrange, Ala. The
famous school that sent out so many
cultured graduates in ante-bellum times.
This farm is not very far from that
spot and as soon as crops permit we
are going to picnic there. I vrant to take
my kodak, and I hope to be able
to- get some good pictures of the build
ings. There is much talk of selling
the old Methodist property up there and
this may be the last opportunity to get
a picture. If I succeed in getting pho
tos I will be pleased to send one to any
graduate of old LaGrange that may de
sire it. This famous school, like old
Mt. Zion, in Hancock county, Georgia,
served the south in a time of need. Rail
roads and modern facilities of travel
have made schools more numerous but
there will never be more thorough train
ing than was done by the pioneer sects
of higher education and it’s a pity the
buildings and grounds could not still be
devoted to the cause.
Young Harris college? in Georgia, and
the famous Berry school are examples
of good that it would be well for some
one possessing a sufficiency of this
world’s goods to imitate and restore La-
Grange to the people who need just
that sort of an education.
But when I began this chat there
were one or two historic items I wanted
to tell you, and I must not let the oc
casion slip, for one relates to American
independence.
Fully fifteen years before the climax
came there was an Advocate General
named James Otis, and as an officer for
England he was called upon n 1761 to
defend a law of the English government
called “writs of assistance" which gave
an officer the right to enter and ransack
any man’s house. The writs were At
tacked in the courts and James Otis
was called upon to defend them. Believ
ing the law an injustice to the colonies.
Judge Otis resigned his lucrative post
l tion and took the other side without pav.
The case came to trial February, 1761,
and the new lawyer for the crown made
an elaborate plea for the writs. Otis'
fellow lawyer made a strong argument
against them, but Otis made a most won
derful speech. He took up the whole
matter of constitutional relations be
tween colonies and a mother country and
n>st the question as to whether Ameri
cans were bound to obey laws that they
bad no part in making, and he flatly
denied that they had. For five hours he
held his hearers, and as John Adams
said “Otis was a flame of fire. Every
man of an immense audience appeared to
me to go away as I did, ready to take up
arms against writs of assistance. Then
and there the Child Independence w’as
born. In fifteen years he grew to man
hood and declared himself free.”
Here is a piece of history that I lately
came across: What is now known as
East Tennessee was once a state called
Franklin. It existed just four years,
from 1784 to 1788? The territory be
longed to North Carolina and as that
state could not give It proper attention,
owing to financial and other troubles,
she ceded it to the general government.
The inhabitants were indignant at this
I fin »i\
The European war la not an
unmized evil; nor yet is it an
unmlxed blessing for thia
country. We shall not at
tempt to go Into the ethical
aide of the question at all,
nor shall we discus* “war
brides”, • munition plants or
other similar phases of the
situation. We shall look at
the war purely from the
standpoint of prices for raw
products, either produced here
in this country or imported
from foreign countries. And
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of course when we consider raw products we
must carry the subject further on into the
matter of the prices we get and the prices
we must pay for finished products. We shall
confine our consideration, too, to those products
which have their origin on the farm either in
the raw state or finished and manufactured
into edible or wearable articles.
Let us take wheat, for example. We all
know that the war has put the price of wheat
way up. Very well—this means that the
whole country: city, town and rural population
as well are paying more for their flour—there
fore the wheat raiser should theoretically be
getting rich on a product which it costs him
no more to raise than formerly and for which
be gets more money.
But wait a minute—there are other things
to consider in this matter of growing rich off
of the war. Cotton and wool and meats and
farm machinery and sugar have gone up too.
This means that while the wheat raiser is
getting more for his product, he is also paying
some other agriculturist more for his product.
This cuts down somewhat on the profits the
war is bringing to the farmer. Then it would
seem that the best way to keep ahead of the
game is for the farmer to pay the farmer who
raise* hi* necessities the increased prices that
the war has brought about and when buying
bls luxuries or those things that are not bar*
necessities of life to pick and choose from '
zav Tone Star
IKOw to Texas
Quickest train Memphis to Dallas;
vSfl Cotton Belt Route all the way; no
ge of cars. Leaves Memphis 10:10
. p. m. Arrives Dallas 11:50 a. m. next
operating solid morning, Ft. Worth 1:25 p. m.
through trains Cotton Belt Route morning train to Texas, leaves Memph!
from Memphis 9:40 *• m - Trains from Southeast connect at Memphia.
to Texas. Low fares to Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma
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tt eatment and organized a state of their
own. which they named for Franklin.
Congress failed to recognize the new
state and North Carolina also objected,
though why I cannot see, and she with
drew her present to the general govern
ment and undertook to control the new
state of Franklin. There was a long
quarrel, much confusion, but very little
bloodshed. Finally, however. North
Carolina won and Franklin was wiped off
the map as a separate state.
As we ponder over history, in the
light of the present time we smile,
though we also sympathize with the peo
ple who struggled to perpetuate their
Ideals. There were many heroes, some
cowards and a number of opportunists
then as now. Beyond a doubt the pres
ent congress holds men who are dupli
cates of that congress that refused “the
state of Franklin” existence, and North
Carolina, after all, had to give up the
territory. Europe, Asia and Africa are
in a turmoil over questions that 200
years from now will be viewed in quite a
different light. History should teach us
to be more lenient with our neighbors’
possessions and opinions: but’aoes it?
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
Tuscumbia, Ala.
AN INCIDENT OF EAKX.Y DAYS.
Dear Miss Thomas:* Not long ago I
read the history of my county—Conecup.
Some of the events recorded brought
to mind an incident of its pioneer days,
told by grandfather, who was among the
first settlers who came here from Geor
gia. After the Indians had left there
was some apprehension that some might
return. Very early one spring morninff
three girls. Misses Harvel, were on
their way to a neighbor’s house with
the results of their patient toil at the
spinning wheel the day before. They
w’ere to use the neighbor’s reel to wind
the thread into skeins from the many
smooth white broaches which they car
ried in their aprons. The heavy rain
of the night preceding had swollen the
small' stream across their path into a
swift current. They werg talking of the
possible return of an Indian and es what
they should do in case they sayr one,
when the snap of a dead twig caused
them to look in alarm. And there they
saw the object of their thoughts, with
his wicked looking feather-decked head
thrust from the side of a huge gum
tree. A stick in his hand waving It
from side to side. The girls had got
ten to the stream and not noticing the
log across it, plunged in like frightened
deer, dropped all their broaches wnlch
went bobbing off down stream. The
people were searching far and wide for
'days afterward for the red brother, but |
no trace was found, for the supposed
Indian was none other than one of fun
loving young men who years afterward
told of the prank.
The blackberry vines are bare of fruit •
now, but the memory of the many en
joyable additions to my 'hill of fare got
ten from them still lingers. In the
early spring, brother, in clearing out
the fences, left a few nice vines for the
birds and chickens he said, for he
thought they were of the bitter variety.
When the berries ripened they were
neither the dewberry nor bitter black
berry, but a little like both. I tried the
shortcake with lemon filling instead of
berries and I hope if anyone tried mak
ing peanut butter that they thought to
parch them first, as I forgot to mention
this.
NELLIE JOHNSTON,
Evergreen, Ala. Brooklyn Route.
AS WE GO HOMEWABD.
Eternal God, our Maker and our Fa
ther, Thou hast opened our eyes to see
Thee in the beauty of Thy world, in Thy
revealed Word, in the lives of Thy chil
dren, and through Thy still small voice
in our hearts. We worship Thee for
Thy utter holiness and purity which
has reached us and found us. We bless,
Thee for Thy truth which satisfies the
longings of our minds and humbles us
in the presence of Thy unsearchable
wisdom. We praise Thee that Thou
who art the eternal fountain of Life,
hast imparted life to us through the
knowing of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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ffAlZr *t 4 ■ I
a large part of Coca-Cola ayrup. Aa you
know, sugar has gone way up—so every gless
of Coca-Cola you drink makes some farmer's
heart gladder.
So it is with the pure fruit juices that,
combined, produce the inimitable flavor of
Coca-Cola. Not so much In quantity seemingly
when you consider—a single glass of thia
delicious beverage, but enormous when the en
tire Coca-Cola output is considered.
Yet thia product of nature—of the farm—
increased in cost though it baa been to the
makers, has not been raised one penny in
price to dealer—or to you. The price at the
aoda fountain and in the bottle baa not risen
one lota.
Now inasmuch as the rural population alone
of America consumes million* of bottles and
glasses of Coca-Cola every year, you and the
other agrieulturista of this country will not
only be able to continue to please your palate*
and get delicious refreshment with this bev
erage at no increased cost, but you will be
sending back to the farm bigger profits and
more money at no greater expense to yourself.
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amongst them those that have
not gone up in price in spite
of the war.
For example, here is •
peculiar situation in regard te
a beverage which te so uni
versally liked that it baa be
come almost a staple. The
name of that beverage i*
Coca-Cola.
Now Coca-Cola, as you
know, is really an agricultural
product—a product of the
•oil. Cane sugar—the very
purest and finest —constitute*
