Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, July 07, 1916, Page 5, Image 5
HOME Tirxetu To pict CanmxtrcSy 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. j Red Devil Lye •Q'- Destroys Filth M FiHi Make* Pise— Gerais aed Flies Carry Theta te the Hesse I If.’”* clean fly is harmless but they infest £ R ' ’"•'filthy places and pick up disease germs on 11their feet. These germs are left on what -11 ' ever t^e touches —baby’s bottle or food, I 111!■ *•• meat ’ vegetables even on our person. ilyyr ‘X STOP THIS FLY ROUTE and save your loved ones from disease. / Typhoid fever has its origin in germs i gathered by flies In outhouses. The filth of these place* la wholly destroyed if RED DEVIL LYE I* Write for our Booklet applied freely-and the usual cleaning and moving * PRFVFNT” of auch places is unnecessary. No smell nor odors r Kt VLH 1 after using RED DEVIL. that telle hew to use The cost is trifling and the benefits cannot be meal- Rad Devil Lye in fifty ured in dollere and cent*. Nor can you afford not to different money, labor do it. Think of'bet ng able to clear out flies, filth, and heal th -saving odors end disease germ, for ju.t a few cent.-the w , T ,-, U ch as rotting coat of . can of e.mpest. spraying. RED DEVIL LYE CirjST - WM. SCHIELD MFC. CO., Sll North Zed Street, ST. LOUIS, MO. ■ (Copyright-Wm. Schleid M!g. Co.) , fl&riculturalHisls ,'®-ef?ducation AND JUCCEJjf UL DM3HMG jjg Andrew M. Joule 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 I ■■■ 9 / I 1 ' I;/ L ... / i ! / _ iuj- 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 L. P. Smith. Traveling Pass’r Agent, 201 Brown*Marx Bldg., Birmingham, Ala,/ 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. ■* / ~ ——/Surjl* ~ 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. 5 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*