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THE SUNNY SOUTH. 3 jt
NEWS NOTES.
TEXTILE MILL HUMMINGS.
A cotton factory to cost $100,000 is being
erected at Longview. Ga.
Eighteen thousand five hundred spin
dles will be added to the Cedartown cot
ton mills at Cedartown. Ga., as soon as
the new buildings are ready.
The Lynchburg cotton mills have de
cided to erect new buildings at once and
to add 22.000 spindles and 750 looms to
their mills at Lynchburg, Va.
The Arkwright mills at Spartanburg
proposes to make big improvements
this year. At present they have a $200.-
000 mill ••quipped with 11.000 spindles and
371 looms (104 broad and ISO narrow) on
standard and convertible width drills. R.
Z. Cates is president and treasurer, and
K. McCowan. superintendent.
These improvements % will put forth in
local circulation more than $100,000 and
employ a great deal of home labor in
erecting the addition. Employment will
be furnished several hundred more hands
wh«n the mill is completed.
SAW MILL AND TIMBER BOOMS
Rrown & Petit will erect a sawmill
to develope the 2.000 acre tract of timber
lands they have purchased near Addison,
W. v a.
The Rig Creek Lumber company has
been chartered to operate at Monroe, La.
Capital stock $250,000.
Williamsport. Pa., parties have pur
chased the Boyd land on Wolf creek,
n^ar Parkersburg. Va.. being over 4,000
acres, and will develop the same.
A saw* mill is being erected at Lea’s
Springs. Tenn.. located in the center of
a fine timber section, having access to
about 1.000 acres of the finest w’hite oak
timber land in East Tennessee.
MINING RUMBLINGS.
The Tennessee Coal. Coke and Railway
Products company, capital $500,000, has
been incorporated at Kingston. Tenn.
The Whitney Reduction company, capi
tal stock $300,000. has been incorporated
at Salisbury, X. C.. for the development
of mines in Rowan and Cabarrus coun
ties.
TRANSPORTATION RUMBLINGS
Mark Cnlllfns. of Maranocook. proprie
tor of Maranocook house. Maine, has
commenced building a large hotel at
rinebluff. X. C.. which will be completed
and equipped for visitors next season.
The Winthrop (Me.) Banner warmly en
dorses Mr. Collilns. and says: “He will
succeed in this new enterprise, as he suc
ceeds m everything he undertakes.”
John S. Williams & Co., of Richmond.
Va.. and Middendorf. Oliver & Co., of
Baltimore, for themselves and associates
have purchased of W. Bayard Cutting
and R. Fulton Cutting, of New York, a
majority of the capital stock of the Flor
ida Central & Peninsular railroad.
The Messrs. Cutting have secured for
all other stockholders of the Florida Cen
tral the privilege of selling their minority
stock on terms giving them full protec
tion.
It is understood that no changes will
be made immediately in the management
of the company, although it is believed
that later on plans will be developed
looking to a closer union between the
Florida Central & Peninsular railroad.the
Georgia & Alabama railroad and the Sea
board Air Line, all three of which are
how owned and controlled by the purchas
ers of the Flflttda Central & Peninsular
railroad.
Prof. J. A. Holmes, state geologist writ
ing on the subject of good roads, says:
Dirt roads are the most expensive roads
that can be used.
Macadam roads, properly constructed,
are the most satisfactory and the cheap
est roads yet discovered.
Trained labor and competent engineer
ing supervision are as important An build
ing public roads as any other special bus
iness.
Convicts make cheap and satisfactory
road builders, and every short-term con
vict in Xorth Carolina ought to be at
work on the public roads of the state.
Hills and mudholes. both of which are
avoidable, are the two most expensive
features about i.ie dirt roads.
All road work should be done with a
view to its permanency. A poorly built
macadam road is largely a waste of time
and money.
Good roads are expensive, but in the
long run they are far cheaper than bad
roads.
The bad roads in Xorth Carolina today
cost her people in labor and money but
little less than $ic.O00.0OO a year, and yet
over two-thirds of the counties in the
state will refuse to levy a small pittance
of a tax for the purpose of good roads, to
help throw off this terrible burden.
This enormous bad road tax is to
day the biggest factor in the industrial
depression from which our people are suf
fering. It is as real as any man ever
paid. It is the largest tax we pay.
MANUFACTURING.
A recent shipment from Atlanta con
sisted of a carload of Georgia tallow, sent
direct to Havre. France. It is stated that
there is quite a demand abroad for this
The James River Falls Paper and Pulp
company's mills have let the contract for
the erection of their new mill, which will
be of brick and iron and fireproof
throughout: capacity of thirty tons of pa
per and fifteen tons of soda pulp daily.
Wonders never cease. Now some enter
prising northern citizens find the cat-tail
growing in swamps a marketable article,
and superior to feathers or cotton for
many purposes. It is not quite so valua
ble or useful as eider down, but it ap
proaches it very closely, and is cheaper
than any of the three. As a matter
of fact many people are today using arti
cles covered with cat-tail products, who
have no idea where the material comes
from. In some sections the work of
gathering and transporting it. and then
weaving it into many forms which it
must take before becoming salable, con
stitutes a considerable industry. One of
the most elaborate uses to which this
material is put is that of covering sofas,
very many of the supposed plush covered
divans are really covered with a fabric
of cat-tail. It wears better than the
plush and is infinitely cheaper. The same
argument that applies to the sofa is ap
plicable to the pillow. Very often, how
ever, such pillows go by another name.
Sofa pillows, also, are made of cat-tails,
because a pillow avowedly covered with
sat-tail would probably . be regarded
with contempt. Call it Alaskan
plush, however, or Shetland wool that has
been treated bv a new process, and it will
sell readily enough, and give good satis
faction, too.
FARM AND GARDEN.
Only a few years ago practically all the
canned peas consumed in this country
were imported from France, petit pois.
At that time it was deemed impossible
to produce the required quality in this
country, consumers desiring firm, ever
bright green goods, and although sul
phate of copper was used in securing that
color, it made comparatively little differ
ence with the American trade. American
packers, however, experimented with the
object of producing a pea the equal of the
French article, and how well they suc
ceeded is an old story. Start
ing with good seed and under careful cul
tivation. the American pea now’ equals
the imported product of France, and our
packers have built up an industry which
has become an important feature of the
great canned goods trade of the country.
The careful selection of seed has resulted
in a variety having all the desirable qual
ities of the French product, and requiring
the addition of no coloring substance to
make them attractive.
In an article urging a change in south
ern methods of farming, the cultivation
of a diversity of crops and development
of new industries, the eminent writer on
agriculture. Prof. I. B. Kellebrew says:
"For scores of years cotton has been
denominated king of all the agricultural
products, but this king has entailed much
want and suffering among his subjects,
so much so that a rebellion has broken
out. and meat and bread are likely to oc
cupy the throne, or at least to share it
with cotton. Cotton has destroyed cred
it: it has exhausted soils; it has intro
duced a hurtful and slovenly system of
agriculture; it has, in its self-importance
and pride, underestimated the value of
all other crops and W’recked in whole or
in part the fortunes of many of the most
worthy and intelligent cultivators of the
soil in America.”
LIVESTOCK IN THE SOUTH
A Comparison of Several Southern States Shows the
Valuation of Horses, Mules, Sheep, Hogs and
Cattle To Be an Important Factor.
The abolishment of slavery has necessi
tated the putting upon the market of mil
lions of acres of'land. while, in addition,
the vp of fertilizers#**nd
ods of farming havfc made possible the
utilizing of millions of acres which for
merly were considered poor land and of
little value. Therefore the south offers
to the immigrant bargains in cheap and
good lands where he can make a good
living and lay by something from year to
year. Besides this, she offers to the new
comer a delightful all-the-year-round cli
mate, with just a sufficient hint of win
ter to giv* variety and zest to living. All
kinds of farming pay in this favored re
gion, including general farming, fruit-
raising. truck and dairy farming, sheep
and stock raising.
But it is as stock raising states that we
wish to present some statementa and
facts.
VIRGINIA.
The number and value of farm animals
in the year 38f*6 in the state of Virginia
were as follows: Horses. 246.046, valued at
$9,808,229; mules, 3S.248, valued at $2,134.-
133: milch cows. 265.635, valued at $4.S1S.-
619; other cattle. 386,670. valued at $6,138.-
896: sheep. 426.889, valued at ISS4.760; swine,
934.748. valued at $3,768,514; total value,
$27,563,151.
Much of the territory of Virginia is in
side the limits of natural grasses, and all
of it is adapted to the vigorous growth
of the cultivated varieties. The character
of its climate does not require a large
slowing away of hay. The perennial
grasses of the Piedmont. Blue Ridge and
Shenandoah Valley sections of Virginia,
including the noted ‘“blue grass.” are
farmed for their nutritious and fattening
qualities, and place these among the most
highly favored grazing regions in the
world. Nowhere can stock be raised more
cheaply than in this favored state.
NORTH CAROLINA.
The number and value of farm animals
In the year 1896 in the state of NorthCaro-
lina were as follows: Horses. 146.095. val
ued at $7,833,392; mules. 110.S60. valued at
$6,574,729; milch cows. 272.046. valued at $3.-
917,462; other cattle. 363.585. valued at $3.-
680.393; sheep. 343.194. valued at $478,069;
swine. 1.427.345. valued at $5,592,196; total
value. $28,076,241. *
The phenomenal growth of the cotton
and other manufacturing industries in
this state has greatly stimulated stock
raising and especially dairy farming. Dai
ry farm products increased from 7.212.
936: sheep, 378.769. valued at $519,368; swine,
1,954.241. valued at $6,931,302; total value,
$34.661,SS4.
ginla and the Carolinas extends to the
southwest into Georgia. The same charac
ter of lands as those of the Shenandoah
Vaiky in Virginia touch the northwestern
counties of the state, while the productive
grazing lands of the Blue Ridge mountain
and Piedmont region extend across the
state from the North Carolina border to
the Alabama line. Therefore, it can plain
ly be seen that this state is a most fa
vored stock Raising country, for it has the
soils of Virginia’s noted grazing sections
with the advantage of an even shorten
winter, foj: roses bloom out of doors until
near Christmas, and with the short inter
val of ten weeks, violets and strawberries
are in full bloom by the middle of March.
Thus stock can graze for fully nine
months of the year.
For pasturage the Georgian has Bermuda
grass, which affords good pasturage six
months in the year, and on rich land it
yields a fine return in hay. For summer
pasturage, he has crab grass, crowfoot
and other indigenous grasses. Among the
kgumes. he has the cow pea. Japan clo
ver and Alsike clover for hay or summer
pasturage. For winter grazing he has
Japanese rye grass. Hungarion brown
grass, rescue grass, orchard grass and
Terrell grass, and the farmer can also
graze oats and wheat if he so desires. It
is easy to demonstrate the fact that this
is a most desirable grazing country, and
the farmer, thinking of moving from his
more northern home should carefully
study this matter and satisfy himself by
coming to “spy out the land.”
ALABAMA.
The number and value of farm animals
in the year 1S96 in the state of Alabama
were as follows: Horses, 128.366, valued at
$5,456,987: mules. 127.195. valued at $G.765,-
542: milch cows. 308,439. valued at $3,365.-
069; other cattle, 523.329. valued at $3,507.-
352; sheep. 271.111. valued at $311,534; swine,
1,848,898. valued at $5,280,452; total value,
$24,686,936.
Major General Joseph Wheeler, United
States army, says:
“This Tennessee river region is one of
the finest stock countries in the world.
There is something in its grasses and wa
ter that seems to make it particularly
adapted to the raising of blooded -horses—
something which seems to assure good
muscle and bone. Mr. G-orge M. Garth
and Mr. J. Harvey Gilchrist, at their
nne,
due,
the iqc
very fine. The thermometer rises no
higher on the open lands in Mississippi
than it does in the hottest weather in
central New York. Land is very low at
the present time, but is steadily rising.”
W-hat is true of horses and mules is
equally applicable to cattle and sheep
raising. This state has a valuable sheep
husbandry. “Mississippi has an enviable
record in wool growing due to the climate
and soil, the pasturage. water, shade,
sunshine and geological formation—a
mystery not now so easily explained,
though recognized wherever fine, soft,
luxurious wools are grown.”
TENNESSEE.
The number and value of farm animals
in the year 1896 in the state of Tennessee
were as follows: Horses, 344.440. valued at
$13,758,944: mules. 182.139. valued at $7,659,-
823; milch cows. 330.690. valued a: $5,135,-
616; other cattle. 519.124. valued at $5,493.-
215; sheep. 439.466. valued at $651,068; swine,
1,910,749. valued at $6,3S4,196; total value
$39,082, S62.
We quote from a late state publication
under the heading. “Live Stock." as fol
lows: “As a stock raising country. Ten
nessee has no superior and but few equals
among the states of the American Union.
In every division of the state there is a
wonderful adaptation of the soil and cli
mate for the production of live stock,
and in every section. rich nutritious
grasses grow equally as well as they do
in the states north of Tennessee.
KENTUCKY.
The nuniber and value of farm animals
In the year 1896 in the stae of Kentucky
were as follows: Horses, 417.528. valued at
$14,521,752; mules. 131.297, valued at $4,740.-
184: milch cows. 303.682. valued at $6,189.0:19;
other cattle. 506.997. valued at $8,786,669;
sheep. 858.366. valued at $1,603,257; swine
1.688.594. valued at $6,053,946; total value,
$41.S94.S47.
We quote from a late Kentucky state
publication under the head. “Live Stock.”
as follows: “With a climate requiring the
least amount of protection during the
winter and a greater variety of nutritious
grasses that can be found elsewhere, it is
but natural that domestic animals should
here attain their greatest perfection. The
Kentucky horse, for whatever purpose
bred, may always be depended upon to
fulfill every requirement. It is claimed
that there Is that this climate of Ken
tucky and the grasses cropped from her
limestone pastures that makes the Ken
tucky horse invincible. Kentucky breed
ers of jacks and jennets enjoy a like rep
utation with breeders of horses, and these
animals are shipped to almost every state
where the best individuals of this class
are desired. Mules are raised in large
numbers. Another branch of the live stock
Industry which is highly profitable is
grazing for the European trade. These
cattle, called ‘export cattle.’ are, wh^n
ready for market, the finest beeves in the
world. The usual weight is about 1.500
pounds per head, and they rarely bring
the feeder less than 5 cents per pound.
Sheep raising is another branch of stock-
raising that is found very profitable.”
GREAT ADVANCE IN IRON.
The iron situation in the south is the
most remarkable in years. No. 1 foundry
iron is bringing $12.50 per ton at the fur
naces. a rise of $5 per ton over the price
obtained six months ago. Not only Is this
price maintained, but it really looks very
much as if it is to rise still higher.
The remarkable feature of this situation
is that the furnace capacity is inadequate
to the demand, and that raw material is
scarce. The sudden rise in price found
the iron masters unprepared to increase
the output to the point of demand, be-r
cause it has taken months to rehabilitate
old mines and quarries long in disuse and
open up new ones to furnish raw ma
terial.
/>pite of the best efforts made, the
tfUfrian.** ftim*ot -tP.Jt&r&y*bw* ’ • >*it been
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pounds of butter in 1880 to 13.129.3i4 pounds ( stock farms near Courtland. Lawrence
in 1S90. There is also an increase in the
other cotton manufacturing states. There
Is not a county in North Carolina without
an abundance of live stock.
The splendid natural grass soils of the
Piedmont. Blue Ridge and other regions
of Virginia extend into North Carolina.
There are a number of model stock farms
in ihis state, among which may be noted
the famous Biltmore farm of George Van
derbilt. the Occoneechee farm near Hills
boro. Orange county, and the Duke farm
at University.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The number and value of farm animals
in th-= year 1896 in the state of South Caro
lina were as follows: Horses. 64.514. valued
at $3,806,977: mules. 95.955. valued at $7.-
071.663: milch cows. 129.388. valued at $2.-
181.069; other cattle. 154.450. valued at $1.-
601.346; sheep, 74.465. valued at $109,762;
swine. 965.662. valued at $4,090,993; total
value. $1S.S64.750.
There ar- ten million acres of pasture
and forest land in South Carolina. There
are 1S.500.000 acres of land and only 5.000.-
000 are under cultivation, and yet it is a
fact that almost any acre of land in this
state can be made to produce abundantly.
Lately a farmer won the prize offered by
the Charleston News and Courier for the
best high grade, all-round farming. That
farmer, a few years ago. purchased his
land, which was then known as “waste
land.”
GEORGIA.
The number and value of farm animals
in the year 1896 in the state of Georgia
were as folft>ws: Horses. 109,185, valued at
$5,775,859; mules. 166.040. valued at $11,207.-
96S: milch cows. 312.711. valued at $5,300.-
451; other cattle. 540.916, valued at $4,926.-
j county, raise very superior race horses,
some of which have b*»en sold as high as
$3.0<K). and even over that sum. Being so
fine a grazing country, of course the rais
ing of cattle and sheep is successfully
prosecuted, rs are all kinds of farming.
Fruits do well. All along the Memphis
division of the Southern, the country is
remarkably healthful. The Tennessee
river occupies rich valleys, well watered,
with mountain ranges suited to fruit cul
ture to their top.*-.”
What General Wheeler said of that val
ley region can also be applied to other
portions of Alabama. A study of the re
sources of all the countries shows that
stock can be profitably raised not only in
the northern section, but also in the min
eral and cotton belts of the statq,
MISSISSIPPI.
The number and value of farm animals
in the year 1896 in the state of Mississippi
were as follows: Horses. 182.777, valued at
$7,269,553; mules, 153.877, valued at $7,924.-
027: milch cows, 293.870, valued at $4,058.-
345; other cattle 485.695. valued at $3.o36.-
691: sheep. 343.9%. valued at $423,115: swine,
1.940.755. valued at $5,991,888; total value,
$29,303,619.
Many of the mule colts run In the pas
ture frern the time they are born until
they are broken for work, and have abso
lutely no shelter and no food beyond
what they find in the fields.
"With our abundant and nutritious pas
tures and cheap lumber for building barns
and sheds, the cost of raising either
horses or mules is less than in any oth
er part of the country, while, from the
relatively small number of farmers en
gaged in raising them, they always sell
for good prices. The climate is certainly
jcreaSed since the extraordinary demand
begun, because as fast as idle furnaces
are biown in it is necessary to put others
out of blast tor repairs. The only really
new capacity will be the Vanderbilt fur
nace. which is being gotten in shape by
E. M. Tutwiler. The Jenifer furnace, near
Anniston, was ready to go into blast when
it was discovered that the supply of char
coal was inadequate and the company has
been compelled to commence the work of
changing it to a coke furnace, which will
require two months. The furnace has or
ders for May delivery which, of course, it
cannot fill. That iron will go to $20 on a
Chicago basis, equivalent to $16.40 at Bir
mingham, does not seem at all improba
ble.
STATE OF OHIO, CITY' OF TOLEDO.
LUCAS COUNTY, ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the city
of Toledo. County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
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cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
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TREMENDOUS REVIVAL IN
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES.
Iron and Lumber Lead tbe Proces
sion With tbe Greatest Ad
vance in Years.
The industrial life of the Piedmont re
gion is quickening with the impulse of a
new industrial revival which promises to
exceed in real advancement the great
progress of the last decade.
Birmingham, after its long period of
dullness, is enjoying an industrial revival
and the renewed activity has been ac
companied by an increase of wages which
makes the workingmen happy.
There is a feeling that the development
of the great coal and iron region is only
begun and that the present revival will
not be speculative, but one of genuine de
velopment. which will add hundreds of
millions to the permanent wealth of the
section.
The advance in the price of iron since
the first of January has been greater than
any recorded in a decade, and seems to be
a barometer of equal industrial condition.
While iron and the allied industries are
booming, the same condition obtains
among the lumber mills of the great
southern pine belt. There has been a
heavy increase in the demand for yellow
pine since the termination of the Spanish-
American war. and the lumber which
was selling for $6.50 per thousand fe<-t a
year ago readily bring $12.50 at the mill.
'1 he saw mill men are dictating pricesj
and buyers are solicitous, not
about the figure
which their orders for lumber can be
filled. Mills are rejecting orders for all
heart stuff, or orders with specifications
calculated to cause delay.
The demand Is decreasing for both do
mestic and foreign consumption, and or
ders from abroad come from Cuba. Porto
Rico. South America and Europe.
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GEORGIA STATE FAIR
STATE FAIR AND EDUCATION.
One of the leading and most interesting
features of the forthcoming fair in At
lanta. will be the educational exhibit.
A schedule of generous premiums has
been offered by the State Agricultural So
ciety, and the American Book company
has offered special premiums to the
amount of $500. Nearly all of this money
is to be given for such work as is car
ried on in the rural schools of Geor
gia.
The mapping out the plan and scope
of the educational exhibit was entrusted
by the fair management to State School
Commissioner Glenn and President Ly
man Hall, of the Technological school.
These two gentlemen, together, with ex-
Governor Northern and the members of
the committee on education, held a meet
ing some days since in the office
of Secretary Martin, and Commissioner
Glenn submitted the following premium
list, which was unaimously adopted, and
which, undoubtedly, will create wide in
terest throughout the state:
Prize for the best county educational
exhibit, $75.
Prize for the best educational exhibit
by any lbcal system. $75.
Prize for the best individual country
school exhibit. $50.
Prize for the best individual city school
exhibit, $50.
Prize for the best declamation by any
boy from a country school system. $25.
Prize for the best declamation bv any
boy from a city or local system. $25.
Prize for the best composition by any
giri from the country school system, pa
pers limited to 300 words and written
within one hour's time. $25.
Prize for the best composition by any
girl in a local system, same limit as to
time and words, $25.
Prize for the best college exhibit of
work exhibiting methods of training
boys. $75.
Prize for the best college exhibit o!
bvork showing methods of training girls,
seventy-five dollars.
1 Two other premiums that will excite
general interest among the young men
the state are these:
management of the fair are anxious to
deepen general interest in it.
Five hundred dollars was appropriated,
at the same meeting of the committee for
a negro educational exhibit. This exhibit
will he of interest as showing just exact
ly what the negro is doing in this line o.C
advancement—something that the people
of Georgia would like to know.
AN OBJECT LESSON.
The Experiment Station is to have an
exhibit at the forthcoming state fair.
And it behoove? every farmer to make
sure that he will be able to go to Atlanta
next fall and see and study it. For the
display w’ill not only be interesting to
them, but it will be of actual money val
ue. That, because it will show what can
really be done on a Georgia farm—which
few farmers know. And, what is more
to the point, it will show’ how to do it.
The Experiment Station has been term
ed the farmers’ university. And such, in
truth, it is. But unfortunately. Georgia
farmers do not throng to it. And. since
they do not. the State Agricultural So
ciety propose to bring it to them. For the
society knows, .hat once its work is seen,
it will prove a revelation and a salvation
to the agricultural interests of Georgia.
The arrangements, therefore, to bring an
exhibit from it to Atlanta were made.
And it is now the society’s purpose to set
that exhibit up alongside of the agricul
tural exhibit?: of the counties and the pri
vate individuals of the state—as an object
lesson. Of course it will not be eligible for
competition. Else no.other display would
have any chance to take a prize. Its
sole mission will be to say to the other
exhibitors: ‘‘You have done so and so.
and think it remarkable: now see what l
have done! And here is the secret—take
it home with you!”
An illustration in point that comes to my
mind, w’il be offered by the dairy depart
ment. The farmer who has cows win be
shown that it is easy to keep th*m in
condition better than he ever saw, for
half the money it now costs him to feed
them: that it is easy to make them give
more milk than his cows give, without a
penny of additional cost: that 40 cent
Fifty Dollars—For best exhibit of forge j butter can be made from the same milk
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Is published by the celebrated physicians
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tSfc S. Broad street. Atlanta, Ga.. whom
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work made by any young man in the
state between the years of 16 and 20. All
about The ”tim7“hT] students of the School of Technology are
barred on account of their superior ad
vantages. Y'oung men who intend com
peting for this place will be furnished
drawings of the work by President Ly
man Hall, of the School of Technology,
after June 1. The work must rigidly con
form to the requirements of the draw
ings. and will be judged by instructor?
of the School of Technology, and will
be exhibited in the display of the School
of Technology.
The other premium of $50 will be of
fered for wood work made and exhibited
under exactly same conditions.
This was adopted by the committee,
and should interest every young mechan
ic in the stae. The matter of industrial
training is now becoming a very vital
question throughout the south, and the
(hat for him only produces 10-eent but
ter. and that when the 40-cent butter is
made, the same identical milk can be
used over again to raise his calves on-
all of which he could do. if he only knew
how. Ana he will be shown how—not on
paper, but by facts. The scientific farmers
at the Experiment Station are not of the
class that sit at a desk, and farm with
pen and pencil. They are real farmer?
who have built up comfortable fortunes
through reducing ploughing to a science-
through figuring out by actual trial how
to certainly make two stalks of corn
grow where but one would grow before.
Therefore the as?ertion is made that it
behoove? all farmers to make it a point
to see this exhibit.
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The Highland City mills are erecting a
5.000 epindle mill at Talladega, Ala., and
will manufacture yarns.
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D6TIMCT HURT