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AND SOUTH GEORGIA PROGRESS
THOMASVUitE, GEORGIA, mill \ V FEBRUARY, 28, 1008.
soft EXPERT’S 'CENTRAL R.R.
WILL FIGHT
Mr. BennetTs Instinctive
Article On Soils and
- Conditions.
Tie following artteto by Mr. H. H.
Bennett, the gorernment apart, who
has the soil surrey of th« county In
charge, will be of gnat interest to
the fanners and agricaltnrallets In
thtecounty. His work while not fin
ished by any mean* is well under
way. In speaking et the agricultu
ral possibilities of the county Mr.
Bennett says that Thomas county Is
abont da rich and fine as he has erer
found. The dlesnlty * of Interests
and the possibilities ere numerous.
411 that Is neeassary Is that the
farmer take advantage of the oppor
tunities at their doors and make the
best of jt Mr. Bennett is a fine soil
avert, knope hie business thorough
ly end attends to It with a despatch
that la commendable. His work has
been thorough sad comprehensive
and when this survey te completed
Thoaw county will have one of the
• n^a— -.A .11 oMheenlnV
most complete and all embracing
|map of'any county (n the state of
the Booth. His artWf , will pom-
mad Itself strongly'lb the farmer*
sad It Is hoped thettbeywill read It
carefully ad accept, the aaslstaaee
and help that It will afeyrf.
Tie soil surrey *jr:T>omsa tonne
iIgr.nw' ■■>*—****■" f BirW
The rather edUerse whether condi
tions that have prevailed Intermit
tently throughout, the .winter have
retarded the gel* work some for the
season that It is impossible to do se
es rate surveying .of this, kind In the
rain. With normal wat'aar condi
tions the Bald work win be complet
ed abont the first op April., The re
port will bo out-of th* bands of the
printer mmm Mid;, fcr. i!strtbst!*a
abont tho latter part.of Us year.
This report with itbe mil map will
appear In pamphlet farm similar to
tks reports oa the soil surveys ol
dadsdm and Lam GOsaUee. -Florida,
published , aome nam ago. Them soil
survey reports win be-far free dte-
trlbntlon and n espy my be had up-
,sn request from tho dopertserat
of Agrlculturo at Washington.
It Is the purpose to tover tho eo-
map and admit • detailed study ,of
thorn mil problems related to Tho
Improvemeet ol sericulture. After
•arerutty examining the ton* to t
depth of three Me* they are classi
fied Into gravelly loams, mads, dM-
looms, fins seed loams, clay, clay
loom*, ate., according to soil end
subsoil texture or reUtire content ot
the various slash of mil ( puitldm—
gravel, coarse, medium and fin* mad,
silt ad clay—as determined by a-
elysls. Thom bodies of tend-bavins
similar characteristics a to color of
soil ad subsoil, organic matter con
tent, drainage conditions. Umber
growth, crop adaptioa, etc, are cor
related when possible with mils
mapped te ether areas, given snlia-
bte name* ud outlined on a map
nude on tho scale of one Inch to the
mOft Besides showing the locA Uon
and extent o( each body ot soil tnr.
p will Show public ad "neighbor-
id" roads, schoo 1 houses sed
with names, dwellln s,
was with strosts, tell roads, stres ns
With tho pluetable methode
te this surrsy It Is accessary to
up a instrument at every bend
The General Agreement
Governing Passen-
* ger Rates.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21.—The Can
trai at Georgia back tax cam was ar
gued In the supreme court this morn
ing. Tha indications nr. that the
Mats ot Georgia Is ready to settle on
a bull of shoot $221,000. The Cen
tral wll fight to the Iset ditch. The
cue ae regards the order of the su
preme oodrt in lading the cam back
to tho superior court was taken un
der advisement.
The Central will fight any gaeral
rata agrsemut In tbs state u to pas-
atnger farm on the same basis u
the gouthem recently accepted. No
proposition hu yet. bora made to the
state by the roads, hat that the Item
want a general agreement is emu red.
te every rad in the county te order
to eight In ud mmsnre from oso
crook te. another. Folate not on
made are located by trtaagulation.
Tho physical futures of each type
ot aoll will be described 1b tbs re
port la saeh detail as will make It
THREE CONVICTS I HAPPILY ON FROM DARKNESS
ARE RELEASED
■r. W. Feinberg Inter
ests Himself In
Their Behalf.
TheThree Liberated Con-
. victsOff For Pen
sacola.
pomlbte toy'* 1 tanner' to' Judge - hte
own eolls or uy aoll la Us arm fair
ly accnra'tely even wltho.t the aid of
tho.map ho that tbero wilt go no dan
ger of cpnfualon 'over pmelkle ocenr-
encea hore Ud there of sell* .varia
tions toosnSalttobs shown fittW
map or too laaeeeeMhl* to dsttirit te
obsolete detail. , , '
From Information gained through
thing to e*t from a'trouSethattebT' #bs»/<t,‘
r»'. •'retted and brought her* *>f
nisi. It, tame according to. their
With lli. oielhudi of juatlc* te this
<> ewtetry and mwardfag-to advice tf*-
analynla, experimental work, sad for-
of <
tlfitier taste upon umplee
kind of soil, sapplemuted by field
observation* regarding IB* mi
ud tatters*.of the prsvsiltag ateth-^ rfBlt ptrt
ode of mil -a.ag.ment and , by In- ^ ^ nBI , oa »,
formation second from the study of
these eelh li otber sections, eondnal
lose are draw* ad aggertiona of
fered a to Improysmonte te th*
methods pf .handling soils, crop adsp
rations, the use of fertllfssr*. tbahe-
a,for the Introduction of profitable
now crops or. In,short, any chaago
or mots' tost may eossn n'.aqptso'.st.
possible advantage to the ngrteollnr-
at teterasts of tho county. Also the
possibilities of the various soils with
respect to yield ad rage et crop
'Mr# county emmteteg the Son* at production, elloatle conditions, tram
acb frequent tetervnls u will enfiblu
the construction of ** accurate Aoll
porutton facilities, ate., are - terasCng and mate talked ot strike,
as matter* of Information for at- .
(From Tuesday's Dally)
The three Norwegian men who
were among the strikers at the coun
ty convict camp were yesterday re-
Ieased by the authorities. Tha re
lease wu affected by Mr. W. Fete-
berg of this city who interested him
•elf te their cam ad by dint of the
proper sort of work obtained for
them yesterday their dee' ed and jrat
freedom. ,
Mr. Feinberg visited the Jail San
ds; and bad u Interview with thas-i
three, from whom he obtained prac
tically the tame story that wu
printed In the Ttmes-Enterprisd sev
eral days ago. They made their way
from Jacksonville on loot trying to
got U Pensacola, where they could
obtain work on seme vessel hpmo-
vard bound. They had been left
fetch i.nd dry te Jacksonville, bodar.se
ihs ship so which tbs/ were working
was Indefinitely delayed.
it wu scarcely a ball hour after
lh*tr arrival In Boston, uklogsomc-fopen
charge of' vagvency, sad were
met' to the*gang. ' - ' » ;. •
After haring tketr story nnd .be
ing tally cowvtaoed of the Injustice
their cam Mr. Petnberg consulted
the authorities of the elty court’ud
Solicitor Label ead Sheriff Sight
vfT
THEIR WAT
TO LIGHT
Nrs. J. L. Beverly Pass
es Away Into Eter
nal Peace.
' s (From Wednesday's Dally) Mrs. J. L V’sverly Is dead. She
TMta war* three happy ad thank pasted away Monday morning Just
(ul ‘men who left for Pensacola ya- 1 fcefore flve 0 . clock ; Her ^
terday morning. They were th. not unapocted „„ bMn
three Norwegians who had been sen- lfor tht yau . ^ ha)f o| whkh
tcamte to the cb.in gag. u told te tlme ihe T|| to htr ^
these columh. and who through Mr. j Tbe ptninc of ul| good voman
W, Fd.tnborg's efforts te thalr bobslf, ^ H[ , ov t0 m , ny haart|
bad begb restored to freedom. j-rhomurlllo lor tee wu unlvoreally
Not content with this, Mr. Fein- ’ beloved by all clataea ot people,
bsrg beaded s subscription list .with j ‘ KortJ . two rttn ^ ah# w „
a hsndsope am. and thin uw to It iln Mmt0 w n , Berrien county. Her
*•*-«»- .jtethor. ,Jnma Carroll moved to
orsd breaking wround The, Hat him. ^, 0BM rouDt7 whaa T „ a
self. Hp succeeded In getting up (rtud ud hBr . pearly t ell of her l|ta
•nbuirh to pay, their tare to Paaeols >tM ipent lB 1|g , >b . wu
ud glvn. them a nice little amount mu . ried t0 Ht j. u B evsr,y ad
for Ihslr needs. They left on th. tbtlr Da|oi> which was a unnsully
Coat Wu. train at ten thirty. I bam w „ blessed with four
K te*™ 1“ their eyss 'children, all. ot whom survive the
.■ . M , 1 ' same time his modesty In keeping it
that sWtr^te opnvey te Mr. Frip- mothar. Thn ar. Mis. Qr.ot Bev.r- , „ dtacua8ta#
THE CONVICTS
PAID OUT
AH White Convicis to
County Turoed Loose '
Yesterday.
Since tbs departure of the three'
other convict oa there baa been a de
cided effort upon the part of seveial
prominent ciLinens of this county to
secure tbe release of tbe others.
There are seven who were, until ye*-'
terday, confined at tbe'eamp. These
gentlemen did not soe the JnStlee of
letting out three ud keeping tbe rest
in custody, ud after a consultation
with too authorities on the : s(ibject;
one paid tbs fines for all of them but
Of bis own pocket ud secured their
release. • i:.:T
Yesterday toe order wu given and
they wars set free. Tbs gentleman
who acted In tola thoroughly lauda
ble manner did not care to have hi*
name made public, bdt the public
will appreciate his genoxoslty aftd'tg* ,
same time his mo'ddriy te ksepiag it
bdsg-itts^’a^pradttlM of hte asalr- i r Mr. Joe Beverly, Mlaa Munson Bsv
teafdr’ .OhW'?!; them said: "Mr. wi, pad Mr. 8am Beverly. Beside.
•dtehhrg, jw* can’t express our tbevo. bar'hnshud^hsr mother, Mrs.
thmiki to jron..Iff, our hart* were s. b. Fudge, one brotgof, ^r. fi. W.
*ga'.' fow.anld .too how .deeply we Carroll of Albany ud thrsp sisters,
<*' jea n m .“Hffle .carter of .Ts^, ’pj^knd'iail^ W
M *■ »• Kendrick pad Mrs. M. K. May 4^ amoB . could not cow-
Thste 1*08 were not te uy sens*, oi Tbomurlll* survlr* her. Tot
fton Utol Mifty V*H Uft u&Mtee**. 'frilhiptt j$nd Mr. FeteWg dsurra ' Jets Br.
said that It seemed an injustice to
toe rest ot them to turn ont some
ud und them on their Way rejo*'-
lag Slid'to tear* the others (o work
ent their time. Thoy ar* advocates '
ttS'l
stsienly do otherwise than'effect the
liberty Write others.'' j ThU'shke «*U ft. r ■
Bwf^all for coming to th.lr hf^An^ aAd:b*||.h*te.te.mi«lf-; ^ months ygo
, TMy w*r* sailors, merely" te»s .*l-.lh* gospel who over served ‘
a by wUthoriUes te ptesd guilty to <rnulng||Georgia 16 thslc efforto :to 'to*, people of goutii. Georgia Was h*r
and
Commlsalonsr Smith of-the eeuty
agreed after conauNktloa that the
county wo.nld ateOd for the balasda
of the flu tor the thru.
This u related te them ' by Mr.
Psteborg wu worth n kings rsimom,
ao glad and gratsfol wsra thsy to
Usama. Ha *U dotermtesd
UultitW should bsifrabd sV<jn' H >«
hod boa mads to psy to* whole of
ths .ffa* tor th* thrss.'ud to Is a
happy almost u thsy wsra' wha he
toad that, thsy would to rsisasa*.
Thus ads another chapter te too te-
kgo’hgMggltjai dsgWo by'tbs fact ttot Addittoa of
Th* .oil anrirwy «s • $hg>$todlitel plut food ts not nsadod to build, sp
work Is Hading to further tereatiga- lha aol)—commercial fertillxera ar*
tloas of specific problems-aoooOta- lmt partlcnUrlr atlmulaUag to tola
ed daring th* progress of tto grid I laud. The problem Is ao'ved simply
got to a port-whsrg' thelr esrvlcwa brotoep... 8hs. waa ooaasctSd'with
In gisisa*. Tha punishment moar-of tfcs moat prominent families
wblsh. tbay «•*»•'-bompelled to o- la this seclloa of th* state atte her
dura wilt probably be*, lastlhg c*- passing a way, will ba kuably folt-hy
membrane* and the. character of to* hundreds of psophs in' Tkomitvllf*
legal lights, od South Georgia .will u well-u in.many' other sscilbst'of
dopbtlsaa'b*. portrayed in Vsrlons to* state.. r> " ' ,v '
forcutlss-most terribly and graph!- Mm.-Bovorlp wu a member of the
eally by tosm^ -t» . . • - ,.■»• . . pint Baptist church of TiomuvlVte
■ad wucvsry active te to* work of
paid out two of .the men ud'secured
a position tor one*'toifch' "**''nbjh dsiA.
holds in tote pity. *■ -• '. *
The mu 'were Trappier than'' fa ,-Vj ■,.
many a day and are now Iras’'' tbv-4
make theli way tiadteluirbeff'- i»' • - .v
Search" ef'viii'iieTer they may'wish.
THi public wll) bs gfad ’to Wafa ti--.-
'that tb'ft"problem hits been'aetUM -
aid that tb* normal in ciunty eo*- ' •
rlct camps has been resamedc -This.
„ . duSatlob hU been sglutcd''itl 'bv*li
***. ; - ' u - her ehureh'tip to (he time she’was ihi' db'ufitf "sid 'the ontrbmb,' 1 '' *•«'
* ffe , *? . . turn III.'"Tto foaerai' wili he eon- thongh'eiitlrafy ,aniipected, IsTtoMr .
B * - 0,1 . ' dncted froffl tk* church sikalfpuV by all the moiw dealrahts and Safla-.'.
rotation of craps * .'Ctoch Tatesi tebrsln, b> tie M*,:
of .hallow mtem-lteltIvsMoa npd 0 ; u ; r/ ’ ' . . • ^ tto'.srasks^'.othortiyrte.’. t vM.
paor drstnaga.-, .j - t , • 1 w. u rw,n-' J'.'tY. 'snpt Ctey yesterday'mfternooa *** -
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Tb are are dlffereorea In neartv «v- Mr.JOhn )f. Dskts, mi. «. »• —-v- »—r —,
f soil' within. given .?»'■f. if to to. ctlyframtew. .
, , Robinson, Judge Andsrsdn Roddsn- shtep'nfid-turned loos*-with dough', aw'-tv,
,teh fit 1. tor,too groductlott pf R(-e# . ^ * * ..ttefya, tomidtote-toml.: ,d -.,a
ory
which
•omo on* orop:«r,s*t of erppo. to best
. _ psD bearers, They aro requested to I—-
County urtote.y ? ,of so* bsv teg ^ ^ ‘
n heavy'day Subsoil near toe top '•
which i
Joleod not te nnrl(hty«msn*s*, but rr-.
... ... „ . _ ,, Jolced.in th* truth: Ah*-. hpra..,'*JI
admirably adopted to.cot- m *- *® TeTli ‘ ‘n 8 **? ***. ,, ,op * things;,, sto bcllercd , all , things:
tea white other -deep lady soils, as ^ration sad a* vn a grant nfmr-, ^ taian- •adsred'sll tbinta.
to* Norfolk .fine und produces ,fai- * r &• *•?•* fsc.mnrm.rad
hat oxesllcnt or «*»PteWsd st tto thaslalsfi of
tk* Almighty, 8h* wss always think
word. TherS ar* tot tow eoah’.V* or
regional cornmnnltlpe l»!tto eonntry
that ar* not te need of
hr totaling'CTbph growing what,
corn and eiover Instud el wheat si
Ways. A groat deal at the *o all-.
mat In order to attain their maxi* ed ‘worn tend of too South la
mnm agricultural development. Ha-
catty a writer In . popular mag*-
xlne stated that "the United Btatsa—
tto nowoat and greatest of al^ agri.
cultural countries ip admitted hr soil
scientist to stud, first te tto list te
tha rapidity of lta soil extras •tton.”
In Minnesota mneb lad that for
merly produced from IS to 40 bush
el* of wheat u aero tot run down
until IS to It bushel* Is considered
s good acreage yield—and tote too,
on toe black prarle tend than which
there te not u nplud aoll naturally
more fertile.
Here toe soil I* not exhausted bat
rnn down—simply tired oat from
continuous .cropping to what Tto
elements of fertility are stub there;
net won etf at Ml at teest, it la
sot beyond recall. Sock tend has
bea handled te Judiciously. K W
cultivated with but little atteo-
Uoa (o crop rotation; Its preparation,
as a seed tod too long has tea mad*
to conform to that method ot plow-
tag known it "skimming too ssr-
faee;" not enongh vegetable matter
has been Incorporated with to* sot,
la short, soil treatment hu been
that kind most favorable to toll im
poverishment.
In to* light of recent i.'iveetigs-
lions It appears that soil deteriora
tion Is not slwnyt dne to depletion of
plut food bnt frequently tto null
of tccnmnlstlons in too soli ot dete-
terloua substances or bodies that
tha Inherent fertility hu not even hinder healthful plat development;
boa changed materially as te .«• and that these harmful rnbstuca
tarter woody cotton
water melons tnd fair corn. A partic
ular phsso ef -to*Norfolk fin* sandy
loom Id tho type of sol] on which
-wrapper -tobacco does best white toe
Orsagehnrg flue sandy loom-Is th*
kind thn't grow* . good filler grade
So It is necessary for a farmer to
know hot merely hte good tobacco
•oil hut hte wrapper tobacco soil ud
hte filler tobacco soil; not manly a
cotton soil but short Staple and long
staple cotton eolls. It Is necessary
of course that some soils be used for
growing a variety of crops but it 1s
true generally tost mo.;t successful
farmers of all regions arc those who
are beet acquainted with the exact
crop adaptations of their soils and
who select their soils ,ith ss much
tare as they do their 'nl or fertlll-
A few days ago a 'deal fertilizer
dealer advised a farm . who appear
ed to M In a quudar - to the pro
per fertiliser to buy, 'o have tto
(Cos tin usd on •,*>!« t.f
tag of other* snfi she appreciated to
tbs^uBsSt extent too many kindness
es that wsra showered upon her by
loving Meads whuo* hearts reached
oat to tolp tor. Brea whan she
knew tout tor recovery was Impos
sible she remarked to n loved one
'This hu bees a very happy year,
for Gqtt ha boa a good to >u te
giving mo a many dour friends ud
In showering so muy undeserved
blesstpgs npon me.” She wu to*
•ool of humility, n beautiful virtu*
that te so nridom sun In tote rush
ing age ot tho world*, history.
Tho Apostle Paul had Just each s
character In hte mind wha ho wrote
tooso beautiful words In th* thir
teenth chapter of Pint Corinthians,
for they can to truthfully mid of
this good woamn who hu fallen on
sleep. Mrs. Beverly 'suffered teas
ud was kind; she envied net; she
vaunted not hsrsslf, wss not potted
ap, did not beksvt hsrself unseemly,
■ought sot her own, wu at pro-
hoped ell things) adored 'oil things
8hf WU porfsctly resigned to ten
trill ot God and yesterday-, morning
tek ** tes Bight WSS U41PC fijd
to* east wu reddening with .tie
sew,day she called a loved .ona to.^sjr
ud sold,. "Tell my God rm pejntof.’' (
Than as. qnlstly u tto plghj wira
passing her sou] slipped opt ,of jfh.e,
Osdowo ot time into toe down, ol,
eternity, ont of the .dsrknesg ot sagfe.
into tb* light of toevoDr ool of .lhq
mbu of suffering into the sunlight of.
eternal poocs.
-gappst-Time Blase, .,,
Muy ot the people traversing
Broad street lut night noticed n big
glare directly north west of town
near toe Albany railroad. It was
thought tor s time that toe lira de
partment shonld be called to toe as
sistance of those introuble but It de
veloped tost It wu the bouse of a
negro living In Carroll H1U ud that
the water mates dl£ at nui that far
There wu no nso for the deportment
under tto circumstances. Tho y house
was entirely consumed and some of
tbs furniture .wu lost.
.Arndbe.
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