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THE BANNER. FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 24, 1911.
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ENGLISH ECOIOMIST
• Oil AMERICAN l R.
One A 1 hens Market Bought and Sold
Thirty-Nine Hundred Rabbits
IE GOVERNOR AKO
THE GOVERIER-ELECT
Funeral Will Be Held al
Noon today from the
First Presbyterian _
Church Here.
(From Tuesday'* Banner.i
The Intelligence of the death ot
C'apt. T. J. Scott Sunday night has
caused the lntensest sorrow to a large
(Ircle of friends In this city, this sec-
llon ot the state and over the state
generally, where he was known and
luted. About his life and death the
following was yesterday afternoon
nrltten by one who knew him for
j ears Intimately:
Thomas Jefferson Sqott.
One visit of death to each human
being Is certain, but Is attended with
sadness and sorrow equaled by noth
ing else. Such a visit was made on
ihe night of February 19th, at 9:?9, to
our friend and neighbor, Hon. T. J.
Scott. The visit was not unexpected
for the sufferer for several days was
merely waiting and when death ap
peared he surrendered without a
struggle. He met death as he did
every other trial In life, with courage
and quietude nnd dignity.
Mr. Scott was born August 1st,
1843, In Madlsotf county, and was a
son of Capt. W. W. Scott. His moth
er before marriage was a Miss Dan
iel. i
He was being educated for s phy
sician, but he responded to the call
for volunteers in M861 snd on his re
turn at the close ol the war In 1865
he gave up his contemplated profes
sional career, and devoted himself
to farming, of which he made a sue-
c<ss from the beginning. He was al
ways prominent In the affairs of life
pertaining to the public good. He
represented Madison county in the
general assembly In 1884 and 1885.
He Introduced and parsed the prohi
bition statute for Madison count;,
nnd did more than anyone else In
having It adopted by his people. In
the legislative halls, as at home, h*
made friends of all who knew him
sufficiently to realize his resl worth.
In 1890 he moved with his family to
Athens for the benefit of the schools,
though he retained his plantations in
Madison county, and never lost In
terest In the welfare of that section.
Rome years ego he and his boys pur
chased ■ controlling interest in the
Tafmage Hardware Company, snd he
was president of that corporation at
the time of his destta, though he de
voted his time principally to bis
farming Interest.
Mr. Scott was married twice, his
lirst wife was a daughter of Mr. Geo.
Kberhart, Sr., nnd his second wife,
of Mr. Geo. Eberhart, Jr. His im
mediate family Surviving him, are
Ills widow. Mrs. Montle Scott, snd
eight children, to-wlt: Messrs. Will,
George, Howard, Lamar anil Tom
Scott, and Misses Maggie and Mozell
Scott, and Mrs. Ruth Williams. He
leaves also two brothers, Mr. Jno. C.
Seott. of Madison county, and Mr.
Dan Scott, of Texas, and two sisters.
Mrs. R. P. Sorrell and Miss I.lxxle
Scott.
Few men have left a 'record such
as his. He knew neither fear nor
hatred, nor envy nor malice. Friend
ship to him was not a name, but.*
reality. A friend’s call was not only
answered promptly but with the gra
ciousness that made the friend feel
that the service being rendered was
a pleasure. The test of a man is the
estimate his wife and children places
upon him. Measured by this teat Mr.
Scott discharged every domestic duty
to perfection. The solicitude of wife
ar.d children concerning his welfare,
the absolute consideration and defer
ence to his wishes, the unchanging
confidence lit his Judgment and the
tender love shown him by each and
r.il furnished the evidence unmistaka
ble and conclusive that he was a man
In the highest sense of the word, and
that he was a husband and father
never excelled and seldom equalled,
lie was a quiet man In his way, but
Kept abreast with the times, and es
pecially with the needs of those who
have been unfortunate In life. His
charities were not proclaimed, but
were bestowed with judgment and
liberality. He will be missed by rep
resentatives of all the walks of life
for ho was the friend of all.
Early In life' he united with tbe
Presbyterian church, and lived and
died an exemplary Christian life.
If It be true that a tree is known
by Its fruits, then this tree Is accept
able to Its Maker.
HORSE fell over, crushing
ITS YOUTHFUL RIDER
Canon, Ga., Feb. 20.—Special.—Last
Friday morning, Orin Bowers started
to ride horseback to Carnesvllle and
bis horse began to stand on his hind
feet, and as a horse can’t do well on
lust two feet, he stood Just a little
too straight, overbalancing and fall
ing backward, with Orin on the bot
tom side. The horn of the saddle
struck him on one side of the bowels,
>'tbd it was thought for a day or two
it might be fatal, but he is getting
tt'ong nicely. and will be *11 right In
a short time, It is hoped.
0
llow does a "four billion dollar
congress" fit you!
The River and Harbor* Appro*
priation Bill Will Be up For
Action This Week.
Washington. IJ. C„ Feb. 20—The
Rivers and Harbors Appropriation
bill. Is still in conference, two propo
sitions. Inserted by the senate know n
as the Beaumont-Orange project, and
the continuation of the waterways
commission being the particular fea
ture of the bill over wblch there Is
iiMieb debate, the senate* and the
bouse conferees dividing on the pro
position. Last Friday the conferees
bail an extended session and very
many of the Items In the controversy
were^agreed to leaving the larger
piopoatlons to be threshed out at an
other meeting to be held tomorrow.
There Is probably no subject that
more vitally affects a great propor
tion of the American people than that
of transportation. With the growth
of population and production the
need foe transportation grows still
more rapidly under a mathcmatncal
law identical with that under which
the telephone exchange breaks down
In a large city. Two persons or two
towns may be connected by a single
transportation line or half a line to
each; three persons or towns an he
tonnected only by two lines or one
each and four only by six lines or
one and half each; and so the ratio
runs up until the transportation har
den by any given means may become
unbearable when the means or short
cuts must be devised.
The greatest marvel of all human
history has been the development of
-railway transportation In the Fnlted
States, though It has come about so
steadily as to seem more common
place than marvelous. For hair a
century our railways, confident In
their growing strength, have under
taken to meet our transportation re
quirements and most generally they
have discouraged other devlees. Dur
ing the stage of extension develop
ment they performed their duly well;
but now that the stage of Intensive
development is upon us with Ingreas-
Ir.g density of population nnd Improv
ed modes of production the system
has broken down—it has reached its
own and necessary limit. An earlier
generation decared "fire Is a good
servant, but a bad master;’’ today
but few Omerlean citizens will hesi
tate to declare the adage equally true
when "railway" Is substituted for
"fire.”
On one side of the transportation
question stand the railways. On the
other side stands the finest natural
Inland waterway system In the en
tire world—the mighty Mississippi
with It* tributaries spreading from
the Appalachians on the east to the
Rockies on the west nnd stretching
from our northern boundaries to the
Gulf: the noble Columbia, the once
effective Sacramento and the num
berless rivers and sounds of the At
lantic and Gulf coasts, a net-work
ot navigable waters once largely use<j
for traffic now nearly neglected.
Dr. W. J. McGee, connected with
the bureau of soils of the department
of agriculture, an economist anil sci
entist of note. In speaking of the
neglected rivers said to your corre
spondent that “If oar rivers were
put to their normal use they would re-
llcve the recurrent freight congestion,
stimulate production, lower the cost
of commodities and re-open our wan
ing export trade. If a quarter of the
current freight and passenger move
ment were transferred from the rail
ways to the waterways and thereby
moved at a quarter of the current
cost which Is quite feasible there
would he an apparent saving of half
a billion dollars annually in traffic
charges, reducing the current trans
portation burden to $20 per capita or
$100 per family, or a dollar an acre
on land, all of which saving nrtght be
measured In reduced cost of living.
Excluding a few thousand well-to-do
city families the typical American
family pays out for the necessaries of
life an average of about $400 per year
of which a third goes directly or In
directly for transportation and once
this fraction Is reduced from a third
to a quarter by cheapening of the rates
through water carriage, that typical
family cannot fail to enter on new
lease of prosperity If not of life It
self.
CARNIVAL IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Manila, Feb. 20.—Manila’s annual
carnival week has arrived and for
seven days beginning today the resi
dents of the capital, reinforced by
thousands of visitors from all parts ot
tbe island and from China, Jap.m and
other countries as well, will devote
themselves to pleasure and merry
making. The carnival this year prom’
|*es to eclipse all slm;la_r affairs of
the past. In addition to the amuse
ment attractions special pains have
been taken this year to provide an
elaborate bazaar and other features
that will attract nnd interest the bus
Iness man.
This week will probably sec the
beginning of the end of the New 5 orb
senatorial deadlock. Sheehan appears
to be a loser and Just who the demo
crats will center on stems to be
quite uncertain. Governor Dlx still
refuses to attempt to coerce the leg
islature In any way and will not'hear
any talk looking towards electing him
as a compromise candidate.
Says That American Railways
Arc the Finest in the World
in Eveiy Way.
New York. F.h. 2«.—Mr. W. M 1
-Vckworth, w$io*e tank in England
at an authority on railway economics
compares with that of President Had
ley, of Yale University, in the United
States, and who from time to time in*
spects American railways In the in
terest of English i.4 estors, has ret
cent)* returned to England after a
two months' inspection of the rail
ways of the United States.
Just before sailing for England, Mr.
Arkworth in commenting on the pres
ent status of railways In the United
States, said In part:
“I have been somewhat surprised to
see the space that has been given in
your newspapers to the criticisms of
the efficiency of -your railways. It
has been my opinion that In actual
economy of operation the railways of
the United States are first in the
world. In the number of tons per
oar. cars per train: in the fullest
utilization of locomotives: in the ob
taining of the greatest measure of re
sult for each unit of expenditure, they
are not equalled by the railways of
any other nation. When the Greek
commanders after the battle of Sal-
amis voted who should receive the
prize for valor each put his own name
first, but ail put the the name of
Themistocles second. And Themis-
tocles received the prize. So too
though German. French and English
railway men would, I dare say, all
put their own railways first In effi
ciency they would nil. I am sure, put
yours second, and on the voting of the
experts your railways would come out
first.
'Hut further, your nation as a whole
Is not in other matters pre-omeinently
efficient. No one would say that your
farmers were more efficient than
those of France and England or that
your government Is more efficient
than the government of Prussia. Your
railways have reached a higher stan
dard in international comparison than
your farmers or your government, and
under greater difficulties, for In Eng
land and on the continent employment
with a railway company is a prize and
tf man hopes to remain in the service
of the same company throughout his
life. He is, therefore, obviously more
amenable to discipline than the shift
ing and often even foreign force em
ployed on your railways
"The investors of Europe and even
your own Wall street seem hardly to
grasp tITe enormous amount of money
that must be spent upon railroads to
keep pace with your growing traffic.
If your traffic doubles every ten years,
as it substantially does, you will need
not perhaps to double your facilities
every ten years, but to increase them
at least by f»0 per cent. The eleven
hundred millions per year specified
by Mr. Hill as necessary for this pur
pose is none too much. The inhabit
ants of your western and southern
states, your people in general, must
understand that this capital cannot
he obtained in their own eommunties.
"Textfs and Oklahoma have no
money to spare for railroad building.
They want it all for their own local
busness. Even the east cannot find
nil the money required. This money
in largo measure must for a long
time to come be raised abroad: and
the investors of other lines will not
be willing to subscribe it so long as
there is a continuance of the harass
ing conditions which tend to impair
the revenues of your railways, to
hamper their administration and to
retard their development. If the rail
ways of the* United States could reach
a time when state legislators ceased
from troubling and state commissions
were at rest it would in my thinking
be good for the railways and still bet
ter for the citizens of the United
Stales."
CHESS TOURNNEY IN SPAIN.
Madrid, Feb. 20—San Sebastian,
the famous watering place where the
king of Spain spends his holidays, is
today the cynosure of all eyes in the
chess world, for there have gathered
the greatest chess experts of Europe
and America to take part in the inter
national masters' tournament. It is
generally admitted taht the tourna
ment which began today has a strong
er entry list than any similar event
that has taken place in years. The
contestants include Marshall, the
American champion: Capablanca. tbe
Cuban champion; Rubinstein. Bern
stein and Nienizowtsch, the famous
Russian masters Schlechter, Vldmar,
and Durns, of Austria; Teichmann,
Leonbardt, Tarrasch and Spielmann,
of Germany; Burn of England, and
Janowski of France.
EXHIBITION OF AERIAL CRAFT.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 2C.«-Aeroplanes
of every type, including several ma
chines that have established records
for distance, speed or height either
in this country or abroad, are includ
ed among the exhibits at the second
National Exhibition of Aerial Craft,
which opened In Mechanics Building
today and will continue to hold forth
there until the end of the week. In
addition to the various types of air
craft the show comprises a wonderful
display of accessories, which Illus
trates almost as much as the ma
chines themselves the amazing pro
gress in the field of aeronautics dur
ing the past few years.
Athens has been in a rabbit-eating
mood this winter.
One market alone has brought in
from only one point of shipment, ac
cording to the statement of the pro-
prietor, thirty-nine hundred rabbits
• r-iUep the beginning of this winter's
i j «us* n. The fact became known to
!>r. J. I*. Fort and he has taken the
pains to say something about it antf
offer a suggestion in the light of tlie
facts set forth. His article is as fol
lows:
Raise Rabbits for Profit.
Seeing a nuthber of our common
rabbits for sale at one of the supply
stores of this city, I asked the mana
ger as to the supply and demand for
rabbits, and where obtained. He re-
plied that they came from various
places near At liens and at my sag
gesiion I wrote and he signed the
following:
The Statement.
"There has been shipped from
Klondike, a railroad station eight
miles from Gainesville, this season,
from Nov. 1, 1910, to Feb. L*»th, to
the Adams market at Athens, thirty-
nine hundred rabbits. They were oh
tained in a radius of three or foul
miles from the railroad station. They
were all shot. They averaged about
two pounds each and cost us from
thirteen to fifteen cents each. Strong
demand at all tlnteu for rabbit. Wo
sold them for aroftnd twenty cents
each.
A. T. ADAMS,
Mgr. Adams Market.
The Suggestion.
While there is so innch discussion
as to the price of meat and our fu
ture f(K»d 'supply I feel assured that
a cheap, nutritious and wholesome
supply can be obtained from the com
mon rabbit If commenced and pus
sued intelligently. Enclose some of
our abandoned fields with a good
wire fence and by sowing a small
amount of small grain for winter sup
ply I feel assured our rabbit can be
raised with great financial profit. The
rabbit may be called a ground animat.
He eats every green thing in front
of him. They raise from two to three
broods per annum without attention.
With some food supply this number
can he greatly increased.
It is not a question similar to the
Belgian hare that was taken hold of
by so many a few years since. This
bare, or rabbit, had to be housed and
fed and the food lie ate consumed
the value of the rabbit for market.
Our ordinary rabbit will care for him
self in the winter's storm and sum
mer's heat.
With ordinary environments afford
ed by almost any land near us. I am
confident the rabbit may become a
source of income from property that
is now of no use.
With a little attention it would be
come partially domesticated ami
would be easily caught in a net when
desired for market.
As a Georgia boy and from a life
of observation In the fields nnd woods
of our state. I know how prolific nnd
resourceful the rabbit Is—how diffi
cult to exterminate, above all. how
nutritious nnd wholesome his flesh is
for birds, beasts, and mankind.
JNO. I*. FORT.
Friday Nights are Unlucky For
the Feathered Tribe of Classic City
Friday is certainly an unlucky day
for chickens and chicken-owners in
this vicinity. Last year there was a
short epidemic of hen-stealing for a
few weeks and it will be remember
ed that in that attack of the evil to
which the city was subjected the
{hefts were almost every time com
mitted on Friday nights. Another at
tack is upon Athens—and nearly
every Friday night for a month or
more there have been hen roosts lob
bed of many choice fowls. There
seems to be a system nbout the thiev
ery—a different part of the city being
made the object of the visitations
each week, but the robbery is always,
cn a Frday night. Perhaps the Sat
urday’s busy trading may be calculat
ed upon by the thieves as a day
when the loot can be more quickly
ADMINISTRATION BliSY~
OH RECIPROCITY
President and Secretary of Agri
culture Arc Working
For it Passage.
disposed of.
Mr. Wingfield lost several fine
on a recent Friday night. The next
Friday night Mr. E. II Dorsey lost
twenty beautiful hens. On last Fri
day night the hennery of Mr. Walter
Hill was entered and robbed. He
hnd placed an electric burglar alarm
on his henhouse—so that when any
one entered the building a bell would
ring In his room upatalra In the home.
The thief got wise to that scheme and
quietly nipped the wires with a pair
of pinchers, entered nnd robbed the
house without anyone being the wis
er till the next morning, when a doz
en fine blooded hens were missing.
The police and detectives are using
every precaution to catch up. with the
thieves and if caught they will be
dealt with severely.
LIVfLY fWAYOft’S
RACE IN CHICAGO
Whirl wind Stage of Game Has
Been Reached With Primary
Just a Week Away.
Washington, I). (\, Feb. 20.—While
President Taft does not believe that
the opposition of the farmers of this
country to the proposed reciprocity
agreement with Canada is nearly so
deep-rooted or so widespread as sonic
persons are endeavoring to .have it
appear to be, he nevertheless recog
nizes the fact that such opposition ex
ists and is likely to prove xery trou
blesome in bringing about the con
summation of the proposed agreement
unless it is overcome. Consequently
his most urgent appeals and his most
persuasive arguments in behalf of the
measure are now being directed to
the American farmer.
In line with the president’s recipro
city campaign will he the trip of Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson to Buf
falo tomorrow, where he is to deliver
a Washington's birthday address be
fore the Ellicott Club of that city.
Secretary Wilson in his address will
pursue the same line of argument In
regard to reciprocity used by the
president in his recent speeches* in
Columbus and Springfield, but will go
more into the details of the plan and
and the manner in which it may be
expected to affect the interests of the
American farmer. His speech will
be a direct reply to the arguments
going the rounds that the farmers!
and farmer organizations of the coun
try are opposed to Canadian recipro
city.
President Taft believes the Secre
tary of Agriculture is probably the
best informed man in the entire coun
try on all that affects the interests
of the farmers and he is sure that his
arguments on reciprocity will he val
uable. It is declared by sources close
to the administration that the Nation
al Grange, which has been widely
quoted as opposing the agreement,
has not a^ted a? an organization and
that the entire clamor has been made
by a few of the officers of the organ
ization who are personally opposed to
reciprocity and ar<> seeking to have
the organization indorse their views.
A little more talk about the annex
ation of Canada and the Canadian re
ciprocity agreement will meet its de
feat in Canada. It takes two make a
bargain and if the statesmen at Wash
ington really wwish the reciprocity
agreement to be made, then they will
wisely cease to talk about annexing
Canada.
Chicago. Ill., Feb. 20.—One of the
liveliest ftiayoraity campaigns that
Chi ago has seen in years entered up
on the whirlwind stnge today, with
but one week remaining before the
candidates of the two parties are
chosen at the direct primaries. The
election will take place early in
April.
The primaries are attracting a vast
amount of public attention. The can
didate favored by the republican or
ganization is John P. Thompson. Be
sides him the two strongest- republi
can candidates are John F. Smulskl,
who has long been a prominent figure
In republican city politics, and Alder-,
man Chailes E. Merriam. Mr. Mer-
rinm is a professor in the University
of Chicago and a writer on political
science. As head of the so-called
Merriam commission he laid the graft
in the city administration and brought
about the removal of several city
officials.
The democratty* contest brings to
life again the old rivalry between for
mer Mayor Carter H. Harrison and
former Mayor Edward F. Dunne. Mr.
Harrison, who was mayor for several
terms, following in the footsteps of
his father, is again a candidate on an
independent democratic ticket.
Ex-Mayor Dunne’s campaign has
the slogan, "Nobody wants him but
the people." Mr. Dunne is a lawyer.
When mayor he made a good record.
He lowered the telephone rates, and,
although he vetoed seventy-five-eent
gas. an ordinance was passed giving
the people a reduction from $1 to R."
cents.
Another leading aspirant for the
democratic nomination is Andrew J.
Graham, who is the choice of Roger
S. Sullivan, member of the democratic
national committee. Mr. Graham is a
private banker and is credited with
corporation leanings. His opponents
for the mayoralty nomination allege
flint he hns spent upwards of $3nn,ft00
in the ante primary campaign.
Among the Issues figuring more or
less prominently In the campiiign are
graft and vice, cheap gas, lower tele
phone rates, subways, and universal
transfers, the smoke nuisance, and
co’d cars.
It may be that Elberta will pull
through it after ail.
Both arc Writing Cards These
Days About Conditions Agri
culturally in State.
Atlanta. Feb. 20.—Governor Jot. M.
Biown and Governor-elect Hoke
Smith both appear to )>e indulging in
the card-writing fad.
Since the campaign is all over and
the state's administration is settled
for the next two years to come. It
might be said they are writing front
the standpoint of the statesman rath-
et than that of politicians.
But writing cards they are in
w hich they are presenting their ideas
o' tilings that should be done in Geor
gia.
Governor-elect Smith began some
time ago when he issued a statement
relative to the treasury situation and
ids views of the method which should
be employed in raising sufficient
funds to make payment to the school
teachers. He also forcasted other re
forms which he would recommend,
notably a change in the time of in
auguration of governor from June to
January.
Later the governor-elect came along
with a detailed statement of what
should he done toward Improving the
rural schools In Georgia, and also for
the betterment of agricultural condi
tions. His latest was the disclosure
o f the alleged boll weevil plot against
the cotton crops of Georgia nnd South
Carolina, nnd the method by which
the conspirators proposed to destroy
the crops in these states by scatter
ing boll weevils In the cotton growing
counties.
There have been varied views ex
pressed of the boll weevil plot. By
seme It lias been viewed with seri
ous concern, while others have laugh
ed at it. Experts in the department
of agriculture In Washington, have
informed State Entomologist E. L.
Worsham, that the execution of such
a conspiracy is entirely possible, and
flint the situation should be watched.
On tho other hand the story has been
laughed at by many ns a fanciful
tnle.
Governor Brown. In his cards or In
terviews. has devoted himself to par
ticular topics relative to agriculture.
He has discussed In one interview
the Value of the citron as a cattle
food, has urged In another the speedy
eradication of tbe catte tick and Is
now urging an amendment to the law
relative to the working of convicts on
roads so as to require the various
counties to construct roads which
will ultimately connect the various
county sites.
It is said Governor Brown has oth
er Important nnd Interesting topics
up his sleeve upon which he will dis
course In the next few weeks.
Governor-elect Smith mhy also he
counted upon to keep the ball rolling
and for the next few months the far
mers and others over the state may
count on a varied assortment of sug
gestions and advice from Georgia’s
statesnien-politlclans.
CAN A JUDGMENT BE OBTAINED
AGAINST HOMESTEAD PROPERTY
Gainesville, Ga., Feb. 20.—Can a
creditor who proves his claim in the
bankrupt court go into the state court
and get Judgment against homestead
property of the bankrupt? This is
the question which the supreme court
will have to decide, the case in which
the question appears going up from
Hall superior court.
Last year Judge F. M. Loden went
into voluntary bankruptcy. Mr. B. I).
Langford filed a claim against him
proved the claim in the bankrupt
court, the case being heard before Col.
W. B. Sloan last August 22nd. The
claim was for one thousand dollars on
a waiver homestead note. After this
Judge Loden asked for a withdrawal
of the proof of claim and was refused
by (’ol. Sloan. This case is still
pending. A suit on the note was then
entered in the superior court to re
cover the debt but out of the home
stead property. Judge Jones directed
a verdict.
Judge Geo. K. I.ooper, judge of the
city <ourt, who represented Judge
Loden, is now preparing a hill of ex
ceptions to be sent to the supreme
court.
Col. B. IV Gaillard represents Mr.
Langford.
This is an interesting question
which the supreme court is called up
on to answer.
Hon. M. L. Johnson, of Bartow
county, takes the position that quail
are th«* enemy of the boll weevil and
ihat they will have much to with the
eradication of that pest should it ever
find its way info this state. Mr.
Johnson will urge the legislature to
pass a law prohibiting the killing of
quail In this state for the period of
three years. The hunters will raise
a mighty protest against this proposi
tion.
Falls Victim to fhieves.
S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., has
a Justifiable grievance. Two thieves
stole his health for twelve years.
They were a liver and kidney trou
ble. Then Dr. King’s New Life Pills
throttled them. He’s well now. Un
rivaled for Constipation, Malaria.
Headache, Dyspepsia. 2>c. W. J.
Smith Sr Bro.. and H. R. Palmer &
Son.
ABOUT TEXAS FEVER
BUREAU GIVES TALK
Tells How the Cattle Tick
Thrives, Multiplies and
How Got Rid of.
Washington. D. C., Feb. 20.—The
microscopic parasite which causes
the disease known as Texas fever or
tick fever of cattle Is found Is. tbe
blood of affected animals and Is trans-
terred from one to another by means
of the fever tick. A remarkable fea
ture of this transaction Is that tbe
disease-producing parasites are trans
mitted through the eggs of the tick
that draws the blood, and not direct
ly by the old tick, as an engorged tick
after dropping from the host (cow)
dies without ever attaching Itself to
another animal. Dut Its offspring, pro
duced by the eggs laid after It drops
off and before It dies, csry the Infec
tion and Inoculate the first cow they
gel on.
The length of time elapsing be
tween the exposure of susceptible cat-
lie to infection by ticks and Ihe ap
pearance of Texas fever smong them
Is dependent’ upon the climate and the
development of thp ticks. Thus, if
northern cattle are placed on pas-
litres, highways, or In pens. cars. etc..
In summer Immediately after the
premises have been Infested with
licks from southern cattle, Texas fev
er may occur In from thirty to sixty
day*, as the female ticks which drop
from soul Item cattle must lay eggs
and these mutt hatch before the
northern animal becomes Infested
with tick* and thereby inoculated
with the disease. After tile seed ticks
become attached to the animal the
disease will appear In about ten days
In summer or a somewhat longer pe
riod In winter. In fact, the disease
may occur brfure tbe ticks are large
enough lo be, ween without a very
careful search.
One objection that lias been ad
vanced against the fact that the cat
tle tick Is a carrier of Texas fever Is
that cattle are sometimes found to be
suffering with the disease without
showing Ihe presence of licks on their
bodies. This condition In Ihe case
of southern cattle may be explained
by the fact that the animal already
hnd its blood Infected with the para
sites and tinder normal conditions was
resistant lo Texas fever; however,
ns a result of lowered vitality caus
ed by some other disease, or by ex
posure. privation, Injury, rough han
dling. etc., Jills resistance has been
reduced and finally overcome, and the
parasites at last succeed In producing
the disease. On Ihe other hand, when
this disease Is observed In northern
animals. Ihe young seed licks may be
so small so few In number as to be
unobserved.
lender certain conditions, as when
living on horses, mules, etc., the ticks
lose their infectioiisncss, and when
southern cattle not previously Infest
ed with any but these non-lnfectlous
ticks they are Just us susceptible ss
cattle raised on lick-free pastures.
Many entile appear perfectly heal
thy and yet are Infested with ticks
and have Ihe fever parasites In their
blood. Sometimes Ihe owners cannot
understand why such animals should
be regarded as dangerous to others,
and consider It unjust that they
should be subjected lo quarantine re
strictions. The fact Is that such cat
tle have usually contracted the dis
ease In a very mild form at an early
age and hav# become Immune to fur
ther attacks, although still carrying
parasites In their blood. They are
dangerous because the fever parasites
In their blood may be transmitted at
any lime lo susceptible cattle by
ticks.
While the disease may be produced
artificially by Inocculatlng a susceptl-
'ble animal with the blood of an In
fected one, It is spread naturally on
ly by the ticks. By exterminating
the ticks, therefore, the disease can
be stamped out. and Ihe quarantine
can then be removed
The discovery of the part played
by Ihe tick in the spread of Texas
fever w as made by tbe Bureau of Ani
mal Industry of the I’nlted States de
partment of agriculture in 1891, and
the same principle has since been
found to apply to Ihe transmission of
malaria and yellow fever front man
to man by mosquitoes, and to the
spread of certain other diseases.
Publications containing full Infor
mation about the ticks and giving di
rections for getting rid of them may
be,obtained free, on application to
the Bureau of Animal Industry, De.
partment of Agriculture, Washington,
f). C.
Representative Crumpacker seems
to be willing to let the question of
Southern representation lit congress
alone, provided the democrats will
help pass the bill to increase the num
ber of members of the house.
The educational train continue* on
Its triumphal tour through (ieorgla.
The crowds are constantly increasing
and there Is nothing but praise every
where for (Ills magnificent work of
the State College of Agriculture.
Editor Pendleton, of the Macon
Telegraph, has written three very
able articles in reply lo the position
of Mr. Edison on the subject of tbe
in,mortality of the soul. Editor Pen.
dleton Is a forceful writer and s great
ihinker. Ills reply to Mr. Edison is
to our mind conclusive.