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THE COURANT AMERICAN.
VOL. XIX.
ICE NEEL ON
peach industry.
at the Adairsville Section Has
Done This Year-
N growing AND MARKETING
rhe Luscious Fruit—Whv Do Not
Qther Parts of the County Fol
low Suit ?
Editors Courant American:
The rapid and successful devel
of the peach growing m-
L try in the northwestern portion
fth is county within the past few
’ rs deserves special notice in
our columns. Within five years
Ljj. thriving infant industry, in a
dius of three miles of Adsirsville,
, as grown to such proportionsthat
tis now almost, if not quite, a
tai of the wheat crop grown in
hat best wheat ar . ea in the count . y
hinging beautiful and fertile
)othcaloga Valley both east and
, es t are ranges of red hills, for
merly considered of little value,
save for timber. Later it was
found that good cotton crops could
be grown on these hills. It was
soon seen however, that cotton
growing caused the soil to wash
ofl and leave the hills bare and red
with gulleys. When this condi
tion was reacned, the small farmers
who owned and tilled these hills
begun to feel more and more the
bitter pressure of poverty. Among
these debt-ridden farmers was
Milam Gunn, a worthy but a poor
man, who owned a little mountain
farm on the dividing ridge between
Oothcaloga Valley, and Spring
Town valley. He had mortgaged
bis farm to a loan company
fora few hundred dollars, and was
looking forward with dread and
fear to the day when the loan would
mature. Some pioneer nursery
man came along and saw’ the
idaptability of his little farm for
growing peaches, and prevailed on
I him to let him plant an orchard on
(it, to be cultivated and nursed on
shares. Mr. Gunn engaged in the
work heartily, and had the good
fortune in the third or fourth year
to gather and market a crop of
peaches sufficient to pay off his
Mortgage. From later crops he
icquired considerable money and
leeamc a lender of money himself.
From this beginning orchard after
orchard was planted by the farm
er of that section, until now, the
r td hills both east and west of
>f Oothcaloga are thickly dotted
'ith neat and well kept orchards
Eibertas, this being the prin
ipal and most valuable variety
[lown.
1 understand that over seventy
ar loads of peaches were shipped
rom Adairsville this season and
pproximately the same number
rom McDaniel’s station, about six
ajles north of Adairsville. lam
old that about 550 crates are ship
'n each car and that the peach
powers obtained SI.OO per crate
oo upward. This means that up
lards of $40,000 were received for
caches by growers in the commun
•) around Adairsville. and nearly
1 similar sum by the community
ir ound McDaniel’s station. It is
f ld tha t from Plainville, Ga., a
miles northwest of Adairsville,
pull larger number of cars were
'PM over the Southern railway.
hen it is remembeied that this
j 1 Ustiy is just fairly begun, and
Ij t m anot ier year or so trees
young to bear now, will come
, hearing, snd probsblv morp
an double the yield of fruit in
,!'E' Sc communities, its magnitude
" importance becomes apparent,
'e writer spent a day recently
and around Adairsville, and
h( f ast °nished and delighted at
c n , tu prosperity which has cotne
community in which he
, 0 I childhood and early man
ounri • better people can be
it ■ 111 tbe s fate. Almost a score
there?® were related to me,
row;, st [ lk ; n g successes in peach
;ne , 'S la d been made by men I
ohn \y r aS inf °rmed that Col.
iallv Jray - °n an orchard par
iad realized \ bearin K this year,
landing *th ?3 ’°°°’ notwith
rom hL h * loss of 2000 crates
'T
lar vested a ‘ ,u * ' Tnmh,e > who
•Ushels on b? h c at Cr ° P of 4,000
ea] ized from v fine valle y far m,
he hills fr!” bls peach orchard on
3,000 altli' 18111 - 8 farm - about
’ althou S& it was said that
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST i(. ]<><>o.
only about 1300 of his trees came
to full bearing this year. Mr.
Frank Bray also had a remarkable
success with his orchard, on the
hill west of Adairsville. Messrs.
John Johnson, Melville Cunning
ham G. M. Boyd, Geo. A. Veach,
Henry W. Gaines, R. D. Combs,
Tom Turner, Price Turner, Casey,
Newt Anderson and numbers of
other good citizens in that com
munity have gone into the business,
and all whose trees were old
enough to bear this year, received
good prices and have comfortable
bank accounts or fat pocketbooks.
I will mention oneother instance.
A little southwest of McDaniel’s
station is a little mountain farm
belonging to Mr. A. M. Kay. More
than twenty years ago he purchas
ed it from my father for a few hun
dred dollars. The place is prin
cipally a great red hill, with long
sloping sides. On its top there
formerly stood a tall pine tree, vis
ible from Adairsville and used, it
is said, as a signal point by Sher
man’s army, during its march
through that country. For a dozen
years or more after Mr. Kay pur
chased this place, its agricultural
products yielded him barely a sup
port. In fact he engaged in
mechanical work between crops to
supplement his income. A few
years ago he planted part of the
farm in a peach orchard. The first
crop of any consequence, he gath
ered, was in the season of 1898,
and after paying all expenses and
giving one-half the net profits to
the nurseryman, who furnished
him trees and part of labor, he had
to his share about SISOO. This
year he had a much larger num
ber of bearing trees, and it is said
he will get $7,000 or SB,OOO for
this year’s crop. This is a remark
able instance. One crop is worth
many times more than the entire
original cost of the land. Now
what are the advantages to our
country from this diversification of
our industries ?
I learned that during the month
or more of gathering and market
ing fhe peaches, every man, wo
man and child in all the country
round about could get employment
at renumerative wages. The pro
ceeds of this year’s peach crop
found lodgment not alone in the
pockets of the growers, but every
laboring man and his family got
some of it. The crate factory and
its employes got a portion. The
railroads and ice factories got a
part. So that all are sharing in
the general prosperity.
The peaches are grown on lands
not very valuable for agricultural
purposes. The yield of wheat,
oats, corn, hay and cotton in that
community is not diminished, and
thus anew source of wealth is
opened up. This industry adds
1 irgely to the wealth of the com
munity, without impairing other
sources of wealth.
Will the business be overdone?
I am told that our peaches come to
market after the south Georgia
peaches are largely exhausted, aud
that the peculiar excellence of the
north Georgia peach is such as to
defy successful rivalry. So anx
ious were buyers in northern cities
to secure the north Georgia peach
this season that they sent buyers
to Adairsville to buy the fruit on
the trees or at the depot,sometimes
as many a* fifteen agents being in
the village at one time. Of course
it is not wise for one to put all his
eggs in one basket, and it is to be
hoped that our people may not be
come so excited as to put all they
have into peach orchards. Let us
welcome every step towards diver
sification of our industries. The
more they are diversified the weal
thier we will become as a people,
and the less we will feel the loss of
a cotton crop or a corn crop, or the
shutting down of mines. When
one industry is crippled, others
will be thriving. One suggestion
and I close. It seems to me that
fruit canning and fruit drying
plants should accompany the fruit
growing industry. By that means
much fruit could be utilized which
cannot be shipped during the fruit
season, but the dried and canned
goods could be sold during the
winter. Let me add an inquiry to
the closing suggestion just made.
Why is it that this end of our
county from Allatoona to Carters
ville has failed to engage in this
industry ? It is claimed that our
red soil with the iron in it would
make the very finest of peaches.
We have shipping facilities at Al
latoona, at Bartow, at Emerson, at
Etowah switch and at Cartersville,
Ga. Might not some of our big
mineral companies profitably plant
a portion of their mineral lands in
peach orchards, and when the p*o-
fit drops out of iron and manga
nese, as it sometimes does, find a
profit in their peach orchards I
am hopeful of a better day near at
hand for our people. Let us all
help each other and rejoice in each
other’s prosperity.
Very truly.
J. M. Nkel.
BRYAN’S REVISED PLANS-
Probable That He Will Visit Many
States But Will Not Speak.
Chicago, Aug. 11. —W. J. Bryan’s
visit to Chicago has practically re
sulted in an understanding that he
will travel almost as much during
tile present campaign as he did in
1896. The first inclination on his
part was to avoid the making of
many speeches this year, but there
has been such general pressure that
it is understood that he is now in
clined to yield and to visit many
parts of the country. There is no
positive promise that he will par
ticipate in the campaign in other
States than New York, but th
probabilities are that he will go
from that state to Maryland, where
there appears to be great anxiety
for his appearance. After that he
is likely to make a general tour of
the North Mississippi Valley States
including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Minnesota, etc.
No authorized statement has
been given out to this effect, but
there is no doubt that this is the
present tendency—that indeed the
plan is practically decided upon.
In New York it is expected that
Mr. Bryan will speak only in the
larger cities.
The Silver Republicans origi
nally expected to notify Mr. Bryan
of their nomination of him for the
presidency at the same time that
the Populists make their notificat
ion at Topeka, Kas., August 23,
but this purpose has been changed,
Their notification will cotne later
and the probabilities are that it
will be made at St. Paul or Minne
apolis.
T. M. Patterson of Denver will
make the speech notifying Mr.
Bryan of the Populist nomination
at Topeka. There will be no not
ification to a vice presidental can
didate, as, in view of Towne’s de
clination, the Populists at present
have no candidate for that office.
Mr Bryan said to-day that he
probably will remain in Chicago
until after next Wednesday. He
will make a brief speech at a pic
nic of the Irish societies, to be
given on that date.
THE FEVER IN HAVANA.
Amounts to Little Compared With
Preyious Years— Eleven Deaths.
New York, Aug. 13. —A Herald
dispatch from Havana says:
August opened with 35 cases of
yellow fever in Havana. There
are 59 cases in the city now, four
of the patients being Americans.
There were thirty deaths from the
fever during July.
Up to Sunday the number of
deaths for this month was eleven.
Yellow fever cases this year have
been principally confined to the lo
cality west of Central park, known
as the New City. Scarcely any
cases have appeared in what has
heretofore been known as the "yel
low belt” in the vicinity of the
arsenal and wharves.
This is accounted for by the fact
that a great deal of sanitary work
has been done in that part of the
city this year and electrical disin
fectants were constantly used. Con
fidence is expressed by the author
ities that there will be no general
fever epidemic, as the imrnunes
are widely scattered. The condi
tioh is regarded as normal as com
pared with other years when im
migration reached the present fig
ures. The cases are largely con
fined to Spaniards and Canary is
lauders, many of whom have come
to Havana in the last six months.
It is expected that the cases will
average one a day during August.
This is usually the worst month.
Men in the sanitary and street
cleaning departments are actively
at work in the infected district.
Colonel Black has ordered the
electrozone plant to run night and
day. All suspected cases are sent
immediately to the hospitals. The
marine service hospitals insist that
all baggage for the United States
must be disinfected. Usually this
is only required for baggage going
to the southern states.
No yellow fever cases are re
ported among American soldiers.
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WHAT FARMERS
TALKED ABOUT.
Gossip of Meeting of State Agri
cultural Society
ITS GROWTH IS STEADY.
President Brown's Methods Meet
With Success-Mrg, Felton’s
Fine Talk.
Dublin, Ga., Aug. 12. —Last
Thursday afternoon witnessed the
close of a two days’ meeting of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society,
by far the most interesting annual
convocation held in a number of
years. Under President Brown’s
management, the society has been
gradually but steadily gaining
ground the past five years. The
programme was interesting from
start to finish. President Brown
adopted the idea of having one sub
ject thoroughly discussed at each
meeting. So the two days’ session,
with the exception of two or three
hours this afternoon, was devoted
to the discussion of ‘‘The needs of
the Southern farmer.” Former
Governor Northen, Mr. W. G.
Cooper of the Atlanta Journal, Mr.
F. F. Wright of the department of
agriculture, Dr. H. C. White of the
State College of Agriculture and
Col. R. J. Redding, director of the
Georgia Experiment Station, and
Hon. W. L. Peek; each read care
fully prepared papers on the sub
ject.
It will be at once seen that there
was afforded ample opportunity to
prevent the evils w hich a ict the
farmers and the remedy therefor.
The general consensus of opinion
seemed to be that two of the great
est needs of the farmers of the
south are self-reliance and organ
ization.
Each paper was freely discussed
by delegates and a number of cap
ital speeches were delivered.
Among the debaters were Dr. J. B
Hunnicutt, Mr. John Goodwynand
Capt. John Cobb.
On Wednesday night, by special
invitation aud'at the urgent request
of the citizens of Dublin, Mrs. W.
H. Felton, an honored ’'life mem
ber” of the society, delivered one
of her characteristically charming
and instructive addresses. Mrs.
Felton pleaded eloquently for uni
ted action in making country life
more sufferable. The trend should
be toward the country rather than
toward the cities. She argued with
great force in favor of free rural
mail delivery and the construction
of neighborhood telephone sys
tems. She instanced a case where
one man, with the co-operation of
his neighbors, had inaugurated a
circuit at small cost.
It would be a great thing for
Georgia if a few more good wo
men, with the ability and convic
tions which distinguish Mrs. Fel
ton could be induced to speak out
on these vital topics in various
portions of the state. Just a little
effort along energetic lines would
result in guaranteeing to quite ev
ery militia district in Georgia free
mail delivery and a neighborhood
telephone system. Something must
be done, quickly done, to make
life in the country more sufferable
and enjoyable, else the mainstay of
the towns and cities will be a thing
of the past.
Mrs. Felton was listened to with
rapt attention. Her address made
a most favorable and deep impres
sion.
Hon. Harvie Jordan delivered a
strong speech in advocacy of or
ganization among the cotton grow
ers of the state. He is engaged in
a good work, and is meeting with
success wherever he goes.
Mr. Kimbrough of the Georgia
Experiment station gave a capital
talk on the value of the cornstalk
shredder and his method of plant
ing oats. The readers of The Tele
graph are familiar with the savings
which the shredder gives to him
who uses it on his farm. Mr.
Kimbrough’s experience is that, to
drill oatson properly prepared land,
using a fertilizer distributor for
that purpose, as well as for apply
ing the fertilizer, is to secure a
good crop beyond a peradventure.
The convention enthusiastically
and unanimously indorsed the ac
tion o c the executive committee in
the matter of the state fair at Val
dosta October 29th, aud November
sth.
The convention concluded its la
bors yesterday afternoon. The
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people of Dublin and the railroads
lof the state were thanked in elo
j quent language for hospitalities
j shown and courtesies extended the
delegates.
FIRED ON AMERI IANS- *
Russians Make a Ghastly Mistake
at Yanir Tsun.
New York, Aug. 13. —A special
cable dispatch to the Evening
World, dated Che P'oo, August 9UI,
via Shanghai, says:
“A terrible mistake occurred at
the taking of Yang Tsun. Rus
sian artillery opened fire on the
American troops. Before the mis
take was discovered many Amer
ican soldiers had been killed or
wounded by the Russian shells.
The Fourteenth took part in the
attack on the Chinese trenches.
As the Chinese fled the legiment
entered and occupied one of the
Chinese positions.
A Russian battery some distance
off did not notice the movement.
It opened fire on the American
troops. The Russians were quick
ly notified and ceased their firing.
A Helpless Child-
A weak and puny child is badly
handicapped in the battle of life.
It is isolated from the healthy en
joyments of its little fellow beings.
It cannot partake either of their
play or their sturdy work and pro
gress in the world; its whole life’s
embittered by incapacity and weak
ness.
Any woman who expects to be
come a mother ought to know what
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
will do both for her own health
and safety during her time of trial
and also to insure her in bequeath
ing a fair measure of health and
strength to the prospective little
one.
Georgia Cotton Crop-
Americus, Ga., Aug. 13. —Cotton
will be coming into this market at
a lively rate this week. Up to last
night twenty-four bales of the new
crop had been marketed here, and
local warehousemen count {upon
250 to 300 bales this week. The
fearful drought of the past ten days
has given a black eye to the bright
prospects existing up to that time.
The cotton stalk was full of sap
and has been withered and burned
under the intense heat. Large
fields hereabout are blistered with
the heat and rust, and in some
fields wagon loads of forms of
young boils can be raked off the
ground. Even the past week has
witnessed a great change of the
crop prospect here, and even with
better prices prevailing the farmers
are feeling a little blue. About
80,000 oales were handled in Atn
ericitsthe past season, but just now
it is not believed that this year’s
receipts will be as large.
HfcPUBLICAN MEtTING-
Executive Commituse Called to
Meet on the 18th.
There will be a meeting of the re
publican executive committe of
Bartow county at the court house
Saturday August iStli, 1900, at 2
p. in., for the purpose of perfecting
plans for the coming campaign, the
selecting of anew chairman and
other important business. The
following is a list of the committee
as selected at mass meeting in Jan
uary; Cartersvjlle—W. L Good
win, Greene Robinson, J. T. Trib
ble, A. C Demry, Wade Robinson,
|J. D. Goode, D. Smith. M. Doyle,
•A. Collins, B. Dorsey, E Perkins,
iG. W Townes, Geo. McDaniel.
Stilesboro.—R. H. McGinnis, W.
T. Ha. ev, Joseph Harverson, Al
len White, Frank James, Joseph
Lowery, T. H. Powell. David Gar
ner. Kingston—J. H. Rogers, Vir
gil Wooley. Taylorsville.—Nat
Carroll, Richard Greene. Adairs
ville.—R. L. Franklin, J. P. Dyar,
Henry Rowland, A. J. West, J. C.
Jackson. Emerson. —James Chad
wick, Bedford Brown, Silas Park,
J. Darnell. Allatoona.—Carr Sum
mer, H. I. Pendley. Stamp Creek
—C. A. Bishop, M. McElwee.
Wolf Pen. —T. H. Martin.
W. Akerman. Ch n’n.
W. C. Savington, Sec.
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A Cautious Judge.
Kansas City World.
In a case before a Paris court in
which a popular actress has had to
appear as a witness, the judge
seems to have shown considerable
diffidence about asking the lady as
he was in duty bound to do, what
was her age. Evidently he con
sidered that such a witness would
be a direct incitement to perjury,
The way in which he got out of
the difficulty was ingenious. He
asked her her age before she had
been sworn.
“How old are you, madam?” he
asked.
After a little hesitation, the lady
owned to being 29 )-ears of age.
“And now that you have told
the court your age,” continued the
gallant judge, “you swear to tell
the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth.”
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