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GEORGIA HAS GOOD
ROAD MATERIALS
Limestone, Chert, Shale and
Sandstone are Abundant.
GOOD GRAVEL VERY PLENTIFUL
The State is Well Equipped With Road Build
ing Materials and it is Only a Question
ol Getting Them to the Roads.
Atlanta.—Georgia is well supplied
With road building materials, accord
ing to State Geologist S. \V. McCal
lie, who has made a special study of
the subject, and has gone more inti
mately into it since the state began
its most recent agitation for road im
provement.
Professor MeC'allie divides the state
into three divisions, by lines drawn
through it from northeast to south
west. The first he calls the Palezioc
area, in the northwestern section of
the state, comprising only about ten
counties, in waich the principal road
building materials are limestones,
cherts, shales and sandstones. Of
these the limestones are the most pro
lific, though the cherts and sandstones
of this area, however, are easily worn
or crushed and are of little value for
road building, especially where the
traffic is heavy.
! In the second region, known as the
plateau, the principal road
building materials ae granite, gneiss,
diorlte and trap-rock, or the harder
(stones used in macadamizing. Gneiss
lis far more abundant, than granite,
and is regarded a much more suitable
road surfacing material. Diorlte and
itrap-rock are also considered splendid
materials, some qualities of I lie latter,
jit is said, having no equal for the
purpose. These stones are well dis
tributed and almost any county in
(the region which desires to secure
them for macadamizing purposes can
do so with a comparatively short haul.
Down on the costal plain, which is
the third of these divisions, the chief
iroad building materials are limestone,
clay and gravel. Shells are also used
jin the vicinity of the coast. The litne
jstones or south Georgia crop at
jmany points througout the coastal
(plain; they are exposed most abun
jdantly along the streams or in the
(vicinity of lime sinks or lakes. This
[limestone has been used to advantage
jon streets and roads both in south
'Georgia and Florida.
The gravel deposits are most plenti
ful along the northern border of the
kcoastal plain, crossing the state from
through Macon to Columbus
This gravel makes the most substan
bitial and satisfactory road in this sec
rti'on, though the mixture of sand and
(clay, which 's most used, has been
found to give splendid results. The
.state is well equipped with road build
ing materials and it is only a question
of getting them to the roads.
KU KLUX KLAN STORY
TOLD BY DALTON NEGRO
Dalton.—The ku klux clan was on
one of its rides in this county, accord
ing to a wild story told by a negro
named Cade here. The negro was
limping i from the effect of a bullet
(wound in his foot, received, according
to his statement, from the rifle of one
(of the night riders.
; The negro told his story to a num
ber of interested people here.
(He stated that he had gone to the
Fincher district, a few miles east of
here, to see a negro woman. While
he was in the house -he was called to
the door and found a band of mounted
(masked men. Without mincing words
he was told to leave in a hurry. As
he ran down the road a bullet was
sent after him to hasten his speed,
the bullet striking him in the foot.
If the negro is telling the truth it is
jthe first thing heard of the ku klux
jklan here in nearly two years. On
jtheir last visit to Dayton they warned
a number of negroes to leave.
THAT MYSTERIOUS LETTER
STILL PROFOUND SECRET
Atlanta. —For the first time since it
was written. Governor Brown discuss
ed with newspaper men the mysteri
ous letter which lie wrote to former
Governor Hoke Smith, and which, it is
said, precipitated the action of the
governor in dismissing Governor
Brown from the railroad commission,
(the office he then held.
The letter was sent back to Govern
or Brown and he declared that he still
(has it and is keeping it in a safety
reposit vault. The governor would
'not give the slightest intimation of
the contents of the letter.
1 “No eye but mine uas ever seen
that letter, - ’ said he. "There was not
a word in it, however, which might not
have been sent with perfect propriety
to any official, if the occasion ever
arises, 1 will make known the con
tents of the letter. 1 see no reason
at the nresent time for so doing."
Unttdllla authorities are considering
the proposition to construct a sewer
age system.
The ginneries at Americus have re
duced the price 25 cents a bale, the
cost now being sl.
Hog cholera has made its appear
ance in some parts of Pierce county
and is hitting the farmers pretty se
verely.
Richmond county commissioners
have received complaints of the whip
ping of convicts on the public roads
and ordered an investigation.
UNCLE SAM’S PLAN
FOR ANDERSONVILLE
Washington, D. C.—The 83-acre
tract of land embracing the famous
Andersonville prison and fort in
Georgia, the acceptance of which
from the women s relief corp3’ own
ers, was authorized by congress and
the transfer negotiations carried on
at Atlantic City a day or two ago, is to
be kept by the government in the
same way as if under private own
ership. The prison has been a fruitful
source of trouble in tracing title. The
site the government now acquires in
clude the historic burrows made by
the unfortunate prisoners.
The shift of ownership means that
hereafter congress must appropriate
for the maintenance of the institution,
which is to be kept intact as a land
mark of the civil war.
CHINESE GIRL BARRED
FROM MACON SCHOOL
Macon. —The Bibb county board of
education turned down the applica
tion of Miss Shoone, a native of
China, for admission into the public
schools of the city. She wanted to
prepare for Wesleyan college. She had
asked to be admitted to the junior
class at Gfesham High school. The
board turned it down flatly and took
the position that none but citizens
were contemplated in the act creating
the system. Miss Shoone is here with
her sister, who is prepared for a
course at Wesleyan and is now attend
ing. She will in all probability seek
private instruction here and make no
further efforts to get in.
—.—- <j
OFFERS SSO A GLASS
FOR ATLANTA LIQUOR
Evansville, Ind. —Seaborn Wright,
the Georgia prohibition'leader, has of
fered Dr. W. F. Melt, founder of the
National Reform league, SSO for every
glass of “blind tiger” liquor or beer
Dr. Ilelt will purchase in Atlanta.
Dr. licit made the statement that
whiskey is being sold in Atlanta. Then
came Mr. Wright’s challenge. Dr. Helt
lias accepted and says he will go to
Atlanta soon to prove his assertion
and prove that the city lias innumera
ble "blind tigers.”
The Reform league man's assertion
that prohibition lias inceased the con
sumption of intoxicants in states
where it is in effect aroused the Geor
gian's ire. He denounced the assertion
as false.
BIG LOSS OF HOGS
BY BROOKS FARMERS
Atlanta.—Dr. P. F. Bahnson, the
newly appointed state vetenarian, has
just returned from Cairo, Ga., where
he delivered a lecture along the lines
used by the farmers’ institute work,
to the farmers of that section on the
subject of hog cholera, which . has
been raging among the stock in the
same locality "for some time.
Dr. Bahnson states that, during the
past few months, several hundred
hogs have died in one district of
Brooks county alone, and that the
total losses from the disease during
the year will exceed $50,000.
GEORGIA NEWS NOTES.
Governor-elect iloke Smith has ac
cepted several invitations to make
speeches in various parts of the state
during the months of October and No
vember. if possible, he will defer his
contemplated business trip to New
York until November with a view to
spending all of the next month in
Georgia. The governor-elect has
agreed to make speeches at the follow
ing county fairs; Gordon County fair,
at Calhoun; Chattooga County fair,
at Summerville; Brooks county fair,
at Quitman; Coffee County fair, at
Douglas. In addition he has accepted
invitations to attend the unveiling of
Confederate monuments at Hamilton,
in Harris county, and Waycross, in
W are county.
Work on additions to the Rome post
office lias begun. About $44,000 will
be spent.
According to some state weather
prophets the heavy crop of acorns aud
uuts presages severe winter.
Thousands of dollars are being spent
in Rome at present in new buildings
and improvements to structures .al
ready erected. The building boom ex
tends through all parts of the city
and includes residence, business and
public property. The largest construc
tion works now going on are the $43,-
000 addition to the federal building
and the $15,000 Carnegie library.
The largest land sale yet consum
mated at Americus has just been clos
ed wherein the former Robert E.
Park plantation of 4,000 acres is sold
by Lee G. Council to Thomas B.
Hooks of Americus. Sixtv-five thous
and dollars is the reported consider
ation.
Cotton picking and ginning is going
forward at a rapid rate in Henry
county. The cotton picked so far is
not stained, but makes a good sam
ple. It is being sold almost as fast
as ginned.
The Seaboard Air Line will soon
commence the erection of a handsome
passenger station at Athens.
Dr. J. D. Lancer won his own case
in the Macon court against Miss May
Carroughtv, who was making an ef
fort to recover SIO,OOO damages be
cause she swallowed a gold crown on
a tooth which was placed by the den
tist. The jury returned a verdict for
him in a very short time after the
case was submitted.
Construction of the Atlanta, Union
City aud Fairbnrn electric line, work
upon which was commenced some
months ago, is fast nearing comple
tion, and in a short time it is believed
it will be in operation.
OFU TICKET FOR
OH. ELECTION
The official Democratic ticket for
the state election, October 5, fol
lows;
For Governor:
HOKE SMITH.
For Secretary of State;
PHILIP COOK.
For Comptroller General;
WILLIAM A. WRIGHT.
For State Treasurer;
W. J. SPEER.
For Attorney General:
THOMAS S. FELDER.
For Commissioner of Agriculture:
T. G. HUDSON.
For State School Commissioner:
M. L. BRITTAIN.
For Prison Commissioner:
' R. E. DAVISON.
Pension Commissioner:
J. W. LINDSEY.
For Railroad Commissioner, unex
pired term ending Dev. 1, 1911:
J. A. PERRY.
For Railroad Commissioner, full term
beginning Dec. 1, 1911:
C. M. CANDLER.
For Railroad Commissioner, unexpir
ed term ending Dec. 1, 1913:
JOSEPH F. GRAY.
For Chief Justice Supreme Court, full
term:
WILLIAM H. FISH
For Associate Justice Supreme Court,
full term:
MARCUS W. BECK.
For Judge of Court of Appeals:
ARTHUR G. POWELL.
For Judge Superior Court Atlanta Cir
cuit:
(Vote for two.)
W. D. ELLIS.
GEORGE L. BELL.
For Judge Superior Courts Atlantic
Circuit:
WALTER W. SHEPPARD.
For Judge Superior Courts Augusta
Circuit:
HENRY C. HAMMOND.
For Judge Superior Courts Brunswick
Circuit:
C. B. CONYERS.
For Judge Superior Courts Cordele
Circuit:
U. V. WHIPPLE.
For Judge Superior Courts Cordele
Circuit:
R. T. DANIEL.
For Judge Superior Courts Macon
Circuit:
W. H. FELTON.
For Judge Superior Court Middle Cir
cuit:
B. T. RAWLINGS.
For Judge Superior Courts Northeast
ern Circuit:
J. B. JONES.
For Judge Superior Courts Ocmulgee
Circuit:
J. B. PARK.
For Judge Superior Courts Pataula
Circuit:
W. C. WOKKILL.
For Judge Superior Courts Rome Cir
cuit:
JOHN W. MADDOX.
For Judge Superior Courts Southern
Circuit:
W. E. THOMAS.
For Judge Superior Courts Tallapoosa
Circuit:
PRICE EDWARDS.
For Judge Superior Courts Waycross
Circuit:
T. A. PARKER.
For Judge Superior Courts Western
Circuit:
CHARLES H. BRAND.
For Judge of City Court of :
For Solicitor General Atlantic Cir
cuit:
N. J. NORMAN.
For Solicitor General Brunswick Cir
cuit:
J. M. THOMAS.
For Solicitor General Cordele Circuit:
W. F. GEORGE.
For Silicitor General Northeastern
Circuit:
ROBERT McMILLAN.
For Solicitor General Southern Cir
cuit:
JOHN A. WILKES.
For Solicitor General Tallapoosa Cir
cuit:
J. R. HUTCHESON.
For Solicitor General Waycross Cir
cuit:
M. D. DICKERSON.
For Solicitor General City Court of
For state Senator front the
District:
For Representatives from the
District:
For Clerk of Superior Court
County.
For Sheriff of
County.
For Tax Receiver
County.
For Tax Collector
County.
For County Treasurer
County.
For County Surveyor
County.
For Coroner
County.
For County Commissioners
County.
No Interference With Speech.
Toledo," 'Ohio. —Instant dismissal
from the Toledo, police force is to fol
low interference by any officer with
anyone who is making- a speech in
Toledo, no matter.,the time or place
or crowd.
Coincidental with the mailing of, his
letter went another one to Wiliam
Patterson, a Socialist, carying the of
ficial apology of the city threjgjh the
mayor because of the
ed upon him through
speaking before a street crfCd,.'Sit
ing the sidewalk. Ip ’
TO FATTEN TURKEYS
Approach of Thanksgiving Day
Brings Matter Up to Farmer.
Demand Is for Plump, Well-Fattened
Birds, and Extra Effort Required
to Produce This Kind Will Be
Well Repaid.
With the approach of Thanksgiving
and the holiday season, the attention
of all who raise poultry naturally
turns towards the fattening of the
surplus stock, including all the tur
keys not to be kept over for breeding
purposes. All poultry in proper con
dition sells well at this season, but
turkeys, particularly, sell best of all.
And of all poultry none pays so well
for the extra flesh put on as the tur
key, for the larger the birds are the
more we can realize a pound for them,
writes W. F. Purdue in Ranch and
Range. This being a fact, in the first
place every effort should be made by
all turkey growers to raise only large
birds for the market, as large as is
possible to do so without injury to
the breeding stock. It is possible to
get turkeys too large for breeding pur
poses and the turkeys that are over
grown and leggy in appearance do not
make good market turkeys. There
fore, good judgment should be used in
breeding, the object being to breed
birds as large as possible and at the
same time avoid breeding overgrown,
gangling birds. Inbreeding seems to
ruin the vitality of turkeys quicker
than any of our domestic fowls, and
this should be guarded against. The
birds need good, strong blood behind
them to carry them through.
None should be marketed but well
fattened turkeys. The demand is for
plump, well fattened birds, and the ex
tra effort required to produce this
kind will be well repaid. It costs no
more to make a pound of turkey meat
than a pound of pork, and the former
commands a price greatly in excess
of that of the latter. Turkeys that
are not large enough to go on the
market for the Thanksgiving trade
should be kept over for Christmas,
when the late and small Birds bught
to be in prime condition. The Christ
mas market generally caters more any
way to smaller turkeys, yet plump and
well fattened, while the Thanksgiving
market demands the largest and best
turkeys produced.
Turkeys intended for the market
should be allowed a limited grain ra
tion for the first ten days, gradually
increasing the food until they are com
fortably on a full grain ration. If the
flock contains many late fowls, which
should first gain in size and frame,
sometimes before the actual fattening
process begins they should be fed
such food as will develop bone and.
muscle. Corn, oats and wheat In
equal quantities supplemented by some
kind of animal food, if insects are
scarce, such as beef scraps or even
sweet skimmilk, is a good ration for
this purpose. This will produce bone
and flesh, aiding nature to develop
them into properly filled out birds.
They should not be overfed at this
period, only giving them enough feed
to keep them in a growing, thrifty
condition. If this is followed with the
small birds, or even with the whole
flock so long as the feeding is not
overdone, they can gradually be
brought up to a full grain ration with
out danger of any serious results fol
lowing. It frequently happens that
feeding turkeys a full grain ration at
first results in crop bound or indiges
tion, which brings about serious
trouble and very often a loss of some
of them.
TIME TO HARVEST COWPEAS
When Sown Alone for Ensilage Crop
Should Be Cut at About Same
Maturity as for Hay.
When sown alone cow-peas should
be harvested for ensilage at about the
same maturity as for hay. They
should be cut only a short time before
going into the silo, raked green, plac
ed in small bunches, or, better still,
loaded on the wagon directly from
the windrow. When planted with
corn the combined crop may be har
vested with the corn-binder and han
dled in the same manner and as eas
ily as corn planted alone for ensilage.
Cow-Pea Harvester.
For hay, cow-peas should be cut when
the first pods and some leaves begin
to turn yellow.
Cow-pea hay cures more slowly than
alfalfa but it should be handled in cur
ing in about the same manner. Cut
ting should not the morning
until the dew is off and the hay should
be raked and allowed to cure in the
windrow a short time.
The picture shoxvs a cow-pea har
vester attachment for the mowing ma
chine, showing the vine-lifters on
guards and a windrowing attachment.
These machines are almost indispens
able where large crops are to be har
vested.
Spring Lambs.
The best spring lambs grown at the
jNew Hampshire state school came
-f*Bi a cross between the Merino and
tbWßoutbdpwn.
HANDLE TO UP-END BARRELS.
Directions for Making Device That
Will Materially Aid One in Han
dling Heavy Objects.
The ordinary way of upending bar
rels is to take hold of the edge at the
floor or ground and lift, which is quite
hard on the back as well as the hand
that grasps the barrel rim, writes Don
~'
Upending a Barrel.
C. Higbee in Popular Magazine. If
you have many barrels to handle, the
device shown in Fig. 1 will be of
great assistance. The construction of
the device is simple and it can be
made in a few minutes’ time. The
handle is about three feet long, on
the lower end of which is fastened a
block having one side hollowed out to
fit the curvature of the barrel. An
iron hook is fastened in the wood 6
or 8 inches below the hand grip. The
handle is used as shown in Fig. 2.
USE COTTON-SEED PRODUCTS
Oklahoma Crushers Start Campaign
of Education Among Farmers,
Advising Use of Meal.
A campaign of education has been
started by cotton-seed crushers of
Oklahoma among the farmers of the
state to use meal and other products
of cotton seed instead of raw seed, as
many do at present.
At a meeting held in Oklahoma city
it was decided to ask President Con
nors of the State Board of Agricul
ture to make an address to farmers
on cotton-seed products as stock
food.
“There is as much nourishment in
cottonseed meal as in raw cotton
seed,” said Sidney Roberts, Wynne
wood cotton man, “and so farmers can
make money by bringing us their
seed. The mills will give 3,500 pounds
of meal for 2,000 pounds of seed, and
it will go just as far. Down in Texas
the farmers appreciate the value of
cotton seed meal as a stock food, be
cause it goes so far. There the oil
mills sell at home all the meal they
make. In Wynnewood we dispose of
only one-half of 1 per cent, at home.’ 1
Well Preserved Butter.
Thirteen years ago a Delaware farm
er lowered "wo pounds of butter in a
tightly covered bucket in a well to
cool off. The string broke and the
bucket went to the bottom. A few
days ago the farmer was clearing out
his w r ell and found the bucket of but
ter sound and sweet as a nut.
#fleneral&
FamiNotes
Rye is coming in favor this fall.
Level cultivation saves moisture.
Water is of inestimable value in the
garden.
Disposition has an Influence on the
value of a horse of any type.
Are you sure of every cow’s yearly
output of butter-fat and milk?
Calves should be well bedded so
that they will be dry and warm.
Be ever watchful for the appear
ance, in your hives, of foul brood.
Every ewe in the flock should do
her separate part and perform her
work well.
Ewes that possess strong constitu
tions should be selected for breeding
purposes.
Quality, while not easy to define,
one of the most essential points in
horse flesh.
Early varieties of apples and pears
should be picked before they have
become soft.
Leaving grain in shock for from
four to six weeks is attended with a
great deal of risk.
There is nothing gained in keeping
animals in the flock simply because
they once were good breeders.
A good ditch should be dug around
the poultry yards to prevent water
getting in and to keep them dry.
If the heavy mares do not produce
good foals by a certain mating then
try another stallion of the same class.
Very young calves sometimes have
a form of scours that is due to a de
fect in the constitution or to prenatal
conditions.
Milk at a stated hour both morning
and evening, and keep everything
about the stable and the dairy clean
and fresh.
An insect pest that has caused
severe losses where currants are
grown is the currant aphis, which pro
duces reddish blisters on the leaves.
If you have not killed that surplus
rooster, get rid of him at once for he
not only makes no profit himself, but
devours the profit returned by others.
This is the time of year to keep that
green scum out of the poultry drink
ing pans. Typhoid lurks therein, and
chickens have typhoid in the fall
Scald often.
HARD LUCK, INH
Ul/l^B
“Yep, Bill fell inter a beer vat an'
nearly drownded; but dat ain’t de
wurst of it. Dey pumped him out
when dey rescued him!”
Tuberculosis In the West Indies.
Associations for the Prevention of
Tuberculosis have been formed in
Cuba, Porto Rico and Trinidad. In
Cuba there are over 40,000 deaths from
tuberculosis every year, and the death
rate from this disease is nearly three
times as high in the United States.
In Porto Rico there are over 6,000
deaths every ydftr out of 1,000,000 in
habitants. In Trinidad, the death rate
from tuberculosis in Port-au-Spain, the
only place where figures are available,
was 4.75 in 1909, nearly three times
the rate in New York city. Condi
tions in the other islands of the West
Indies, where no active campaign
against tuberculosis has been under
taken is even worse. The chief rea
son for this high mortality is found
in the unsanitary, dark, and poorly
ventilated houses of the natives of the
islands.
Not on Your Life.
An Irishman obtained a position in
a skyscraper that was being built. He
had to carry mortar up to the top
floor. One day he went up and
couldn't find his way down. The boss
missed him and called up to him:
“Pat,” said the boss, “why don’t you
come down?"
“I don’t know the way,” said Pat.
“Well, come down the way jou
went up.”
“Faith, and I won’t,” said Pat, “for
I came up head first.”
Even the Children.
Ex-Governor Pennypacker, con
demning in his witty way the Ameri
can divorce evil, toUhat a Philadelphia
luncheon an appropriate story.
“Even our children," he said, “are
becoming infected. A Kensington
schoolteacher, examining a little girl
in grammar, said:
“ ‘What is the future of love?’
“‘A divorce,’ the child answered
promptly.”
Man’s Many Attributes.
What a chimera, then, is man!
What a novelty, what a monster, what
a chaos, what a subject of contradic
tion, what a prodigy ! A judge of all
things, a feeble worm of the earth,
depository of the truth, cloaca of un
certainty and error, the glory and the
shame of the universe.
The Part of It.
“I wonder If that sour Miss Oldgirl
ever had any salad days?” m
“I am sure she had the vinegar anJ
peppery part of them.” I
Happiness grows at our own firel
sides, and is not to be picked up ill
strangers’ galleries.—Douglas Jerroli*
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