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_ 2000 y- (is c it fir Pried ■ 17 1-2 Cent Matting will sell to; 27iC 27 i-2 Cent Matting; ■wti sell lor 22i& I 35 Cent Matting will be sold tor 2SC 40 Ceat Matting wffl be sold lor 32k Come at Once and Get tte Choice Patterns. A Corn Club for Pulaski The Editor o£ the Coehran Jour- j V.al has requested me to discuss the j need of n corn club for 1 u.asl., •count y. Doubtless there are many who, will u>k, “\Vb.> do we need a corn! dub? Don’t all of us farmers grow | corn? Haven’t we made it a life! business? Who is wise enough to! teach an old farmer how to grow j corn?” —The answer is pat: Ot It- 1 SELVES SHALL SHOW OI’R.SEL-: VES. To learn what others have done j is only suggestion, do learn to do a thing ourselves, —that is educa tion. Haven’t we all heard that Major Drake,-of South Carolina, several ago, grew on one acre of soil, in one crop, 255 bushels of corn; that Mr. J. I*. Batts, of, Wake Co., Jf, C. grew last year on one acre ol average land, 22b bushels of corn; that here and there all over the S ut!i, some one reports yields ex ceeding the 100 bushel mark? No, many never hear of it. Oth ers hear and forget in the hour. Others smile and say, I have heard fish stories liefore. Still others, "It is impossible, it’s only a sensational newspaper story. Yet others, more charitable, “Well, he might have done it, hut it was only a pet patch, costing far moie than the corn was worth.” And so we go bn from year to year, letting our prejudices rob our 'pocket books, cultivating 10 acres of land to get 100 bushels of corn, saying of some neighbor’s 30bu-to the-acre-field, “Thay’s the best field of corn I’ve seen this year. 111 bet he put a thousand pounds of fertil izer t<f the acie.” Well, suppose lie did. We used 2001 bs to the ac re and got Bbu. above the co3t of the fertilizer, with but little more work to the acre. Which was the gainer? . Here i,s a little experimental fail ure of the writer on a pet acre” corn patch, that may prove interes ting to the doubter. Early in the year, I resolved to try at least one acre well prepared, well fertilized, and well cultivated to test the profit over the average treatment of the corn field. I had ho convenient acre, especially adapt ed to the experiment, except where it wovdd make a patch in a field. So I took an acre, in a corner, shaded on the East and South by pines growing over my land line, the larger part being exceedingly stiff red clay, one corner deep sand washed in, and another corner a wet sour spot, the whole covered with a jungle of briars, with the briar roots as thick as sweet pota toes in the row —conditions not _at all favorable for a large yield of corn, the first year especially. The land was broken as deeply COCHRAN. 1M .\;>KL COUNT ;V. !«!•;< ; R 1, 1010. as possible in early winter with a 3 horse disc plow,again in March and yet again just before planting in late April. The last turning covered 2 barrels of air slacked lime on the wet cor neal ,000 pounds 10-1 acid phos p! :ti.--potash broadcasted, and 18 loads of very inferior burnt out ma nure, good only as litter for some' slight inoculation of the soil —this manure scattered at the bottom of every other disc plow furrow. Even with these three plowings the soil wiis in places left in large clods. Late in April, rows were opened 4 1-2 feet apart, and the grains dropped as nearly as possible 8 to 12 in. in the drill, and covered lightly without any fertilizing in the drill. As I have said, this acre was a complete failure as an experimental test, for the rains began soon after the corn was old enough to be ploughed and the ground remained soaked either in whole or at the ends of the rows, till it was in tas sel. Not a plow or hoe was put into it from planting to harvest, except in the first three or four rows where an unsuccessful attempt was made to side the corn. When the corn was in tassel, it had scattered along the rows 2001bs of nitrate of soda and 2001bs of ka init. Then came draught, making it extremely doubtful whether these last applications of fertilizers ever reached the corn roots during the earing period. Were there no witnesses to the field ami the harvest, I should hes itate to say that this entirely uncul tivated acre of corn turned out ex ceeding 00 bushels of corn, but such is the fact. / One may not doubt that with proper cultivation, and with rain during the earing time, the yield would have been much larger, for these are the life of a corn crop. I relate this personal experience merely to answer the following questions: Is heavy fertilizing justified in money returns? Did I lose by somewhat unusual fertilizing, and by the triple break ing of the land, even though the latter part of the experiment was a complete failure? This table will show. To breaking 3 times $1.50 To 1000 lbs 10-4 ae. pot. mixture delivered $9.50 To spreading same and lime .40 To 2 bbls air slacked lime delivered $1.40 To 18 loads of inferior manure at 30cts. $9.00 To hauling and spreading same 4.50 To 200 lb 3 nitrate of soda, delivered 5.20 To 200 lbs kainit del. 1.40 To spreading same .50 To ham.-ling cmn and fodder 6.60 Total „ $ll.OO By 1500 lbs folder $15.00 By 60 bushels cord 60.00 Total $75.00 leaving me s3l to tia: good, and an acre of land goo ! for several line crop yields v, knout any further fer tilization,if one eh* ise. At 10 per cent profit wh.it is a.i acre worth that nets s3l ? Why do we need a corn club in Pulaski? Because 100 many of our corn cribs are located in lowa and have been since, the war. We send to the West every week, several thousand dollars for corn, corn meal, meat and lard, all of them corn field products. This \ylien individual farmers of the South, have for many years held the world’s record in corn growing casts a slur on our capacity, both as farmers and as business men. 1 have been told that a former resi dent of this county grew last year on 14 acres of piney woods sandy soil, over 15U0 bn. of corn, atacost of less than $lO per acre for fertil izers. Don’t believe it? Well, that is not blameworthy, for “seeing is be lieving.” His neighbors, however, will doubtless grow better corn hereafter, And because we rigidly doubt that which v e do not see and do not understand —that is why we need a corn club: To stimulate by prizes, and by the spirit of emulation, some farm ers in each community to try at least one acre under high prepar ation, fertilization, and cultivation to prove to themselves and to their near neighbors that it is more economical to make one acre to pro duce 50 bushels, than to get that amount from 3 or 4 or 5 That farmer prize-winner, and his competitors will get a new edu cation out of their acre in the econ omy of grewing corn, and they will try more acres to keep that com pany. Other farmer neighbors will see results, will he filled with the spirit of emulation to grow as good corn as their bretheren, and so the missionary work will go on from the top to the very bottom of farm life improvement. There is not in life any reward so highly regarded by man in every walk of life as the contemplation by himself and by his fellow man, of a work well and nobly done. That is the ultimate badge of merit sought by all, lying behind and above all other earthly rewards, whether the immediate object be the growing of fine potatoes, the accumulation of money, literary, political, industrial attainment, or attainment of any kind soever —rec- ognition by self-approval, and by Shot by Own Relative Special to Macon News. Eastman, (la., Nov. 28- —Mr. \V. W. Taylor, a farmer living at Leon Ga.,seven miles from hew, on the \V. and T. Bailroad, Eastman di vision, was probably fatally shot Sunday morning by. (.'lmles Stuckey a relative. Mr. Tky.lor was shot five times. It seems that c buries Siuckey and his wife quarreled; Saturday and he told her to leave howie. She did, and he would' not let her take the baby with her.. She spent tlicc night with Mir.. Taylor, her uncle*, and Sunday morning, ap insl the advice of Mrs. Stuckey and bis fam ily, Mr. Toy lor went to the Stuckey home to get the child from its. fa ther. A quarrel ensued between Stuckey and Taylor, ending ki a pistol duel, Taylor fired at Stuck ey four times, none of the.- shots taking effect, while stuck<sy hit Taylor five times. West Taylor,.as he is kimm, is. a man about fifty years of age and has a large family. Chark-s Stuck ey is about 25 years old. As soon as the shooting, was.over, Stuckey left the neighborhood, hut he later telephoned the- sheriff at Eastman to come and get him. Both families are well known and well connected in Dodge County Mr. Wiley Jones and his son were eye-witnesses to the shooting, having gone there with Mr. Taylor. It is claimed that Stuckey is at fault, drawing his pistol and firing first. Mr. Taylor was carried to his home and the best medical atten tion from Dublin and Eastman summoned. An operation was performed. It is not thought that he can live. Eastman, Ga., Nov. 28 —W. W. Taylor died Sunday night. The funeral will be held today. Inter ment will be made at Middle Ground Cemetery. Taylor leaves a large family. approval of one’s fellows. “Virtue is its own reward.” And the boys must not be left out of the contest. They are young farmers to be educated in farming, but they are interested in a multi tude of things that keep their minds off the father’s crop. Education consists in doing. Not all the corn crops that father has ever grown, or will ever grow, can so completely capture a boy’s attention n 1 e Lie ite him in the mysteries of corn growing, as one single acre, all his own, on which he in contesting for the honor with other boys, of growing the finest corn crop in his community or county. Let us by all means have the corn club, let us investigate the statement that we can grow more Corn at smaller cost, by trying it ourselves. The corn club will be the nucleus where we cair gather and talk over and profit by one an other’s successes and mistakes. Joel T. Deese Boh Mims Killed hy His Wi r i c Cr ugeclif Qcxured am the IVh ,'&~ h.urst Pkmtaivm Near hongskraeL Bob. Mime was-shot and a-, .mart, instantly kUJed at his home ’\uur; Lyngstiiieet. .on Mir. Joel W sjAe-i ■burst’s pkiilatiion, at ten o',-}*<&• :last Sunday night by his wife, JjjJJit- Muy Mims*. Mim.%. who was a colored tenant on the Whitehurst plantation*, had. been delinking nearly ail dey v - Sun day,. auil„ aceonhag to bis,, wife’s statement, had been gone ear ly in the afternoon, coming* home about ten o’clock Sunday night in a quarrelsome mood. Thu-. woman •states, that Mims had bran, home but a short while when ly* drew a pistol from his pocket, saying lie was going to kill her, bqfc befom he could fire, if he so bdcj.uled, the woman wrenched the weapon from his hand and shot hi>u< live times. Dr. J. G. Slappey, who. made the post mortem examination, is of the opinion that either, o,t‘ the shots, would have prxlujsd death. Mims’s body was,discovered Mon day morning and. an inquest w&s held. The corners jury, after hearing the wojaan’s statement -yqd making a careful investigation., de-' cided that it was a jutifiable homi cide. —Twiggy County Citizen,. Special Services at Baptist Church Mr. Stukenbrok, a returned mis' sionary from China, no;«y conduct ing The Seamen’s Mission at the (Brunswick port, will preach at the Baptist church Sunday morning. All are cordially invited to attend the services. Wesleyan Orchestra Macon, Ga., Nov. 28. —The Wes leyan symphony orchestra, its mem bership comprising 50 of the lead ing musicians of Macon, was or ganized here last night, the first re hearsal being held. l)r. Dingley Brown, director of music at Wesley an, is leader of the orchestra. He will devote his time and energies absolutely without recompense. This is the first symphony orches tra ever organized in the state. The first concert will be given late in the spring. Foley Kidney Pills are tonic in action, quick in results, and restore the natural action of the kidneys and bladder. They correct irregu larities. Sold by Taylor & Ken nington. NUMBER 27. Industrial Society ‘ Jt Loiter from Prof, l Browning j; The- teachers, trustees-, and far ;iiwts of Pulaski county are urged to die at the Cochran Opera House .Saturday 'morning,. Dec. 3rd, for the purpoi-e-of organizing an Indus trial Society. Teachers, we are in an agricultu ral community,, where people are making their daily bread as well as their luxuries,from the fertile soil; and yet we are not teaching the ris ing.gene,y#.tjon that the profession of their fathers is one of the noblest profession* iirGotl’s- universe. My sympathy is with the great mass of farmer,* upon whom rests the future development of our glorious SouD’ land I.", love to recall the h.-chh in Roman history referring to Cin cinna.Ais. He, it was, who ploughed his cabbage patch and, when the en emy, threatened bis country, put away the implements of agriculture, apa .grasped the implements of war tn-jjd his native land of the inva eii*/; after wnieh he retired to his farm, and made the.soil resppnd to his magic tovweh. We have farmers around Cochran and Hawkinsville who are just such men as old Cincinnatus was, and we should hold their hands up and aid them in every way. We want to stir the hearts of our boys and girls and make them understand that they are living in a land of un bounded prome. Let them know that if a 15 year old boy,—Jerry Moore, of Winona, South Carolina, could raise 228 bushels of corn on one acre, we of Pulaski can raise 230. We want to raise more potatoes, tomatoes, cotton, wheat, sugar cane, etc. on an acre than any one has ever raised before. We may also add an athletic and oratorical contest at the same time that the exhibits are prepared and judged. We will have prizes for everything. Let every teacher, trustee, and interested farmer meet with us at 10 o’clock Saturday. Yours tor prosperity, / I.eo 11. Browning. Millcdgeville Man is Shot to Death. Millcdgeville, Ga., Nov, 28 —Eli- jah Simmons, 21 years old, was shot to death by a negro near here at an early hour Sunday morning. It is said that Simmons vfent to the home of Buckner, the negro, for the purpose of protecting his brother. Buckner is at large. Simmons was a native of this county, and leaves two brothers, both of whom reside at this place. S. Q. Segars spent Thanksgiving in Atlanta and Stone Mountain.