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Skelton & Skelton,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
HARTWELL, .... GEORGIA.
W. L. HODGES,
ATTORNEY-AT - LAW.
HARTWELL, BA.
A. N, KING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
CARNESVILLE, GA.
Will practice in any of the Courts in
the State, when required.
W. L. BROWN
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
LEXINGTON, GA.
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ATTORNEY-Al-LAW,
ELBERTON, GA.
General practice in State and
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ELBERTON, BA.
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State.
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PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
HARTWELL, : - - GBORGIA.
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LAVONIA, GA.
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Physician and Surgeon,
H UiTWELL, GEORGIA.
Office tM .mall Uriel building next door to J. W
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VOL. XVI.
miKWB nm.
HIS MONTHLY TALK WITH THE
GEORGIA FARMERS
On Subjects of General Interest Per
taining to the Farm and
Garden—Good Advice.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ga., .’une 1,1893.
The Weather and tire Crops.
From the Ist to the 18th of the month
we had seasonable rains, but these were
followed by such high, cold winds that
the cotton, more especially, was serious
ly affected, its growth retarded, and on
the thin, gray lands of some sections
the "stand" completely destroyed.
These unfavorable conditions have not
only imposed
ADDITIONAL WORK ,
on the farmer, in that he has in many
cases been compelled to plow up and re
plant his cotton, but where a bare stand
has been left the cultivation has been
more difficult, on account of the care
necessary to save each little plant.
While the crops in the northern portion
of the state are backward, the weather
for the latter portion of the month has
brought about most encouraging growth
and development, and as a rule the
crops are fairly well advanced. Every
month should be a busy one on the
farm, but if there is anv one period into
which more shonld be crowded than at
any other time, the work for
THE MONTH OF JUNE
is that, which requires more thought,
closer attention to the various needs of
the different crops, greater care in the
cultivation, more intelligent direction
in every way. A mistake now may
prove fatal.
A CORN CROP
can, at this period, be utterly ruined by
one injudicious plowing. Remember
that it needs all the support it can draw
from the soil through its roots. They
were put there and their office is to take
in the elements of plant food suited to
its growth and development, and should
they be injured, the vitality of the plant
is impaired to just that extent. How
important, then, that the plan of culti
vation should be such as to conserve
every influence of heat and light and
air to the best develpment of the plant.
Before this talk reaches the farmers in
the more southern portion of the state,
the corn crop will have been "laid by.”
but in middle and northern Georgia
much of the crop tvill have to receive
another working. This difference is
even more marked than usual because
of the very unpropitious weather dur
ing portions of April and May. As a
rule the last working should be given
to cornjust as the stalks bunch to tas
sel. For this purpose, arrange your
scrapes to run as level as poosible, and
where you can possibly manage to do
the work
sow PEAS
broadcast, and while you may receive
no benefit in the shape of matured peas,
you will be repaid in the fertilizing
properties which this crop has derxv it
ed in youi; soil, and your land will be
tint in better COliditipn' for succeeding
crops. No fanner can regret sowing
peas even if he never gathers the crop.
There is an idea that this is wasted if it
never reaches the barn, but the grateful
Shade they furnish the land, the crowd
ing out of noxious weeds and grasses,
Which take up the fertilizer and return
pothing except additional work and
worry for the farmers; the fertilizing
material they absorb into the soil will
more than repay for the time and labor
expended. Don’t allow other work to
crowd out this important crop. We
must restore some of the elements of
fertility to our exhausted lands, and
there can no better time be found to
commence this needed reform than just
now. On your oat stubble scatter a
phosphate and sow a bushel of peak to
the acre. With seasons w».v get a
good cutting of vines for your stock,
and by turning the stubble under in the
fall, yon lay the foundation fora marked
improvement in the crops which follow.
If you do not need the vines for stock
feed, leave them until they attain ma
turity and then tarn under.
COTTON
should be cultivated flat and shallow
and with the leading thought that the
work should be hastened in such man
ner that the plants will be encouraged
to mature an J begin taking on fruit at
the - earliest possible moment. The
farmer who succeeds in this has reason
io congratulate himself that he has
pursued an intelligent and remunera
tive plan. The time at which cultiva
tion shonld cease, depends so much on
the character of the land and its gen
eral condition, that it is impossible to
|ay down any fixed time.for the suspen
sion of this work,
When, however, the fruiting season
arrives, the fields being in good tilth,
the cultivation having been suoh as to
best appropriate the elements of plant
growtn and development, it matters not
whether you have plowed your crop over
three times or six times, you havj
reached the period when further culti
vation may result in harm.
On old and very stiff land I have
sometimes seen good results from a
plowing late in July, but where the
conditions are favorable it is best to
"lay by” early in July. The effect of
commercial fertilizers has been to has
ten the maturing of the crop and thus
materially shorten the crop season.
This month also finds us with
SMALL GRAIN
to be harvested, which is a heavy draft
on the resources of the farm, afld unless
arranged for with careful forethought,
entails much inconvenience. As our
farms are usually managed the harvest
comes when every nerve is strained in
taking care of the other main crops,
and unless additional labor can be pro
cured. loss must follow. If a mower
can be hired and your lands admit of its
tise, save the grain with that. Bui if it
is necessary to use cradles as many are
compelled to dp, additional help must
be hired, bedatise the regular force must
be Kept at the cultivated props. Shock
garefujly and cap securely, tbps avoid
ing the wa. ate which too often results
from careless haste in these important
partipuUss. By careful mapageme-.t
the harvesting can go on, and theotb r
crops receive their dpe share of atten
tion, The work is imperative and ex
haling, but by prudence and fares) ht
guy plashing of duties may be avoiuei’,
and the gs«eral work of .the farm mo e
OP undisturbed. Continue to put out
Potatoes,
you cah*t have too many; and if you
can’t sell them in the fall, put them
away carefully—the methods for doing
I this *we will discuss later—end sell in
I the spring, when they always comm md
I a good yjpfclZ-They can snd
Don’t allow the weeds and grass
Kpprdfcriate the fertilizer intended
for j- onr vegetables, to the disappoint
mpLi of tne good wife and children
comfort and health are so largely
d*hendent on the aid of good, whole
I «tae with ordinarv seasous, there
The Hartwell Sun.
sjJect so superior to those shipped and
exposed for sale in the city markets.
We should watch closely
THE EFFECT OF THE FERTILIZERS
applied to our Various crops and en
deavor to arrive at some certain conclu
sion as to their adaptability to our soils
and their effect on the crops.
STABLE MANURE
is a complete fertilizer, and therefore
adapted to all our standard crops. Let
me urge upon our fanners to try and
save every pound of this life-giving,
life-sustaining plant food. Stall or pen
your cattle at night. Keep the stalls
well filled with leaves, straw or any
substance than will obssrb or retain the
volatile elements. Wool’s earth, or, if
you have it, marl or land plaster, spre d
upon the bedding will act as an absorb
ent, thus retaining the valuable ele
ments which are usually allowed to
waste. The urine contains as valuable
plant food as the more solid matter, and
this should impress the thrifty fanner
who lias never given this subject much
thought, with the importance of so con
gtructiug his stables that no loss will
occur from leaching or leaking. On the
average farm pearly all of th's i
wasted, and it is only when the farm
er's attention is called to the oversight
that he realizes the large saving which
lie might annually accomplish by care
in this one particular. Were the small
farm economies more generally prac,
ticed, we might be saved many expendi
tures which now seem absolutely ueces
sary in order to carry on our business.
R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner.
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Samples Free.
General llrjnnrks.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
temperature during the month has
ranged very low crops, with the excep
tion of cotton, have not suffered and. ar
looking well. The warm weather that
has been interspersed with the cola
days and nights has done much to s>
enre' this result. Several storms of
special severity have passed over locali
ties especially in the eastern portion of
the state causing considerable destruc
tion to fences, buildings and crops, and
the high winds that have prevailed i’>
nearly every section of the state have
blown many peaches and plumbs from
the trees.
COTTON.
As noted this crop'has suffered most
from the prevailing weather conditions,
. and in many quarters poor stands are
reported as a result of the cool nights.
However, tlu plant has great recupera
tive powers, and the increased heatthai
has prevailed at intervals has had the
effect of invigorating the plants that
survived the cold. A comparison of the
tabulated statement for the same period
last year does not show a gratifying re
sult and she prospect is not as good as
at this time last year. In several of the
larger cotton counties correspondents
noting the various reports that have
b en issued since the report from tnis
department emphasize the lact that in
1 their counties no increase has been
made in the cotton acreage. From per
-1 sonal observation and predicated upon
. reports .we, dp not at this time see that
L either the acreage or condition prom
ises iu a mouib gwnftter yield
this year than last. We would rather
that all reduction was the result of a
cutting down of the acreage and none
the result of crop failure and sincerely
hope that our farmers realizing their
situation will not again permit them
selves to be confronted by so large a
production beyond the demands of con
sumption.
WHEAT.
A reference to the tabulated state
ment shows an encouraging con litiou
as regards this crop. Compared with
last year the yield promised, judging
from the harvested area, and the con
dition of the standing crop, a. is n< f.h
Georgia 98|. middle Georgia 9S|, and
tho state 103. Two successive years of
successful raising of this crop ought to
indupe our farmers to Btu<ly the best
methods of cultivation and re
sort to thorough Instead of super
fleial preparation. Usually classifol
as a side instead of a main
crop wheat culture in Georgia has not
received the attention it merits and de
serves. In our last report we called at
tention to the adaptability of so much
of our soil to this cereal, and we trust
that thoughtful' consideration of the
matter will, year by year, see ua in
creased acreage and better methods.
We doubt not that a study of the
causes of failure, and avoiding them,
will, except when the ysar is unusually
disastrous, assure a fair yield.
OATS.
The weather during the month has
favored this cron, and the rains early
in tne month have had the effect of in
creasing the veld. ' Here again we
would call attention* to the fact that if
a larger yield of oats i$ desired, mo’- >
qare than we aye accustomed to bestow
should be taken jn the preparation and
fertilization of the spil,
Compared with an average, the pros
pective yield fur the state is 97 3-5.
CORN,
Jn regard to this prop the most flat
tering conditions exist, and, while bn I
worms have done considerable damage
in localities, on the whole the outlook
is promtaing. With the increased acre
age In corn as regard this crop, we are
fast moving to aself-sustpining position.
Reports have been received at the de
parment of a number of farmers in
i lower Georgia who have corn sufficient
1 and to spare, and of aa iacr-jiee of the
L number usual ia vorth Georgia.
cmeX. further on tte
pendeace.
yy.i ovft
The reports to the departmenf aM '
the compiled figures of the
Growers’ asanciaLkt*'.show a decrease W
HARTWELL, HART CO., GA.. FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1893.
uepartinent lias been inclined to en
courage planting, yet the reduction we
believe to be a cause for congratulation
to the melon growers, as a glutting
of the market always results disas
trously to the producer. The condition
of the crop is fair, though the cool
nights have not been favorable to the
best development of the plant. The
crop is now bring laid by, and shipping
will commence in about two weeks, the
Florida melon already having made its
appearance in the market.
PEAS.
Before closing this report we desire
to call attention to pea planting and to
urge upon our farmers the necessity of
cutting in between the furrow and on
other land as large a crop as possible.
The cow pea is essentially the legumen
of Southara Georgia where clover will
not flourish. In the renovation of land
it plays a scientific part as do all lego
me.i and has the power possessed by
no other germs of plants of adding
free nitrogen to the soil. Nitrogen or
ammonia as it is classed by the depart
ment, is the most expensive of plants
foods and its artificial supply to plantg
does not give the satisfactory result us
when supplied by means of legumenous
plants. These plants seem to be na
tures prime restorer to be utilized by
man. The process of restoration when
soil is reclaimed by its ordinary vege
tation is slow, by these crops rapid and
complete. When the farmer can with
out loss and even with profit, add to
pie productiveness pf his soil if woul 1
seen) unnecessary fp call attention to
tho matter, _Bqt jn looking aftep the
cultivation of the erops up.m which • »
depend for money- and supplies we ar -
too apt to lo:e sight of the significance
of the crop which only surpasses our
land for better service next year.
June, qbove all other months, is the
month for sowing this prop, and as al
luded to it can be planted in many
places where clover would not grow.
The crop can follow a crop of grain and
invigorate the laud and largely replace
the plant food that has been removed.
In planting in corn it is best to use an
early bush variety in order not to in
jure the corn. If the land is very rich
tLe peas can be broad cast, but we
would not advise this.
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Corn- Condmou compared
is jgssir S’ to an nvvrnge of five 1
• & ~ yea ra. .
® —Ykdti or ptuftiMfi’isv *
g 85825 yield,compare Ito an av
erag“ of Are ’ ears.
Oats— To wbut extent ih
« : jured by rust.
K : :
’ ; Wheat —Yield or prospect,
E : Siißß ive yi.-ld, co >-p:re<l toii'l
; JO" averaue of five year*.
; WHEAT—To w.iat ex leu t
> ! : 57 injured by rust.
« Cotton— Stand June Ist.
E 8 8 SEE 2 compared to a good
*< stand.
COTTON —Condition com-
2 88888 pared to an average of
nvevear*.
SORGHUM—C'omiition com
V • pared to nu average of
rive years.
: Sugar Canw—c/awl p
E ESSE' pare Ito a good
: Sugar cane Comiition
8 E?8E ; compared to au average
: of live year-.
.MELONS Acreage ciin-
2 pared to avei age.
| X .
Melons Condition com-
8 EB2 *E pared to average.
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Care of the Horse*.
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TREATMENT AND REMEDIES FOR CHAFING
4ND GALLS. •
Qqo soqrc? sis annoyance to the far,
mer and of much suffering to the horses
worked in the spring and summer plow
ing are the collar and harness gulls.
These wounds or abrasions are very
common during the spring plowing’,
particularly with horses used in break
ing new ground, or from ill-tittiug col
lars or harness at any time of the year.
In the spring of the year, when the
horse has been unused to steady work
for some months, the skin is tender aud
easily injured. The horse, from being
wintered on a scanty allowance of
grain, is soft, sweats easily, and if the
collar and shoulders are not properly
attended to, chafing of the skin is al
most sure to follow. The harness
should be repaired, cleaned and oiled
before the spring plowing begins. Dur-'
ing the springtime the collar in particu
lar should be thoroughly cleansed after
every day’s use.
A good preventive against -collar and
harness galls, especially the former, is
to bathe well, at the close of the day’s
•work, the shoulders and other parts of
the horse-ruobing or working against
the harness, in-a strong solution of cold
water and common salt. Other good
preventives are to wash the shoulders
frsqieutly with cold water, and after
ward bathe with white oak bark, alco
hol or o|her astringents. 111-fitting or
badly made harness which galls a horse
lihoqid be refitted at puce, or laid aside
(uy Qther and better. The treatment of
inch abrasions is simple aud effective
If the cause be remedied without delay.
While by proper care and attention
to the horse we can well nigh avoid dis
tress to the faithful animal, yet the
carelessness, indifference and negligence
of hired men, and forgetful and too
often careless or uninformed boys, and
even the rooklees aud apparently uncon
cerned owners themselves, cause many
cases of collar and harness galls, and
some, too, which are serious. The rem
ediei, for harness galls are many. Os
these I will mention, 1. Alcohol, ot.e
pint, in which are well shaken tho
whites of two eggs. 2. A solution of
nitrate of silver, ten grains to the ounce
of water. 3. Sugar of lead or sulphat”
of zinc, twenty gra ns to an ounce of I
water. 4. Carcolic acid, one part In
fiftceupam of glycerine. White
viaea the sores are not irritated by fric
tion. If the v.iimal must continue his
work, the ha aess, collar or saddle must
be padded of chambered. —Exchange.
The Life History of Cut Worms.
There arc few garden pests that are
more exasperating in their manner of
doing damage than cut worms, writes
Clarence M. Weed in the American Cul
tivator. A choice tomato plant, per
haps of a new variety, a half dozen
young cabbages, two or three young
squashes near together, are found lying
prostrate in the morning, when they
were upright and healthy the evening
before. It is easy to see that their
steins have been cut off near the sur
face of the ground during the night,
but no other signs of the depredator are
visible. Sometimes by poking the
earth away from the roots of the plants
one can find a dirt}- brown worm. This
is the cut worm, the author of the mis
chief.
There are a great many different spe
cies of these cut worms, and they a' •
tack a great variety of field and garde i
crops. They are all young or larva of
medium size . night-flying moths. These
moths deposit their eggs generally on
the twigs or branches of trees or shrubs,
and the larva, which soon hatch from
the eggs, descend to the ground, where
they feed upon grass or clover. They
become about half grown by the time
winter Beis in. Then they shelter
themselves under boards or rubbish, or
burrow into tho soil.
Thus they pass the winter, and in
spring come out of their hiding places
in a very famished condition. They
begin feeding as swn as possible, aud
attack a great variety of plants, such as
cabbages, tomatoes, turnips, squashes,
melons, corn, oats, and others. In the
garden they commonly gnaw off the
stems and leave the plants lying on the
ground, though occasionally they eat
the whole i laut. Late in the spring,
or early in nnnncr, they become full
grown as worms. Thep they make
themselves hollow pells jn the ‘soil and
change to e pupa or chrysalis state.
Two or th -e weeks later they again
change, this ime coining forth as adult
moths. In some species there are two
broods each eason, and iu others there
is but one.
Like all o,hef injurious insects, cut
worms fluctuate greatly in numbers
from year t year. Some seasons they
are very destructive, while at other
times their injuries may attract no at
tention. This is doubtless due to the
various enemies cut worms have to con
tend with, They are preyed upon by
birds, toad*, frogs, and predacious bee
tles. They are attacked by many kinds
of parasites, mid are subject to certain
contagions diseases. AH these agencies
help greatly to keep the pests in chock.
AB FICUL REMI DIM.
I have r eeutly summarized three
most important methods of artificial]v
checking eu. worm damage as follows :
1. The poison method. This consists
in killing off the worms before tho crops
are planted, by strewing over the so l
bunches of fresh clover or cabbage
leaves, which have been treated with
Paris green or London Purple, either
by dipping into a solution of poison, or
dusting it on Cry. The halfgrown
worms prowling about iu search of food,
eat . of the baits thus set and are de
stroyed before doing any harm. This
met iit4 has >rova«l a practical success
with many gardeners, uadis well worth
► try’ iz. wli-re there is likely to be (
trouble from these parts. Os course
care must be taken that chickens or
stock do not get at the poisoned leaves.
2. Using boards as traps. Thi*
method con ists in placing b lards on
the ground in and about the garden,
and collectingiu the morning the worms
that will congregate beneath them dur
ing the night,
3. Diggl'g out the worms where
plants have been cut off. This is prac
ticable in most gardens and is well
worth doing,' thus preventing farther
damage.
Fall plowing is also a valuable gen
eral measure, liecause it exp >ses the
worms to enemies and the weather.
Burning up rubbish and burning over
waste grassland also kills some.
Cl< ver nti<! the Farm.
~ 'r'A<f<lqver crop, in all well-arranged
systems of'farhrUijC occupies a promi
nent place. The cloVfeF •xCrop 18 well
adapted to follow any’ othfer
is a good preparation of tWe soil for any
other crop. The all-iiWortant problem
ivhich confronts the farmer everywhere
is how to •naintaiiy and increase the
fertility of his soil, llnd the clover plant
is an in.iispensalXe aid. The farmer
)vho makes tlm/most free and continu
ous use o ( f clpfev \v.ill maintain his farm
at the highest poin| of product veness
at the least expense
The qltjver (mint, when cured for hay,
is a most valqtuile food, rich in nitro
genous and is much more val
uable food feediug than other kinds of
hay, ;
HOW CLOVER IgaTHF.RS NITROGEN.
Recent feveatlgations have thrown
much light unoi'i the way iu wnich eT«>
ver acts, ex-iiaining why it has bee,
found so 1 < ritJicial in incr.-iuing tb
productivenr-BB}of the soil. It has lot
been i nown tai 4 the clover j l int gat
era from sotmn octree large quami i
of' nitr<» 4 en, lul It !md been thought
that it d.-ev it 11'i large extent from
the s-u i. Rai. it res arches, how
ever, show that A ‘ has the power to
gather from tne '| all the supplies of
nitrogen which i eeds. Nitrogen, it
mast bo reiiiex’Al d, composes four,
fifths of the atimJU ere, nresenting an
inexhaustible tuppv . It has been found
that clover its nitrogen from
the ait by means Lthe bacteria that
have their base of o.»-rations iu the 11-
tle knots or uoduloiyj waA* or tubercles
in the clover root a i It has alsn been
|hown th it clover gr >wn in pure
sand, fertilized wit 1 Ipotash aud phos
phoric acid, but withcut the least trace
of nitrogen.-provide! jit has been wa
tered with e’ear want which has been
filtered through seek in which clorer
iflan|a tj?en s dwwil K containing
tUe wajefl iVis) m gathering
•he uitfugen frauvfjbair. -This indi
cates that sandy list* can be made to
produce gaol (jrorfiJbf clover without
(he application of fay nitrogenous ma
nures. provided a\iufßcient supply if
phosphoric acid 4mdpotash ere present.
MINERAL afiMiENt* WEEDED.
Clover is quite eymastive to the soil
in respect to phosfcdrio acid and pot
ash. It removes qtite large quantities ,
at these elements,: and if the supply
runs short the cajfer crop will fail. '
Thie is the reason thR some soils after
a few crape of clofur fail to produce i
good cropn of clovej, and the land is
said to be rwh.” What Is ‘
needed isUft-Tuptdy >f the mineral ele
ment amt tneu Jood’£r.>p« of clover can
be again produced The cost of snnply
iug the uecesvtry quin’-ifeaof phospho
ric acid aud potasn H not great, condd- <
’k‘> YiMtte us tjl*,crop Wodtwad. i
i ncWt bmml* cun w>'re the gathering '
plant. He un- made a long stnue ahead,
«ud cm well afford to purchase freely
of the less costly mineral elements.
Now, the farmers want to act generally
upon this principle—raise j ’enty of cle
ver for the sake of tfie nitr ,gen, feed to
farm stock, '■ave the fertilizers and ap
ply to the soil and go on enriching their
farms and increasing productiveness.
Effect of Nitrogenous Manure.
An interesting experiment is reported
in a recent bulletin from the Storrs’
station in Connecticut. It was under
taken to show the effect of nitrogen on
grass, both as to yield and quality.
Potash and phosphoric acid alone in
creased the yield of clover, but did not
of the grasses. Nitrate of soda on the
grasses increased the yield in every
case—the most profit being obtained
from a dose of 320 pounds per acre.
This corroborates the former report that
clover is a nitrogen collector, while
grasses like rimothy are nitrogen con
sumers. It also explains the philoso
phy of using liquid manures and other
substances containing soluble nitroge-'
on grass in the spring. It was ajs
found that the application of nitrogen-,
ous fertilizers increased the proportion
qf protein in the grasses—making ha
of higher feeding valfle, Fertiliz
fanners using large quantities of sol.
ble nitrogen often claim that the hay
they grew is very superior in quali
and greatly preferred by stock to th,,
grown on poorer soil. This experiment
shows that they are correct.
Nutmeg Melons.
Single plants in the row do better
than in the hills; insects do not get in
their work as they do in the hill. Af
ter all the danger from this source is
about past, I thin out so that eaph plant
js aboqt three feet from Rs neighbor,
This gives each an independent posi
tion. Then eaoh plant gets an equal
ebare of the rain on the lot. Should
the root grubs begin to work on the
roots, which pan be discovered by the
plant just wilting, dissolve nitrate of
potasfl, oqe ounce, in a pint at water,
and PRt a tablespoonful into a pail of
water and apply a pint to each hill in
the evening. Keep this up for several
days or until the first solution is all
used. I use seeds of several different
kinds, us I ylaut for family use, and
gave the seeds of the best each year,
and, whan I plant next year, I also buy
some neg; seeds of some of the green
nutmeg varieties, and never fall to
have lots of melons. I believe that by
this method I can raise a melon for
every two square feet of ground in the
lot.
At the Utah station the Cory and
Maule’s XX have proved good early
and the Everbearing and Squantum
good second early and late varieties of
sweet corn.
Fertill.lng Formula..
The elements of fertility absolutely
necessary in a complete, commercial fer
tilizer are nitrogen, potash aud phos
phoric acid. Many other substances are
found in all manures, both nntiuai am'
manufactured, which need not be named.
Experience liaa shown that different
frojs genemJly succeed l.e*t by £he ne
of varied combinations of the principal
fertilizing elements. Hence the leadir g
manufacturers furnish the public with
manures for different crops under differ
ent brands, as potato manure, corn ma
nure, tobacco manure, etc., which they
guarantee to contain ammonia, phos
phoric acid and ]x>tash in the percent
ages stated.
Now that many of the state experi
ment stations are analyzing them exten
sively and manufacturers have their rep
utations at stake iu maintaining the
quality of their goods, one runs little jr
no risk in buying a special fertilizer of
which the composition is guaranteed in
any of the leading makes. A quite com
mon and good formula for potato manure
is ammonia. 4.50 to 5 per cent; phos
phoric acid, 8 to 10 per eent; actual pot
ash, 6to 8 per cent. The potato brand
jvill fee equally useful on most garden
although manufacturers of
it-r 'inaW^Hfi£i£!*i cs ’ M c ®bbage
fruit and vine
manure, onion .,- .
manure, manures for differenlwwlkr?
Complete fop general Use,
Submarine Worm.
passing the bead offices of
tho telegraph department, St. Mar
tin'H le-Grand, a day or two ago I ob
eerved large masses of concrete de
bris being carefully unloaded and
carried in. Feeling sure that the
neighborhood was unfavorable for
the establishment of a rockery or a
garden grotto, I made inquiries and
was informed that tho debris was a
portion of the Plymouth breakwater
which had almost been eaten up by
the teredo. The teredo is a small but
offensive submarine worm which
annually causes many thousands
of pounds’ worth of damage to.
ocean telegraph cables. Two years,
ago it was unknown in, English
waters,but now it is common enough.
will eat its way jnto any thing ex
cept brass, which is the only thing
that will fltop it. The telephone cable
between Belfast and Glasgow is the
first that has been laid in home
waters with a brass sheathing to pro
tect it against this übiquitous pest.—
London Letter.
Different Kinds of Oil,
change in flagmen was recently
made at the Rocky Hollow grade
crossing in East Greenwich and a
new man put on duty. He wanted
to replenish his stock of oil for use
in his signal lanterns the other day
and sent his order to tho railroad au
thorities in Providence. The parties
who received the order were some
what amused at its contents,*-but
thought that the new crossing tender
ought not to be deprived of his stock
of blissful ignorance, so they sent the
required oil ifi three vessels as indi
cated in the order, marked respective
ly “white oil,” “red oil” and “green
oil.”—Providence Journal.
Remarkable Twin*.
In Vienna twins have been regis
tered as having been boru in differ
ent years. The fiist was born oa the
31st of December, 1892, the second on
the Ist of January, 1893. Bdth being
b-rrs, they will have tq dg their mili
tary eerviee jq flifferesri rears, as the
one u considered to have
yemAefl the age at »> te I9it, the
DEATH FROM FRIGHT.
Cases in Which It
Been Known to Gc£ur.
“I have interested myseiisome
what in looking up unusual causes .
of death,” said Dr. Elder, “and haVt
met several well authenticated in- x
stances where fright was the cause.
The English Surgeon General Fran
cis tells of a drummer in India,
across whose legs a harmless lizard
crawled while he was half asleep. He •
was sure that a cobra had bitten him,
and it was too much for his nerves
and he died.
“Frederick 1., of Prussia, was
killed by fear. His wife was insane
and one day she escaped from her
keeper and, dabbling her clothes <
with blood, rushed upon her bus- *
band while he was. dozing in his i
chair, King Frederick imagined her J
to bo the white lady whose ghost
Was believed to invariably appear
whenever the death of a member of
the royal family was to occur, and
he was thrown into a fever and died
in six weeks. 1
“But perhaps the most remark- 1
able death from fear was that of the i
Dutch painter, Pentman, who lived ]
in the seventeenth century. One
day he went into a room full of '
anatomical subjects to sketch some 1
death heads and skeletons for a i
picture he intended to paint. The ,
weather was very sultry and, while
sketching, he fell asleep. He was ‘
aroused by bones dancing around
him and the skeletons suspended
from the celling clashed together.
“In aAt of horror he threw him
self out of the window, and, though
he sustained no serious injury and
was informed that a slight earth
quake had caused the commotion
among his ghostly surroundings, he
died in a few days of nervous tremor.
I could cite many other cases where
the shock to the nervous system,
which we know as fright, has pro- ,
duced death."—Washington Post.
STONEWALL JACKSON.
The Wonderful Influence of His
Strong Nature Upon a Weaker One.
After Stonewall Jackson’s death a
New York merchant said of him,
I never met Mr. Jackson but once,
yet an incident in which he had part
exerted a strong influence over my
early life. I was a boy in college,
eager to be considered a man, but
often hesitating to maintain the
principles taught me by my mother
lest I should fee called weak and
womanish.
I happened to be seated at supper
one night next to Jackson, who was
a somewhat younger lad than I.
While waiting to be served, one of
the boys drew from his pocket an
indecent picture on a card, and
passed it to his neigbor. It was
slyly circulated among the students
near by with shouts of laughter.
When it came to Jackson, he glanced
at it and threw it down contemptu
ously, saying quietly: “That is silly
and beastly!"
The boys were silent. One of
them threw the card on the fire. I
felt a sudden stiffening of my whole
moral nature. It was so easy for
him to be decent and m&nly! Why
not for me?
I can fifty candidly that that
momentary touch of strong, bold
nature put new health and vigor
into my own.
There is no fact in human experi
ence more striking and significant |
than the impression that is often
made upon one soul by another in
momentary contract.
t, “Beware of me," says the Arab
me is a God and a I
? oe and death to alll
devU h . s Com .
who hear me
pan ion.
Sponge
The old stand-by spongecake is
often in demand, and the following j
recipe can always be depended upon,
provided your oven is not too hot.
To one cupful of sugar add the yolks
of five eggs and beat them until |
light and smooth; add two table*
spoonfuls of cold water and a cup
ful of flour intq, which you have
sifted a leftfipoonful of baking
powder, Then stir in lightly the
whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff j
froth. Bake for one hour in a slow
oven.—N. Y. Observer.
A New Freak in the Museum.
The Fat Lady—l’d like to know
what there is to attract public notice
about that child the manager has
just secured?
The Mule-Eared Man —They claim «
he reads the “Juvenile Department"
of a Sunday paper, and I understand '
he was discovered only after months.
of search. Between you and me,
■though, I suspect he’s not genuine. '
—Puck. *
A Good Reason.
“Would you have spoken so cross- J
ly to your little wife a year ago?*’ i
she asked, tearfully.
“No,” he confessed, sullenly.
“Then why this change?”
“ ’Cause Lotfly got a little wife to
speak crossly to about six months '
ago,” he explained. Harper’s
Bazar.
—ln the matrimonial market f
many girls are willing to be called «
‘n a count. . •'
The Bert Stood Besrtfy*
August A. Klages, 810 St. Charles
Street, Baltimore, Md., writes: “Fro«jl
my youth I suffered from a poisonous i
taint in mv blood; Mv face and bedyjc
was continually affected with er up tieair t
and apres. lam now 42 years of age I 4
and bed been treated both ro Germany j J
s.s.s.l
Purely a vegetable compound,
made entirely of roots and herbs
gathered from the forests of
Georgia, and has been used by millions
of people with the best results. It
C9HE3
All manner of Blood diseases, from the
pestiferous little boil on your nose to
the worst cases of inherited blood
taint, such as Scrofula, Rheumatism,
x Catarrh and
SKIN-QIHCER
Blood and Skn Diseases mailed
free. Co, Atlanta, Ga.
lart CcraWeclory.
COUNTY OFFICERS. \
OrdinaryF C Stephanite
Clerk Superior CourtM M RtenardaOnL.
SheriffJ £ heard • x
Tax Collector Jesse C Vickery >
Tax Receiver A L McCurry
TreasurerThos H Burton
SUPERIOR COURT CALENDAR.
Judge Hamilton McWhorter
Solicitor GeneralW M Howard
Spring Term—Third Monday in March. :
Fall Term—Third Monday iu September. sis
JUSTICE COURTS CALENDAR.
1112th District. Harwell—lst Thursday.
J H Skelton. J P., 11. J. Gosa. N P
1113th District. Kay's-Ist Saturday.
Ira M Brown, J P.. K G Brown,
1114th District, Smith's—Mb Friday '
L M Caunlagham, N P
1115th District, Reed Creek—2d Saturday.
R H Mart-.S, J P., B J MeLeahy. N P
I lldtb District. Halts- 2d Wednesday.
John 8 Rae, J P., M A Duuean, N P
1117th District, Shoa! Cteek—4th Sat unlay.
J C Wallers, J P.. J A Adams, N P
1118th District, McCurry's—3d Saturday.
B A Teasley. J P„ CH N Brown. N P
119th District, Alford's-i-Friday before 3d Satd’y.
W A Sanders, J P., Lit Richardson, N P
* CHURCH CALENDAR.
methodist—Hartwell circuit. .
Presiding Elderßev J F Mixon, D. D.
Preacher in charge Rev K B O England
Hartwell—2<l and 4th Sundays, 11.30 am; 7.30 p m
railroad time. Prayer meeting Wednesday
night, 7.30. Sunday School Sunday morning
at 10 o'clock. M,L Parker, Superintendent.
Betbenda—lst Sunday and Saturday before. Prayer
meeting every Sunday night. Sunday School
every Sunday morning. B A Teasley, Supt.
Cokeabury—3d Sunday ami Saturday before Sun
day School every Sunday morning. D O Chap
man, Supi.
HARTWELL MISSION.
.J N Wall Pastor
New Bethel—Sunday aud Saturday before. Snn
day School every Sunday morning. B L
Adame, Supt.
Liberty Hillel Sunday and Saturday beforo.
Sunday School every Sunday morning. A J
Mullanix, Supt.
Mt. Zion—4th Sunday and Saturday before. Sun
day School every Sunday morning. Mina Fan
nie Tyler, Supt.
Redwiu©—Rev A 11 S Bugg, Pastor. 3d Sunday
and Saturday before.
Macedonia—A H S Bugg. Pastor, lat Sunday
aud Saturday before.
Fellowship—A II S Bugg, Pastor. 3d Sunday
afternoon.
BAPTIST.
Hartwell—Rev A E Ktese, Pastor, lat and 24
Sundays, 11 aiu and ta-oi m Sunday School
10.30 am. DCAlfr f.
every Fridav
Cedar Creek—Rev. T J Rucker, Pastor. 4th Sub
day and Saturday before. Sunday School 9 a.__
m. H F Hailey, Supt.
Bowersville —Rev J II McMullen, Paator. 1»A
Sunday Ham. Sunday School 10 a nr. MBg-
Sai Jis—Rev. J R Eariul 2d Sunday aud SatunflKr
before. Sunday School IU am. MM Riclmrd
son, Supt.
Hendrys -Rev J G Cbriatian, Pastor. 2d Sunday
and Saturday before. Sunday School 10 a »
Shoal Creek—Rev Purcell. 4th Sunday aud
Saturday before 11am. Sunday School lOnna-
Canuons—F M Cole, Pastor. 2d Sunday and Sat
unlay before. Sunday School 10 am.
Cross Roads—Rev F M Estes, Pastor. 4th Sunday
and Satin day before. Sunday School 10 a an.
Rock Springs—Rev F M Estes, Pastor. 3d Sunday
and Saturday beforo. Sunday School 10 a aa.
Mt. Olivet—Rev A J Cleveland, Pastor. Ist Sun
day. -
New Prospect—Rev J J Beck. Pastor, lat Sunday 1
and Saturday before. Sunday School.
Mt. Hebron-Rev TR Wright. Pastor. M ftaw
day and Saturday before. Sunday School »•
am. R A Vickery, Supt.
Milltown, Rev T A Thornton. Pa-’tor. 3d Sun
day and Satanlav before. Sunday School 10
am. W A Studers, Sunt.
Bethany—Rev B J McLesky, Pastor. 3d Sunday
and SaturdA ,before. Sunday School 10 a m
Reed Creek—Rev B J McLeeky, Pastor. 4th Sun
day and Satuiday before. Sunday Schcui W
am.
Bio—Rev. G. Cbriatian, Pastor. 3d Sunday
and Saturday before. Sunday School M o clock
every Sunday morning. H. A. Teasley, Supt.
Flat Shoal—Rav. E. R. Goss, Pastor. Sd Sunday.
Oak Bower—Rev. E. IL Gosa, Pastor. 4th Sun
day.
Mt. Hermon-Rev. T. A. Thornton. Pastor. Ist
Sunday and Saturday before.
I Holly Spring*- -Rev. W. J. Vickery- «I>> Sunday
PRESBYTERIAN.
i Hartwell-Rev R E Telford, Pastor. 3d Sunday
and ndji Prayer meeUug Tueaday
Pleasant Hill-Rev R E
Sunday, 11 a aa. Sunday School »J» a to. '
Koystoa I Franklin Co.]-RevRE Telford, Paa-
ter. Ist Sunday morning and night.
HARTWELUHRECTORY.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.
D A Perri tt. Mayor.
J R Meredith, Secretary A Treaeuror.
TP Harris,
O C Brown.
V E Satterfield. "
Marshal—F M Carter.
THE HARTWELL BANK.
Capital, |-IA<iOO.«A
E B Benson Pres. J W Willsons, Yioo Free.
S W Peek, Csobior.
Directors: J W Williams. J D Matheson, J H
McMnllan, D C Alford. E B Bensou.
Bank hours, troas Ila n to 4 p a.
HARTWELL INSTITUTE.
FACULTT :
Prof. M L Parker, A M, Principal.
Prof. S M Bobo.
Mrs M L Parker.
' Mrs RE Telford, Music.
TausTtke : E B Benson, J M Theroaou. D *
Johnson. M M Richardson, J HMagill.
MASONIC.
Hartwell Lodge No. 18» F. A. M.. first
Jk Thursday night In each month. /
officers: X R Meredith. W M A N
XX Alford. SW . J D Matheson. J W ;
/▼\ J M TboraU*, Tress ; W R Stephen
son, Sect’y-JTW Vernon, Chap.; JR Stephens.
SD ; J P Roberta, 8S ; D A Remit, i S ; JR
Scott, Tyler.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
First Tuesday and Third Saturday sights.
o®c«a ;M L Parker, Dwtater, W Y Hokteed.
Vi<»Dtct>tor ; John R Stephen*. Reporter ; M M
Riclurdaou. FK; J. B TiaOTtoeTYrous, J M AB
Notice.
NO. 38.