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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY TIMES-RECORDER: FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1902.
HILL IS IH THE LEAD.
David B. Hill teems to have an im
mense start for the presidential nomi
nation for 1004. Tammany Hall has
pledged itself to him again. Snllivan is
now the ruling spirit in Tammany and
lie bas renewed bis allegiance to Sena
tor Hill. David B. Hill is absolute
master of tbe Democratie organization
in New York. It is said that be will
lie able to write tbe platform and name
tbe candidate. Tbe overthrow of John
f. Carroll by Sullivan was a clear vic
tory for tbe Hill men. At tbe last
Democratic convention Croker did not
look with favor on Hill’s pretentions.
Senator Snllivan openly says that be
believes now, as be believed last year,
that Hill is the only man who could
lead tbe Democrats to victory.
Tbe Hill men have also dashed with
Bryan men out in Nebraska and have
won the fall. Tbe first test in Omaha
ended in a clean, victory for tbe
Hill men. If this is true it looks like
David B. Hill were early in the as
cendancy in the councils of tbe party.
Mr. Bryan, of coarse, will oppose him,
but Mr.Bryan will not be aa overshad
owing factor in the next.fight.
David B. Hill' has had a remarkable
career as a presidential candidate. In
ISO-, just ten years ago, he received tbe
unammons indorsement of Tammany
and carried the New York state De
mocracy. In spite of this, however,
Grover Cleveland of New York re
ceived two-thirds of the vote in the
Chicago convention and was nomi
nated over Hill. Georgia went lor
Cleveland in 1900. Mr. Hill was tbe
strongest man in tbe St. Louis conven-
tion next to Mr. Bryan himself. There
was an effort to nominate him for vice
president, but Mr. Hill knew that tbe
party was doomed to defeat and that
he conld afford to wait the chances of
19C4. He has been scheming a great
many years. Tbe nomination is still
two years off, bnt at this time bis name
seems to be pre-eminent in the party,
—Savannah Press.
PLANT FOODELEMENTS
Nitrogen and the Way In
Which It Is Absorbed.
STATE CHEMIST’S LETTER NO. 4
Actual Quantities of Plant Food
Soils—What Determines the Crop
Producing Power of the Soil, Etc,
Interesting and Instructive Treatise,
Naturally the nitrogen we find In tbe
plant by analysis next claims our at
tentlon. As I told you In my last let
ter that there are nearly eighty gal
lons of nitrogen in one hundred gal
lons of air, you would quite naturally
exclaim that there vjpuld be no need
to bother about providing nitrogen for
the crops, as they ought to be able to
obtain all they want from the enor
mous oceans of it floating all around
and about them. Yes, one would natur
ally suppose so, but alas, it is not true;
the plant is helpless to feed on the ni-
irogen around It in the air, no mat
ter how thirisy it may be for it. It is
like the shipwrecked sailor In the open
boat at sea. though parched and dying
with thirst, yet he can not slake his
thirst, though there be nothing but
water, water, ail about him.
It seems as though there were a cer
tain malice in Nature in so constitut
ing plants that they cannot take the
nitrogen out of Je air directly, yet
perhaps it Is a good thing they cannot,
because if they could, life would he so
easy that we probably would not exert
ourslves as much as we shtujhl. Ni
trogen being the most expensive ele
ment of plant food, if it were provided
free of cost like the carbon, hydrogen
and oxygen, we could grow such enor
mous crops at stigh small cost, that the
cost of living would be so reduced, that
a man would not have the same urgent
stimulus behind him to work and to
labor that he now has.
STOP MY PAPER.
Last Friday she came down tbe
street three steps at • time and sailed
into cnr office like a whirlwind. She
waited for no ceremony, bat wildly
asked:
"la this the paper printing offioe?”
"Yes, madam,”
"I want to atop my paper.”
"Ail right, madam.”
"Stop it now, too.”
"It’s stopped,” said the editor as
he drew a bine mark through her hus
band's name on the subscription list.
“There now,” she said, with a look
of satisfaction in her eyes, "maybe
this will teaob yon a little horse sense
and how to do the square thing next
time, and not alight people beoanae
the; are poor. If some rich, stack np
folks hsppen to have a bald-headed,
knook-kneed, toothless brat born to
them you’re in an awfnl harry to pat
it in the paper and make it ont an
angel, bnt when poor people have a
baby yon can’t say a word abont it,
even if it is tbe prettiest baby that
ever was born. That’s what I’m stop
ping tbe paper for.”
Sbe marched ont of the offioe as
mad as a wet hen, and didn't say
whether she had a baby or not. —
Newnan Advertiser.
The State convention should adopt a
State platform. Georgia legislators
and Georgia governoza have nothing
to do with foreign,national, or colonial
affairs, and beyond an expression of
the party’s position on these questions,
which is well known, the convention
should not farther disease them. There
is enough work in Georgia to keep ns
busy if we will bnt take hold of it.
The questions of internal improve
ments, of edncation, tbe consideration
of plans for the development of agri
culture and industry, these things
shonld be the eerions work of the.eon-
vention.
J. Fierpont Morgan is said to have
presented to the king a large tapestry
forwhioh he paid $5,000. Tnia tapes
try wilt be need for decorative effect in
the Abbey at tbe coronation serviee.
If this information be accurate, it is
understood to be Spanish tapestry
abont 12 feet sqaare with crimsons and
blues of exceptional beantyand rich
ness and a great deal of gold thread is
woven with the colors. The. tapestry
is now in the mnsenm. No one is al
lowed to see it.
The Form In Which Plants Absorb
Nitrogen.
But to return to our subject, tbe
plant requires nitrogen, but It cannot
take it through its leaves; it has to
take It up through Its roots, and In or
der for the roots to take it up, tbe nl-
trogent must be combined with nitrate.
It must be In the form of nitrate of soda,
or nitrate of lime, or nitrate of mag
nesia. or nitrate of potash, or some
other form of nitrate before the plant
can utilize It. If we put any organ
ic matter containing nitrogen into the
soil, either vegetable or animal, as cot
ton seed meal, blood, meat, or even
if we plow under green crops, they will
begin to decay and putrify In the soli,
until the nitrogen which they con
tain in the, form of protein (about
which 1 wrote you so much last year)
is changed Into-a number of other
forms, being finally converted Into a
nitrate ofter tbe decay of the ooriglnal
eustanee has been fully completed.
Ae a nltfate It Is In a condition
where It dissolves easily in water, and
le then absorbed by the root hairs
and drawn up Into the circulation of
the plant Now the vast majority of
plants have to obtain their nitrogen
In the roundabout manner Just describ
ed, bnt there are few favored plants
wblfji are able to obtain tjjefr nitrogen
out of tbe air through the Instrumen
tality of certain'minute organisms or
tqlcrobes In the soil. We wjjl have
more to say of this later <jp. Whf-a ti
nlc matter? I have describ;
e, animal or vegetable, as <jott<
sded meal, blqpd meat, Qfityitte <jr
tuned under green prop? decay jn tbe
•Oil, tbe carbon aftd hydros whicfi
are’ contained In thqjC mo nof
sorted like tbe nltrjfgen ttmnijh
rootftynto the plant, tbe pjafij Jjoea
not get its supply of carbon and by-
en^ that way. They slpply re
main In the soil to form what le ktipwn
a» the humue of the epll, or (Jo de
cayed organic matter ofjjje gqjL wjijcji
Improvee Its mechanical.. cotyjjttpn,
gives it a dark or WaCk color, and
serves ae an excellent retainer pf
moisture and beat in the soil. Refer
ring now to the analyse of a rich epjL
which I gave you In my last letter, we
find that besides the orgablp gj|b-i
stance about which we have just ms
talking, there are also the Inorganic
or mineral substances, sqyb as we
found in the ashes of the plant w-e first
analyzed.
The Various Elementa Found in the
Soil.
The most abundant substance of all
these mineral or ash elements in the
soil we find to be silica, or as you are
qualnted with It, sand. You will re
member there was in this particular
rich soil 71.55-pounds of silica out
every 100 pounds, and yet the wheat
plant grown on this soil only cintalpcd
two and three-quarters pounds of gilt-
ca out of every 100 pounds, and eVen
this was not absolutely essential
the health and growth cl tbe plant
Although we find alumina In the soil,
we find none in the plant. Alumnla
is one of the principal elements ft
clay soil. Iron, magnesia and sulphur
ic acid found In the soil are likewise
found In the ash of the plant. Only
small quantities of these however are
required by tbe plant and they arc al
ways abundant In soils. Soda Is like
wise found In both soil and plant, but
Is not essential to the plant. Phosphor
ic acid, potash and lime are fount} Jn
only small quantities in most soils,
but exist In considerably quantity In
the ash of tbe plants, and each one
of them is absolutely necessary to
the life, growth and development ft
the plant. For this reason, the other
elements being usually abundant,
soil Is said to be ^Jcb or poor accord
ing to its contents of potash, phosphor
ic acid, lime and nitrogen.
Potash and phosphoric acid are
usually contained in soils In small
quantity, varying from about one-tenth
of a pound In a hundred pounds of
the soil to one pound In one hundred
pounds. Although that amount looks
small; let us figure It by tbe acre.
We’ght of the Soil Per Aero.
An avereage soil, when dry. If taken
to the depth of nine Inches, will
weigh three to three and one-half mil
lion pounds to the acre. Therefore a
soil containing one-tenth of one per
cent of phosphoric acid, would really
contain three thousand to thirty-five
hundred pounds of phosphoric acid per
acre, or as much as could be obtained
by the application of ten to twg],ve tons
of bigb-grade acid phosphate fir acre.
You would at once then say that a soil
containing one-tenth per cent of pot
ash or phosphoric acid ought to be a
rich soil and should not require any
fertilizers, but there you would ha
wrong, because It matters not so much
what Is the total amount of potash
or phosphoric acid In an acre of soil
as.it does to know In what condition
that phosphoric add or potash exists.
Availability of the Plant-Food in the
8oil.
The question arises. Is it soluble,
Is It available? it Is In such condition
that the soil water can take It up and
convey It to the roots and root hairs
of tbe plant, ready for absorption by
them into tbe plant-circulation? That
is why we find It necessary to put
acid phosphate and kalnft and other
fertilizers on lands which are being
constantly cropped; It Is because the
constant cropping has exhausted or
drawn out of tbe soil the soluble phos
phoric acid and potash, available to
the plant, and we muet either put on
a fertilizer containing them In a solu
ble form, ft we muet let the soil rest
a while, that Is “lie fallow,” In order
that a fresh eupply of plant food may
be made available by the ilow action
el Hie soil water, the action of car-
boplc add, and the other organic aclde
resulting from the decay of vegetable
and animal matters In the soil. If
you cannot afford to either put pn fer
tilizer or to let your land "lie fallow? 1
then your next resource Is to rotate
your crop; that le, to plant on the toll
which has begun to fall you some
other crop of a different nature, which
may not require so much of a certain
element of plant food as the prevloue
crop did. For Instance, follow cotton
with peas or clover.
What Determines the Crop-Producing
Power of the Soil, "n
In £pnsldering the capacity of a soli
to produce crops we mutt remem
ber one thing, and that 1* that the es
sential element which exists in the
spalfest amount settles the quetioa of
th crop-producing powr of a tolL That
Is to say. If a soil la vry rich la avail
able phosphoric add, nitrogen, lime,
magnesia, and the other essential ash
elements- and yet bo poor In available
potash, that soli cannot produce heavy
crops without the application of an
available potash fertilizer. If that soil
has only available potash enough In
It to produce ten bushels of corn per
acre, or two hundred pounds of seed
cotton per acre, then all you are going
to get out of that soil 1b ten bushels
ol torn. or two hundred pounds df
cotton, no matter .whether there
RUTCH-BOUND
a The crutch is a poor substitute for legs, and affords a very
inconvenient and tiresome mode of locomotion—there is no more
pathetic sight than a person slowly and painfully moving along the
street supported by these artificial limbs. *
When Rheumatism settles in the bones and muscles of the legs,
it is safe to predict that the victim will eventually become helpless
and crutch-bound. The corrosive, irritating matter that is deposited
in the joints and muscles causes the most intense pain, the knees
and ankles swell, and when the natural oils and fluids that lubricate
these parts are completely destroyed the joints become locked and
the muscles drawn and stiff, and crutches a necessity.
The acid poisons that produce rheumatic pains form in the blood, and are
distributed through the system, and lodged in the arms, shoulders, hands,
back and feet, or other parts of the body—resulting often in total disability,
lanent cure of ~ *' “ ~
the blood, and
ralizes the ac
by the nCTvrich^blood, and relief comes to the
pain-racked sufferer. S. S. S. leaves no morbid,
irritating matter in the blood to reunite and produce
another attack, hut expels every atom of it from
the svstem S. S. S. is a purely vegetable remedy, end t oes -not impair
the digestion or general health like alkali or potash remedies. •
• Write for our special free book on Rheumatism, and if any medical
advice or other information is wanted, our physicians will gladly
it without charge, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA,
was aval lame pnospnonc atm anc nr-
trogen and lime, etc.. In the soil
cnfygtl to produce forty bushels of
• conipr fifteen hundred pounds of seed
cotTjn. This brings u* to the question
of spll analysis, which we will treat In
our next letter.
JOHN M. McCANDLESS.
Beef and Dairy Cattle.
For many years the Georgians have
given much attention to the Improve
ment of tbe stock of dairy rattle, and
all over the northern and middle sec
tions and In some of the southern
counties are many flrst-clas dairy
farms stocked with cattle of the beat
known milk breeds.
It has been the effort of the depart
ment of agriculture to encourage this
good work In every w;ay, and at the
same time to present to our farmers
every incentive to the Improvement
of our Deef cattle, and the newspa
pers and agricultural journals of the
state have nobly backed up all these
efforts.
Our most enterprising farmers no
longer have their eorn cribs and smoke
houses in the west, as was the ease for
several years after the great civil war.
It Is time now that we were having our
great packing houses In our own cities,
supplied with the best of beef from
our own stock yards. There Is al
ready in the suburbs of Atlanta the
packing house of T. H. Snwtell; an
other in Brooks County and ethers In
other sections of the state. The great
scarcity of beef from the cattle states
of the Union and tbe consequent high
prices ought to wake up our people to
the grand opportunity of cheapening
this important article of diet and keep
ing In our own state the money that
now goes beyond our borders.
Not only clover, alfalfa (or lucerne)
and other grasses of tbe northern, mid
dle and western sections of the Union
flourish in many parts'of Georgia, but
our own native grasses and our soil-
enriching peavines In every section of
the state give abundance of the best
hay and supply the finest pasturage for
stock.
The prosperity of our state will be
greatly increased by the eataJpHehment
Of great stock farms, not only by the
consequent cheapening of our meat
supplies, but also by the wppdprfql en
riching of the soil, wherever herds of
cattle are kept.
OA. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE.
MANY BILL8 WILL BE PASSED.
ARE YOU WISE ance^The.v Joivt^fiioVr that for ajl InSlO-
matiun there is no remedy to equal Mexican Mustang Liniment.
Congressman Payne's View Regarding
Pending Meaiures Before Congress.
New York, May 31—Congressman
Serono E. Payne, chairman of the
house committee of ways and means,
who Is In this city, said regarding na
tional legislation:
“I am confident that the house will
pass "the Ray bankruptcy bill at an
early day. I think that before con
gress adjourns the house will pass the
senate Cuban reciprocity bill, calling
for a 20 per cent reduction of the
tariff on Cuban goods Imported Into
this country.”
What are the prospects of the Nica
ragua canal bill?”
“I am certain that It will be dis
posed of In one way or another before
the adjournment of congress,” said Mr.
Payne, "l apprehend also that the
senate will act on the Philippine bill
by Tuesday next, and that immediate
ly afterwards It will come to the house
and be passed promptly.”
CECIL RHODES’ WILL.
Fortune Will Amount to 830,000,000.
His Educational Schemes.
New York, May 31.—Cecil Rhodes'
executors have decided that the pro
bate of the will should be taken out In
South Africa, cables the London corre.
spondent of The Tribune, and this will
be done after the return of Dr. Jame
son and Mr. Mitchell to the Cape.
Nothing definite Is known as to the
extent of Mr. Rhodes' fortune, but so
far as has been ascertained It will
amount to $25,000,000 or 830,000,000.
His educational scheme has been
gone Into by the executors, but It will
some time before the arrangements
can be completed. It la hoped, how
ever, that the .first Rhodes scholars
will enter Oxford university at the
October term next year. Dr. Jameson
and Mr. Mitchell have been authorized
represent the executors In South
Africa. Lord Milner Is unable at pres
ent to take any active part In the ad
ministration of the estate.
Triangular Duel With 8tlllettos.
New York, May 31.—Three Italian
Ice peddlers have engaged In a trian
gular duel with stillettos in tbe dark
hallway of a tenement In East One
Hundred and Fifteenth street Tony
Avacate was stabbed twice In the
breast and died on the way to the hos
pital. Luigi Lorgrlppe was taken to
the same hospital with many severe
wounds and the police are looking for
his brother.
$3,000,000 Glucose Plant
Chicago, May 31.—The announce
ment has been made that a $3,000,000
glucose plan! la to be erected at Wau
kegan, Ill., Independent of'the Corn
Prod acts company. It was said by A.
H. Kerstlrtg that the syndicate had
already been formed with a $3,000,000
capitalization and that enough money
had already been raised to begin the
erection of a modern glucose factory.
General Manager Murphy’s Condition.
Cincinnati, .May 31.—The condition
of W. J. Murphy, general manager of
the Queen ami Crescent route, who
stricken with paralysis yesterday
tending a rail
le, is reported
am easy way
and a sure way to treat a case of Sore
Throat in order to kill disease germs
and insure healthy throat action is to
take half a glassfull of water put into
. it a teaspoonful of
K Mexican Mustang
liniment
and with this gargle the throat et frequent intervals.
I Tbsu bathe the outside of the throst thoroughly with the llnf- »
mi nt and alter doing this nour some on a soft cloth and wrap/
around tho neck. It is a POSITIVE CURE.
25c., 50c. and 91-00 a bottle.
IT MAV DC Vnil have long been troubled with a running
II RnU Mil TUU sore or ulcer. Treat it at onco with Mcxl-
cun Mustang LUnment and you con depend upon a speedy cure. .
Petition for Incorporation.
GEORGIA—Sumteii County
To the Superior Court of said oounty: The
B itltlon ol Arthur Rylander. J. T. Stallings,
ave R. and E. Y. Andrews, all of said coun
ty, show,
FIRST.
That they and their associates, desire to
be incorporated and made a body corporate,
pursuaai to tbe laws of Georgia, under the
corporate name and style of the "Rvlander
Shoe Co.' for a term of twenty years, with
the privilege ot renewal.
SECOND.
That the purpose of said organization Is
pecuniary gain tothemembertMiereof. That
they desire to be Incorporated with a capital
stock ot Five Thousand Dollars, with stock
to be divided Into shares of the par value of
one hundred dollars each, all of whleh
amount has been paid in, and they desire
tbe privilege of Increasing said eaplial stock
to twenty five thousand dollars. That the
members of said organization-shall not be
Individually liable for tbe obligations of
said organization except to the extent of the
unpaid subecriptlon to stock,
THIRD,
That tbe principal office of said corporation
will be located In the city of Americus, said
state, and they ask that they may be permlt-
S ted to establish branch offices at such other
lace or places as they may desire. Thu
»ey desire to buy and sell shoes, bats, um
brellas, and such other articles or merchan
dise as they may see proper to handle; that
they also desire the right and privilege to
borrow and loan money, to buy, own. use and
sell real estate, to buy and sell stocks and
bonds, and to Issue bonds, and give and take
mortgages as secutlty for debt, and to do all
other things not inconsistent with law, which
they may deem proper and to the best Inter
est of said organization.
FOURTH.
Petitioners desire right to have and nsea „
.amnion teal, to sue and be sued, to plead Kent
and be Impleaded, to pass and enlorce by
laws not Inconsistent with tbe lawe of tbe
state, and as may be necessary in the man
agement of said buslneae; and generally to
do all things consistent with law, as may be
to carry out the purposes of said
. f*E MNH YLVAN1A POKE KYI
EIGHT PEARS OLD?
OLD BHAIll'E WILLIAMS
POUR FULL QUARTS OP THIS PIKE
OLD PURE RYE.
EXPRESS]
PREPAID.
dicalecoi
receive It and trstlt, If It is sot satis!ac-
old. Eight bottles I
a; lSbottles for W.60 exprei_
)n lug, express prepaid, I6.&0. fco-
js for boxing.
We'hanaie an ine leading brands of Rye
nd Bourbon Whiskies In the market, and
will save von W per ceat on vour purchases.
Quart. Gallon.
iccessary To carry out tbe purposes ol
rganlzaiion.
Wherefore they pray the court to grant an
order making said organization a body co:
porate In terms of the law, Id such casi
made and provided,
LANE A MAYNARD,
Petitioner* Attorneys.
Filed in office, tbls MayYVt^ Wta ^ jsg
Clerk Superior Court 8. C.
GEORGIA—SUIITER Codktt.
1,0. A. Chambliss. Clerk of the Superior
Court of Sumter county, do certify that the
above Is a correct and true copy of a Mil
lion Med In this office on the t7th day of May,
IK* C A. CHAMUL1S8,
Clerk Superior Court 8. C.
BAGLEY GROCERY CO.
SOLIS AGENTS
Star Bourbon#,
fiupce Bourbon w
Coon Hollow Bourbon. <5
Mellwooa Par* Bye to
Monogram R?e... »
McnnjerRn ft)
Bakers AAA A a
o. o. P. (Old Oscar Pepper).. «
Old Crow ;•••.. 7ft
Finches’ Golden Wedding 78
Hoffman House Rye B0
Mount Vernon (8 yearn old).. 1 00
(10yearn old).. *“
:«o
too
225
2 40
240
2 50
275
3 00
850
400
The above are on' y a lew brands ot tbe
many we carry In slock Send for catalogue.
All other goods by me gallon, euch as Corn
W Wemakea apeclnlly of the Jug trade and
all orders by manor telegTapb wfil have our
prompt attention. Special Inducements of-
The Altmayer &
Flatau Liquor Co.
mail order* shippedjeamelday^ecelpt
order.
506, 508,610,512Pourth-it.
Near Union Passenger Depot
Phone
Macon. - •
Henry Clay Flour
Ripe Peach Tobacco
Jones’ Lever Binders,
Mowers and|Rake«.
Bagiev Block. Opposite Courthouse
Here Is Your Chance!
The Coleman property on Lee street-
four aoree—fronting three atraea. Also
other city property and farma for tale.
H. T. VAVEJVPO'RT,
Real Ettate Agent.
MYRTLE SPRINGS.
Renowed for its Cold, Sparkling
Mineral Waters.
Beautiful Grovo; Splendid Plung
Batbi, New Bathing Suits provided
Everything first data. Write or call (
C. A. OR V. H. CHAMBLISS.
Americus, Ga.
(Nlc* Cottages on Ground, for Kent.)
H0LLY-:-SPRINGS!
j»o»
Southwe.t Georgia’s moat picturesque
pleasure resort
Now Open for The .Season.
The finest bathing: convenientbattho
Everything Brut-class. Large dancing
vlllon. Just twomlieu Boutbwc.t of Ac
cue. Enclosed bathing pool for ladles,
HANSFORD BROS.,