The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, February 07, 1908, Image 2
Georgia Briefs Items of State Interest Culled From Random Sources. Comptroller Issues Fi. Fas. Comptroller General Wright has Is sued tax ft. fas. against the Savannah Electric company for $11,596.88; the Brinson railway for $297.93, and against the Western Union Telegraph compa ny for $420.03. The executions were issued at the request oij the tax col lector of Chatham county for taxes al leged to be due the county. * * * Must Continue Conyers Train. The railroad commission has given Superintendent W. S. Brand of the Georgia railroad and the people in terested to understand that it would not permit the discontinuance by that road of the daily accommodation train between Conyers and Atlanta. Thfs announcement was made fol lowing the conclusion of the hearing on this subject. * * * Slayer of Policeman Doomed. Andrew' Johnson, the negro who kill ed Patrolman Manier in Atlanta, some months ago, will have to hang, accord ing to a decision of the state supreme court, handed down last Friday morn ing. The opinion was rendered by Justice Atkinson (all justices concur ring), and affirmed the decision of the lower court in refusing a new trial. * * * County Liable for Debt. In a decision handed down a few days ago by the state supreme court, Butts county’s liability to the Jackson Banking company for money loaned the county by the Lank is fixed. From February to October, 1906. the Jackson Banking company loaned Butts county about $48,000 on notes. All but some $19,000 was paid, then the county treasurer declined to pay any more of the amount on the ground that the county was not liable. ** ' * Big Power Company Projected. A company has been formed in Jesup with a capital of $300,000, for the pur pose of developing water power and generating electricity for manufactur ing purposes. The company will erect a cotton mill and a cotton seed oil mill and storage warehouses, and will build and operate an electric railway from Jesup to several other surrounding towns. Application for charter is now be ing prepared. The privilege of increas ing the capital stock to $500,000 is asked. * * * Postal Clerks Transferred. Twenty railway postal clerks and about $25,000 a year in salaries spent In Atlanta will be taken away as a re sult of changes recently made by the Southern railway in its train sched ules. Orders to this effect moving away from Atlanta this number of men have been issued by L. M. Terrell, superintendent of the United States railway mail service. Under the schedules as changed there was no other alternative for Su perintendent Terrell, and he was com pelled to have twenty clerks transfer red to Washington. * * * Appeals to State Supreme Court. B. C. Sloan, son-in-law of the late Rev. Sam P. Jones, has appealed from the decision of Judge Fite, in which he awarded the little grandson of the great evangelist to his grandmother, Mrs. Sam Jones, at Gartersville, for live years. In an effort to obtain possession of the baby his wife waived her claim to the boy to her mother, Mrs. Sam P. Jones, and Judge Fite, after reviewing the case, ordered the child to the care of Mrs. Jones, its grandmother. It is from this decision that Mr. Sloan appeals to the supreme court of the state. * * * Ocilia Declared County Seat. According to a decision handed down by the state supreme court, Ocilla will be the county seat of Ir win county instead of Irwinville, the old capital of the county. Following an act passed by the last legislature a new county, named Ben Hill, was created with Fitzgerald as the county seat, out of parts of the county of Irw'in and adjoining counties. Irwinville was at that time the county seat of Irwin county, and was left in the old county. A petition was got ten up, signed by the required number cf tax pavers, seeking to change the county site from Irwinville to Ocilla, also in the old county. On the oT the returns Ocilla won. Proceedings | were begun by certain citizens to stop I flie transfer of the county seat to I Ocilla, and in the lower court, Ocilla again won. The case was brought up for review, with the result that the lower court was sustained, and Ocilla won out again. * * • Uncle Sam Issues Liquor Licenses. From the records of the internal revenue office in Atlanta, information is gathered that since the first of Jan uary, 66 federal licenses have been issued for the retailing of spirituous and malt liquors in the state of Geor gia. The purpose for which these licenses are secured is of course not apparent. With a prohibition law operative in the state, making illegal the sale of intoxi-. eating liquors or beverages, the num ber of licenses issued by the federal authorities, expressing the permission of the national government for the holders of those licenses to do the thing which is prohibited by state law, becomes exceedingly interesting. A perusal of the internal revenue record of these licenses shows that most of them were issued to people who give Savannah as their place of business. Only four of the whole number are charged to Atlanta, with an additional license issued to a fish ing club located at Brooks Station in Fayette county. * * * Decision in Favor of State Fair. There will he a state fair at Pied mont Park in Atlanta this fall. The old machinery hall will he torn down this spring. These two things were agreed upon by the park board after a three-hour session, at which a num ber of prominent citizens, Including la dies, were heard from. There were ar guments against the holding of the fair at the park so all the old buildings might be removed, and there were ar guments for the holding of the fair for commercial reasons. The argument to tear down the old machinery hall came in the way of a compromise, as this will give room for the immediate beautifying of a portion of the park which will not he used for fair purposes. * * * Crime Decreases in Atlanta. Here is the record of Atlanta’s first month under prohibition. It speaks for itself: Total number of cases tried in police court in January, 1907, 1,663. Total number of drunks, 341. Total number of cases tried in Jan uary, 1908, 768. Total number of drunks, 64. The first month under the reign of prohibition shows a slump in police court business of 895 cases. The de crease in the number of cases of drunkenness is even greater than in the total number of cases. The police court acts as a splendid barometer and gives a good idea of the effects of the “dry” reign. A CYCLONIC STORM Swtopi Over Section of Mississippi, Kill ing a Number of People and Doing Great Damage to Property. Six persons were killed outright by a cyclone which laid waste a strip of farming country three-quarters of a mile wide and several miles long just north of Wesson, Miss., Friday. Three persons were probably fatally injured and many others were slightly hurt w'hen their homes were blown down. The cyclone struck about 4 o’clcok in the afternoon and for twenty miles in a northwesterly direction the wind tore a pathway nearly a miie wide, partly or wholly destroying near ly every building in this area. Scores of dead farm animals littered the cy clone’s track. Surrounding towns not in the direct path of the storm suffered damage dar ing the few minutes of its duration. At Georgetown buildings were blown down and at Hazelhurst two sawmills were destroyed, many fences and sev eral small buildings were blown over. Center Point reported much damage, but no loss of life. Martinsville, which was just on the edge of the storm, escaped without se rious damage. Darkness settled down so quickly after the cyclone that only an incom plete estimate of the destruction both to life and to property was obtained. GOVERNOR OF MONTANA RESIGNS. Toole to Vacate Executive Berth Because of Failing Health. A special from Helena, Montana, says: Governor Joseph K. Toole Sat urday tendered his resignation to Sec retarj of State Holder to take effect April 1, next, on account of ill health. The right kind of man doesn't go FORESTRY BILL GIVEN BOOST By Capituat oa of Speaker Joe Cannoa in Its Favor. WORKERS AT CAPITAL Meeting of Appalach an Association in Washington Attended—Vig orous Campaign Launched. That this nation has reached the point where it must decide whether it is to lose the use of the rivers in the east and sotuh through the non-pres ervation of forests wnich safeguard the water dtieds, was tile declaration of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, president of the American Forestry Association, which convened in Wash ington Wednesday. The secretary said that the rivers of the west were fairly well taken care of on account of forests. He expressed the hope that congress would take action to assure the beginning of the work of the preservation of the forests and the safeguarding of the watersheds. Speeches were made at the morning session by Gifford Pinchot, chief of the forest service; J. T. Rothrock, secretary of the Pennsylvania State Forestry Association, and others. John A. Walker, game and fish commission er of Alabama, said that his state was not only making wise laws to pre serve its forests, but is enforcing them. The membership of the association is 6,565, of which 1,735 were added during the past year. One of the objects of the convention is to further tho movement for the establishment of national forests in the White mountains and the South ern Appalachian range, a bill appro priating $5,000,000 for the creation of which is pending in congress. The territory to be set apart comprises about 5,000,000 acres in the south and 600,000 in the White mountains. To further this project, a hearing will be given before the committee on agriculture, to representatives from the states affected and also represen tatives of all societies interested in the preservation of the forests. At the afternoon session Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was re-eltcted president, and the following vice pres idents were chosen: Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of United States senate; B. E. Burnow, dean of the* Canadian School of Fores try; J. W. Pinchot, Washington, D. C.; W. J. Bachelder, master of the Na tional Grange; George F. Peabody, New York; George C. Pardee, Califor nia; Rutherford D. Haves, Ohio; Al bert Shaw, New York; W. W. Finley, Washington, D. C.; D. J. Rothrock, Pennsylvania; George T. Oliver and Dr. Van Heiss. Otto Leaukbert was elected treasurer. Three important resolutions were adopted, one recommending the pass age at this session of congress of the bill providing for the establishment of national forests in the White moun tains and the Appalachians; another providing for a census of the timber lands of the United States, and still another asking congress to enlarge the Hatch fund law, so that out of the receipts from the national forests an addition would be made to the fund, to be spent strictly on forestry educa tion and experiments. At the concluding session Wednes day night Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia announced the arrangements for the hearing before the house committee on the establishment of the proposed forests. Addresses were made by E. T. Watson, South Carolina; Professor L. C. Glenn, Vanderbilt University ; Harvey N. Shepard, Boston, and W. J, McGee, Washington. “Uncle Joe” Cannon, speaker of the national house of representatives, on Wednesday announced that the com bination of the Appalachian forest re serve people from the sotuh and the White mountain men from New' Eng land was so formidable that he could no longer defer the consideration of the Appalachian forest reserve bill. This means that the bill will be per mitted to come to a vote in the house. That it has not done so heretofore has been due to Speaker Cannon’s attitude exclusively. ITALIAN CONSULATE ESTABLISHED In City of Savannah With Senor Jom Cafeiro at Its Head. Senor Mose Cafeiro of Savannah, Ga., Wednesday received credentials appointing him Italian consul at that city. This is the first Italian consul ate to be established in Savannah. Se nor Cafeiro i.- also the consular repre sentative of Cuba. Southern Agricultural Topics. Modern Method* That Are Helpful to Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockman. The Artichoke. The younger generation is not so familiar with the artichoke as tvere our grandfathers, since it is not so extensively grown as it once was. But, as it is so exceedingly productive and thrives under adverse conditions, it might be made to supply a consider able amount of foed. There are, by the way, tw'o very unlike plants known as the artichoke. The one commonly known in this country is called the Jerusalem artichoke; it is one of the sunflower tribe and is grown for its thick, potato-like underground tubers. The other, or the true artichoke, is a plant allied to the cardoon and thistles, the edible part being the unopened flower head. It is often known as the globe, or burr, artichoke. The Jerusalem artichoke has been grown in this country for a long time and before potatoes were so extensively grown as they now are, these arti chokes were used on the table in the place of potatoes. They were either cooked or eaten raw. (A favorite way was to slice raw and eat with a vinegar dressing.) They are principally grown new for stock food, being especially rel ished by hogs that can root them out. An artichoke patch is the “place di vine” for the long-nosed breed of hogs in some of the Southern States. There is no reason why the arti choke might not prove far more use ful for stock food than it has yet been made. Since the plant is not particular as to the kind of soil on which it is growii (only the soil must be well drained, as wet soil will cause the tubers to rot) and as it has a tendency to become a weed in waste places, it can be of value in utilizing remote and little-used corners with out encroaching on the cultivated areas. It also has the ability to re sist drought, which makes it a good plant to grow in regions where rain fall is uncertain. The plant is propagated like the potato, by means of tubers, and the preparation of the soil and cultiva tion are the same as for potatoes. Also, like the potato and other root crops, it requires a liberal amount of available potash. This element should be supplied in the form of sulphate, when possible, and a good mixture to use on the artichoke field is one analyzing three per cent, ni trogen, eight per cent, phosphoric acid and eight per cent, potash, which should be worked into the soil before the seed is planted. Being a much larger plant than the potato, it re quires more room, and three feet apart is about the right distance for the hills. A great factor in favor of the arti choke is that it is free from attacks of insects and fungus growth. It is perfectly hardy and can be planted almost any time the ground is not frozen or too wet. In fact, it can be planted in the fall and depended upon to come up in the spring. The tubers are not injured if allowed to freeze in the ground, but are spoiled if frozen outside of the ground. The yield per acre is very large, often greater than potatoes in the same field. For furnishing a feeding ground for hogs and a relish for horses and sheep the arti choke can be commended.—D. I. Duncan, Virginia, in the Southern Planter. Corn in the South. Mr. A. J. Legg need not worry much about the Williamson method of corn-growing. Mr. Williamson at tributes his success to his “humiliat ing” the corn by stopping the culti vation for a time, while in fact it is the improvement he has made in his soil through the use of cow-peas and the heavy fertilization he applies that makes the corn. Mr. Williamson will have to get very fancy prices for his corn to make it pay to use fertilizers as heavily as he does. I have never made it pay to use a complete ferti lizer on corn—that is, a fertilizer containing a due percentage of nitro gen. It will make more corn if the season is favorable, but the extra corn will be made at a cost that is not profitable. The Alabama station tried the Wil liamson method of growing corn and reports it a failure so far as any profit is concerned. I agree with Mr. Legg that thirty-three tons per acre of ensilage is hard to believe. I have made thousands of tons of en silage, and have growm corn on very fertile bottom lands in the South, making as heavy a growth of corn as I ever saw (and corn grows heavier in the South than at the North) and yet I never had by actual weight much over twenty tons per acre as the maximum, and I do not believe heavier corn grows anywhere. But my tons were actually weighed on the scales as the corn was brought to the cutter. Most of these extra heavy yields are estimated. Farmers really believe they have made the | yield, but if they had aclit:..!. : 1 weighed the corn and measured the land as 1 did they would agree with me that twenty tons per acre is as much ensilage as can usually be made under the most favorable conditions, and there is more corn which makes ten tons or less than makes twenty tons. The corn crop is the place for the home-made manures, and when one makes enough to cover his corn field he will not need to buy any commer cial fertilizers except phosphoric acid and potash, and these only on the legume crops of peas or clover. It is not the actual yield of corn or en silage per acre that pays, but the yield that is made in the most prac tical and economical way. Any one can make a big crop of corn on a small piece of land if no regard is paid to the cost, but the farmer who is dependent on his farming for a living must as wide a margin as possible beflween cost and selling value of a sale crop.—W. F. Massey, in the Country Gentleman. Food Value of Eggs. Popular belief to the contrary, there is no difference in the nutritive Qualities of eggs with dark shells and those with light. Their flavor is affected by the food of the fowl for good or for evil. Exhaustive ex periments by well-equipped investi gators prove that the egg deserves its reputation as an easily assimilated and highly nutritious food, if eaten raw or lightly cooked. Such experi ments also show that eggs at twelve cents a dozen are a cheap source of nutrients; at sixteen cents somewhat expensive, and at twenty-five cents and over highly extravagant. The basis of comparison was the market prices of standard flesh foods considered in relation to their nutri tive elements. But there is a physi ological constituent of eggs which is of great value, yet it defies the search of the scientist or the inquisi tion of the statistician, and that is their palatability. Unless a food, however rich in proteins, is relished, it loses much of its value, while, per contra, a less chemically desirable food that is enjoyed becomes valu able by reason of that fact.—South ern Planter. A Good Stand of Vetch. While over in South Carolina, W. W. Smith, of Anderson County, showed us a patch of vetch, where the stand was perfect, which had been reseeding itself for three years and from the stand he had there seemed to be no indication of it “running out.” It was four years old this fall, since seed were sown on this land, and the stand was as thick or thicker than the first year. He grows oats and vetch or rye and vetch upon this land and then a crop of corn and peas each year. It is certainly refreshing to see something growing in the winter, when so many of our fields are bare; especially a crop so reliable and easily grown as vetch.—Southern Cultivator. Molasses a Good Feed. The Maryland Experiment Station made some exhaustible experiments in feeding molasses last year, the re sults of which are published in Bul letin 117, from which the facts here stated are quoted. These results show that the addition of molasses to a ration has a tendency to increase the digestibility of both hay and grain feeds. This, coupled with the gen erally observed fact that molasses contributes toward making feeds more palatable, and also acts as an appetizer, gives to molasses a rela tively high place as a stock food, and makes it more valuable than its an alysis alone would indicate. Appetizer For Horses. An appetizer recommended by Dr. C. D. Smead for addition to grain rations of horses which seems a little out of condition and lacking in appe tite, is made as follows: Equal parts powdered charcoal, baking soda, gin ger and common salt with one-half part of powdered gentian root. He claims that the grain ration with this addition will answer the purpose of some of the high-priced medicinal stock foods—Southern Planter. 1 i Later Particulars. Alexander the Great was explain ing to the reporters how the story originated that he had wept because there were no more worlds for him to conquer. “That ridiculous yarn.” he said, “was started by a reactionary who happened to see me wiping a cinder out of my eye. But I’ve separated him from his job in the Treasury De partment, all light, all right.” Feeling satisfied that he could leave the verdict to impartial history, he dismissed the reporters with a wave cf the imperial hand.—Chicago Tri* i. sue. A _*i