The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, July 16, 1909, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextHenry County Weekly. R. L. JOHNSON, Editor. Entered at the pastofllce at McDon« ough a 8 second class mail matter. Advertising Rates: SI.OO per inch per month. Reduction on standing contracts by special agreement. Charity should not be blamed for all the queer dances that are given in its name, warns the Chicago News. Confidence Is a plant of slow growth, observes the Christian Register, but for a business man or a minister it is u most valuable asset. Says the Springfield Union: It is desirable that the letting of boats to persqns incompetent to manage them should be discouraged, and perhaps this end can best be attained through a licensing system, putting every per son in the business of letting boats In danger of losing his privilege if he disregarded the regulations laid down. That “white woodchuck with pink eyes,” whose capture is reported from North Andover in the common wealth of Massachusets, must be that same “groundhog” who annually on Candlemas day comes forth from his hole, looks around, sometimes sees his shadow and sometimes does not, and incidentally causes so much comment in the newspapers. He should be released at once, demands the New Haven Register, for he is an indispensable institution. Referring to the gasoline stench so often left in the wake of automo biles, a French traveler said to the Washington Post: “What is the mat ter with your health bureaus? Do your health otiicers have an idea that gas oline fumes are beneficial to the gen eral health and welfare? Gasoline fumes are poisonous. What's the mat ter with you people? Why don't you protest against this nuisance? Those guilty of the fume nuisance are ar rested in Paris and other parts of Eu rope.” The fact is, the horrors cf war are 'being brought to the attention of a multitude of "average citizens” all over the world by the growing econo mic strain of preparation for war, af firms the Providence Journal. That such preparation may be charged off to insurance against the war does not moderate the feeling that it is prov ing altogether too costly. That war is not the worst of evils may be ad mitted without relieving discontent at the obvious evils apparently made necessary for its prevention. No one will protened, argues the Philadelphia Inquirer, that in and of themselves the ancient Greek and Ro man writers furnish a pabulum that is directly and immediately practical for those who do not expect to teach them. They.have their merits as liter ature, but the study of them products some very "practical results.” The young man who is able to read In the orignal with more or less ease the dra mas of Aeschylus or the Odes of Hor ace has passed through a mental dis cipline which, if he have any adapta bility at all, will be of use to him as much in a mining camp, a steel mill or grocery store as in a lecture room. He has been obliged to put the gray material in his brain to very diversi fied hses and has accomplished the task of adjusting his mind to abstruse with definite results. It is a fact that many of the most successful men in business today have studied the clas sics. The English may be looked upon as the most successful administrators of the world, the men who have gone farthest and accomplished most. Yet the men of England who have done things were early schooled in the classics to a degree that would be im possible here. It is not Plautus or Ter ence or Sappho that is being studied so much as that the mind is being plowed and harrowed and developed so as to seize the exact situation in any given set of circumstances. The American young men who omit clas sical study are one-sided and these are they who suffer most in those per iods of depression wnen the “engi neers,” as most scientifically trained young men are called, are not need ed, and they can do nothing outside their narrow self-imposed limitations. Southern Agricultural Topics. MetliocL Tha! Are Helpful to Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockman. Hints About Plowing and Cultivation. la turning clover or any green crop do not aiffi to flop it completely over, but edge vs the furrows. No matter if the clover is not all hidden. If it is turned under flat there is dan ger that the layer of vegetation will cut off the rise of the capillary moist ure and the crop may suffer in dry weather. Hence, I would edge up the fur rows even if there is a good deal of trash left on top. It will do no harm there. Then determine pnee for all that you will turn the turning plow out of the field entirely after the crop is planted. Harrow well before It comes up. Then use the weeder both ways and destroy the weeds when small and save hoeing. There is no need for hoe or plow in the cornfield if you work it right. Cultivate perfectly level and shal low and do not make furrow's around the hill to fill with water and start gullies when they break over. Above all, see that the plowing is deep and that a bed of loose soli is made to re tain the water and not let it run down hill. If all our hills on the Pie'dmont country were plowed and subsoiled a foot or more In all, there would never be any need for a terrace if when the land w r as broken there was always some dead vegetation to turn under to hold the soil together. It is shallow plowing and the lack of humus-making material that have made terraces necessary. The good farmer will soon be able t.n dispense with them, as he will dispense with the purchase of nitrogen for his crops. Good plowing and shallow and level cultivation will go a long way toward that getting of SSOO more a year from the soil. In fact, I believe that with the great awakening in farming in the South w r e are going to have several times that $5 00 on Southern farms. Then, too, do not be beguiled into stunting your crops of corn or cotton. Stunting the growth of a plant can never do any good. What the crop needs is plant food in the soil and good, clean cultivation and no tearing of the'roots with a plow or sweep stock. Level and shallow cultivation is just as important with the cotton crop, too, as with the corn crop, for the roots of both run far and wide across the rows. Then do not walk four times through every row, but get a two horse cultivator and ride through once and leave the row better culti vated. Save the human labor wher ever you can. The weeder will save as much in the cotton crop as in the corn field. Run both ways, it will break the crust and kill the little weeds and you will only have to hoe to a stand. The hoe has been well called the most expensive tool on the farm, for every hoe needs a man, and one man with a weeder can do more than ten men with hoes. In one section where the farmers have pretty well abandoned the ridg ing up of their corn in laying by I found the same men hilling up their tobacco, which needed it no more than the corn. When you cannot get close to the tobacco with a mule, a garden rake will clean it faster and better than a hoe if the weeds were not allowed to get a strong start. More mule work and less hand work should be the aim of every Southern farmer, making machines take the place of human hands.—Pro fessor Massey. Must Have Pastures Growing Things. If the South is to have pastures that will produce sufficient feed for live stock to make the business profit able, there are a few errors common among us which must be avoided. We have often insisted on the ne cessity for the pastures being real • pastures. That is, that the growth of other than forage plants be pre vented, and that forage plants of known value be planted and made to grow. Otherwise we shall have no pasture. But something more is nec essary to success. After we have gone to the expense of clearing up old fields and putting in forage plants, it should be plain to any one that these plants should be alloived to get a start and make some considerable grow’th before being grazed, and that at no time should more stock be put on a pasture than the regular growth of forage will amply feed. We generally put twice as many ani mals on a pasture as it wull graze properly, it is also a fact that our pastures are usually overrun with weeds, briers and bushes, while grass is scarce. The reason is not difficult to find. Nothing is done to keep dow r n the weed, while the grass and other forage plants are kept eaten close to the ground. The forage plants don’t get a fair chance. They are not only prevented from making a vigorous growth by being eaten off close to the ground, but they are smothered by the weeds and other useless plants. Under such condi tlons is it any wonder that the weeds run out the forage plants, and that a pasture with us is so frequently “a place where grass does not grow?” Briefly, then, if we want to get a part of that SSOO more a year hv grazing live stock, let us first clean up our idle lands, fence thenj and plant forage crops, then keep dow'n the weeds for a few months and finally turn on them such live stock as will be amply supplied with a con stant growth of forage. Provide the feed before getting the live stock, but when you have the feed then give it to the sort of live stock that will pay the most for what they consume.—Southern Cultivator. Shallow Cultivation is Best. Even In land broken only four or five inches deep, the roots of corn, for instance, go down much farther, and in loose, alluvial soils go to the depth of three or four feet: but in all soils by far the greater number of feeding roots are to be found in the top six inches, or that which has been broken and cultivated. It, therefore, follows that cultivating as deep as three inches, qfter the crop has made any considerable growth, must injure to a great extent the roots of the plants. Since three inches is the depth best suited for conserving moisture, some of the injury done in breaking the roots when the corn crop is cultivated three inches deep, is probably com pensated for by the greater amount of moisture saved for the use of the crop. In wet weather w'e feel quite cer tain more shallow cultivation would be better. In fact, in damp w'eather there seems to be considerable evi dence to show that to merely keep the weeds down is all that is necessary. In dry weather the roots probably go deeper, and since about three-inch cultivation saves most moisture, prob ably somewhere near that, but not deeper, is the best depth to cultivate when moisture is scarce. Of course, root cutting will do most harm when there is lack of moisture; therefore, as a general rule, probably the crops should not be cultivated more than two inches deep any time during the latter stages of thoir growth. There fore, the turning plow, or any other implement which goes deeper than from one and one-half to tvyo and one half inches is injurious to the crop and is unnecessary if the proper methods of preparation and cultiva tion have been followed. While the plants are small, grass and weeds must be kept down or serious in jury to the crop will result; but after the crop has made considerable growth and filled the soil with its roots, the breaking of these roots by a cultivation such as is necessary to kill a heavy growth of grass, may do more harm to the crop than would the grass. This again calls attention to the necessity for frequent cultiva tion, when the plants are small, and when it can be done cheapest, in or der to prevent “getting in the grass” and making necessary deep cultiva tion after the roots of the crops have filled the soil. There is still another reason for shallow, frequent and early cultiva tion, which is generally overlooked by the avera'ge farmer. Most weeds are small and only germinate and grow when brought near the surface of the ground. If the ground be stirred often, but only to shallow depth, all the weed seeds in the top soil quickly germinate and are killed. After that is accomplished it is much easier to keep the crop clean. Deep cultivation, on the other hand, brings up a fresh supply of iveed and grass seeds to produce a fresh crop. Shal low cultivation can be done three times as often, especially while the crop is young, because it can be done three times as fast and at one-third the expense, and at the same time brings about conditions which result in a small crop of weeds and kills those that do come when it can be done easiest. In none of the affairs of life is the old adage, “a stitch in time saves nine,” more clearly true than in the killing of grass and weeds in our crops.—Progressive Farmer. Spui-s For Poultrymen. Have you planned to build that comfortable poultry house yet? Provide a variety of the necessary foods for your poultry, and don’t feed only one kind. Sell off some of your old mongrel stock, and invest the money in pure bred eggs or stock. f’lace a few moth balls in each nest box, to keep away body lice from hens. Dust hens before and during setting with good lice pow r der. See if you can find an up-to-daj:e breeder, one who has good stock, and uses printers’ ink to tell it, who has I not more demand for stock and eggs ■ than he can supply. Room for plenty more breeders.—Mrs. J. C. Deaton. LATE NEWS_NOTES. General. Mrs. S. R. Talley, widow of the late Rev. Talley, of Gainesville, Geor gia, is dead from the effects of ivy poisoning. Mrs. Talley visited Chat tahoochee park recently and while gathering wild flowers unknowingly plucked a handful of ivy, carrying it home with her. The poison of the vine entered her system. After sev eral days of intense suffering she died. . Spontaneous combustion in the hay lofts in the stables on the Vander bilt estate, Biltmore, N. C., started a fire which threatened the extensive dairies. The Asheville department was called out, but the fire chief was excluded by the gatekeeper at the dairy because he was in an automo bile. There is a rule prohibiting au tomobiles, save thase of the Vander bilts, entering the grounds. The Italiap consul at New Orleans has wired to Governor Sanders, of Louisiana, urging the state to protect the lives ar.u property of the Italians of Bossier parish, where, because of the murder of a well known citizen several days ago, feeling is high against the Italians and threats have been made to rid the parish of them. An “ex-slaves’ union,” the fidst or ganization of its kind in the world, was founded recently at Augusta, Ga., at the Shiloh Orphanage for ne gro children. The purpose of the club is lo encourage politeness, thrift and sobriety among the negroes. It was started with about 100 members, and “Uncle Dan’’ McHorton, founder and father of the famous Shiloh Orphan age, was elected president. Victory for the near-beer men was the result of a test case made In the Chattanooga, Tenn., city court. The police department made a strong fight, but the testimony cf J. L. Wal ton, who stated on the stand that he drank 25 glasses before breakfast and was able to appear in court in a per fectly sober condition , threw the weight of the evidence against Chief of Police McMahon and his men. Fifty years ago a small, barefoot boy walked into the drug store of Dr. R. Harwell at Thomaston, Ga. On the floor by the counter he spied a $5 bill. The boy picked up the bill, put it in his pocket and walked out. A few days ago Mrs. J. W. Payne, of Atlanta, received a check for $33.34, her share of SIOO, repaying to herself ar.d her two sisters, with interest, the $5 bill picked up a half century be fore in her father’s store at Thomas ton. It is a story of “conscience mon ey.” and Mrs. Payne, is now in pos session of all the facts except the present address of the man whose sensitive conscience had led him so amply to repay the “find” of his boy hood. France has refused to recognize Benjamin Franklin as the inventor of the lightning-rod. claiming that that honor belongs to a French physician named Jacques de Romas, w’ho, in 1750, two years before Franklin, an nounced a means of diverting light ning. The French gcademy of science ill 17G4 recognized Romas’ claim priority, and now President Fallieres has accepted the presidency of a com mittee formed to erect a monument to Romas, the real inventor of the lightning-red. ■> Two strange women in an automo : bile have created a new mystery by calling at the home of Comptroller Herman A. Metz in New York City, and leaving a package containing $675 to be applied to the “Conscience Fund of Manhattan.” The comptroll er has been unable to think of any one who owes the borough that amount and who is afraid to have it known. For thirty-two years W. J. Steeg, a democrat, postmaster at Limedale, Indiana, has hoped in vain that some republican would get into that town and get his job. The office did not pay much, anyhow, and on the Fourth of July Steeg threw up the job. He war, appointed postmaster there by President Hayes. A democrat will be his successor, because Limedale Is still without a republican voter. Judge Everton J. Conger, who led the detail of soldiers that captured J. Wilkes Booth after the assassination of President Lincoln, was probably fa tally injured by being run over by an automobile at Dillon, Mont. Washington. The new one-cent piece, bearing the head of President Lincoln, will be issued by the treasury department from the mint at Philadelphia, begin ning cn August 1 next. It is expected that by that time a sufficient supply of these coins will have been accu mulated to meet all demands. Southern senators scored in the senate when they secured the adop tion of the amendment providing for a drawback on cotton ties. This drawback on ties is of very large im portance to the cotton planters. They will .be able as the result of its provisions to get back 99 per cent of the duties on cotton ties shipped abroad. It was announced at the Japanese embassy that Ambassador Togoro Ta kahira has not been recalled by his government, that he was going home cn leave and would return to his post in this country within a short time. It is reported from Bulawaice, JRho desia, that General Louis Botha, pre mier of the Transvaal, at the request o? the South African National con vention, will offer the chartered South Africa Company $100,000,000 for the purchase of Rhodesia by Uni ted South Africa. Charles J. Magness, husband of the daughter of the late Senator Gorman, of Maryland, will be released from the naval prison at Portsmouth. N. H.. on July 16. - Magness was sen tenced to a year’s imprisonment for desertion. Thousands Kate Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; y , j a brick dust sedi ment, or settling, . i strin «y or lu ilky \W/\ i i 1/ appearance often Vi=&\ftSri.p7/ jJk | indicates an un- J h ea itiiv concff "Tul \I / 1 2 t * on *k e kid sajA \ y iff neys; too fre quent desire to - pass it or pain in the back are also symrptoms that tell you the kidneys and bladder are out of order and need attention. What To Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy, fulfills almost every wish in correcting rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. Corrects inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne cessity of being compelled to go often through the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest be cause of its remarkable health restoring prop- ; erties._ If you need a medicine you should [SHSJS2;"** have the best. Sold by druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes. Home ot &-&mp-Koot. You may have a sample bottle sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing hamton, N. Y. Mention this paper and remember the name, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp- Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. «3aHaaaaa3aaaHaßqaaaßaaaaaii;BiauEaßa CTTTIS3 Goughs,Colds, CROUP, WhoopingCmgli This remedy can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. It contains no opium or other harmful drug and may be given as confi dently to a baby as to an adult. Price 25 cents, large size 50 cents. RORATABLE A N D STATI ON ART AND BOILERS liw, La»h and Shinerle Mill*, Injeotora, Tamps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, •halts, Palls/*, Baiting, Gasollns Suglaas. earmjtoce LOMBARD, fMidjj, Hithiaa and Bolin Works and Supply Star* AUAUSTA, OA. iKILLTHE cough! | amp eu REtwelu »BCS| hixuaiK* IfSBpSWWj i FORfSiKHi sowiodf 1 { | MD All THROAT ANP WMC TROUBLES! IG if A NTEFD SA7YS%4€rOf}Y I l. | Of? MO KEY RSFUAfDED. | While walking on the street in «canton. Pa.. Mrs. Sarah Hughes felt a shock and discovered that lighr -ii'i nad struck the “rat” in her hair and demolished it. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought sjnatureof NIGHT RIDER TRIALS POSTPONED. Court at Union City Adjourns Until September. Union City, Tenn.—Xo effort was made to secure the release of the forty men in jail, indicted as mem bers of the band of night riders, who murdered Captain Quentin Rankin, when court convened, and an adjourn ment was taken until September postponing the trials until fall. Arthur Gloar, one of the men, is said to have contracted typhoid fever in jail at Jackson, and was ordered tiansferred here.