Newspaper Page Text
r<
\i u-ijL
J§m>v 1 ^ Nb $ m
t. ip
P§| . wm ... >)
W^-eat Bran.
Wheat bran is a most excellent food
for stock of all kinds, but to be fed
at its best advantage it should be
used in connection with some other
food. In feeding horses it is often
times a good plan to mix a little of the
bran with their oats. This will com¬
pel them to eat it muc-h slower and is
quite sure to stop a horse that is a
“hoggish” eater from bolting his food.
Grow Good Horses.
The following item, from the Okla¬
homa Farmer shows how profitable
this business 'could be made.
When a grade gelding sells in Chica¬
go for $660 at auction, as happened a
few days ago, it indicates that breed¬
ing good horses has not become un¬
profitable by any means. Good horses
always bring good prices and farmers
who breed poor stock stand in their
own light. ,
The Ewes in Summer.
During the summer months, if you
are fortunate enough to have good pas¬
turage on your farm, there is little or
no need of giving the ewes any grain.
If the pasturage is short then they will
need some additional food and don’t
forged to look out for the lambs in
this matter. Build a “creep” for them
In which they can easily get to feed,
but have it so built that the mature
sheep cannot get into it. Inside the
•“creep” feed a variety of grains,
. such as ground oats, shorts, oil meal,
corn meal or bran and feed it to them
from a trough.
Chicken Cholera.
This is a disease that is liable to
make trouble among the poultry at this
time of the year. An excellent pre¬
ventive, as well as remedy, is what is
known as the Douglass mixture. It is
made by putting eight ounces of sul¬
phate of iron into a jug, or glass bot¬
tle, with two gallons of water, after
which add one fluid ounce of sulphuric
acid. A teaspoonful of this mixture is
put into each pint of the drinking wat¬
er. It is one of the best tonics that
can be given to the hens, and it is a
good plan to use it at all times whether
the hens are sick or well.—New York
Witness.
Daity Form Is Important.
Seeing the intimate relation between
dairy form and production, many dairy
men have sought to improve their
herds by selecting what may be called
extreme dairy form. "M^pr-ive select¬
ed the “V” shaped eft-east and narrow'
wethers, and lost sight of the fact
that while so doing they have in the
highest degree brought the four legs
close together and narrowed the dis¬
tance from side to side between the
shoulders, -which has made the chest
capacity so small that respiration and
heart action are weakened. Extreme
dairy form has limits which may not
he safely passed without hazard. Give
more attention to the development of
the dairy habit and not quite so much
to the form.—Prof, Thomas Shaw.
Vitality of Alfalfa Seed.
A remarkable test of the vitality of
alfalfa seed Is reported in Bulletin
.
No. 110 of the Colorado Agricultural
Experiment (Station, It is generally
considered that seed must be perfect¬
ly new in order to come up freely. In
Bulletin No. 35 of the experiment sta¬
tion some tests were given of seeds
ranging from one to six- years old.
Dr. Headden has retained samples of
the same seed and tests have been
again made when the seeds has been
from eleven to sixteen years old, and
the tests have shown that from eighty
eight to ninety-six percent germinated.
The screenings showed less vitality,
the first quality of screening running
from fifty to 791-2 percent; second
quality, thirty-eight percent, and third
quality forty percent.
Alfalfa Practicable.
Prof. W. J. Frazier of the University
*>f Illinois in a recent interview- on al¬
falfa as a forage crop said:
“Alfalfa is one of the best crops to
prow for soiling, for two reasons:
!Be sure it furnishes a larger amount of
nutriments per acre than any other
(crop grown and because it grows up
rapidly after being cut off and fur¬
nishes a continuous supply of green
feed. When a fair sized field is cut
over, a portion each day as needed for
feed the first side of the field is ready
for cutting again. Under proper con¬
ditions this crop will yield four tons
Of hay per acre. With a yield of four
tons it furnishes more than twice as
much protein as clover at three tons
per acre and about three times as much
protein as corn at sixty bushels per
acre. Many farmers have failed in
attempting to grow alfalfa, but it has
Been proven repeatedly in most sec
fcions of Illinois that alfalfa can be
grown successfully if attention is giv¬
en to limeing, inoculating the soil
and getting all the conditions right.”
Squash beetles Bugs amir and Beetler Le
Jn“ Rose MndyZalidS som. a^Taii" in
and in
t) causa vary serious injury. It Is
difficult to destroy these insects either j
with poison or a whole oil soap solu¬
tion. and, as a rule it would pay to
shield more highly prized plants by
covering them with mosquito netting.
The striped cucumber beetle and the
nauseous squash bug begin operations
about this time. Young plants can be
protected by a while from troth with
light screens. Tray the squash bug
under shingles laid near the plants,
and kill the bugs each morning. The
striped cucumber beetle is held in
check by spraying with a poisoned
Bordeaux mixture or even dusting
heavily with land plaster or ashes.
The asparagus beetles and their
grubs are frequently abundant at this
time and young plants at least should
be thoroughly protected with a pois¬
oned spray.
The young of two of our common
scale insects, the scurfy scale and oys
ler scale, appear the latter part of May
or early in June, and there is no bet¬
ter way of keeping them in check
than by thoroughly spraying at this
lime with an insecticide like the whale
oil soap solution, one pound to five
or six gallons of water, or the stand¬
ard kerosene emulsion, diluted with
about nine parts of water.
How to Grow China Asters.
The china aster is one of the best
hardy plants for cut flowers and for
planting in the garden. Transplant
from seed beds for summer flowers.
Seeds sown in the open border in May
give strong plants later in the season.
Try w-oed ashes to overcome the root
aphis which often attacks the aster.
Plants of china aster should be
transplanted when they are three or
four inches high. From this time on,
to get best results, some little care
must be shown. In transplanting, see
that as much earth clings to the roots
as possible, or, if purchasing plants,
have them dug carefully.
Prepare the hole to receive the lifted
plant so that it will be big enough to
take in the ball of earth and deep
enough to allow of the plant being half
an inch deeper in the ground than it
was in the seed bed, cover with fine
soil to the level of the bed and press
gently about the roots; not too hard,
or you might break the delicate roots.
Always transplant after sundown and
after rain if possible. If it must be
done in the nn/rning put a teacupful
of water in each hole and shade from
the sun for a day cr two.
All that is necessary to do after
transplanting is to keep down the
weeds, and keep the surface soil open
and porus by frequent raking—at least
twice a week—rake very lightly near
the plants so as not to disturb the
roots. In a very dry season water the
plants from time to time, giving a
large cupful to each one and rake af¬
terwards.—Indianapolis News.
Farm Notes.
Success in the poultry business does
not depend upon luck; it is pluck that
counts.
In using manure for a top dressing
only, much of the fertilty is dissipated
into the air.
Pure-bred fowls are not always stan¬
dard-bred, but all standard-bred fowls
must necessarily be pure-bred.
When desired to fatten rapidly there
is nothing better than good commeal.
Give all they will eat up clean.
When the chickens are off their feed
and do not eat with an apparent relish
increase the exercise and change the
bill of fare.
A stiff wagon tongue is a boon to
the farm or draft horse, It prevents
sore necks, because there is no weight
to be borne.
A hen pays in proportion to the
number of eggs she produces; there¬
fore, it is an item to feed so as to
secure plenty of eggs.
The use of inferior bulls and stal¬
lions should be discouraged by the
farmers. They can do this by pat¬
ronizing the really good males.
In arranging the nests, have them
arranged conveniently for the hens
so that in getting in and out there will
be little danger of bceaking the eggs.
You cannot make a low-headed horse
look toppy and stylish by reining with
a tight rein, nor improve the style
of a lofty-headed fellow’s appearance.
The proper time to begin to handle
a colt is the first time you see it. The
sooner you begin to teach it submis
sion and gain its confidence the bet
ter.
In Scotland, where there are many
successful sheep raisers the rams are
allowed to run with the ewes night and
day, and as a rale receive an extra
feed.
Look for brains as well as feet,
limbs or body when buying a horse.
An animal that is sound in every mem
ber but has not a ievel head is never
a pleasant horse and seldom a valua¬
ble one.
Some breeders claim that a horse
"''j * -n 8 n?" !l “f U,, th<i ' i!S ' , tOI> of '" his ll
I rare >
i , £££, , a M ' S iti "’f liucjilgent <»
1 ana an( j Kina t , n ,j
ENTERPRISE, COVINGTON, GA.
CONCRESS PRAISED
By the President in Letter to
Representative Watson.
DOCUMENT IS PUBLISHED
The Republican Campaign Committee
Utilizes It as an Endorsement.
Speaker Cannon’s Work is
Highly Approved.
A letter written by President Rooso
veit to Congressman Watson or
Rushville, lnd., reviewing ancl approv¬
ing of the work of the present con¬
gress and declaring “to change the
leadership and organization of the
house at this time means to bring
confusion upon those who have suc¬
cessfully engaged in the working of
great and comprehensive schemes
for bottling our social and civic
condition,” was made public at New
York Monday through the republican
congressional campaign committee.
The president also declared that such
a condition would result in hurtful os¬
cillation between the extreme radical
and the extreme reactionary posi¬
tions. The president said also that
he hoped the present congress would
enact laws prohibiting political con¬
tributions by corporations, lowering
the duties on imports from the Philip¬
pines • and limiting the number of
hours for railway employees.
Of the tariff Mr. Roosevelt says:
“We stand unequivocally for a pro¬
tective tariff ancl we feel that the phe¬
nomenal industrial prosperity which
we are now enjoying is not lightly
to he jeopardized, for it would be to
the last degree foolish to secure here,
and there a small benefit at the cost
of general business depression.
“But whenever a given rate or
schedule becomes evidently disadvan¬
tageous to the nation because of
changes which go on from year to
year in our conditions and where it
is feasible to change this rate or
schedule without too much disloca¬
tion of the system, it will be done,
while a general revision of the rates
and schedules will be undertaken
whenever it shall appear to the sober
business sense of our people that on
the whole the benefits to be derived
from making such changes will do
more good than harm. The cry that
the problem can be met by any
changes in the tariff represents con¬
sciously or unconsciously an effort to
take public attention away from the
real issue.”
Mr. Roosevelt then enters on a re
j view of the work of congress and
the important measures passed by it,
measures which, he declares,^are im¬
portant, not in a partisan sense, but
are important because they subserve
the welfare of the people as a whole.
Of the Panama canal he expresses
the opinion that it is the colossal
engineering feat of all ages ani the
credit for the acquisition of the canal
strip is given to congress.
(Strong approval is expressed of the
attitude of congress toward the up
building of the navy and then the
president takes up tiie measures deal
ing with government regulation of
business. The “tremendous social and
industrial changes in our nation,” he
says, “have rendered the government
needful to use its power over cor¬
porate wealth in interstate business,
t , is not too much to say that the
course of congress w ithin I he las'
few years and the hearty agreement
between the executive and executive
departments of the nation in taking
the needed action each within its
sphere have resulted in the nation
for the first time definitely entering
on the career of proper performance
of duty In these matters.
“We will do everything we can to
further the interests of the fanner and
wage workers,” he declares, “and this
declaration is subject to only one
provision, and that is that no man
shall do mything wrong.”
SIXTY-FIVE PER CENT YIELD.
Such is Calculation Anent Cotton Crop
in Georgia.
The yield of the cotton crop of tiie
state of Georgia will not average over
65 or 70 per cent, according to thj
statement of officials of the state agri¬
cultural department. The crop has
been seriously affected by the dry, hot
weather that has followed copious
rain - > -
Speaking of the yield, State Com
missioner Hudson said: “The crop has
been ( l llite deceptive, but I learn that
} he sap ^ a ' 5 pifen in the stalks w hich j
>
ha ’ e them very large and prom- ;
ls,ns - but tb< - hot weather has caused |
the bIoom t0 b e very small, and I do !
not see how the present crop can aver- j
age more than 60 per cent, probablv :
70 per cent, in the most favorable sec- !
Hons.” f 1
WILL REACH OVER A MILLION.
-
Wrecked Chicago Bank Was Hard Hit
by Embezzling Officials.
Bank Examiner Jones in ids report
to the auditor of public accounts on
Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, of
Chicago - estimates the total defalca
"° n ”>» ^nicnlatioa of «,»
»«*>« - <*• bank by Prudent
Stonsland to be one million dollars,
2 ^ p 0ss n,iy more.
CONVENTION BIFFS BRYAN
I Illinois Democrats Refuse to Comply
With His Demand to Oust Com
mitteeman Sullivan.
By a vote of 1,038 to 570, the demo¬
cratic convention of Illinois, in ses¬
sion it Peoria. Tuesday, placed upon
the table the request of William J.
Bryan for the resignation of Roger
C. Sullivan from the national com¬
mittee.
Despite the fact that Mr. Bryan had
declared that he did not wish to be
endorsed unless Sullivan were repudi¬
ated, the convention declared him to
be the one and only man capable of
leading the party to victory in 100$.
The endorsement of Mr. Bryan and
the tabling of the motion calling for
the resignation of Mr. Sullivan came
at the close of a most exciting con¬
vention, in which there were several
fights, and throughout which confus¬
ion reigned supreme. The committee
on resolutions declined to report a
plan calling for the resignation of
Sullivan, and the debate followed upon
a motion made in the convention by
Judge Owen Thompson of Jacksonville
calling for Sullivan’s resignation, it
had been agreed that each side should
have forty-five minutes in which to
present its side of the case, and Judge
Thompson was the first advocate of
the cause of Mr. Bryan.
He allowed his feelings to carry
him somewhat to an extreme and
aroused the hostility of Sullivan's
friends by the unsparing manner in
which he dwelt upon the last demo¬
cratic convention at Springfield. He
strode up and down the platform, his
face white with wrath and his form
shaking with the intensity of his feel¬
ing. His caustic criticism finally lost
him the ear of tine* convention and
he might never have been able to con
elude his speech if Sullivan had not
personally requested quiet. Sullivan,
who followed Thompson and who was
the first speaker in his own behalf, de¬
clared that the ear of Mr. Bryan had
been poisoned* against him and that
the demand for his resignation sprang
from his personal enemies.
Great feeling was displayed on both
sides during the debate and at times
personalities of a disagreeable char¬
acter were indulged in by various
speakers.
The end came on a motion made by
ex-Congressman Kern of Belleville
lhat tiie request of the resignation
of Sullivan be laid on the table.
Feeling during the roll call on this
proposition ran very high. The votes
of several counties were challenged,
and one delegate from Warren county
declared that the vote from thaN; coun
ty had been deliberately garbled.
When all these difficulties had been
straightened out the vote was de
dared to be as given above.
ORDERED OUT OF TEXAS.
Negro Troops Will Not Be Located
in Any Part of State.
A Washington special of Tuesday
suys: The negro federal troops have
been ordered out of Texas. Instead of
going to Fort Ringgold, which is about
one hundred miles up the Rio Grande
from Fort Brown, the battalion of
(he twenty-fifth infantry has been or
dered to Fort Reno, Oklahoma. This
action Is in accordance with the direc¬
tion of the president, and also is rec
ommended by General McCaskey, com¬
manding the dapartment of Texas. By
direction of tho president also Gen¬
eral J. Franklin Boll, chief of staff’,
will make a thorough investigation of
the whole Brownsville affair and re
port to the president,
Fort Brown is to be abandoned. The
company of the twenty-sixth infantry,
which was sent there Monday, will
not stay very long. Its duty is to
pack up all the movable government
property, which will he shipped to
other posts when the troops will be
ordered away.
The investigation now under way
will bo continued fty Major Block
som and the war department authori¬
ties state that every effort win
made to find out the facts and fix
the responsibility for the disturbance
and that any soldiers found guilty will
be punished.
PEONAGE CASES ARE WATCHED. ’
Railroad Officials and Employers of
Labor Becoming Alarmed.
Railroad officials and employers of
labor throughout the south are watch
ing with great interest the outcome
of the recent peonage case made by
some of the men brought dow-n from
New York to work on the new lino of
Atlanta ’ Rirmi„~h-, ” an . , A 1;intlc ..
ra ‘ llroai
J" Tti !™ the P J , 0ye ° I>iU, , ™ . ° of R , labor , rai,road tbl!3 offioials
- question
*° " a ! tbe h * , r statements, tenons one threatens and, according
the tre
mendous amount of development
which is now going on in the south.
STORM VISITS PENNSYLVANIA.
Great Damage Done by Wind and Rain
in Several Counties.
Reports received in Pittsburg, Pa.,
from points in Allegheny and neigh¬
boring counties indicate that great
damage has been done by a storm
that passed over western Pennsylva¬
nia late Sunday night. Telegraph and
telephone communication was inter¬
rupted at many points
A RACKET IN CUBA
Political Revolt in the Island
Keeps Palma Crowd Busy.
TROUBLE AT ITS HEIGHT
Sharp Conflicts In Havana Province.
Rural Guards Pursue . Insurgent
Bands -— The Government is
Taking Precautions.
A special from Havana, Cuba, says;
The indications are tlat the revolution
in western Cuba aheady has practi¬
cally reached its miximum. The gov¬
ernment and people generally believe
the movement has received about all
the accessions it will be likely to
gain.
On the other hand, and notwith
standing the quietude in the Pinar
del Rio region throughout, Tuesday,
peaceable inhabitants of the cities of
Pinar del Rio. Consolacion del Sur,
San Juan del Maninez and other west
ern towns are in hourly apprehension
of the attack and occupation of those
places. The fact that probably 1,00b
insurgents are tending to concentrate
in the province of Pinar del Rio upon
towns inadequately guarded and most
inexperienced in warfare, makes the
situation grave.
Night attacks on the city ot Pinar
del Rio ancl other towns continue to
be regarded as a probability. The
government wires are working frefely.
Pinar del Rio, Consolacion del Su.’
and San Juan del Martinez were re¬
inforced Tuesday by 200 troops. The
loyal citizens are well equipped to
repel an invasion.
There was some fighting Tuesday
in Havana province, and more is ex¬
pected. A detachment of rural guards
encountered a portion of a Bandera
band, with which shots were exchang¬
ed at close range. One insurgent was
killed and the others scattered. Fiitv
rural are in pursuit of the
main band.
The old Havana arsenal is the scene
of the enlistment of a new quota of
rural guards. This w-oik is in charge
of veterans.
After consultation with the members
of the cabinet. Tuesday President Pal¬
ma rescinded his order for the assign¬
ment of General Montalvo as director
of military operations against the in
surgents on the ground that it woul 1
be incompatible with his position as
secretary of public works. It is be¬
lieved the unwillingness of Secretary
of State and Justice O’Ferrill to relin¬
quish, or divide, the charge of the in¬
terior affairs, contributed to this.
The absence from the capital of
Vice President Mendez Canute, who
hitherto has been the right hand ad¬
viser of President Palma, and who
is at his summer home at Cardenas,
is eliciting some comment.
In :,rder to realize the motives of
the insurrectionists it should be re¬
membered lhat poiitical partisanship
in Cuba is radical and fierce, aud with
the opposition takes the form of vio¬
lent condemnation of the dominant
party. That is particular^ true of
the province of Pinar del Rio.
The alleged repressions of 19 Q 5 still
rankle with the more radical mem¬
bers of the liberal party. The revolu¬
tionary feeling also is quickly revived
in the more remote districts, fanned
by the tales of President Palma’s al¬
leged unfairness. This being the idle
season in both the sugar and the ,o
bacco fields, men arc easily led into
excitement.
DOMINICAN REBELS IN ARMS.
Lively Civil War is Expected in Little
Black Republic.
Advices received from Guayabin,
Santo Domingo, say that General Gu
eilito, at Ihe head of 900 revolution
ists has loft Dajabon to join the
troops of General Navarro, .nd make
an attack on Monte Cristi.
The government of Santo Dominugo
has sent 1,200 men from Moca against
the revolutionists. It is believed a
desperate civil war will follow.
WIDOW SUES GAY DOCTOR.
Charges an Attempted Assault and
$10,0C0 Damages Wanted.
Mrs. Lizzie Lee of Sommerville,
Ala., is suing Dr. W, C. Cardiff, a
prominent physician of Hartselle, for
$10,000 for alleged assault. The ca^e
came up in the circuit court at De¬
catur Tuesday.
Mrs. Lee, who is a good looking
widow, contends that on June 28th
last, Dr. Barcliff went to her house
and placed his hand on her and ask¬
ed her to go to his office where he
could make love to her. Her little
daughter corroborated her in part.
-
ALL BILLS ARE SIGNED.
Georgia Governor Clears His Deck of
Legislative Measures.
The flood of bills passed by the
Georgia legislature have been signed
by the governor, not a measure hav
ing received the veto of the chief
executive. Among the last bills to b»'
signed was the measure to elect the
railroad commissioners by the people.
The measures, altogether, numbered
over four hundred
/ood Color* Kw N*
It £ not generally
even among ’ y \
tints and p ainte
colors
thar others on vM J
knfwledge * 3
of j U8t .
to use is, therefore her
/One look, writer on n ain ‘i
says that coir,?
I Show that those 1 *
or turn back the ho!L$ %
sun will protect a
those through which the film, allow then? ^ ^
Thus red is a good
it turns back, or reflect, l
rays, and the red rays
rays. ar e
In general, therefore
.ones are good n
and wear?" the
poor, so far as
In choosing the color cod
house, n .
your select
grays and olives which thl'j l
the various tones
produce, will gi ve a wide
which to choose. !l «
Avoid the harsh tint 3
yellows (like lemon)' ' SUclj
(like grass green, cold
blues.
It must be tinuijJ
tue is claimed for
irrespective the paint. Any of the material] ^
color
the paint will scale off,
white but if lead one is or careful canned to p a J 1
white lead—some linet.
of a reliable well-kjon
manufactur e Nl
uine linseed oil, the warm*
tioned above will outwear
materials tinted with th "colt
WHEN the INDIAN Ul
He Does Not Aly/ays Stalkd
and Silently About. '
It would brighten up the reji
reputation if a few more fny
pale faces could take an cm
meal their with native a group of Navajo®
on Arizona heath
Julian A. DEmock, a writer fro® I
reation.
"When the dinner hear to®
far from the shore," says he,® hoj®
ten went to some nearby
joining the circle around tkl J
brush fire invited ourselves
with the family. Usually fool
was of mutton, broiled oven®
on a gridiron improvised from®
of heavy wire; ears of
roasted before the fire and J
of ash cake made from corn J
with stones into a coarse aeia
with water and salt, wrappediil
husks and cooked in the asidl
“Often the Indians were ■
‘group'of children; jokes jas.-edl
and forth and every one lain
tweeh mouthfuls. ‘Some mm
over a remark that seemed M
concerned me led me to ask fora
laticn, which was: 'The logs wr-aj
that one 6? the hail
carrying that stick you ire 1,
a fork around in his mouth.'I
was a single knife,, and a I
spoon did stirring duty in mail
but the 'forks, being fingers,™
dividual.
“An Indian seated oppositeK
grave expression and dlpiltfl
meanor, seemed like a charactd
one of Cooper's talcs. I taw
the passing of a pipe of pad
an Indian oration, lifted but his hand# *hnj
noble red main
to reach forward and tickle 1
feather one of the children. Htl
quickly resumed his former d
aud assumed an expression
raged innocence when accused'!
tickled child.”
SHE HADN’T.
Fair Buyer— Our club is 9
give a lecture on socialism.
you any literature on the su
Clerk—Did you ever read 14
Backward?” looking
Fair Buyer—Read coal 1
ward? How absurd. How
Chicago News.
FACES. »
SALLOW I
Often Caused by Coffee hrial
How many persons real®' tl
coffee so disturbs digest' 03
produces a muddy, yellow
ion?
A ten days' trial of means, Postuaj u
Coffee has proven a j
sands of of clearing 1
cases,
complexions. tells M
A Washn. young lady
perience: mother .
“All of us— father,
and brother—had used
fee for many years un
all had stomach troubles DlOi!
less. and tr® 1
“We were all sallow di*
with pimples, breath bad,
able taste in the mouth, a nd sH
simply so many bundles of
“We didn't realize the trouble that Mj 3
the cause of and
day we ran out of coffee
borrow some from a neighhot told
gave us some Postum a nd
try that. ^
“Although we started H
we all felt sure we woul j
we missed our strong coffe?- n
were forced to try postum®
surprised to find it delici° us
statem m _ (9
"We read the s
Pkg., got more and in o
half you wouldn’t have
We were all able to dig" ^
without any trouble, eac! \° eii
became tongues 15 a3
clear,
and in fine con^ ltl
nerves s,
never use anything now •X.
There is nothing like it
en by Postum Co., pa ^ ‘
Mich. Read the little ■' £K
Road to Wellville.” ••There’ 5 *
son."