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SURVEYING FOR NEW A. C. L. SHOPS The Key West Extension. The extension of a railroad to Key West gains in importance when wo consider its relations with the Pana- cunal. Key West is already a ! deep water port. It is much uearer the Panama caual than any other | port of the United Stares. Thoex- i tension would increase the trafflic Pipe Line to River to be Laid as j that would go through Florida that Soon at Survey le Made.. .Actual ! w “ 9 ,)0lln<1 for ° r cnnll “e from the | canal. The western coast of South Anter- TRACKS TO BE LAID TO SITE OF NEW BUILDINGS. Work to Begin on New Shope dur- ing Present Month. From Tuesday’ Daily. Surveyors are now busy selecting sites for the new shop buildings of the Atlantic Coast Line, which will be located near the present shops of the company here. Considerable preliminary work will have done before work wll begin on tho new buildings, consequently the work Incident to the construction of tho new buildings, will necessarily pro ceed slowly. The first work to be done will be the laying of tracks for putttlng the material for the buildings on the ground. The pipe line to the Batllla river tor the purpoae of putting up ■ pumping station there to supply the company with water, requires some time. This work alone will cost about $30,000, and the work of laying the pipe will begin In the near future. With the coming of the new shops, for the erection and equipping of which the Atlantic Coast Line will expend over $400,000, a "Greater Waycross” Is In sight TERRIRLE TORNADO COMMISSIONER’S TALK ~ IN KANSAS TOWN MANY LIVES L08T AND HAVOC WROUGHT AT MARQUETTE. evarious grasses from which to make hay. Raise all these things, store your 1 barns with them and lu due season Bale Of Fertilizer Tags Has >' our wagons will go to town with something to sell and not for tho pur chase of western corn, hay and meat, repeat: If you provide Not Been Reduced. 10,000,000 BALE CROP A CALAMITY The Storm Struck the Town in the The Surest Way to Prevent an Over- Dead Hours of the Night. Buildings Demolished. ANOTHER KANSAS CYCLONE. Many Person* Reported Killed and Injured In Tornado. Kansas City. Mo., May 8.—Advices from Margueritte, Kansas, says that that place was visited by a tornado early today. Many persons are re ported killed and Injured. A doc tor** special train has been request ed from Sallna and other nearby towns. Telegraphic communication with Margueritte has been interrupt ed, and no names ot the killed or in jured can be obtained atlhls hour. Chamber of Commerce. Arrangements have been made for a delightful meeting of the business men ot Waycross at the Chamber ot Commerce Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. There will be smoking and r^tthments, and a report from the MHtary. Col, Charles O. Edwards, of Aravannah, and others will make talks on timely subjects. Mr. J. D. Cordero, of Jacksonville, will make a demonstration of the sand-lime brick business for Waycross. All '•Jgnembers of the Chamber of Com merce and business men ot Waycross are invited to be present. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a bill will be introduced at the approv ing session of the Legislature of Geargla, Incorporating the town of Millwood, In Ware county, Georgia, giving the municipality thus created the usual powers Incident to such a corporation. This May 9, 1905. B. A. Bennett, C. O. Bennett, E. L. Rouse. lea Is almost destitute of railroads— such as it has being only local lines. This condition is likely to last a long time, for the mountains approach so near the ocean that a railroad line up the coast would be very costly and difficult ot construction. The trade ot the western coast of South America will be by water for very many years. The Panama canal will be used by all the commerce going from this country to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. It will also be the gate way for practically all the commerce of these nations with the nations o Europe. Such part of It as is need ed to go rapidly would go by rail from New York to Key West, and then crossing tho narrow strips of water could strike railroad transpor tation again in Yucatan and go thence to Panama. The gap in this line could all be filled In before the canal is finished. Or time would still be saved from an all-water trip If it went by water from Kfey West to Colon. This means that the malls for western South America as well as the express and passenger traffic would go through Florida—Euro pean as well as ^ American malls. This would give our state benefits that without tho Key West exten slon other states will derive. This extension will do much to place Flor ida on the great route of woild trav el. Our state will ho longer be off In a corner. We do not believe that anything has ever been done or at tempted for Florida that has given or would have - given the benefits that will flow to this state-from the con struction of the extension from the mainland to Key West—Jacksonville Times Union. NEW8 AND NOTE8. Twelve thousand foreign immi grants arrive in New York In twelve hours. Nan Patterson not yet released. The French have at last made the Russians move on. Lum Walker, a fanner near Cov ington, kills his wife and attempts suicide. The British government refuses a full pardon for Mrs. Maybrick. Many fanners near Amerlcus, Ga., are plowing up their cotton on ac count of grass. Oyama Is moving on the enemy In Manchuria. No agreement between the Atlan tic Coast Line strikers at Bavannah nnd the road has as yet been reached. '• TO END WAR IN FAR EAST. President Roosevelt .Addressee, an Autograph Letter to King Edward. Manchester Sound, May 9.—The Despatch says that Sir HartmcrDar- row,the British ambassador to the United States, is the bearer of an lm* tant autograph letter to King Ed ward from President Roosevelt on the subject of tho war In the far east, and th*? prospects of effecting a cessation of hostilities. Theletter contains’ a' u’l-jgestlou as to how peace eon be socu i. V It is undcr- ’ stood that King Edward will return an autograph reply. | Russia has 30,000 men In hospi- I tala in Manchuria. ! Both sides lined up tor crisis In t Chicago strike. The profits ot tho government rail roads of Japan for the fiscal year, was five and a half million dollars. Lieut Ross, of the artillery corps stationed at Fort Monroe, accidently drowned yesterday. Is It Right? Is It right for you to lose $4.20 that a dealer may make 50 cents more by selling fourteen gallons of ready-to- use paint, at $1.50 per gallon, than our agent will make by selling you eight gallons of L. & M., and six gallons of linseed oil, which make fourteen gallons of a better paint, at $L20 per gallon. Is It right? T^ Longman & Martinez L & M. Pa^pis sold by P. N. Horley Hard- Bread Famine Threatened. Chicago, May 9.—A shortage in the supply of bread is threatened by the strike extending to the team sters engaged In the delivery of flour today. Tho latest recruits are the teamsters employed by Wenlgh Teaming Co, a large concern chiefly engaged in the delivery of flour for milling purposes. The Dawson News notes that "tho State Agricultural Society will meet In Albany this year, and this will bring the politicians." All farmers are not politicians, but all latter-day politicians are farmers. Tlit, Toombs and Dixie sccm to be the names of three of tho new coun ties which we are to have In Geor gia. Your Uncle Jim Smith was never accused of being poor until he an nounced for governor. Marquette, Kansas, May 9.—Many persons were killed and a score or more injured in tornado which visit ed this place at midnight. Tho res idence portion was almost entirely demolished. The number of doad is estimated at twenty, but owing to the confusion following the storm, It will be some time before the ac tual number of casualties can be known. The Swedish, Lutheran and Methodist churches and the opera house block were wrecked, nnd a dozen residences were converted in to scrap heaps. The business por« tion escaped with slight damage. The tornado camo from the south and made a clean sweep of a hundred yards through the entire length of the town. The people were caught without a momenta warning. A heavy rain storm preceded the wind. After the tornado passed a scene of complete desolation followed. The tornado broke upon the town In great force, and wrought its terrible havoc in a few minutes. The wind continued on In tfie farming coun try north, causing farther damage. -. Marquette, many residences were completely demolished, and the wreckage was carried entirely* away. Other residences were picked up bodily and moved short distances, then dropped to the earth. Many victims were killed as they,"were sleeping, while others, maimed and deeding*. aWoke" to (hid themselves burled in the wreck of their former homes. Marquette, May 9.—Twenty-four people are known to bo dead and at least thirty-five injured. Reports form the surrounding country shows that the destruction was widespread and the list of the casualties Is swel ling every moment. The tornado was the worst ever known In Cen« tral Kansas. Following the storm came a lull, and men with lanterns appeared here and there among tho ruins, searching the wreckage. As quick as possible the work of res cue started. The progress was slow because of the darkness. Marquette has fifteen hundred Inhabitants, and Is situated In the exact centre 4>f Kansas. Many production It for Every Farmer to Raise HI* Own Supplies at Home. .Other Agricultural News. It Is said that the Japanese lan guage contains no "cuss words." This may explain why the Japanese usually win—they couldnt express themselves If they lost.—Bryan's Commoner. Every man killed by tho Czar's Cossacks adds strength to the liber als and revolutionists In Russia. McIntosh should feel as proud over the success of the Georgia Cba tauqua as ho docH over his hog and hominy campaign. .*13111 An oxchango says "ovory man stamps bis own value on himself." The trouble of most of us is that wo value ourselves too high. Tho Ku Klux Klan has ordered ov cry nogro to leave Monroe, La., un der penalty of death. That's as bad as Chicago. Mr. McMaster says tho release of Greeno and Gaynor on ball would disgrace tho name of civilization and Justify strong protest from tho Uult ed States. After the Russians had received all tho assistance they wanted In French waters, they were politely Invited to leavo wifh the understanuin* that thev ni.ght call again. Mrs. Henry Peterson, of Birming ham, Js la the city visiting her Mater, Mrs. John W. Moore, M Tebeau Governor Folk, of Missouri, Is showing tho people of Missouri that prohibition does prohibit The ladles and merchants ot Way- cross are Invited to call at Pllsbury's Ice Cream Parlor and sec the demon stration of Planteno, In cooking, by Mrs. Reed, representing tho McCaw Co., of Macon, Ga., Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. 3t April 24, 1905. If we are to Judge by the sale or tags, It seems that the farmers have not decreased their purchase of com mercial fertilizers. Reports, however, come to this office to the effect that a considerable amount of the fertiliz ers shipped out have not yet been sold, and may be lelt ou the hands of the agents We are also informed by letters from many sources and conversations with persous representing every sec tion of the State that a much greater percentage of fertilizers than svsr be fore Is being applied to crops other than cotton, and that the farmers are standing by their pledge to reduce the cotton acreage, we sincerely hope that this la true. As wa have said in A recent letttr from this department, a crop of more than 10,000,000 bales for next season will be .a calamity to the planters of the South, from which they will'find U difficult to rally soon. . A large percentage of the present crop will proHbly be carried over to next season, arid will, therefore, form a part of next year's supply. Hence the great necessity of reducing the Optton. acreage. The difficulty of securing hearty .co operation of all tho cotton-growers In a movement of this kind boa been Semonstrated more than once. We wish to repeat what has' been naid over and over again—the surest protection against the evil effects of over-production of cotton Is for the farmer to live at home by raising as far as possible all his food supply for mag and beast. With no necessity for paying out money to feed himself and stock, low prices for cotton will not hart to much. For with no debts to pay, his cotton will bring him a gcod amount of surplus money, even if that surplus is not so large as be would like. He is in a fairly safe condition, with whom the question Is how much can h eput In bank? and raising ail the necessary home sup plies, you cuu plant what grouud you 1 have left in cotton with tho full a.; surance of a comfortable living i good surplus for the bank. If the farmer wisely conducts hi business, there Is no other occupation that pays such good profits on the iu vestment, while allowing leisure for study and reflection. A farmer who Is a real business man, enjoys a life ol greater ease and Independence than ono engaged in any other profession, In no other business can we Invest and then reap thirty, sixty or even an hundredfold. But earless farming, like bad man agement, In any thing else, leads to want and ruin. He who does not so conduct his affairs as to mako first of all the support of himself and fami ly secure, invites trouble from which there can be escape only by rare good luck that comes to not one man in s thousand. Hence the great need of agricultur al education, sod of constant and un remitting study to keep up with the best methods. No profession requires greeter telllgcnco and none, properly managed, brings a richer reward. Tho band of the diligent maketh rich. But diligence implies labor of the brain as well as of the hand. O. B. STEVENS, Commlsslncr. THE BREEDING PLOT. not what percentage of his debts can he pay? We are thankful to say that more of our people than formerly appreciate this fact, and are conducting their planting operations on the same sound business principles that guide a suc cessful merchant, manufacturer or banker. A cotton-grower, to be successful, must study .diligently the law of sup ply and demand. He must be as care ful to provldo for his next year’s sloe k In trade what he can sell at a good profit and no more, as Is the merchant who goea north to lay In hla supply for the fall or spring trade. A haphazard manner of conducting one’s business must result in disaster, whether he be a mcrchunt who buys without proper calculation of expen ses and probable profits, a banker who lends without regard to the ability of the borrower to pay, a manufacturer who spends more for equipment and ruw material than the manufactured product can be reasonably expected to bring, or a farmer who spends money for what he ought to raise himself and stakes all upon a single crop. Wo do not waste any time urging Soul hern farmers to plant cotton, be cause we know they wJJ] do that; but we have continually urged them t» raise all ueeded home supplies, such as wheat, corn, oata, rye, peas and every kind of forage crop to which our soil is suited, to raise also their own beef, pork, chickens and other poul try, thus having a farm well stocked with every needful kind of food. For the purpose of encouraging an increase in the corn acreage as well as to Impart useful information, this department has Just Issued a bulletin on "The Selection and Preparation of ^ Hon. ;Of B. Stevens, Commissioner: Please give me a plan for JmprovJna my seed cam. Z. T. A. Reply: In reply to your inquiry above, I beg to hand you an extract from Bul letin NO., 41 (C) Written by Professor Charles W. Davis, and Issued by the State Department of Agriculture on the subject of "Seed Corn." Yours truly, O. B. STEVENS, f - - Commlssiner. Since Commissioner of Agriculture Stevens refuses to bo a scapegoat for the things that have gone wrong with the cotton holding and acreage- reducing movement, suppose Presi dent Harvie Jordan turn upon tho Wall Street Bears. They can stand It nnd won’t even wince, much less come back with recriminating char ges.—Albany Herald. An Indianapolis woman sued for divorce on the ground of "cruel and unusual treatment." The main count in her bill of complaint was | the production and profit of the al ready fine corn crop of that Stat Seed Cora,” by Professor Charles W. Davis, of the North Georgia Agricul tural College, at Dahlonega. Professor Davis has given his sub ject much thought and careful study from a practical as well as a scientific standpoint. We have not enough ot these bulletins to send out promiscu ously, but we shall be glad to mail one, free of cost, to any farmer wfco feds sufficient interest in this sub ject to apply for one. About three years ago a protestor In Iowa began delivering lectures to the farmers on methods for increasing that her husband had failod to wear u dress suit at a dinner and enter tainment at her homo, at which sho hud a number of fashionable guests This neglect on his part, she said, caused her deep pain and humilia tion. The court granted tho di vorce, gave the woman $47,000 ali mony, a house worth $35,000, the custody ot tho children, and an al lowance of $280 a month for the sup port of the children. The Savanneh There le a fine meeting In pro- New * wona «' «» thnt they first, little Interest was felt In bis work, hut at last he caught the car of his people and so enthusiastic did they become that they paid bis fare from point to poiut for the privilege of lie tening to him. Great throngs would gather at the stations, to whom he spoke from the rear plktform of the car. Such was the interest excited by him on the subject of corn that the money value of lowers corn crop has been Increased by $1,600,000. — — i Now Is tbs time to put In your for gress at the First Methodist Church, dldn 1 * be **° r d *J 11 who had I ^ cropa of every kind, clover, peas. Large crowds are attending and committed the crime of neglecting ^ T#lT#t millet, sorghum caas and much Interest is being manifested. 10 P™ on WB drtM Miss Maggie Singleton, a popu lar nurse at the A. C. L. Hospital, leaves tonight for a two weeks* visit to her parents at Morganton, North Carolina. ^ Every farmer or several formers combined, should have a breeding plot or seed patch for the purpose of Im proving the seed. Corn being a wind- pollinated plant, the plot should be Isolated, say at least a quarter of a mile, as this is a safe distance to sep> orate varieties to prevent a trouble- some cross-polllnatlon. If possible, the plot should be located on the same kind of soil as that In which the se lected seed la to be planted. Let •- be uniform In fertility, drainage, etc., so that differences In productiveness of individual ears can be noted. Choic est ears should be planted, one ear to a row. Have the rows numbered, and plant by hand so that It may all by done as nearly aliks as possible. Remove tassels from all feeble, dis eased, and non-productive stalks be fore they shed their pollen. Keep s record of the yield of the different rows, and select your ears for next year’s seed patch from the rows giv ing you tho best type sought, with the greatest yield per acre. Do not ex pect too much the first year, tor tho varieties of corn grown in Georgia have never been bred to any particu lar type. However, you will be sur prised to find such differences In the record of Individual cars. Tho fol lowing table giving tho result of an ex periment at the Iowa station will give you some Idea of what you may ex pect: Record of Individual Ears. Bushels per Acre: 75 cn^H yielded 90.511 bushels per acre; bushels per acre UU.5G. 93 ears yielded .'W.OG'bushels per acre; bushels per acre, 36.06. Percent of Stand: 77 ears gave 96.6 percent of a stand, bushels per acre, 83.03. 73 ears gave 43 percent of a hi and; bushels per acre 36.27. Number Broken Stalks: 54 ears gave 258 broken stalks or 64 percent, bushels per acre, 67.52. 85 ears gave 41 broken stalks, or 8 percent, bushels per acre, 76.57. Number Barren Stalks: 19 cars gave 7U barren stalks or 21.5 percent, bushels per acre, 50.5; 83 ears gace 6 barren stalks or 1.5 percent, bushels per srn*. 75.85. Number of 6uckers: 37 ears gave 106 suckers or 21 per cent, bUHhels per acre, 77.93; 75 ears gave no suckers, bushels per acre 90.58. Thus you see a wide variation in In dividual cars. The yield ranges from 36 to 90 bushels per acre. Tho low est yield was produced by ear No. 73, end was duo to a low per cent, ol stand. Ear No. 19 gavo 21.5 per cent, barren stalks, while ear No. 83 gave only 1.5 per cent. We notice, too, a wide range In the number of broken stalks and suckers. Suppose you continue to plant, year after year, the progeny of such ears as Nos. 73 and 19; can you expect s good yield? You undoubtedly are do ing this to some extent every season. ORDERED TO LEAVE FRENCH WATERS MADE FOUR DAYS CRUISE ON HIGH SEAS OUTSIDE MILE LIMIT, Rojestvcnsky Claims In His Opinion* He did not Violate Provisions of Neutrality. Only Stopped to Rest. Crews. Paris, May 'J.—Orders have been-' sent to tho civil naval authorities of French Indo-Chlna, not to permit u junction within French waters of tliu Russian naval forces under Rojost- vensky nnd NebogatofT. Instructions wore also sent to Admiral Dejour- gloss, tho French naval cammundcr, to see that Rojcatvenaky fully ob% serves his promlso. Ho hns already been given notice to leavo French wa ters. These orders resulted from the receipt of a delayed despatch from Dejourgiess relating tho meeting with the Russian admiral. Tho despatch says that tho Russian squadron made a four days cruise on. the high sens outside their mile lim it, then returned last Saturday, an choring at Kong Hall Bal, on tho coast of Annan, for the purpose of taking on provisions and water. When Dejourgiess was Informed 1 ot Rojestvcnsky’s return, he pro ceeded to Kong Hal and requested' Rojestvcnsky to immediately witft- draw outside of territorial waters. Rojestvcnsky gave his word that htr would do so nnd take to tho open, sea. Rojestvcnsky claimed that lnhla opinion he hud not violated any ol the provisions of neutrality. He* says ho stopped at points merely to- rest his crews. KANSAS CITY, MO.—Southern Bap tist Convention, May 10-17, 1905.- Rato ONE FARE plus 60 cents for* Round Trip. Tickets on sale May T to 11, Inclusive, flnnl limit May 23, 1905. Stop-over allowed on return Journey at SL Louis, Mo. ST. LOUIS, MO.—National Baptist Anniversary, May 16-24, 1905. Rate ONE FARE plus 25 cents for round trip. Tickets on sale May 14, 15, 16. with final limit May 37. 1905. ASHEVILLE, N. C.—Annual Confer ence Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., June 9-25, 1905. Rate ONE FARC plus 20 cents for round trip. Tick ets on salo Juno 8, 10, 15 and 17, with final limit June 28, 1905. FORT WORTH. TEX.—General As sembly Southern Presbyterian Church, May 18-26, 1905. Rate ONB FARE plus $2.00 for round tripu Tickets on salo May 15, 16 and 17, final limit May 31, 1905. TORONTO, ONT.—International Sun day School Association, June20-27, 1905. Rate ONE FARE plus 60 cents for round trip. Tickets ora salo Juno 19, 20, 22, 23, limited to Juno 30, 1005. HOT SPRINGS, VA.—Southern Hard ware Jobbers’ Association, Juno G- 9, 1905. Rato ONE FARE plus 25 cents round trip. Tlckots on salt* Juno 3, 4 und 5, limited to Juno 13, 1905, with prlvllego of extension to July 15, 1905. MACON, OA.—Grand I<odgo Knights of Pythias, May 16 18, 1905. Rato ONE FARE plus 25 cents for round trip (minimum ruto of 50 cents). Tickets on salo Mny 15, and for trains scheduled to arrive .Macon before noon Mny 16, llraltod to Mny 21, 1905. SAVANNAH, GA.—Grand Lodgo I. O. O. F. of Georgia, May 23-25, 1905. Rato ONE FARE plus 25 cent» round trip. Tickets on salo Muy 21, 22 and 23, limited to May 29,. 1905. SAVANNAH, GA.—National Travel ers’ Protective Association of Amor- lea, May 16-23, 1905. Rato ONE FARE plus 50 cents for round trip. Tckets on salo May 14 and 15 and for trains choduled to arrive Sa vannah before noon May 16, limit ed to Mny 26, with privilege ot ex tension to Juno 15, 1905. Far detailed Information addrostc any agent Southern Railway, or Brooks Morgan, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Atlontn, Ga. ATLANTA, OA.—National Associa tion of Manufacturers, May 16-18, 1905. Rato ONE FARE plus 25 cents (minimum rate 50 cents). Tickets on salo Mny 15 and for trains scheduled arrive Atlanta be fore noon May 16, limited to May 20, with privilege of extension to Juno 15. 1905. The Profitable Pig. The pig that Is to be marketed pro fitably at from six to eight months old must not be allowed from any cause to stop growing, for If It dost the loss la not confined to the days of nnthrlft. Tho meeting the First Metho dist Church is still Increasing 'In Interest nnd is being continued this week with preaching at 4 o’clock In the afternoon and 8 o'clock In tho- evenlng. Tho South can produce every thins? good to eat and wear in such enor mous quantities as to stagger the Im agination. Come South young fsl- bnt all the food consumed after Is like- j j ow , and grow np In the most glorf- ly to giv* less profit 0 us country that the sun shines on.