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ECHOES OF THE TIMES
By Percy Wiggle.
INSTRUCTIVE LETTER OF
STATE CHEMIST.
LETTER NO. 10.
Violent Reaction In the Mixer, Nature
of Acid Phosphate.
We will now go back to the mixture
i which we left in the iron mixer ami j
I study it a little further. As we saw
the chemical energy of the action of
the tulphuric acid upon the phosphate
meal was prodigious, stcum and hot j
stilling gases are expelled from the |
mixture, und Anally the seml-Ilquld
muss is dumped Into an Iron car, run '
out upon a track, built fur above a
deep den or pit, the car Is tilted amt
the mass precipitated to the bottom
of the pit; this operation Is repeated
many times, until the den or pit con
tains hundreds of tons of add phos- 1
phate. The mass lying In the pit!
gradually becomes drier and drier,
owing to the escape of steiyn, and
T ork ( ity tititl New Orleans. I his also to the absorption of som^uf the
water In crystal form by the sulphate
of lime or land-plaster which has been
vice in operation between New
In these days of expert detective
service it is rare indeed that a man
succeeds in getting out of reach of
the “arm of the law;” but John I).
Rockefeller, the head of the great
trust known as the Standard Oil
Company, seems to have succeeded
in so doing. For several weeks
past the presence of Mr. Rockefel
ler has been desired in the Missouri
Supreme court, to testify as to
the methods of business of the
Standard Oil Company; but the
keenest research fails to reveal the
w hereabouts of “Coaloil Johnny.”
Mr. Rockefeller, by his donations
to institutions of learning and to
the churches, has long posed as u
public benefactor, and now we
have him in the new role of fugi
tive from .justice! Verily, the way
of the transgressor is hard.
—o—
Dear me, what a disposition
some people seem to have to get in
the limelight and stay There! Some
weeks ago, when the death of
Charles Yerkes laid bare the man
ner of life the man had been liv
ing, newspaper readers were dis
posed to pity the woman who was
his legal wife. Scarcely two weeks
after tuc death of her husband,
we were surprised by the intelli
gence that Mrs. Yerkes had mar
ried a man named Wilson Mizner.
We have reasons to believe that
this event was the outcome of “a
gay old time”—in other words, a
debauch, and the fact that Mrs.
Yerkes Mizner at first denied the
marriage seems to bear out this
statement. Now one day we read
that divorce proceedings are being
instituted, and the next that the
eouple is “happy ever after,” so
we don’t know what to lielieve.
Certain it is that the doings of the
couple do not enhance our respect
for what is commonly known as
the “smart set.”
would mean the biking out of ser
vice of No. 5)7, the ]train of fast
schedule and phenomenal runs
which is familiar to the people of
the towns on the West Point
Route. The alleged reason for the
discontinuance of the service is the
desire of the (or some) Northern
economists to decrease the deficit
in the postofliee department at the
expense of the mail service in the
South. H it is most urgently de
sired to decrease this deficit, it
might be done by reforms in other
directions. < )ne of the most flag
rant abuses of the I'idled States
mail service is the misuse of the
government frank, a courtesy ex
tended to the members of the
Senate and of Congress. For per
sonal correspondence, this free
mail privilege is all right, but
when the frank is used to “mail”
such articles as book-cases, desks,
couches, iron safes, and a multi
tude of other things that should lie
sent by freight or express, it is all
wrong. In mail matter, the gen
eral public is limited to articles
weighing only four pounds, and
why this limit is thus exceeded
and articles transmitted at no cost
to the sender or receiver is hard to
understand. Here is a matter for
postal reform that would decrease
the detieit more than the discon
tinuance of No. 5)7.
Another “reform” perpetrated
in Congress has been |the Jcutting
out of the appropriation fur the
distribution of free seed. This is
another blow at the South, for
here has the greatest good been
derived from the practice. How
ever, this “reform” entails a sav
ing of about a quarter of a million
of dollars annually, and this will
give Uncle Sam more money to pay
for the privilege of transporting
freight by mail.
Poll of Business Men of
Newnan.
Mr. Franc Campbell, local rep-
•sentative of the Atlanta Journal,
! polled the business men of New-
In the popular mind, the aver
age conception of the Chinaman is. , ,. - ^ *
... i resentative oi the Atlanta Journal,
an individual who has no higher 4l , . n 4 . xr ’
ambition than to wash the dirty'
linen of a superior Caucasian race.
We read in the newspapers of j
Boxer troubles, and without a
nan last Saturday in reference to
their preferences for guliernutorial
candidates. A poll of 290 voters
resulted as follows:
118 lor Hoke Smith; 00 for Dr.
G. A. Nuunally; 27 for Clark
Howell; 3 for Estill; 1 for Jim
Smith; 1 for R. B. Russell; 74 non
poll:
knowledge of the history of the
Chinese Empire, we cannot realize
the significance of an event which
on its surface appears to be of such
little moment. It would take
more than twenty-four columns of
space in this paper to tell the real
meaning of the Boxer uprisings,
lint summed up in a nutshell they
are but symptoms of an intense
patriotism which is awakening in
the heart of the Celestial, and .
which will one day break forth in 1 Ut Ut U1 ®
one of the bloodiest wars whose . . _ . ...
, , ... . turing firms, lawyers, physicians
records have seared the pages ofi__., ^ , I_ .
human history. China feels, and , .. ,,
justly, that she has been injured Sy *, ^ 1C y an
at the hands of the “foreign
devils,” and it needs only an . , , .. .
. .. .. , , , counted, a number of expressions which
awakening o‘ its lour hundred . *
formed.
This water which escapes as steam, ,
und which is absorbed as crystal
water, came from the sulphuric add
with which It was mixed. The sul
phuric add used In the manufacture
Is usually what Is known as (50) fifty !
add, or fifty degree Heautue add, and
contains about Mfty-Ave per cent of
real sulphuric add, the other forty-
live per cent being water. After the
semi-liquid mass has remained for a
few days In the pile, It Is dry enough
to he handled, and on digging Into it
we And It to be of u porous honey
combed strudiire, crumbling easily 1
between the lingers. If the add phos
phate is allowed to remain for a still
longer time, still more water dries out
from It, und ll buconies hard and
luntpy, and requires to be broken up
In a disintegrating machine, before It
can be manipulated or sacked.
But no matter how dry It becomes,
It readily dissolves when placed In
water, the water at once acquiring an
add taste. This udd taste Is due, not
to the sulphuric ncld from which it
was made, but to the mono-calcic
phosphate, or acid phosphate, or su
perphosphate of lime, which was pro
duced by tho split) lug up of the phos
phate rock by the sulphuric add. This
phosphoric add Is called the soluble
or water soluble phosphoric add, In
a well-made superphosphate there Is
no longer a particle of sulphuric add
remaining as such. Its powerful caus
tic and corrosive properties huve been
absolutely killed or neutralized by the
Mine of the phosphate rock . A won
derful transformation has boon ef
fected. We started with powdered
phosphute rock und dilute sulphuric
add; In the material which we have
produced from them there Is neither
phosphate rock nor sulphuric add,
but we have a mixture of a little free
phosphoric add, of mono-calcic phos
phate, of sulphate of lime or land-
plaster, a little water and a little Hand,
and a few other Impurities, such as
were found In the phosphate rock to
begin with.
The phosphoric add, the mono-
calcic phosphate, and the sulphate of
lime are now harmless, soluble In the
soil waters, and ready for appropria
tion us food by tho rootlets of the
plant.
What Insoluble Phosphoric Acid Is.
In practice tho composition of the
material will vary somewhat from
what I have Just described; for in
stance there will usually be present
a small percentage of what Is known
as "Insoluble phosphoric add." Tills
expression refers to a little phosphate
lock which escaped the action of the
sulphuric acid, because it 1b safer to
use a little less sulphuric acid than is
required for all the phosphate rock,
than to run the risk of getting too
much of this caustic and corrosive
liquid, and thus spoil the mixture.
'Thus, If on studying the analysis of
an acid phosphate or other fertilizer,
you see that It contains one per cent
I of “Insoluble phosphoric acid,” thut
means to Bay that the fertilizer con
tains two and eighteen hundredths per
and found to contain only twelve per
ceut of water-soluble phosphoric add,
having lost two per cent of the phos
phoric add soluble in water. On ex
amination It u found that this two
per cent has reverted or changed
from a condition soluble In pure cold
water to a condition In which It will
not dissolve in water, but will dls
solve in a solution made to Imitate
the water of the soil. It ta, therefore,
regarded as being avnllahle for the
use and growth of the plant.
What Available Phosphoric Acid Is.
When, therefore, you see In our
analysis of a commercial fertilizer tho
expression “available phosphoric add"
used, you may know thut It means
the percentages of water-soluble phos
phoric add and reverted phosphoric
udd added together, and their sum Is
caned the "available phosphoric add.'
Usually the percentage of reverted
phosphoric add la an add phosphate
Is small, ranging generally from one
to three per cent. I have now de
scribed to you la a brief way the prln
dpal materials which enter Into the
manufacture of commercial fertilizers
JOHN M. McOANDLESS,
State Chemist.
THERE IS MORE IN THE MAN
THAN IN THE LAND.
Sidney l.unter, our great Georgia
pool, tolls a pleasing and instructlvi
story of a man, who was always
grumbling about Ills land, and wuii,
after selling it and going West, found
upon his return that another hud
taken that same land and made ll a
thing of beauty with lis crops ol
lleocy cotton and waving corn.
It is not ilie grumbler and (lie lag
garil who wins III the ImtMe of life
bill the diligent and progressive man
who provuH himself a hero in the
strife end who has the puilence "to
lulior and to wall," knowing Hint to
persevering and Intelligent toil lluul
victory Is sure.
Many a man who siaris with no
experience, Imi goes to work to cure
fully learn from the experience of
others, making a diligent study of the
conditions that surround him and ad
Justing himself to those condlllens,
milking use of scientific principles and
business methods, will attain a suc
cess which will pul to tho blush the
mail who bus farmed all Ills life with
out learning anything new or Improv
ing In any way the condition of his
Aelds exhausted by the old methods
of farming iliui would produce good
results on virgin soil, Imt fall of de
sired results on iliut already worn out
by old time methods and untiqiiuted
farm Implements.
Every business must be kept
abreusl with the times, and thut of
the farmer is no exception to this
rule.—Georgia Department of AgrI
culture.
RAISE BEEF7hOGS, SHEEP
AND POULTRY.
committal.
Mr. Campbell made to bis paper cent of pure phosphate rock that the
the following explanation of this sulphuric acid never touched, because
the manufacturer didn't put enough
! sulphuric acid In the mixture to eat
“In order that this poll should , U p tips two per cent of phosphate
lie correct and no voter counted rock, and convert It Into superphos-
more than once, each of 8(i firms, P hate and land-plaster,
merchants and their
Our farmers, If they desire thut In
dependence which 1h their birthright
must raise not only their own corn
wheat, oats, grasses for buy, fruits
and vegetables, but also their cattle,
hogs, sheep und poultry for home con
sumption.
Not only do good pastures securo
good meat supplies, but the rasing of
such unlnials as urc good for meat
enriches lund and prepares It for the
production of crops of every kind.
Many of our city people are weary
of cold storage meals, which urc some-
times Impregnated with a taste that
spoils the Juiciest beef, pork or mut
ton. If fresh home-rulsed meats of
the very finest quality could ho sup
plied In suAlclent quantities to war
rant some enterprising green grocer
In putting them upon the market, they
would soon lake the pluce of the west
ern cold storage meats, which under
present conditions ure the best that
we can get.
Oh for the Increase of good Htock
farmers In Georgia with the resultant
supply of fresh meats free from the
objectionable taste that sometimes un
avoidably mars the very best cold
storage meats!—Georgia Department
of Agriculture.
BEGIN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT.
clerks, the members of manufac
turing firms, lawyers, physicians
and city and county oilicials, were
systerr
polled
thoroughly
This insoluble phosphoric acid, how
ever, Is not lost, because, while It ts
not soluble so that the plant may take
It up at once, It still remains In the
soli and doubtless becomes acted on
In course of time by the soil
waters, and eventually appropriated
plant-food. There Is also an-
“Not a single floating voter was otehr constituent of an acid phosphate
I did not mention during the
being respectfully declined from flr8t description of the process of man
millions oi population to bring .... ufacture, so as to avoid confusing you
about the consummation hinted at. aien " ° " tre ln * ewnan 01 e by crowding too many names and
That war between the United- ay ° n . ly - , vr facts t0 * eth ® r - an ' 1 that 18 that ,n
, . “It IS strictly a Newnan vote,: most acid phosphates there are pres-
‘ tates and hma is possi ile must re p re8en tf n g opinions of men ent small percentages of what is
be admitted even by the most con- established in business.” known as "reverted phosphoric acid.”
servative, and the only hope is, i __What Reverted Phosphoric Acid Is.
that trouble may lie averted. One Reverted phosphoric acid Is that
who understands the situation Warning! phosphoric acid which has reverted or
must admit that China is more ■' >■ gone back from a condition soluble
sinned against than sinning. All parties are hereby warned ln water to one which Is insoluble In
—o— against hiring or harboring Legg water - For ,nHtance . an acid phos-
.... r , ... phate may be analyzed shortly after
An item appeared in the news- Pye, a white man of middle age, as maKlng and found to contaln Bay four .
papers the other day to the effect the said Pye is under contract with teen per cent of water-soluble phos-
that there is talk in official circles me for the year 1908. 1 phorlc acid; after standing for a
of discontinuing the fast mail ser-j 2t I. T. Mattox, i month 11 mi 8ht be analyzed again
To all our farmers we would say. If
you have not already done so, begin
at once the raising of all needed home
supplies. See Arst. of all that you
make at home what you will put upon
your table or furnish to your stock.
When you have secured tills result,
after thorough preparation and fer
tilization put surplus lund Into cotton,
endeavoring by the use of the best
modern Implements and the most Im
proved methods of cultivation to In
crease the productiveness of your
land.
With all the money kept at home
that used to go for the purchase of
western (lour, corn and meat, what
ever price your cotton may bring, Its
sale will be that much money for your
pocket or for your bank deposit.
Stand true to the business methods
that brought you prosperity last year,
and the new ye»r will Increase that
prosperity.
That all our farmers may stand to
gether for good business methods and
that the year 1900 may be to them
one of great prosperity and happiness
is the wish of the Georgia Department
of Agriculture.
SPRING OPEN
ING SALE
Our great big opening sale of
Spring and Summer
Merchandise
will beirin on
SATURDAY, MAR. 17
•Inst koop the sale and the date in
view and eome to this store at
that time.
NEW YORK BAR
GAIN STORE
NEWNAN, GA.
tryi
Aetna Life Insurance Co.
There nre ninny kimis of life insurance companies.
Some are eheap, both in fact anti in the protection they
afford. The very best protection is a policy in the Act-
n<i Life! Insurance Company. Its policy holders are
never ashamed to acknowledge their connection with
the Company Rich and poor find it the best kind of an
investment. Here is what a prominent Atlantan says
about his connection with the Company:
Atlanta, Ga., June 9th, 1905.
Mr. W. E. Hawkins, Manager,
.Etna bile Insurance Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
I >ear Hir:—
AIhmiL three years ago, after careful investigation of
the plans of several companies, I insured for #10,000 with the
/Etna Life insurance Company. I was induced to take this de
cision largely from my personal acquaintance with the officers
of the Gompuuy, who are known to me to be men of the highest
business integrity, as has been fully displayed in their conserv
ative management for the last quarter of a century.
Yours very truly,
FRANK HAWKINS.
See F. M. Bryant, District Manager Aetna Life Insur
ance Company, for this kind of insurance.
Dodson
Mrs. Sarah Sewell,who has been visit- !
mg relatives in Atlanta and Villa Rica,
lias returned home.
K. L, Dukes and family visited at T. j
A. Sewell's last Saturday night und ;
Sunday.
Allen Palmer is slowly improving.
Miss Mary Carter returned home last !
week from a visit near Sand Hill.
Mrs. J. P. Keesejspeut Bundny with
Mrs. J. K. Thurmond.
Miss Alioe Hyde is spending several
days with Mrs. J. W. Dukes, near Hap- |
py Valley.
Remember the farmers meeting at
Macedonia school house next Huturday
afternoon.
The many friends of Mrs.J. M. Boone,
of below Sargent, who has been ill for
several weeks, will be glad to learn that
she is some better.
Do You Sufferfrom Kidney Trouble?
We guarantee one bottle of Smith's
Sure Kidney (Jure to boneAt or cure, or
your druggist will refund your money.
Price 50 cents at Holt & Oates'.
Warning!
All persons are warned not to
hire Lewis Watkins, a negro who
is under contract to work for me
this year. W. H. Meriwether,
21 Newnan, Ga., Route No. J.
The Only Guaranteed Kidney Cure
is Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. Your
druggist will refund your money if af
ter taking one bottle^you are not satis-
Aed with insults. 50 cents at Holt &
Cates'.