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4 ;■> • !, m mui raws RAISING CORK IN BALDWIN COUNTY. V»t#r«d through th« po«toffice •* m9c md-eltM nsil All this week’s news in The News and when you sec it in The News you know It's so. That means reliability, Best advertising medium in this sectlom ol Georgia, largest circulation in Baldwin county of any pa pet! The Williamson Plan o( Growing Corn J. C. McAULIFFE, Editor. H. E. McAULIFFE, Associate. ADVERTISING KATES:-Di»play 2lj cents per inch, special discounts for time and space. ReadiaK notices five cgpta per lino brevier, each insertion. The future buccom of the south depends upon its ability to grow crops and general supplies needed at home. Balowin county’s soil has been robbed by cot ton for over a hundred years. Gullies have been washed through many of the finest fields that ever oxisted. Barren spots greet the eye where once crops abundant were produced. Hills once crowned with forests are now naked and — —- bare. The thinking man of today knows that some important changes must be y 0T a number of years after I began made. j to farm 1 followed the old-time method Growing corn cowpeas, potatoes and othdr crops of like character make the of putting the fertilizer all under the only solution there is to the problem. In this issue of The News the full detail- corn, planting on a level or [higher, six ed method of the Williamson plan of growing com is outlined just as E Mclver three fcet - P a * hin 8 the D,ant Williamson wrote it. The plan is in itself a great one. for it lias been proved thg earg were ftw an<J fluently beyond measure of doubt that the average Georgia farmer can make good yields sma j(. j planted much corn in the spring of corn by follow ing it up closely. j and nought much more com the next We commend it to Baldwin county. We are farmers ourselves, we know the spring, until finally 1 was driven to the conclusion that coin could not be made on [uplands in this section, certainly, not by the old method, except at a loss I did not give up.howevcr, for I knew Subscription $1 00 Per Year. Saturday, February 6, 1909 Clubbing Offers For a limited time wo offer to our subscribers the following inducements and they will bo fully rnrried out- The New* und Southern Agricultur ist, both for $1,00. The News and Home and Farm, one year for $1.26. The News und Inland Farmer, weekly for $1.60. The News and Southam Cultivator fur $1.60. The Nows and New York World II— times —tt—week, for $1.76. The News nnd Semi—Weekly Atlanta Journal $1.75. way to farm and will bo glad to see many Baldwin county farmers engage in the work this season. We will be glad to go out and mix and mingle with the farm ers, to witness their progress along this line, or any other line of farming. We want to engage the attention of all thinking men in the city and in the country that the farmer wl o did noi make his in this respect. The merchant is involved in the success of the farmer and he own com never had succeeded, and will derive benefits from it as the farmer becomes successful. It is to his inter- j never would, so 1 began to experiment „ I First, I planted lower, and the yield est to advance the cause of agriculture. \ bul lhe , taJk lUU The histoiv of the world is full of failures in goverment, and otherwise, where I ^ ] ar(;e . g0 [ ndiscontinued altogeth nations have paid no heed to agriculture. Countries that where once world j er the application of fertilizer before powers have dwindled down to oblivion while little kingdoms standing by the j planting, and, knowing that all crops 1 their most health- ROYAL its active and principal ingredient GRAPES, from I ful properties, 'Rams* Bakin# Powder Absolutely Pure It is economy to use Royal Baking Powder. It saves labor, health and money. Where the best food is required no. other baking powder or leavening agent can take the place or do the work of Royal Baking Powder. Everything is its own excuse for !>•_ in*. - if you’ve got a “thinker” work it. Don t stand sponsor for tho opinioni of others. Noone isgreul until ho fsels the pa'q o( a crucifixion. It Is dastardly to kill man just to gei the spoils. Don’t fawn-that’s dospisable. Hatred is love at low tide. Ninety-nine out of n hundred make ' atatements they would not dare say to pas's face. Bewares of congested canters where, in unspeakable spualor und ignorance, there hoaos the social dynamite! One of the prime properties of trutii is its resurroctive power, Crucli it and it will rise again. That height reach#i ut tha expense of another's downfall can never be per mfuient. I We ourselves ate to oj measured by tit* distance wo ii i/o gone into other destinies. Many men ought to bo taken into dry dock ami havo toe oarnacies scraped fk, -Death has long since n»d tho majori ty; Since, at beat, wo are soon to join tits vast bivouac o ' tho dead, who could find the single in 1 ni.it t> while away? i\ How long will t is wu.-l.l continue to sacrifice her suvi its? Truth cannot be afraid of being y -questioned. • A I. An untaught faculty is dormant now- Someday, dead? soil are yet regal in their standing. The News proposes to help push the cause of corn along. We aro trying to get together plans for a corn show in Milledge- ville this fail and we want the furmers and the children to show their best pro ducts in this way. It will be made worth while to tho successful contestants and wo ask co-operation now to start and before the year is out we will be ready to show better things for Buldwin county than ever was known before. The people cun do it and will do it if given to understand the great magnitude of the question at issue. Read the Williamson method, plant corn, provide for home and be happy while making the farm more fertile instead of letting it rash away, robbing the generation of the days to be. HERL’d TO THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT Cim Few women in tho state take rank ahead of Mrs. Walter B. Hill when it comes to advancing tho cause of education. Last Friday she visited Baldwin county, talked to the teachers and patrons of Baldwin county schools at the meeting out at Midway. The gathering was a credit to the county, would have been a credit to a.iy section. It shows the spirit of progress and illustrates tha factthutmonwholiavobcrnullicdui.il the work for years ore right abreast the times. Supt. Lamar is working to advance the interest of the schools and there never wus a time when tho country needed education worse. When the land was full of unlimited resoercos and the virgin forest* were untouched there was no causo to worry. Due times ure clmngc.l. Wo want to know how to check the ravages of time, to thwart the advance of ruin as it now faces many of the sec Uous wnuru uneducated people dwell. To this end the school improvement clubs advocated by Mrs. Hill will work It will teach children anJ parents the importance of manv matters now consider ed trifling. Tne Millndgevito Nows is going to quit* an expense to keep the people of this section advised concerning these questions of paramount impoij- tunce. Wo aro doing it because we believe the people will appreciate ft. Wh are willing to send The News to any toacner who will place it in the hanifs of tho children who want to road the county paper. We are willing to send ah elegant book to every school if we can secure a little co-operation in the way of obtaining subscribers for The News. If any teacher will start the work we ar$ right here to help out and will bo only too glad to more than meet them on half way grounds. So, again hore’s to the school improvement clubs of Baldwin county and long may they prosper. iitain OF MISS MNllAlK CASON Sermon bv Mr. Sims p/tv'n ►ripi upji iia pvrji hfteli. 9.1 fUMf f\ To cod Jem 1th » tnJ.vsJ with jut a tieXfing is never honorable. I* ‘ Existence is one great drama; but you have the choice to see what you 3Y — ’ The moat gnoble cbivacter 4a the *, wofk is the mere money getting Ameri can. “And ho showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of tho throne of God and of tne Lamb, in the midst of tho street thereof, and on this side of the rivor and that was tho troe of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding its fruits every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of tho nations, and there shall bo no curse any more; and the throne of God and tho Lamb shall be therein; and His servants shall do him service.’’—Rev. 22. I have read for ©or comfort this sad morning John’s version of the New .leru uilem. Heaven t3 pictured here as a city of God prepared for us to live in, 1 do net hesitate to my that in deep grief, we are facing this morning, any reference to the world to come must be j more than visionary, and the achlr.g j heait is not satisfied with a vague in definite statement. Heaven must beE‘: j real to us,and I believe aVJohn.thst the I New Jerusalem hr « real place, and no revelation is adequate and true that does not accept Christ’a werds, “In my ! Father’s house aiv many Mansions.'* I I These rooms are pivpured for those who l die in Christ, a; d our loved ones are : living again, all the references to Hea- nnt dead hut alive and have entered jnt to a larger life. Death is simply a tran sition; u crossing over from one state into another. It is a moving out of this ca’ thly tenement of clay and giving freedom to the spirit; it’s a change ol! our habitation from earth to Heaven— tho Father's house; it is the life of flesh ceasing to be, and the spirit com ing into its own. Th : s transition sweeos us into an existence that is as real as if we maved into another coun try. Heaven pictured in the scriptures is not poetry, nor are the words of Christ simpiy comforting phrases spok en for tho hour. But our loved ones die and live again, richer and fuller in all their powers. This 1 believe with my heart and I bring it to you for com-! fort. Those who die in the Lord love His presence as they cross orr. Yester day morning when this sweet little girl slipped out into the other world she did not go alone. There may have been a cohort of angels by that bedside. I am confident that those pure white-robed messengers came to see her enter, and to my mind, God help me, 1 can but believe it, there is no chilly waters for Christians to pass through; neither do they have to take some old ship of Zion to reach Heaven! They are there at home- with the Sa viour the moment the Ixvafh leaves the holy an i * ime is free. At suntide there shall be light and at death life begins. This little daurhier, a eCtss mate of {you who staid in vuw, has not ceased to study. Heav.-u j s not so much a rest. It U a continued activity of i things beg-m Ii -re. Christ taught thi.- i ven to coni: emphasizes life, Christ ;. , „ . .. . ... , • jin the compi an lata n to the faithfu said. ’ because I live ye shall live also” . n k 1 * I servant, tool has been faithlul overa and in tha'. lender message to sorrowing Martha at the funeral 0/ La* .rus, Hu said, “he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shkll ho live.” Beloved, in year grief this day accept the Scrip tures, that our loved ones in Christ ar ' >nt' ujJ oa ptge live.) jfo.v things, I w l make you ruler over m my things.” Hut van seen by Jo'n. was a place where God’s servants do ILni service. And to change from should be fertilized at some time, I used mixed fertilizer as a side applica tion, and applied the more soluble nitrate of soda later, being guided in this by the excellent results obtained from its use as a top dressing for oat3. Still, the yield, though regular, was not large, and the amalless of the stalk itself now suggesed that thej should be planted thicker in the drill. This was done the next year, with results so satisfactory that I continued from year to year to increase the number of stalks, and the fertilizer with which to sustain them; also to apply nitrate of soda at last plowing, and to lay bv early, sow ing peas broadcast. This method stead ily increased the yield, until year before last (1904), with corn eleven inches apart in six-foot rows, and $11 worth of fertilizer to the acre, 1 made eighty- feur buseeis average to the acre,several of my best acres making as much as 125 bushels. Last year (1905), I followed the same method, planting tho first week in April, 70 acres which had produced the year before 1,000 pounds seed cotton per acre. This land is sandy upland, somewhat ro’ling. Seasons were very unfavorable owing to the tremendous rains in Msy.and the dry "xtremely ho’ weather later. From June 12ui t> J y 12th, the time when it inos- needed moisture, was only tive-eighta of an inch of rainfall here; yet with $( Jl. cost of fertilizer, my yielJ was 5. bushels per acre, Rows were six lout and corn sixtoen inches in drill. jVitji this method, on laud that will ordinarily prooucc 1,000 pounda of seed cotton with 800 pounds of fertilizer, 50 bushels of corn per acre ahould ho made byusing 200 pounds of cottonseed meal, 200 pourds of uciJ pnoapnate, and 400 pounds of Kainit mixed, or their equiva lent in other fertilizer, and 12 • pounds of nitrate of soda, all to be used as side appli :ation as directed below. On land that will make a bale and one half of cotton per aero wnen well lei- tilized, a hun lred o *..eia of corn sliouio be produced by doub.i.g the amount ot fertilizer above, except that 40J pounds of nitrate of soda should be used. In such case there should be left the land in corn stalks, peas, vines and roots, from to $16 worth of fertiliz ing material per acre, beside the groat cenefit to the land from s > large an amount of vegetable matter. The place of this in the permanent improvement of Und can never be taken by coin mercial fertilizer, for it is aosoluteL impossible to make lands ricn as Ion., as they are lacking in Vegetable mattei. Land should bo thoroughly and deeply broken for corn, and this is tlie time . a system of rotation to deepen the so> . Cotton requires a more compact s.. than corn, and while a deep soil is e. sential to its best development, it will not produce as well on loom open Ian.., while corn does best on land thorough!;, broken. A deep sod will not only pro duce more heavily than a shadow «oi. with good seasons, but it will stand more wet as well as more dry weather In preparing for the com crop, land should be broken broadcast during the winter one-forth deeper than it has been plowed before, or if much vege table matter is being turned under, it may be broken one-third deeper. This is as much deepening as land wdl usual ly stand in one year and produce well, though it may be continued each ve&r, so long a* much doal vegatable matter is being turned under. It may, how ever, bo sub-soiled to any depth by fol lowing in bottom of turn plow furrow, provided nu more of tho- sub-soil* than pus been directed is turned up. Break with two heavy plows', it possible or corn stalks as large as we ever make .an be turned under without having been chopped, and in pea vines it will uot choke or drag. Neser plow land when it is wet, ii you expect ever to have any use for it again. Bod with turn plow in tix-foot rows, leaving five-inch balk. . When ready to pla it, break this out with scooter, fol lowing in bottom of this furrow deep with Dixie plow, wing taken off. Ridge then on this furrow with same plow, •■fill going*deep Ku:i corn planter on his. tidg#, .drajp’ug .one grain every Misses Lollie Smith and Annie Ennis, of Haddock, spent the week end with the latter’s mother, Elizabeth Hardy. Mr. H. H. Bass, of Griffin, one of the mo3t prominent merchants of that place and uncle of E. E. Bass, of Miiledge- ville, was in the cityijThursday. Young Man Are You Saving Money? —Every young man of the right sort expects some day to marry, to own a home and to start in business. The first thin^ a man should do is to open an ac count with a goo-1 strong bank and make a start. All things considered, there is no better place than The Milledgeville king Co. flsK About Dividends That - A oney Conning Back. >e sure ‘t J the standard <*licy o. New York State THAVS most important. Does the other company give it? That Means Safety To You. In estigate before taking insurance on your hie aild and you’ll use ( EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE Leads in dividends, is most Reliable. Ask us about it right now. J. C. McAULIFFE; ' Manager Macon District, Milled gevilkf, a. WE WANT GOOD AGENTS IN la COUNTIES. five or six inches. Plant early, as soon | When you are convinced that your is frost danger is past, say first sea- j corn has been sufficiently humiliated, uan&ble spell after March I5th, in this y°u may begin to make the oar. It section. Especially is early planting ! should now be from twelve to eighteen iscessury on very rich lands where stalks 1 inches high, and lo6k wor„e than you cannot otherwise be prevented from j have ever had any com to look before, growing too large. Give first working [ Put half of your mixed fertilizer (this with harrow or any plow that will not j ,>e > n 8 the first used at all) in I cover the plant. For second working i the old sweep furrow on both sides of use ten or twelve-inch sweep on both '■ every other middle, and cover by break- sides of cron,which should now be about 1 out this middle with plow. About sight inches high. Then after this work- ! . week later treat the other middle ng. It is not necessary that the plants j the same way. Within a few days side should be left all the same distance j Corr - In first middle with sixteen-inch ipartif the right number remain to sweep. Pp* aUyour.nitrate pf sodain this sach yard row. j furrow.if.less thanlSO poonds. If more. Com should not be worked again pn- one-half of it now. * Cover with til the growth has been so retarded, and j one furrow of turn plow, die stalk so hardened that it will never 1 then sow peas in the middle broadcast grow too large. This is the mostiMthe rate of at least one. bushel to the iiffieult point the whole process. Ex- acre, and fnUsh breaking out. lerience and judgement are required to I in a few days side corn in other mid- mow just how much stalk should be die with same sweep, put balance of .tunted. and plenty ot nerve is required [ nitrate of soda in this furrow if it has .0 hold buck your com when vour neigh-1 been divided, I coyer with turn plow, hors, who fertilized at ptantmg time , sow psas, and break out. This lays by snd cultivated rapidly, have corn twice >° ur «*op with a good bed and plenty of the size of yours. (They are having. Girt around your stalk, TFis should be their fun now. Yours will come at! fr «>ni June 10th tq 20th, unlew seasm oarvest tune.) The richer the land.the] j* very late, and corn should be hardly nor j necessary should it be thoroughly inching for tassel. I (Coa*:uv<c! cn Lag; pr” c.)