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The Bulloch Herald.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE COUNTY.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
PUBLISHED THURSDAYS.
Entered at the postoffice at States¬
boro, Ga., as second-class mail matter.
Statesboro, Ga., Mar. 16, 1900,
Investigation has convinced the
•ommissioner of labor statistics in
Connecticut that electric lighting is
furnished by private companies to mu¬
nicipalities so cheaply now that mu¬
nicipal ownership would bring no sav¬
ing worth considering.
The British shipping output in 1899
was 1,713,000 tons, as compared with
1,661,000 tons in 1898, and the larg¬
est on record to that time. The total
of ships built in the United States for
the same period aggregated 267,642
tons, including in this vessels of all
classes.
Wireless telegraphy is not succeed¬
ing in South Africa, owing to the iron
in the hills. The humble prototype
of this manner of discovering the de¬
sirable things hidden in the bowels of
the earth is the hazel twig “turning”
for water or buried treasure in the
hands of those possessed of the gift.
In its latest scientific development
this divination of underground wealth
appeals delightfully to the imagina¬
tion.
Nearly $200 in ten cent subscrip¬
tions have been raised in Cleveland,
Ohio, for the purpose of beautifying
the grave of Moses Cleaveland, the
founder of the city. The plan is to
buy the property in which the Cleave¬
land family is buried aud to place an
iron 'railing around it and plant flow¬
ers in the plot The grave is in au
abandoned cemetery in Canterbury,
Conn., which is neglected to such au
extent that sheep graze among the
tombstones and cattle wander about
the place unmolested.
The preponderance of girls in the
higher school classes moved a speaker
at a recent convention of pedagogues
to sound a note of alarm. He made
a text of the fact that the women stay
at their books through all the grades
of the grammar schools and thence to
the last of the academic school classes,
while their brothers, partly from ne¬
cessity and party because of their un¬
rest, leave the schoolrooms at early
ages. The end would be, be declared,
that all the higher callings would be
filled by the educated women, while
their untutored brothers would become
the drudges of their generation.
The Boer invents little, and till his
military needs became urgent had little
nse for the inventions of others. Bnt
he has learned how to buy up-to-date
instruments of war, and among his
defensive expedients includes barbed
wire, which he stretches along the
beds of streams exposed to the enemy,
thus expanding the market for that
commodity to our advantage, as Wey
ler in Cuba did a year or two ago. As
it is going out of use to some extent
for fences, being replaced by material
of like sort without the prongs, it may
come in time to be chiefly used for
transient purposes of obstruction and
defence, such as the Boers are now
applyiug it to. As the instrument of
any purpose of peace it was always
much too cruel to be acceptable.
In the opinion of the warden of the
Pennsylvania -r, , . penitentiary .. .. at , River- .
side, manual training-schools in pris
ons are useless except for discipline,
and to occupy the otherwise idle time
of the convicts. He had contemplated
the establishment of a school of that
character, but was dissuaded by the
result of his investigations of such
schools in some half-a-dozen penal in
mu e*eis „ •„ i- i 4 .il e moon • .. ive,
he said, ., for to learn to do good
men
work in fashioning miniature repre¬
sentations of articles, which are made
only to be destroyed, In prisons
where goods are manufactured for sale
aud the workman is paid for extra la¬
bor, the result is different. In insti¬
tutions conducted on this plan the
convicts learn their trade and are able
after they are discharged to earn an
honest livelihood. Otherwise, when
they leave the prison they are compelled
to serve a full apprenticeship Leforo
they bccoise proficient in any trade.
fiEORfili NEWS ITEMS
Brief Summary of Interesting
Happenings Culled at Rand om.
Veteran .Journalist Dead.
John H. Martin, one of the best
known editorial writers of this state,
died at his home in Atlanta the past
week, after a long illness. He had
reached the age of 83 years, and from
the time he was 17 years of age until
five years ago he was actively engaged
in newspaper work.
Mr Martin was for a number of
years an active newspaper man and
was regarded as one of the best edito¬
rial writers in the state. He came to
Georgia from North Carolina, where,
in the city of Baleigh, he conducted a
newspaper/ He was at that time sev¬
enteen years of age. Directly after
the war he went to Columbus, where
he was owner and editor of The En¬
quirer-Sun- He disposed of that pa¬
per, however, and went to Atlanta,
where he edited The Sunday Gazette.
This he sold to the late Henry W.
Grady, and went to Rome, where he
was engaged in newspaper work for a
number of years. He then returned
to Atlanta and became an associate ed¬
itor of The Atlanta Journal,which was
his last work.
Mrs. Nobles Not Whipped.
Hon. Tbos Eason, prison commission¬
er, says that the. state’s farm of 600
acres of oats at Miiledgevilie were some¬
what injured, but he has faith that the
plants will come again from the roots.
He says the wheat is all right.
Colonel Eason says he has carefully
investigated the story circulated re¬
cently that Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles,
the aged husband murderer, has to be
whipped every Monday morning be¬
cause she is spoiled by sentimental
visitors on Sunday. He declares that
the sworn statement of the prison war¬
den is that she does not get whippings
and has never given any trouble since
her first day at the farm.
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Fruit Inspectors Named.
As a part of the thorough organiza¬
tion which the fruit growers in every
section of the state have begun as a
means to better protect their interests,
a plan has been adopted calling for the
appointment of deputy inspectors who
are to act under the authority of the
state entomologist. In two fruit
growing districts—Fitzgerald and
Fort Valley—the peach growers hove
already organized and appointed dep¬
uty inspectors.
The duty outlined for the deputy
entomologists iB to visit every orchard
in their district at regular intervals,
reporting to the state entomologist the
presence of the San Jose scale, so that
prompt action can be taken in treating
the pest. Under the law the deputies
are clothed -with the right to forcibly
enter all orchards in case permission
of the owner is refused.
Tell-Tale Gan Wadding:.
“Be sure your sins will find you
out.” In clear, bold type this Scrip¬
tural injunction stands out conspicu¬
ously on a small piece of gan wadding
found on the floor near the dead body
of Miss Nellie McDowell, the young
woman who was mysteriously assassi¬
nated in her home, ten miles from
Dallas more than a week ago,
The fragment is said to be a part of
the small scrap of paper which held in
place in the gun barrel the spoonful
of little death-dealing leaden missies.
On another piece of paper wadding,
j^nted been on drawn similar from type, the and undischarg¬ said to
ha v «
ed side of a double-barreled shotgun
belonging to a young farmer in the
neighborhood Biblical truth: of the crime, is found
this
“It is appointed unto all men once
to die and after that the judgment.”
With fearful accuracy, both as to
the prophecy of the printed words and
and as to the manner in which the pa¬
per was torn when the gun was loaded,
do these two fragmedts of an old copy
of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat form
a strong link in the chain of circum¬
stantial evidence now being forged
around Wylie Jones, the owner of the
gun in question aud now held in jail
charged with the murder of Miss Nel
]i e McDowell,
Supreme Court Reports.
The 107th Georgia supreme court
report is out and in the hands of State
Librarian Brown for distribution. The
issuing of the report was delayed for
several months on account of the ina
bilit 7 of the P rinter * 10 86 < r ure the P a ’
per necessary for the volume. Ihe
report should have been out in Decern
ber.
Colored Militia Barred.
The military committee of the Dewey
celebration at Savannah came near
embarrassing themselves and every
one connected with the affair by the
promiscuous manner in which invita¬
tions to the military commands to take
part in the parade were sent out.
Among the troops invited were those
from South Carolina. The adjutant
general of the state failed to distin
guish white from colored troops, and
when tbe invitations were issued many
of them were to negro troops. Some
of the colored companies accepted but
oas captain, who knew more than the
o&ers, telegraphed to know if colored
troops would be welcome. He got a
Mjative reply by return wire, and the
oauunittee has secured a revised list of
the South Carolina militia and has
•oat out notices withdrawing the in¬
flations to the negro companies.
Interstate Fair Assured.
The interstate fair will be held in
Atlanta October 10th to 27th, inclu¬
sive.
The time of holding the fair was
settled at a mass meeting held in the
Atlanta council chamber a day or two
ago. About 100 representative busi¬
ness men were present at the meeting
and the enthusiasm displayed showed
that the interstate fair had the hearty
endorsement of all.
. Chairman Charles A. Collier, in call¬
ing the meeting to order, stated that
it was not held for the purpose of de¬
ciding whether or not a fair would be
held, as that matter had already been
settled. The subject for discussion at
the meeting was the -scope and char¬
acter of the fair. The grounds, build¬
ings, machinery and all appurtenances
ware in good condition and it would
require only a small outlay to start
the wheels of the fair to moving. The
guarantee fund was placed at $15,000,
which is $5,000 more than that of the
state fair last year.
Pharmacy Board Meet* on 20th.
The Georgia state board of phar¬
macy will meet in Atlanta on Tuesday,
March 20th, for the examination of ap¬
plicants for license to practice pharm¬
acy in the state of Georgia.
Applicants are required under the
law to have had three years’ practical
experience in the drug business before
examination, or to be either graduates
in pharmacy or in medicine. The law
of Georgia permits no one to operate a
drug store unless the proprietor in
charge is licensed or has a licensed
man.
Statu Ticket Improbable.
Enthusiasm is not very much among
the Republicans over the prospects of
a state ticket, as recommended by the
recent state convention of that party.
The leaders in Atlanta think that it
would be inadvisable aud inexpedient
to get out a state ticket.
The believe, too, that available
men cannot be obtained who will sac¬
rifice themselves on the platform
adopted at the convention. When the
resolution was adopted by the conven¬
tion in Atlanta instructing the state
central committee to meet within nine¬
ty days and formulate a ticket, Chair¬
man Pledger of the convention stated
that the action was compulsory, pro¬
vided suitable men could be obtained
for nomination.
Chairman Walter H. Johnson of the
state central committee, said that the
committee would have a meeting with¬
in the prescribed time, but what would
be done he could not say. He said
that he did not believe the committee
would name a ticket, as it would not
be good policy at this time.
Chairman Pledger of the state con¬
vention, when asked, stated positively
that no ticket would be named. He
thought that the sense of the commit¬
tee would be and that the opinion of
the convention was to the effect that
to nominate a ticket, the Republicans
would bring upon the party a needless
opposition, which, at the present time,
it does not have.
Good For Columbus.
By a series of deals made in Colum¬
bus in a few short hours’ time, last
Saturday,, the following results have
been accomplished, which mean much
for Columbas. The Bibb Manufactur¬
ing Company, of Macon, has control
of the greater part of stock of the
Columbus Power Co. The two com¬
panies secutjed valuable options and
bought $15,000 of land on North
Highlands. The Bibb Manufacturing
Company will build a 20,000-spindle
cotton mill on North Highlands, and
will also erect eighty tenement houses.
The old Chattahoochee Knitting
mill, in Girard, Ala., just across the
river, will be operated as a cotton
mill. A company has just been formed
to operate the mill. The new mill is
entirely distinct from the enterprise
which had practically ceased to exist.
A highly significant feature is that
the new mill on North Highlands, of
the Bibb Manufacturing Company, will
manufacture high-class goods exclu¬
sively. For several years the Colum¬
bus mills have been making finer and
finer fabrics, competing with the New
England mills a little more and a little
more every year, aud the announce¬
ment that this new mill will make
high-class goods exclusively is highly
interesting
Prohibition WIni In Warren.
Warren county, whose prohibition
law of twenty-three years standing
was set aside by a recent decision of
the supreme court pf Georgia, voted
on the question the past week under
the state local option law, resulting in
an overwhelming victory for the pro¬
hibitionists, or “against the sale.”
The colored voters of the county ral¬
lied to tbe cause of prohibition and
played a prominent part in helping to
snow under the “wets.”
The majority over the “wets” was
530. Less than 200 wet votes were
polled in the county.
New Mills at Waynesboro.
A cotton factory for Waynesboro
will be chartered within a few days.
Fifty thousand dollars of the proposed
capital of $100,000 has been taken and
the balance is in sight. There are now
two cotton oil mills in the town.
NO JURISDICTION
Judgj Fields Renders Decision of
His Court In Gubernatorial
Contest Cases.
Judge Fields in the circuit court at
Louisville, Ky., Saturday morning
handed down an opinion that he has
no jurisdiction in the cases brought to
determine the governorship contro¬
versy. He holds that the constitution
vests in the legislature the power to
decide contests for this office and that
of lieutenant governor.
The Republicans will appeal the
case to the state court of appeals, and
if the decision there is .against them,
will try to get a hearing before the
United States supreme court.
Judge Fields reviews the history of
the cafe and the pleadings of both
sides, but devotes most of his opinion
to quoting courts of last resort involv¬
ing the competency of the legislature
to decide similar disputes.
He quotes the report of the contest
boards finding in favor of the Demo¬
cratic contestants for governor and
lieutenant governor, and says that
while the legislature dispersed by mil¬
itia before these reports were acted
upon and was barred from its usual
sitting place, the records of the legis¬
lature show that the reports declaring
Beckham governor were adopted by
a quorum of each house of the legisla¬
ture
This showing of the records he
holds to be sufficient. The line of
authority to the effect that the courts
cannot inquire into the motives which
induced the action of the legislatnre
he declares is unbroken and must be
taken as the law.
RESIGNATION SHOWS UP.
Document Long Witheid Is Hade
Public By President McKinley.
A Washington special says: It ap¬
pears that General Wheeler did tender
his resignation last fall. It was dated
November 28th, at a place called Pan
iqui, on the island of Luzon, and was
not cabled, but came by the slow pro¬
cess of the mails. Moreover, it did
not go directly to the war department,
but went to the white house, where it
has been reposing since* its arrival i?.
Washington. The war department of¬
ficials have just learned of it.
The general’s resignation was not
accepted promptly by the president
out of consideration for the officer. la
stead he was ordered to report to the
war department at Washington. His
resignation will be accepted and the
effect of this action will be to allow
the officer his mileage and expenses to
Washington. The resignation reads
as follows:
“Paniqui, Island of Luzon, the
Philippines, Nov. 28, 1899.—To the
President, Executive Mansion, Wash¬
ington, D. O., Sir: The insurgent
government is virtually destroyed.
Aguinaldo is a fugitive in the northern
provinces; his cabinet and congress
are scattered. The president of the
Pilipino congress is here, and from
what he says I think it will be impos¬
sible for their congress to ever recon¬
vene. The various commands of the
insurgent generals are reduced to
mere skeletons and fly before us
so fast that it is almost impossible to
get within gun range. I therefore
respectfully tender my resignation as
an officer in the volunter forces of the
United States. Very respectfully,
“Joseph Wheeler,
“Brigadier General U. S. V.”
When General Wheeler presents
himself at the bar of the house no ef¬
fort will be made to prevent his tak¬
ing the oath of office as a member of
congress. This does not mean, how¬
ever, that his right to hold his seat
will not be contested, On the contra¬
ry, Mr. Bailey, of Texas—who holds
that his retention of his commission in
the army after congress convened acts
as a disbarment to his holding a seat
in congress—will make exactly the
same fight that was made in the last
congress and which resulted in a re¬
port of the judiciary committee ad¬
verse to General Wheeler.
BOERS HEADED OFF.
British Turn Position of Transvaalers
Near Bloemfontein.
Advices of Monday from Orange
State are to the effect that the British
forces which, since the fighting at
Dreifontein, have been marching, have
turned the Boer position. British
cavalry are ahead. The Boers were
reported Monday morning about 12,000
stiong with eighteen guns in position
on a range of krojes commanding the
direct road to Bloemfontein, which is
distant fif teen miles.
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Prosperity promises to smile be*
nignedly upon you this year. You’ll
not miss the small sum necessary for
you to become a subscriber to this
paper.
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No Plant on Healthy Trees.
Plant lice, as well as all other i n
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sects, are more liable to attack trees
or plants that are in an enfeebled con¬
dition, and for this reason it pa y 8 to
keep the trees well manured, the land
on which they grow well cultivated
and the “suckers” trimmed off. Jb i8
is a very good point to remember anti
the one who bears it in mind will be
well repaid for his trouble.
Shape Trees When Pronin-*.
* pruning trees, especially if
In they
are young ones, the one who is doing
it should always prune so that the tree
will have some shape. In pruning
while the tree is dormant and before
the exhaustive process of pollen secre¬
tion takes place in the tree, one ca*
hardly go amiss by cutting the
branches so that the tree will have a
well-rounded shape and free from use¬
less “suckers,” which not only destroy
the symmetry of the tree but absorb a
great deal of thetree’s needed strength.
No doubt the main reason why
quince trees do not bear a larger
amount of ffuit than is their average
is this lack of pruning, for the quince
needs this perhaps more than any
other variety of fruit by reason of its
tendency to grow so many laterals.
Principles of Orcharding'.
The following terse suggestions are
by Professor John Craig, of Iowa: All
fruit trees should have a well pre¬
pared bed and the ground should be
well drained. Trees must not be in a
pocket. They need air drainage to
prevent sun scald, and for this pur¬
pose the north slope is the best. Dig
up the soil deeply or subsoil so that
the roots will have plenty of room.
Careless handling kills many trees.
Exposure of ten or fifteen minutes to
the sun often dries the roots so as to
materially weaken further growth.
Pack the earth very closely around
the roots of the trees and leave loose
mulch on top around the trunk. If
this is stirred once a week moisture
will be held.
Medium low heads are the best. Do
not prune too severely. Start the
first branch about three feet from the
ground. Cut out the useless branches,
pruning in the spring. If wood
growth is desired, prune in winter.
1 Planting the Tree.
In preparing the tree to plant, cut
off all the limbs within an inch of the
body. Never cut the leader, except
for double working. Cut the ends of
all roots that were cut in taking back
to where the wood is white and sound,
cutting from the under side, with
slant toward the end. Adjust the
tree in the hole properly, fill in with
good soil, firming it about the roots,
to the depth it stood in the nursery,
then spread on an inch or two of Loose
3oil. If the ground is dry when
planting, a pail or two of water should
be applied before filling the hole full.
When the water has soaked away,
fill in, and firm the dirt, leaving two
inches of light soil on top. Always
incline the tree to the southwest when
planting, two inches to every foot in
height. Cut the knots off close that
were left at planting, as soon as the
tree begins to throw out shoots. Wax
or paint large knots to prevent drying
and cracking. They will heal, and
the wood not deaden, as if exposed to
wind and sun.
Berries in Winter.
The average patch cf berries oa a
farm is not a very large one, nor is
there any necessity that it should be
extensive, as a small plot of ground
will furnish the largest family with au
abundance of small fruit. The trouble
with most berry patches is that they
are allowed to perish during the win¬
ter, and it is to prevent a disaster of
this kind that this item is written. It
is but little trouble to protect berry
bushes and strawberry vines aud needs
no skilful gardener to perform the
work correctly.
The loss occurs not so much
through freezing as through freezing
and thawing a number of times. Now,
when the ground is frozen solid, is a
good time to put oa the protecting
material. For berry bushes straw
may be thrown between the rows until
it reaches the top of the bushes, or,
better, the bushes may be bout over
and completely covered with straw,
with but little more trouble, and they
will be fully protected from the sever¬
est weather.
For strawberry vines the straw need
not bo so thick, four or five inches
being enough for all purposes of pro¬
tection. This covering should be left
on until the weather is getting warm
in the spring, when it may bo raked
between the rows and left there to
prevent the soil from drying out, thus
insuring Fortunately a better crop of berries.
this work may be done
at a season of the year when no other
work presses, and there is no good
excuse for neglecting it. The berry
patch is too important to bo lost
through negleot. There is no other
part of the farm of the same size that
brings such good returns for the well same af¬
amount of labor, aud we can
ford to give it all needful care.