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iTEMS IN THREE STATES.
YEWS ANO VIEWS Itt GEORGIA,
FLORIDA AND SOI*TH CAROLINA.
Georgia Dentists Elect Officer#—Cliff
ton's Trip to Vlnine—Bonkers Will
Aid the Farmers—Bi: Suit in
Florida— Nrrrberrj on a linoiu.
Woman AO Vears Old Dies in South
Carol Inn—South Carolina Com
mencements.
Columbus Enquirer Sun: The action of
the state convention Wednesday in refus
ing to recognize South Georgia’s claims
ft>r a delegare at laige to the Kansas City
convention met with general condemna
tion. That section south of a line from
Columbus to Augusta embraces more than
one half the state. It presented only one
candidate. Capt. John Triplett, of Thom
asville, and he was turned down. Such
action on the part of the balance of the
state was unfair and unjust.
Unity Cotton Mills.
At a meeting of the stockholders Friday
a permanent organization of Unity Cotton
Mills at La Grange was perfected by elect
ing Mr. C. V. Truitt president; Mr. Joseph
E. Dunson, vice president, and Fuller E.
Calloway, secretary and treasurer. Con
siderably over SIOO,OOO in stock has already
been subscribed. 10 per cent, of which has
been paid in, and an effort is being (made
to carry the subscription to $300.00D before
they stop. Work will begin on the mill in
a very short time.
Elbert County Peaches.
The peach crop in Elbert county is
almpiy enormous. Hundreds of acres up
and down the railroad are heavily laden
with the precious fruit, and preparations
are being made to have it moved as
rapidly as it ripens. Employment for hun
dreds of people for two or three months
In midsummer and the circulation of thou
sands of dollars will help to brighten the
condition of things in this county made
gloomy by the bad crops of the past two
years.
Receiver Appointed.
Judge 6peer Friday appointed Mr. Mer
rill P. Callaway temporary receiver for
Hobbs & Tucker of Albany on complaint
of the National Bank of the Republic i>nd
Mr. Callaw’ay left at once to take charge.
The petitioners were represented by Mr.
Olin Wimberley. The amount involved in
the receivership is estimated at from $75.-
000 to $150,000 and the business is run on a
large scale. Mr. Callaway will be in Al
bany several days looking after the com
pany’s affairs.
night Sort of n Former.
Columbus Ledger: .A farmer living with
in a few miles of Columbus never comes
In town without bringing a wagon load
of something raised on his farm, to offer
for sale Ham. lprd, sausage, eggs, but
ter, honey, wines and various other things
•re brought in by this farmer and he nev
er carries anything that he brings for sale
bock home with him. He sells out at
good prices. This farmer is both pros
perous and happy. It is this kind of farm
ing that can be made to pay best in Geor
i
The Water Was nail.
Statesboro 'Star: The City Council has
condemned the artesian water, that is in
its present shape. Mr. Davis has been
pumping it into a large tank from which
the mains are supplied. An examination
on Tuesday revealed the fact that several
birds, pigeons, rats, etc., had been drown
ed In the tank and those who have been
using the water have been drinking off
these dead birds, etc. Mr. Davis will
hereafter pump the water directly Into the
pipes so that It will come fresh to the con
sumer.
Clifton Goes to Maine.
The many friends of Bill Clifton all over
the state will regret to learn of his con
tinued ill health. About a week ago Mr.
Clifton left Darien for a sea voyage to
Bath. Me., on board the three-masted
achooner E. Howard Speer, commanded
by Capt. Faulkner. The schooner was load
ed with lumber and has made a number
of trips between Darien and Eastern
points. Capt. Faulkner and Mr. Clifton
•re warm friends end the trip for the lat
ter was planned with the view of benefit
ing the health of Mr. Clifton. He will
remain In Bath until some time in Octo
ber. It is said that Mr. Clifton is much
reduced in flesh, having lost fully sixty
pounds. His friends hope that the sea
voyage will be beneficial to him.
Will Aid the Farmer*.
Mr. J. G. Rhea, president of the Georgia
Bankers’ Association, being unable to at
tend the session of that organisation at
Lithia Springs, has made a statement as
to what the bankers of Georgia will do
for the cotton farmers, as follows: "The
bankers of Georgia will, to the extent of
their ability, stand firmly by the farmer
and aid him in obtaining the very best
market prices for his cotton. I mean by
this that they will give their moral sup
port in every possible way and will ad
vance money to a reasonable amount up
on a pledge of the unsold cotton at rea
sonable rates of interest and will hold the
tame until the farmers are ready to sell.
This, of course, will enable any farmer to
get money to pay all reasonable expenses
that he ought to incur in making the crop
and he can hold his cotton until prices
•re such as to warrant his selling It."
Georgia'* Dentlt*.
For several days past the Georgia State
Dental Society ha been holding its thirty
second annual meeting at Cumberland Isl
and. and at the session held Friday offi
cers for the ensuing year were elected.
The meeting adjourned after the election
of officers to meet at Macon In June of
next year. The following were three
elected to the various offices in the so
ciety: President, Dr. W. H. Weaver, of
La Grange; first vice president. Dr. H. H.
Johnson of Macon; second vice president.
Dr. A. M. Jackson of Milledgevtlle; treas
urer, Dr. H. A Lawrence of Athens; re
cording secretary Dr. H. S. McKee of
Americus; corresponding secretary. Dr. O.
H. McDonald of Atlanta. The following
named gentlemen were also elected to
serve on the Executive Committee. Dr.
B A Tignor, chairman. Miliedgeville; Dr.
J. C. Brewer, Rlackshear; Dr. 6. IV. Fos
ter, Atlanta; Dr. C. P. Davis, Americus,
Dr. J. W. Manning. Miliedgeville.
FLORIDA.
A petition for a “wel and dry” election
was presented to the Board of County
Commissioners of L*e county at ihclr last
meeting, ar.d havitg the requisite number
of names, was granted.
Bis: Sale f l,and.
Lake City Reporter: Over 20,000 acres of
land, property of the Georgia and Florida
Round Timber Company, was sold
through real estate agent George W.
Land this month. Camp Bros, of White
Bprings were the purchasers Over sl.*oo
In back tax*s had to be paid on the land
the sale could bo con>umrratei.
P Bradford County Democrat*.
Bradford Telegraph: The Democratic
party of Bradford county will be mote
largely represented at the State Conven
tlon in Jacksonville next week Than at anv
previous convention The Indications now
point to an attendance of from 50 to 10j
Bradford county D-ir.orra s. And Hey
will all go with the hope of seeing Hon.
James T. Wills rtcelce the nomination for
nt;an*y-gentral
Removal of the Capitol.
Tltuavllle Advocate: The capltol remov.
al question has proven to ba anything but
a tamporary craze. The demand for the
ramoval of the capltol to some more ac
cessible and central place, ha* become •->
grea.t that political leaders can not fail
to take cognizance of the fact. We hore
this question will be speedily derided in
favor of Jacksonville, and that we will
soon have a srate building that will be
a credit to the citizens of Florida.
The Maontee Again.
Cocoa and Rockledge News: A cow
manatee and two calves have been seen
feeding around the railroad dock for th?
past few* days. This is quite a sight, and
a number of our citizens availed them
selves of seeing a manatee for the first
time. The manatee came so near being
extinct that a law was passed comple.ely
stopping the catching or killing of
and they are now reported os becoming
quite numerous in the lower part of In
dian and Banana rivers.
Newberry on n Room.
Gainesville Sun: The thriving village of
Newberry may be said to be on a genuine
boom. The Cummer road has reached that
point and several hundred hands are now
employed in la>ing the tracks through the
town. The phosphate mines and other in
dustries are running, on full time, and
matters are assuming a very lively air
Where there is so much enterprise there
must be money and trade, and the peo
ple of our sister village are reaping a ben
efit.
Wants to Brat Georgia.
Miami Metropolis: A gentleman at Lit
tle River hopes lo raise a watermelon
weighing HO pounds or more. He has two
worthy objects in view-. One. is to beat
those Georgia growers who presented such
a melon to their Governor last season;
the other, to win the S7O offered as a prize
to the successful grower This money he
proposes to u. c e in a public spirited man
ner in the interest of his community and
it is to be hoped that he will succeed. And
he undoubtedly will if he does not "weary
in well doing "
Suit for Phonpliatc Lands.
One of the biggest civil suits ever insti
tuted in the state of Florida has Just be n
brought in the Circuit Court of Polk coun
ty. by Tampa lawyers, in the Interest of
a Boston client. The plaintiff in this leg
suit i9 Dr. W. S. Bryant, a capitalist of
the Bay State. He brings his suit against
Herbert N. Smith, also of Boston, to re
cover the title to a large extent of phos
phate lands in Polk county. The value of
the lands is SIOO,OOO. It appears that
Smith bought the lands some years ago,
as Dr. Bryant’s agent, and with Dr Bry
ant* money. Smith has been working
the property, and Dr. Bryant has just dis
covered that his agent had converted (he
title to them to bis own name. Hence
the suit to recover the title to the lands.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Six colored prisoners confined in the jail
at Laurens made their escape from the
Jail at Laurens last Monday night.
Citadel Commencement.
Commencement exercises at the Citadel
will begin this year on Friday. June 22.
in Charleston. The customary encamp
ment, held the last/ two weeks in June,
has been dispensed with this year and
the class of 1900 will be graduated in
Charleston.
For Lieutenant Governor.
Senator Knox Livingston of Marlboro
has filed his pledge in Columbia as a
candidate for Lieutenant Governor. He
has not positively decided whether he will
run or not on account of business en
gagements. He will, if he decides to run,
attend the meetings as soon, as possible.
Will Appoint a Cadet.
Senator Tillman has been notified by
the Secretary of War that he must name
a >det for West Point by July 10. He
will make this appointment by competi
tive examination and all candidates for
the appointment will report In Columbia
on July 3 at 10 a. m., at the South Caro
lina College.
State Campaign Date*.
The following Is the schedule of the
South Carolina state campaign meetings
for the rest of June: Walterboro, Mon
day, June 18; Beaufort, Tuesday, June
19; Hampton, Wednesday, June 20; Barn
well, Friday, June 22; Bamberg, Saturday,
June 23; Sumter, Tuesday, June 26; Man
ning, Wednesday, June 27; Monck's Cor
ner, Thursday, June 28.
Commencement at Furman.
Greenville News: The most successful,
the largest attended and the most enjoy
able commencement ever held In the his
tory of Furman University closed last
evening (Wednesday) with the graduating
exercises. The Institution was never in
a more prosperous and thriving condition,
thanks to the remarkable energy and
striking ability of the president. Dr. A.
P. Montague, who is worth the weight of
himself and faculty In gold to this In
stitution. The financial affairs of Fur
man. by his persistent efforts, are In ex
cellent shape.
lira. II OR ho* Disappear*.
Mrs. Mattie Hughes, who ls charged
with killing her husband and has had
three mistrials, has left Greenville. Her
restaurant was closed ThVirsday after
noon, when the sheriff went there to fore
close a SSOO mortgage, and it is believed
she has left town for good. She is on
bond for SI,OOO in the murder case and
there are also several dispensary cases
pending against her. Her father left
town last week to avoid trial for selling
whisky.
Prohibitionists Act.
Spartanburg county has inaugurated a
prohibition campaign. Forty to fifty men
from different sections of the county met
in conference Thursday in the Court
House. There was a notable absence
of candidates and "court house people,"
by which term town people were known
In former days. The ministerial rank
was well represented, there being five
active, energetic, working pastors on
hand. After considerable talk It was
unanimously agreed to nominate a full
ticket for the general assembly. For the
House they suggested Thomas B. Martin,
John H. Dodd, D. W. Willis, Joseph L.
Wofford and C. P. Sanders. Mr. San
ders has been a candidate for re-election
sinee-the adjournment of the Legislature.
AI mt*t a Centenarian.
Mrs. Nancy Franks Day, widow of Na
thaniel Day. died at her home, two and
onc-half miles from Laurens, early Thurs
day morning fin ihe ninety-ninth year of
her nge. She had a wide family connec
tion in that county, being related to the
Barksdales and Franks, and she was held
in very high esteem and reverence by the
many who knew her. Her husband, Na
thaniel Day, was sheriff of the county
for twenty years and was an officer in
one of tile Palmetto companies that en
gaged in the Seminole War in Florida.
She leaves several children, among them
a son. Mr. Henry Day. who Is three score
and ten and known locally as a very ac
urate weather forecaster. The "Day Al
manac" has been going into the homes of
everybody in that section for several
years Mrs. Day was a life-long Pres
byterian.
Convention at lllnck.lienr,
Mershon, Ga., June 17—At the primary
election held here yesterday the following
delegates were elected to represent this
district In the Democratic Convention >o
be held at Blackshear on July 4 to nom
inate a candidate for representative, :.nd
a full ticket for county officers: A. J. Dick
son. J. B. Bennett. A H S. Bennett, Ja
cob Hyers and D. J. Carter.
*
W. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Weil Contractor.
OCALA, FLA.
Am prepared to drill well* up to an*
depth- We use flrat-claas machinery, can
do work on snort notice *UC r”ar*Voe
aatiifacUon. * ,
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1900.
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI
CI LTI BIST AND HOI SEWIFE.
Boom* and Crazes With Respect to
Farming—The I’ad >ow Is Angora
Goats—How Horseradish U Culti
vated— Poultry ns Soil Improver*.
In some locality or another, and to an
extent greater or less, as circumstances
seem to warrant, there is a boom or craze
about some new feature in farming affairs
always on hand. There may never b~
again exactly such "crazes" that prevailed
some years ago in respect to hyacinth
bulbs or Shanghai chickens, but there is
usually something more or less like the.-e
in some locality or another in this very ex
tensive country. Just now in one sect! n
it is Angora goats exciting the ruraiists
that would venture upon something that
seems to promise better profits than the !
staple crop of the locality. In another ;
section it is celery. In another ginseng, j
In another Belgian hares; in still another
Angora cats! And soon. While the great
masses of farmers are true to traditions
and hold the even tenor of their way with
the crops their fathers planted and culti
vated without any thought of a hankering
after new things, still there are a goodly
number in the nggrogate who allow their
discontent at the plodding way of growing
rich with the old croppings of the fathers
to lead them to new arid radical changes
in their farm arrangements. They may
not all give up the old crop altogether,
but they venture upon them chiefly as
side issues, hoping, however, to soon dem
onstrate that they may safely cu: aloose
entirely from the system than in all these
years of following sti.l leave them
and far short of the success they had
tome'years ago aspired to. In every sec
tion of our broad country the farmers are
keenly on the look for something new and
of better promise. There, are plenty of
good sober farmers who are ready to un
dertake even the raising of Angora cots
as well as Angora goats if they could only
be assured that there is sure money in
the undertaking. We are told that some
Pennsylvania farmers had established
skunk farms a year or two ago. believing
there is money in it. and from all ac
counts there are considerable numbers of
Northern farmers who are engaged or
about to engage in raising ginaeng to sell
to the heathen Chinee.
It has occurred to us frequently of late
that it is rather a sad commentary upon
our boasted advance in . civilization that
there should be held out to the Northern
tiller of the soil more promise of wealth
in such crops as tobacco, celery, ginseng,
Angora cats, and one or two others, than
in those more useful products that repre
sent food and clothing for the civilized
man and woman. We are not at all dis
posed to speak disparagingly of that de
lightful luxury, a "Havanr.a" cigar, or the
bleached, crisp stalk of celery, nor do we
condemn the silky little animal purring
upon the hearth rug, but that they should
be so highly prized as to render more use
ful plants and animals less desirable and
less sought after as sources of profit do?s
seem to us a reflection upon the sanity
of modern men or women.
There is a place in the world, no doubt,
for what we term luxuries, but is there
not a vast dlsproportionment when an
Angora cat sells lor SIO,OOO. a carnation
plant for $30,000, a bushel of wheat for si.
and somewhere about 500.000,000 in want of
the dollar to buy the bushel of wheat?
There is money to burn somewhere. The
legitimate farmer has little or none ot it.
We would advise him to boom something
and join a craze of some kind.
Essace.
Horse-radish.
Mrs. C. C., Green Cove Springs. Fla . asks
for Instructions in regard to the culture
cf horse-radish. She wriles: "I have the
plants and they are large and thrifty
looking, but the roots are very sma'l.
They were planted In May. When shall
I dig the roots for US' and are the leave;
used for greens?"
Our columns two weeks ago contained
directions regarding the growing of horse
radish. It is propagated by planting the
small mots that grow out from the main
rtot. These roots range in size from that
of a large straw to that of a lead pencil.
They are cut into pieces 4 to 6 inches long
and planted out with a dibble gett.ng the
top of the cutting 2 inches or so beneath
the surface. The soil must be rich to
make good merchantable roots. It makes
an immense quantity cf leaf growth and
the young leaves can be boiled as other
greens.
Plantings should be made very early,
say in January, when the old roots are
dug up. The crop is ready to be dug in
November or December and the seed tools
can be kept buried in soil until time to
plant. The soil should be made as ri h as
possible and It shou and be deeply plowed*
just before planting. The rows should be
3 feet apart and tie plants set 20 to 24
inches in the r w. Where there is any
■market for the crop it should pay a very
good profit. Unfortunately it is not easy
to find a gbod market for such things In
the South. At the North horse-radish
finds a ready sale at the canning estab
lishments for it is the most delightful of
cond ments when grated and put up in
vinegar.
Sew lf for the Cornstalk.
Five years ago a farmer thought that
the value of his corn crop ended when
the corn was husked. What was left
was worth perhaps 60 cents an acre as
fodder. Now experiments have estab
lished the value of the by-products of
the corn crop as perhaps second to no
agricultural product, and has about dou
bled the receipts of corn growers, for the
stalk Is probably as valuable as the ebrn.
There Is a home market where the farmer
can get $3 to $5 a ton for corn stalks, and
so $6 to sl2 an acre for what used to bi.r.g
him 60 cents. The American Agricultural
gives a list of what is made from corn
stalks. First, cellulose, for packing cof
ferdams on battleships; pyroxylin varnish
a liquid form of cellulose greatly used;
cellulose for nitrate purposes In making
smokeless powder and other high explos
ives; cellulose for packing, as it is the most
perfect non-conductor known against heat
or electricity; paper pulp anil various
forms of paper, both alone and mixed with
other kinds of paper stock; food for stock,
made from the fine ground outer shells of
tho corn stalks; leaves and tassels also
furnishing a shredded or baled fodder
The material is als<> ground line and used
as a mixed feed for stock, to which is
added various nitrogenous substances ,os
distillery refuse, sugar beet pulp and other
by-products; poultry foods of ivve> kinds,
one for lajlng hens and another for fat
tening purposes. Our battleships Colum
bia, New York and Olympia are protect
ed with corn stalk, and many of tho bat
tleships being constructed In Russia, this
country and France are using the material.
A naval constructor declare that it is ok
as much importance ns llarveyized ormor
and smokeless powder. One hundred
pounds of air-dried corn stalks, stripped c*f
leaves and tassel, contain twenty-six
pounds of nodes or Joints, twenty
pounds of pith and fifty-four pounds of
shells or shlves The nodes contain 34 pci
cent, of pure cellulose, the pith 36 per
cent, and the shells 10 per cent As to the
possibilities opened by this new develop
ment, the Agriculturist says:
To add only a few dollars per acre to
each one of the SO.twt.oOO acres devoted to
maize in the Unite.! Slates each year runs
Into a sum so fabulous as hardly to bear
publication But if it is assumed that only
the fields of the corn belt will be benefit
ed, those eight states, Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana. Il.lnois. lowa. Missouri. Kansas
and Nebraska, alone average close to 50.-
009,000 adres under corn. If only S5 per 1
acre is added to tho value of the crop in
this belt, it means the tidy sum of $250,-
OOO.OCO added to the farmers' Income.
Ponltrj* a* Soil Improver*.
Some poultrymen are favorable to the
method of keeping poultry in small flocks, I
in confinement, with twro yards to each
flock, in the greater ©pportuni-ies given
for improving and using the land, says
the Farm and Fireside. Only one half of
each acre will be occupied at the s.>me
time by the fowls, the other half being
devoted to gardening, aiternaiing :he her.®
and the garden as occasion p_rmis. The
half acre in vegetables will preduee as
much ns was formerly secured oi an
acre, and no mapure need be bought or
hauled, for not cnly will the hens (..ke
sheep) scatter the droppings themselves
but they also accumulate at night ala ge
quantity, which may be applied where it
will be most serviceable. One
source of fertility to the land from (he
keeping of poultry, in addition to the
droppings, is an enormous less of food
from the trampling of the fowls, the pick
ings from the trough, and the discard and
amount due to fermen ation, all of wh ch
serve as plant-food. Keeping fowls in
yards, removing them frequently and
turning under the manure, prevents the
fowls from living in filth, and permi:s cf
an enormous production of crops. On a
piece of light, sandy soil that has be:n
considered almost barren, where a flock
of thirty hens were kept for a year, was
grown an enormous crop of potatoes,
beans, cabbage and peas. The growth
was excessively rank, and for three years
after the same plot was more productive
than any of equal space on the place.
The food bought annually for a flock is
equal to bringing a large quantity of fer
tilizer on the farm, and in passing
through the body of the fowl it is reduc'd
to a condition fitting it for immediate use
by plants. The fresh earth absorbs ani
retains its valuable properties better than
the drop-pings from the roost can be sav
ed. That fruit, vegetables and poultry
should be combined is a fact that will
some dby be admitted by all; but when
the system is practiced the free arrange
n.ei.t may be abolished, and -’.e ho* lx*
used not only for producing eggs and
poultry, but also for improving the soil,
just as is now done in France, and as is
done with sheep in England. The poultry
of France keep up the fertility bf ti e
farms, yield large profits of eggs and
meat, and increase the “flocks, yet the
flocks are small and no ranges are permit
ted. If it is possible in France it is pos
sible here, and the time will yet come
when no small gardens wiil be cultivated
without a. flock of hens as assistants in
stead of being considered enemies.
l'ear Blight.
We are receiving quite a number of in
quiries concerning pear blight and best
known remedies, writes Prof. Price of the
Missouri Experiment Station. We desire
to call attention to some w r ork that has
been done along this line, especially by
the United States Department of Agri
culture, and which should be known by
many of those who are growing pear
trees; but it appears there are many who
are no* famiiiar with these results. Pear
blight has been discussed in Farm and
Ranch at different times very thorough
ly, and we will not enter into a discus
sion concerning its life’s history and the
appearance of the germs that produce it,
at this time. The fact is well establish
ed that pear blight is due to bacterial or
ganisms. These organisms have been
examined by our classes in the study of
mycology at different times. Our students
have also inoculated healthy trees with
the germs of the disease. This usually
can be clone by using some of the fresh
ly diseased wood, or, better, some of the
exudations on the stems of the leaves
and of the twigs, by inserting some small
parts of these just under the bark of an
actively growing shoot. The inoculations
may be difficul "to take" sometimes when
made late in the season, after the sap is
not so active.
So far as I know', there are only three
lines of treatment to follow in regard to
this most serious disease of the pear, es
pecially in the Southern states. First,
cut out the disease parts some twelve to
eighteen inches below the diseased tis
sues and burn them. This should be done
very carefully late in the fail, after the
leaves have fallen off the trees. If this
is done, there will be no source of infec
tion of the pear trees the following
spring, except from nea.fby orchards
where the cuttings have not been closely
cut out and burned. These cuttings should
be made by the concerted action of all
growers in an immediate neighborhood,
and thus make an extensive effort to
stamp out the source of infection at this
time of the year. This is the most prom
ising line of treatment so far known to
scientific investigators that I am aware
of.
There are one or two parties in the
states who are selling preparations known
as "Pear Blight Cure." One of the prep
arations has been tested by us here and
proven to be made largely of corrosive
sublimate. This material was recom
mended to be put into the tissues of the
tree, just under the bark, and the sap
was said to carry the poison to all parts
of the tree and kill the germs of the
disease. This material, when put into a
tree in small quantities late in the sea
son, when the sap is not so active and
the disease is also very inactive at this
time of the year, not much damage was
none to the tree by a small quantity of
proison, and the conclusion has been
reached by some that this treatment kill
ed the pear blight disease. The conclu
sion, in . some instances, was entirely er
roneous. Arter experimenting along this
line, we find that corrosive sublimate will
injure the pear tree when used in any
considerable quantity, and inserted under
the bark when the sap Is active. TANARUS,
therefore, warn all parties not to depend
upon this treatment.
The next line of treatment is to plant
the most resistent varieties. Just which
are the most resistent has not been clear
ly demonstrated, but the Kieffer variety.
Early Harvest and Smith’s Hybrid seem
to resist the disease fairly well.
The next line of treatment is, not to
cultivate the ground too much after trees
are nearly grown and ready to fruit, so
as not to force so many young, render and
vigorous growing shoots into active grow
ing. They are most likely to be attack
ed by this germ disease. The disease
most frequently makes its appearance
during the time when trees are bloom
ing. The germs are carried to the
blooms by insects and wind, and when
they once get a hold in an orchard by
this means the disease is hard to eradi
cate.
We frequently have Inquiries as to
whether the disease should be cut out of
the trees In the spring. This is a very
costly process, in large orchards, and
hence It is a question whether it should
be cut out then or not. If the disease
appears in only a few’ places I would,
by all means, cut out and burn the dis
eased portions. We have, records of pom
orchards thnt have been constantly spray
ed during the growing season, an 1 but
little blight appeared, but whether this
continued spraying, which !s very cost
ly on large tree-, would continuously
keen the orchard from being affected,
where nearby orehards are affected, has
not been clearly proven.
The Famous Mndgobarj; Snner
kruat.
The fame of the Magdeburg grade of
sauerkraut, which declared to be the
best manufactured in Germany, has
prompted George H. Murphy, our consul
there, to investigate the process, and he
rcpo/is 'U length to the department, giv
in? a recipe. h\ follows:
••Take a number of heads cf white cab
bage. as fresh as poss.ble, and cat them
in o fine, lorg shreds. Place in layers in
barrels, or kegs, strewing salt over each
layer, using < ne-half a pound of salt for
each twenty-fi\e cabbagrs. Press the mass
do%;n with clean feet. W’ocden shoes, or
a heavy stamper. Plac* a cover on the
barrel and upon this lay a heavy stone.
Tlds presses the sauerkraut more and
conserves it better. The sauerkraut must
then be allowed to ferment in a cell r for
from three to eight -lays, according to
*he terur*’attire of th id:m. The barrel
should then b* t givlv closed and kept
in a 'o:l place. * re e ably In ace lar
• Fancy grade? cf sauerkraut are pro
duced by pouring white wine into the bar
rels aft r they are filled. Apples, chopped
very fine, ore also sometimes mixed with
the cabbage.
‘ After the barrel Ls closed, the saner*
A TEXAS WONDER.
Hall's Great Discovery*
One small bottle of Hell's Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder In both men and
women, regulates bladder troubles In chil
dren. If not sold by your druggist will
be sent by mall on receipt of sl. One
small bottle ls two months’ treatment,
and will cure any case above mentioned.
Dr. E. W. pall, sole manufacturer, P. O.
Bo* 625, ft. Louis, Mo. Send for testi
monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo
mons Cos., Savannah. Ga.
Rend This.
Covington. Ga., July 23, 1898.
This ls to certify that I have used Dr.
Hall's Great Discovery for Rheumatism,
Kidney and Bladder Troubles, and will
say It Is far superior to anything I have
ever used for the above complaint. Very
respectfully,
H. I. HORTON, Ex-Marshal.
kraut will be ready for use in about a
As soon as some is used, the bar
rel should be covered and a stone again
placed on top.
"In peparing and keeping-sauerkraut,
sunshine and extreme heat and cold
should be avoided."—Globe Democrat.
Improvement in Swine.
The term Improvement ls only relative.
There ls no such thing as the Improve
ment of swine in the abstract, says an
exchange. When we speak of the im
provement of swine we mean In the rela
tion of the hog to man. In the relation
of the hog to himself there has been no
Improvement, but rather an absolute de
terioration. Let the human race dtsap-
P ar from the earth at this time and
the hog would be In bad shape to survive.
At least this would be true of the im
proved hog. He would fall a prey to hun
ger, for he could not hunt his own food
except under the most favorable circuml
s'ances; if any wild animal got after him
he would be unable to tight, for his tusks
have been Ired out. Even as relat-s to
man the improvement made by cne gen
eration is not the Improvement desired by
another. There was a time when bigne-s
courtel for nearly everything in the im
proved hog. Now the buyers want qu ck
grown hogs of medium weight. The next
improvement will probably be more lean
meat in the hoy, because the buyers ta
boo the fat. The next generation will see
new standards of improvement establish
ed. The present lines of breeding will
have to be modified from year to year as
demands change.
liog Pasture.
Every swine grower knows that success
in pork production is best promoted by
having an abundance of good pasture. The
hogs thrive best and make pork cheapest
on grass and clover, for, by nature, the
pig feeds on grass as well as grains, not
withstanding the comparatively small size
of the stomach, says the Indiana Farmer.
Pigs like blue grass pasture well and it
comes early, but brood sows that are nurs
ing should be turned on it with caution
and gradually get accustomed to It, other
wise it will affect the milk and the swine
grower will be wondering what is the mat
ter with his young pigs. Blue grass is
also fine fall pasture for brood sows, after
the clover has been nipped by the frost.
Clover Is a fine summer pasture, hard to
improve upon, and Coming in when blue
grass has become a little dry and unpal
atable, and both the sows and pigs can
almost live upon it until fall. We say
almost, advisedly, for pigs feed naturally
on grass as well as grain, and not on grass
exclusively at any season. Clover should
be managed so that pigs will always have
it young and tender. When it becomes
woody larger stock should eat It down or
it should be mowed, so as to allow the new
growth to come on. Rape is also being
more largely grown for hog pasture and
it makes a very good one, especially in
the fall, and early fall-sown rye serves an
excellent after it has made a
good growth. With reasonable forethought
It is no very difficult matter to provide
good pasture for the hogs the whole sea
son through, and they will be all the bet
ter for it as well as more cheaply grown.
No one should try to raise hogs without
plenty of pasture throughout the season,
but remember also that it takes grain to
make a marketable hog and to keep brood
sows up to their work.
The Scrap Book.
Keeping Tomatoes.—A new way cf keep
ing tomatoes for winter use is recommend
ed by one of our state experiment sta
tions. The plan is to gather the green to
matoes when frost is imminent and wrap
each separately in soft paper; pack them
in boxes and store them in a room secure
from frost but not very warm. A few can
be brought into a warm room when de
sired and they will ripen in a few days.
By following this plan fresh tomatoes
can be had until the middle of the win
ter.
Salt and Ashes for Hogs —One Item of
feed which should never be neglect and is
a good supply of salt and ashes to which
the hogs can have eccoss at all times.
Wood ashes can always be had and the
hogs should have all they will eat. When
not convenient to give ashes, charcoal is
a good substitute, and even soft coal will
be eaten for want of something better,
says an exchange. Hogs are never in
jured by eating all the ashes they want,
but it ls not safe to give large amounts
of salt to animals not accustomed to its
use. The salt and ashes mixture should
be kept in a low box under a shed where
it will be protected from rain, and shou and
consist of about two quarts of salt for
each bushel of ashes. Many feeders pre
fer to add a few ounces of copperas to
the mixture. Free access to 6uch a mix
ture will do much to preserve the health
of hogs, and sows which have had an
abundance of such food will rarely eat
their young.
To Preserve Green Corn—When the corn
is in full roasting-ear gather It and cut t:
from the cob. To every gallon of corn
use one quart of salt mix thoroughly
and pack in stone jars of 3 to 5-gallon ca
pacity. Pack the corn tightly In the jars,
using a wooden pesile to pack it with.
Tb s excludes most of the air. When your
Jar is full, to within an inch of tho top,
level the corn and spread a cloth over
It. Fill the remaining spaae with salt we 1
packed and tie another cloth over this,
.Set away in a cool place and the work is
d'ne
When you want green corn In w;ntr
remove the covering from your jar, take
out what corn you need and replace the
cover. Soak ihe corn in luke-warm water
over night, and llien prepare for the ta
ble as if it were fresh corn. It is but lit
tle trouble to put up enough to do a
large family all the winter and spring. I
had mjr last dish of it May 21, and will
have new corn May 28 J M Hudson.
Big Boom in Celery.— The next
celery crop raised on the fa
mous peat'ands will be far greater in
point of acreage than any heretofore pro
duced. D. K. Smellzer, who is the largesti
celery grower in the United States, will
put out not less than 2.300 acres, and
probably nearer 3.000. Dolson, Platt &
Patterson arc said to have ccn ractfd for
about 1.100 acres of cel-fry, and the small
er growers, whose crop will he handled
by the California Celery Company and
the Earl Fruit Comtar.y, will have in all
about 9 0 to 1000 acres. Some Idea of tho
mogn' ude of this comparatively recent
lr.du-try may tc gained fr m the state
ment that Mr. Smeltzgr alone has more
ihan thirty acres in seed beds, and will
transplant more than nine minima of cel
ery p ants, in addition to those in his own
seeding The celery business In Orange
county for 19C0 will, it is believed, exceed
J.VOOOO. Fite years ago celery was looked
upon as a frolish exp r.ment and anew
method of wasting time and money.
The foregoing Item a Caiiforn a paper
shews that an impetus has likewise been
given to ceiery culture In the far W<st
as It has be n In the far South. Between
Michigan Florida and Callfcm'a there
may be gr at rivalry in the culiure of the
splendid salad, but there should exist no
doubt that the country will b amply
supplied. - . .
LITTLE CONVENTION' STORIES.
Things Republican Delegates Are
Retting Each Other.
No matter how serious-minded your av
erage delegate, 6ays the Philadelphia
Press, he has his moments cf reaxht.on.
He must stop now and then from nursing
some other fellow’s boom and take time to
smooth out the wrinkles in his own po
litically-ruffled head. And when he does
this he’ll tell you a story—or his troubles—
or the trouble of the world In genera!.
Delegate Malta Cites a Case.
"Don't ask me who my choice fo- Vice
President is,” said Delegate Maltz ot
Michigan—“because, to tell you the truth,
I haven’t decided yet. Which reminds me
of a little incident at the convention at St.
Louis four years ago. There were six col
ored delegates standing in the hall, and I
said to one of them: ’Who are you for'/'
“ ‘Weil,’ he said, scratching his head,
‘some of us are for Morton, some for Mc-
Kinley—and some for sale. Any sug
gestions to make?’
"Which is proof," he concluded, grimly,
"how quickly and naturally your average
colored man takes to politics."
The' Tale of the Clever Canine.
"Somebody asked me,” said John S.
Wise of New Yorit, "somebody asked me
what w-as the matter with Quigg. And I
told them I didn't know as anything was
the matter with the man, except that he
always had a habit of letting people know
he was aiound. You see, in that particu
lar, he's exactly like a dog I had down
in Mississippi. The dog was given to me
by a friend, who said he was a good bird
dog, which he wasn't. In fact, he* wasn't
good for a blessed thing except to sit in
the sun. Whenever strangers would call
the dog would try to make them notice
him. He’d do ail sorts of things to at
tract attention, but if the strangers failed
to bestow attention on him that dog had
an unfailing recipe. He'd walk calmly
down to the pond, get soaking wet, and
then proceed to shake himself all oj’er the
unobserving man. Of course, what the
man then said wouldn't fit in a respectable
story—but the dog was noticed, which was
the object in view.
"Do you see the limile?"
The Advantagts of a Front Name.
"Say.” began Col. "Tom” Baker, the
United States marshal, from .the Western
district of Tennessee—"do you know ih.it
handling a man with kid gloves is ih>
very worst way to get anything out of
him? Yes, sir, it's the very worst way,
and I’m politician enough to know what
I'm talking about. I went up to Mr. Joe
Manley last night, and approaching iim
with a good deal of trepidation, I said:
'Col. Manley, I’d like to talk to yo i on
our Tennessee squabble. You see. Colo
nel. I ' and he brushed away abru. tlv,
saying: T haven’t time to talk on squab
bles.’
"Well, it hurt me—hurt like the m s
chicf, being treated so curtly, even though
I'd never seen the man before. And si
this morning, as soon as I spied him, ;:p
I goes and linking my arm in his, I said:
'Say, Joe, I want to talk to ycu. I want
to talk to you, Joe, about our Tennessee
affair. I know, Joe, that you can advise
me, and we'll sit right here, Joe, and
talk the matter over.’
"Well, sir, I had the most satisfactory
talk under the sun—he was peaches and
cream and milk and honey. I tell you,
the advantages of knowing a man’s first
name ore tremendous. When I gave him
the 'Mr. Manley,’ he was as grumpy as
an oyster—as soon as I called him Joe'
he was as soft as angel cake."
Patriotic 91. Myers, of Texas.
Delegate J. A. Myers of Texas is rotund
of body. Jolly of face, and wears a fl ru
ing red necktie. In addition to this he
wears a soft slouch hat wiih an American
flag wound around it, and in all the throng
of big men and little that drift up ani
down the Walton corridor, he is the m st
observed. For he is the only man who
has seen fit to decorate himself—and he
seems proud of the distinction.
"You know Texas is Democratic.” he
said, “and everybody knows it's Dimo
cratic. And I just put this Amen an
flag around my hat to show the people
that all the Republicans aren’t dead in
my stale—and that I’m one of them, and
am very much alive!
“And Texa is a corking fine state, let
me add, and don't you let any cne for
get it!"
Senator Thurston Tells a Story.
"In this vice presidential muddle the
candidates must help themselves," said
Senator Thurston, musingly. "There's no
use in praying for help—which reminds
me of the chaplain of- our army in the
Mexican War. We had 5,000 men, and w e
wanted to lick Santa Anna, who had 20,-
000. The chaplain looked dubious when
he stanza his prayer before the bottle,
but he waxed eloquent toward the close
‘Oh, Lord,' he said, ‘we only have S.CRO
men, and Santa Anna has 20,000. Thou
canst help us, oh, Lord, if Thou wilt, and
we pray You do it. But if You can’t
help us, don't, oh. Lord, help Santa An
na, for he’s four times stronger than we
are.’ ”
Philosophy From Congressman
Gardner.
"Funny lot, aren't they?” commented
Congressman Gardner of New Jersey, as
he swept his hind toward the crowd of
delegates. “It’s odd. too, isn't it, that all
Americans think they can do all things
political—that somehow or other nature
has fitted them out with intellects just
fitted for political superiority. Every
man in the country, for instance, wants
to be Secretary of Agriculture, but not
one man out of a hundred wants to be a
farmer, so as to get the technical knowl
edge requisite for the higher position.
And I’ll wager a silk hat to a penny that
In the throng over there, there isn't one
man but thinks that he would make a bet
ter President than McKinley has been "
He laughed softly, then said reflective
ly; "There's no profession under the sun
that so obliterates medesty as politics!"
Henry Clay Evans and Geography.
"You cafi't tell from the handshake who
is from the South and who from the
West,” said Commissioner of Pensions
Henry Clay Evans. "Time was when
you could differentiate between the cor
dial grasp of the Southerner and the
breezy, pump-handle shake of the West
erner. But I can’t tell the difference
any more, because the shores of the Pa
cific 'and the shores of the Atlantic, are
getting squeezed closer together.
"Why. only yesterday a delegate told
me that McKinley was a Western man!
Twenty years ago he might have been
classed so. but now the center of popu
lation Is. Indianapolis—and that makes
McKinley an Eastern man. And some day
soon there won t be any North or South
or East or West, and we'll order a Presi
dent sent on from the. Philippines just lo
avoid all geographic] distinctions.”
Sir. Manley on the Picly of Flat
form*.
Committeeman Joseph H. Manley was
talking of platforms; "Y’ou can't make
'em to order." he said, "although there is
a certain set formula usually followed.
You ought to start off with something on
the zephyr-worked motto plan such as
’God Bless Our Home,’ The Lord Loves
a Cheerful Giver' and platitudes like that.
But you've got to get down to substan
tial* after you say grace, and all the
pretty things under the sun won't be worth
a smash as a platform unless you've got
good, solid stuff bolstered al! around by
way of support."
Wliy Texa* Send* Tall Men.
E. H. R. Green comes from Texas. He's
a son of Hetty Green, and he's big and
broad and more than common tall.
"Do you know.” he began, ‘T’ve been
In politics Just six years, and I’ll say that
CASTOR 5 A
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there isn't another profession under th
blue canopy of heaven that has half th
worry to it. You see, you not only hava
to watch yourself, but you've got to watch
all the other fellows, too—and It tires you
out.” u
Just then four other big Texans cams
up to the massive Mr. Green, who mu*a
proudly. "We've got nothing but big
in our state.” ho said by way of explain
ing the smile.’ "You see. Texas is such an
all-fired big state that she has to hav
a lot of big men or we can’t begin to mi
it. And I think we fill It pretty satisfan.
torily—eh, boys?"
An the “boys” said they thought the*
did; 9
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DAY, June 39, at 30 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt Bur*
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TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, SATUR.
DAY, June 23, at 2 p. m.
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DAY. June 25, at 3:30 p. m.
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CHAT i AHOOCHLE, Capt. Lewis FRT
DAY, June 29. 6 a. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Bur*
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TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, MON
DAY, July 2. at 8 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
TUESDAY. July 3. at 9 p. m.
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KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher. SATUR
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MONDAY, July 9, at 2 p .m.
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DAY', July 10. at 3 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
FRIDAY. July 13. at 5 a. m
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July 14, at 6 p. m.
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July 36, at 8 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burg
TUESDAY, July 17, at 8 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins. FRIDAY’
July 20, at 11:30 a. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Dag-ett
SATURDAY, July 21, at 12 noon
NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith. MONDAY
July 23, at 2:30 p. m.
KANSAS CITY', Capt. Fisher, TUESDAY
Jti’y 24. at 3 p.m. '
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burg
FRIDAY', July 27 ,at 5 a. m.
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DAY, July 28, at 6 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt Dae~ett
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