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6 THE NEWS OF THREE STATES. IliPmniOl IN ÜBOiOU, FLORIDA AND AIM Til ( AHOI.INA. hfero Boy Leased mm (<Hivlrl~llfNrt Mp< ollnm %Ir lluimhl n.l Florida'* lro ing Phosphate In •laairt-Hark* lmd Wllh Moron I upkrd-l.ri larnl I ranfnrd on (la lld labor. Tidmiivllla oorro# pond e nee llorninf Nr a*. Doc. 21 Billie Moore. a well known and wi ll t hung lit of negro carpenter of this city, phot on yesterdav. Frol Wil liam*. another negro. In the leg. with a lunr of bird *hi, doing no great lew Jury. Moor* claim- WlHiabip had insult •*i hfn wife Moor* surrendered himself and wti promptly rrl*4>rd on bond Itn rair•> ill-'n iMaprnan r* l-nw. r|Hn the people of Harnesville now de g.endf whether or not Harnesville ahal! have a dtsiwisj-ary for the sal# of imoxl cant* for medicinal mechanical aih! eac ramentai purposes. or a dPiaenaary lor the aie of Intoxicant# for all purpose* A i a -late to l* Meter mined by ti* Mavor and Council of the city but not earll**r than May 1. <m ele lion i* to b* h* <1 to deride the province, th# latitude and rights of the Bartlesville dispensary, to he participated In by the qualified vol n* of i bat idly. lire •ii ml red Mile# it m t.aat U ngim From Columbia 8 C. to H.ver June if n. Ha in a goat uon-thit th* trip Wesley Morris la making an i he ha* a i Oinidiehed thuf far 2 A m.le* of the w.iv Morria la a lltne hr*.velrd up man who wi ,gb* 54 p*. uni* > 3* years old and ha* been afflicted 33 year* with rheuma tism He started from Columbia, 8 C . anou4 four week* ag In a little wag-.*?* drawn by two billy goat* He left An iruata two wi-ck* ago and arrived In Ma on Friday attrrnoon Morria Is p rfa* tly Jo-lplea*. and a ivoinpanled b> a young mon mimed Bell, who walk* bead hi# wagon Hh In a no use of Nil body. *xpt one arm. both hand and his head When Morria complete* hi* Journey he will have traveled over 500 miles Leaaed Hl# *oa • a Convict. An old negro named Harrison Mayo at Fr eaten. has formally bound out hi* poet. Caloney Mayo, a* a convict to serve time with J. W Callahan, a worker of ronv.cta at a saw mill near here The contract ha* been drawn under seal of the derk of the court. Mr Oeorge K Thornton The contract la to he effective until Caloney Is 21 years old The old man *akl when ask# 1 about the affair. "You see, boss, lilt a d* erwdy. In*! b->> ano gwl. git in d* gang anyhow ef hew Towed ter run erbout on do devilment like his bin doin’, en 1 Je*’ thought I’d put Tm wld Mr. Callahan en let Tm alt ;ome trainin’. Tain't gwl hurt lm The <onalderation ta |!h per month but the boy la to wear chain* Juat aa convict# do. \% r* a *|nesr Old I haraeier. On* of th* mo*l tinlqu* will c.i** lint ev*r -m* uj In <*orjct hi. t*rn on trial before Ih* ordinary of Whit* ooun'v. It wa* th* wtil of H.-tiry Folium. who di*4 aom* month. ago at th* mtr of W Mr ... a vary trr*ntrtr man, wllh many t>*collarttle* All ot hw chlldr*n left Ittm year. a(to, tnd would not *v*n zo .*ltoii i,:m In hi, old a** and .lckn*t>. H* car*d nothin* for th*m and they car*.l nothin* for him. H* !lv*<l by hlm.*lf, .loin* hi, own cooking, and had a peculiar d*lr* to *at all kind* >f m*al. ll* had. In hi. Ilf,limit. ,at*n rata. fro. mu*krat. hou.* cal*, crow*, buzzard,, akunk., a -* -Hmak* and every kind of Tuln* Imaginable. He would ret|tiet jile who found etran** • varmint,“ or fowl* to bring them to him and lie would eat tham. Attorney llangla.’ Ml.rortonea. Attorney Hamilton Dousla, of Atlanta wo. the victim of many tnntfortiinrw law weak. l*i,l Tueetluy at midnight hi, mother Mr, latum Virginia Dou*la. died 41 Richmond, Va . and he > turn monetl there On the following mornln.t n■ an *arly hour hi, mother-in-law Mra. Jennie Cleveland William., died rudclenlv In the W*,t. and Mr. Itougluo left Im mediately to attend her mother'a funeral When Mr. and Mr. Dougla. returned to Atlanta It wan to llnd that their four chlldreet were quite 111 Jeon, two and a half year, old. and Janet. ag#d eight, both have pneumonia, while Helen. ,1* year, old, and Dorothy, who It four, are i.:ffcrtr.g with the whtyqytna leush. Jean, th* baby, I, raid to be critically 111. and th* two children having th* whooping tough ar* threatened with pneumonia. Atlanta*. Ktablna Clnh'a Florida Trip. On Jan. 10 th* H0m0.!,.* Fl.hln* Flub of Atlanta will leave for an annual out ing and angling vacation In Florida The club held a meeting Halurday and .elect ed the date. They will he away two week* on the trip. Th* llomo*a.,a K!h- Ing Club la one of the prominent .porting organization, of Atlanta, and It Include, In It* memlterahtp .onto of the c*|iert angler* of the Hoir.h. Frank M Potta la incident Among the member, are Frank I*. Rice, Oeorge Mue, 11. It. Durand. I tt Mitchell, lid I’ayne, T H Armstrong. II V. McCord. K. F. Peter.. Clark How ell, Ir A, W. Calhoun. Dr. J K Todd, tleorge Iyownde*. Zak Caatlelwrry*. John Derkele. D Woodkard. Howard Van Kpp- Th* club got. to llomrwa,.. to practice each year. Ua.t year'. mi the moat ituoc**ful trip In the hl.tory of the organization The mem bera ahlpited home to Atlanta a do*. n b.irrel, of trout, tm,. and othnr delectable epeclea ol tha tinny tribe. I'filtii'a Uwwd In U#*rfta. Macon Evening News: That the pecan f>roM even brttpr In Oporjia than In Texat or Doultlaan. t clearly demonstrat ed by Col. John M. Htubba of Dublin, who hat I.SDO hearing trees at Montraee. on the Macon and Dublin road Col. Stubbs broocht aoroe temples of hit pe . ant lo Macon. They are much laraer than Hie pecant shipped from Texas and Ixnilalana. and the ahella art much aofter The null planted by Col Stubba in from twjth of there state* and were of the mow a. loct variety. HU treee are only year* o,d. but are bearing nicely. Thlt dlt putea the Idea lhat It takee the pen twelve year# to bear fruit. Col. Btubb- M v> that It l almply a matter of culti vation. and lhat If the tree* are properly -inert for they ittve a ytold much more quickly. The pecana are of tire pap.r thell variety and are very full of rich, nutritious meal, the kernel# brine hlahly flavored and full The Texas nut It short end round, while the larulHana nur It It l.tng and pointed, but the flavor of the former la superior ro that of the later. t nlared Legislator on Child Labor. There were two negroes el the late *es rlon of tho legUlature—Crawford, from Mclntosh, and McKay, from Liberty. The other day when the child labor brll wn< up. Crawford, who hat some decided view* on thet eubjeet. tried eeveral timet to get a hearing during the general dle • uetton of the measure. but the ae-tlng epeaker failed each time to rev ognixe him. Finally Juat before the bill came to a vole, a member went to Crawford and suggested that he take advantage if the rule to explain hla vote, three mln uiee being allowed for that purpoee. When Crawford's name wae reached be arose and In a vary respectful manner treked for privilege to explain hie vote, which wee granted ••fjenrlemen," he •aid, "you bav# patted law# to protect th# flsh In th# strsams and th# bud# m th# air You hav# Icglilatsd to protec• th< flumft ntmals on your streets from th# cruelty of man. and y#t, ff#n*tl#m#:i. you n##Kat# to pass a to save th# hslplsss little ilWlrni from thia form o to human slavery. (3#ntism#n. I ask ' h of | prrrl ‘’raw ford's brief |weclr hiought forth deafeti ing aptTause FLORIDA. Th# poultry rat#r* of Orlando hav# <♦#• rltird to hoki a poultry show on Jan I* and 31 It will hf op*n to all pcn'lintnfA In th# arat# fin: of th* raiaerv hm\m very fin# birds of differ*nt bre#,i. M nd Interest In th# business w growmc It Is ted that this meeting will result In turther rou.iu; interest In a business which baa been too ton#; neglectad her# I Ish Arrsp I erttllarr fr V'lneapplcs Pineapple growers Punta ‘lorda ar* experlmftitlng ai'-i t ie new fish frrtih *#r mar uf.. turrd on th# bay. It la tailed "•crap, and Is mad# from shark m • dig excellent results The romfiariy ho gone to mu h expense to make this new enterprise su. ess In ••Itlltlon to mikir.#* rush-grade fertiliser. the> ar* putting up mullet in kit*, in aomembii ! jme atvl# 4r>d planner in whit h ma ker#l i* put up i tn Have a r aralval. Th# husir.e** men of CHjr, In con- Junction with the b.Mhoard Air Un# Ball road 8> stem, win hold a mid-winter car nival !t. Januarv ron:lnulif prohuhly two eeeks The *iate his not yet been hxe.l hut will be announced this week Th# carnival Is to have ail of th# attractions of a street fair, and present eapc-cully exhibit* of the industrial and agrimT tural pi ogre-, and p*seiMlJfy of the e< tioi Tnls fair is isarrlctilarly for th** i urp*ee of .Iranln*: th# fliotisarxin of to- r* Isis from the North and Wat who ma. is tn the state at th# time and to show to them the a Ivantagea of Florida Invest men m. No limit tn I'hosphnte Industry. Fhoephate lira There seems to be ne limit to th# phosphate industry Th# im pression that it is t niporary and that th# plants w'U clo>* down nft#r w rule I. all "itosh. There is enough phosphate here to last anotner c* atury. and as soon a* the oM machinery wears out, strong. • r and more substantial up to date im provement.- will !*• made If the present roads do not make concessions In freight rates that will nanl# Col. Joseph Hull to erect a fertllix* r factory, other roali will l'“ built that sill give such rate- is win Justify him and other capitalists in send! n*t out th finish* and product Instead of the crude material. , Bucks l,cked *1 iixiMhrr In Death. Kissimmee (faxett* While hunting on the St John’s last week. Messrs L. I*. Hughey and E B Griffin ame across toe bodies of two large bucks which had fought to a death finish, and lay w.th their horm tightly lotkel togaher Ea* h had pruned the other In the middle ot th# forehead On# wa* stone dead and had been attic kl by huxxard*. and the other still showed faint signs of ll(j*. Tha surface of the prairie for an of a quarter of an acre around them was torn q. telllna of the Intensity of (Mr mor tal struggle The horns, atilt locked, may **e wen at Mr Hughey's house In town SOUTH CAROLINA. t’noffi lally It Is Mated that (he "city's share’ of th# profli# of the duqtensary business In the several principal cltlet and towns of the state for the eleren month# of (he year Ju-d ended will be .is fo|- i*e..-. ■'* !.:r:**'•*. **'••• fh.ris*ion. 127- 000; Greenville. SH.tOO. and Spartanburg, $12,000 This Indicates that the dispensa ries have done quite a large business in th# cities during th# past year. % \rgrn Mllnr'* View nf viiftrrtßo. Th* South Carolina Kthopfan. published nt Abbeville, says: The greahdl blow •he negro ban tvr received, hil the one from whn*e damaging < fleet* he will never recover. ■> given to him by congres sional rnaciment* It * the uncondi tional imposition of the right of franchise, for which he wee In now!** qualified. No government ha* ever done a defensele-* people creator Injury We do not consider thut those Mates that have passed emend* nient* to their conslliutlons abridging the privilege* of some of the cltlgeiie In the exercise of franchise have done the negro half an greet evil a* was done him by the national government when It imposed this light u|>on him t llrnvr Confederate Head. ('aid James A. Urey died at his home at Anderson lest week. He has been In had health for more than a year. Cap! Urey earned his title, for he was e breve C'Onfederaie. He was first lieutenant In Company F. Fifth South Carolina Volun teer Infantry, and before the dose of the war was In command of his company In 1964 he was captured by the enemy at Shipp’s Uap. Oa., and was Imprisoned on Johnson’s Island. Lake Krle. 0., un til after the close of the war. He leaves a wife and two sons, Itr. 1-out* Gray and llavtd Gray, and a young daughter. t liarleston’s tra t otton fill Still. The Charleston Cotton seed Oil Mill has been completed and Is now manu ufacturlng oil from cotton seed. The wheels were put In motion Wednesday and the mill Is running day and night. The mill was hullt hy the Vlrgtnla-Caro llna Chemical Company and Is located near Ihe Atlantic Phosphate Works It Is said lo be one of ihe finest and most complete cotton seed oil mills In the South and Is equipped with the most Improved machinery used In the manufac ture of cottonseed oil. The mill Is man aged hy Mr. W. Haynes, wn experienced oil mill man from Winston. N. C. Will spend Christmas With Hamp ton. The Charlotte Observer aaya Mr Shakespeare Harris of Poplar Tent. Ca- I sir rue county, who made a record In the Civil War as one of Oen. Wade Hamp- CDCC PLAIN FACTS r KC.L for men. My newest book. "Manliness. Vigor and Health." ahould be In the hands of every man. young end old. In the United State* J_ 1 have devot ■k ed 3u years to close stu- dy of private, ■r p chronic dla - Pc 4 ease* of men. . A This book gives valuable •** Information on every phase of lit - P. STUB’ . TCRE. VAHI ' V HI.(KID P()IS -T _ ON and SKIN . D I S K A SF.B. J.Newton Hathaway.M.D. urinary md BLADDER COMPLAINTS, etc., and la full of plain, solid fact* that every man ahould know Do not give up all ho|ia and think vouraelf Incurable because you have tried other treatments In vain Send tny book and read It carefully, It will give you a clear understanding of your condition and ehow you a way to a per fect cure and full restoration to health and happiness This hook, with compete symptom blanks will be sent free In plain, sealed envelope to any addrose. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY. M. D.. 25A Bryan street, (Savannah, Ga. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1000. A TEXAS WONDER. Hall's Great IMseawery. On# amwlt bottle of Hall s Groat Dl#* cov#ry cur#* all kidney and bladder trou bles. ramovas gravel, cure* diaUtti. a#m Inal tmiiiiQtu, w*-k and iom# backs rhoumatiftia and all irregularities of tn# kioneys and n.adder in both men and wo men, teguiaiaa biaduar trouble* * cWi * dretx H Mt Hold b> your drugglt wi.i be sent b> mail ub racelpt of tl One ama botti# la two month* treatment and will cur# any >t abovs mentioned Dr. k " Hall, •*>)• manufacturer. F O Box w**. 8t l(ouia. Mo Pena for ta<lmonU*l* bold b> all druggtßie and Hoiumona Cos. bavannah. Ga Nsad Villa. Dothen. A!# July 13. I*® Dr. E TV U|| Hr lutr Mo -Der Bir W# have been selling your Texas Wonder, Hail's Great Discovery, for two years and recommend it to any one suf fering with any kidney trouble aa being th# beat reme.x w# #\#r gold. Your* truly. J. R YOU NO. ton’# si’out*. Is to sps*nd (Tiristmas with th# old General at his home in South Car olina Mr Harris an* i young chap In the war. and had har Ilk*- Buffalo Bill's The cioaeiM place he was ever In *i* when th# Yank## got him It was a hand-to-hand • omlwt following a cavalry charg* Mr Harris’ scalp was rl|qed open from tn* top of his h*ad to the base of his n#k by sabre strok** and the hair and scalp flapped over hi* fa e. blinding him Even then he would have got his man but for the snapping of his pistol As It was the Yank## got him. and It was a foot many d\- r#for# h# did any more scouting for Hampton G n Hampton and Mr. Harris have met fre .l a . .he sort of a pair to have a good Christ mas together. AFTER FORTY -NET EN YRIRH. Hear kdaitral Mranlsler’a Kind Hr* ft pi mn In Japan. Beaufort, f* C I>e 23 Rev TV. L Olthetis, rector of Bt. Helena's Church her# has Just re e|vl me following In teresting letter from his friend. Mrs Be.trdslee wife of Rear Admiral Heard*. |*o, i*. h N . retired Th# admiral and hts wife at# In Toklo. Japan whet# Mr Glthens has spent con#ld#jab> time "By request t*f th# fa ulty of th# Higher Cuttms rd(l Hchoot. Hl'atauhaahl ckrri. Kanda. Admiral Be.trdle# visited the Instltuiion at 10 oMuk on Monday morning and s#llv#r#d m short aMre— to th# students, numbering alout 1.200 He was also ijulte emphatic Ir. disclaiming any participation in th# honor due Com modore Perry Th** veteran officer wa# Accorded <t most attentive be-arlng. A point dwelt upon by Prof Takashima. who both lntrodu*'*-d the dtsimguish***! American and afterward, in trehalf of the faculty of th** college ami the atiadanta, tendrreil him their heartfelt thanks The same day the honored gu*-at. unt#r the guidance of Dr EastWike Jr . visited Mr Ratio's Hruoku Klgo <*<kko at Kandw The admiral, in a brief address delivered before a dirge number of ih# students who attended th# school for til# pccaskhk ##- prei,cd hi- surprise at th# marvelous progress Jopan had ma*b* In Western civ ilisation since he first set foot on the soil of the country forty-seven yers ago. when th# Ferry mission could barely man age to exchange views with th# Japan* authorities through th# medium of th* Dutchmen among the crew who could talk English and a few Japanese oflh tela who iirwlerstnod Dutch Now. such n flourishing private English institution us th# Setsoku Eigo Gakki exists In Jo|sn Wo# not this fact a'.one a sufficient pro>f -• marvelous !>rg!#ss’ T 111 ‘on • luslon th# stude-ii'# gave three lusty cheers for th# visitor "On Saturday morning, at Ml o'clock, Admiral and Mrs. Heardsles* called by In vitation on Mr Fi kuxawa. at hi* house In Mlta. After staying a *hort while with their venerable lioet. the- guests were shown through the iMilldlngs and grounds of the Kologijuku. which adjoin the resfi deuce of Its founder. Mr. Pufcuaawa. In the lecture hall of Ihe Institution the ad miral favored the students, who were as sembled. with a brief address. The guests were, then conducted to the upper portion of the main building, where they were einertln*'d at tiffin After the repast Mr Fuktisawa rejoined his guests. Then en sued a very Interesting conversation be tween them, the topic naturally touched on being the events of forty-seven years ago when the veteran American came to Japan with Commodore Perry " The enthusiasm among the Japanese ever the proposed ... tr.c. r.u.l of the P-‘ r ry expedition Is Increa-lng, ami something ts-ndsome will probably be the result of the movement. , -0. T t THU W A KILL A SHUOTIIO. tssator Itonse’s t tinners for Recov ery tot Very Hrlaht. Tallahassee. Fla . Dec. 12. -The smok * of the Sopchoppy shooting scrape having passed away, more definite Information has come to hand. K. W Edwards wns In no way connected with the trouble, as he was not in the town Senator Rouse’s chances for recovery are not very en couraging Walker did all the shooting, mid hit every man he fired at. He la un der arrest and uninjured. The tenth annual session of the State Teachers Association will begin at Tempi next Wednesday Hon W. N Sheats. State Su|ierint*ndrnt. President A A. Murphrer, and Prof. H. Elmer Blerley. of the State Seminary, will at tend Mr. Sheats ivlll deliver Ihe annual address Prof. Blerley Is down for two lectures. "Status. Atm, and Methods of Child Study." and "Results of Child Study as Applied to Education." Mr. Deni hays, "Grayheard ha* well ttlgh cufed me of rheumatism from which 1 have been a great sufferer the last fifteen years.” Mr Denl’a postoffice ia St Simons Island, Oa Rev. John Christian of Pierce. Aia., says; "Qraybeard has cured Mrs John Children* of Baldwin county of rheuma tism. In February before she began to taka Grayheard she was given up to die. She ts now sound and welt." Grayheard t* made only hy Reapeea Drug Company. a ol owners, and sold by druggists for $1 OU a bottle Every family ahould have a box of Grayheard Pill* and Grayheard Ointment —ad. p. P. F , a wonderful medicine; It gives an appetite; It Invigorate and strength ens. P. P. P- cure# rheumatism and a’l pains In th* aide, back and shoulders, knee*, hip*, wrtai# and Joints. P. P. p. cure* aypmlla in all It* various ctagea, old ulcer*, eorea and kidney conipialnl. p. p. P. curea caiarrah. rex-ma. erysipelas, all skin diseases and mercurial polneoniug. p F P. cure* dyspepsia, chronic female complaint* and bruken-down constitution and loss of manhood. P. P. P„ the best blood purifier of the age. has mad* m re permanent cure* than all other blood r-m --edles. Lippman Bros . sole proprietor*. Savannah. Ga —ad. Haltered JIB Years. "Qraybeard cured me of catarrh from which I had suffered thirty-five year*. Nothing on earth u fir u I was able to obtain gav* me relief. Sine* taking Qraybeard I am a* well as ever. I had catarrh of the head. Mrs Rhoda Dean. Ballinger. Tex. Grayheard ts made only by Respeat Drug Company, sole owners, and la sold at drugstores tor L s bottle.—ad. THE FARM AND THE GARDEN. MATTER* OF INTEREST TO AORI CVI.TIRINT %ND HOt IRR'IPB. tn tit ii •nn I %% intrr—list#—l kf €'•(- ton Unit Wert ll—Tk# Hnaorbsek Hog to ll# l*reaarte(-t.rsflls Nitrate of *ota l'nnri rasa tea. R> # for l at tie. In th# past tweny years we may have had now oud then a winter that nearly equalled the pres* nt on# In mlldnets and dryne-*- but certainly there has not been a tingle or.#- that afforded liner conditions for all kinds of work lit farm, garden and orchard There have not been more than a half dosen days perhaps when farm work could not b carried on *ln< c the first of Hepteml>ei For ga.herlrill the erops. for cutting and hauling wood, for repairing (he fence*, for sowing grain, f- r plowing and manur ing the soil for early crops of the coming year, in field or truck firm, for setting ou? fruit tree* for all these things and many more there • ould not have been a more favorable •onditton of "weather. The farmer had -old hi* crop* for fair price# and Providence, seemingly more bench **nt than u-uol. afforded (he most bmptlng conditions for the further, pros ecution of all kinds of work Farmer.* should hive taken full advan tage of It. The rye and the barley and the wh .t and the ooi- and (he - lover should have had a full measure of attention How any Southern farmer ran fall to sow- oats we have never been able to un destand This grain. If no other, should h# a feature of th* toaiion on every farm It may not h* much of a ‘ money crop" to the great mass of small farmers, but it comes tn so m **l> for protecting the soil from waste during the winter, pro vides many bites of green to the several kin is of sto ~k. and then early in (he new y*ar furnish#* trie most wholesome vo**d for the work Mock that we ran possibly get The crop need* no cultivation and then vacates me land In plenty of time to al low of oth*T valuable rop, being plarued either peas or sw#-et potatoes, or even cot ton. If desired Oats are considerably exhaustive of the n lneral elements of the soli hut these element* are more easily restored by the Southern farmer than Is th# nl rogen of which there !* comparatively IJiie taken by th# grain The stubhl# of the o:s In some measure will restore (his when it H carefully turn ed under The finest yield of cotton that a cer tain old field ever produced in thirty years of cultivation was when the cotton was planted on t# af<er the oats were cut off in early June The Mubhl*. Was very regular and th# lend whs not bedded up for the cotton Bows were la id off with a scooter, the ****** Put In and then the middles were well broken out with (he scooter The land then was well rolled, so that the stubble was pressed flown firmly in the soil The otton hardly needed any cul tlv itlon. While early cotton sh#d its *qi r* freely (ha( reason along In Au- U*| this field lo*t nothing and produced a much better crop (han other land did that was mu< h richer Cotton planted In this manner after oats will stand the drought of autumn better than where there Is no stubble. But where th* soil i- light it must he well rolled About all the work it will need Is the work of the hoe tn thin It down to a stand Then use a smoothing harrow to kill the young grass and weeds. Thjp stubble land when prepared for sweet potatoes should be bedded up and th** !#d* should be well rolled to firm the stubble before the plants are set out. 8o It may be m.l| claimed that a far mer has no reasonable excuse for neglect ing so valuable a crop an oats on th# plea time he ha* not enough land In good con dition to allow of their entering Into the rotation. Is Caftan (loomed in Texas. For a year A two now we had heard so little of the "Cotton Roll Weevil." we hid concluded that the danger of Inva sion from this terrible foe of the cotton grower wa* not near so great as It ap peared to he five or ill years ago. A writer In the Texas Farm and Punch of Dec. 15, however, regard* the "Roll We* i|l question i* fart, m-coming a matter of slalc concern." and Intimate* (Mlt unless some heroic measures are speedily adopted It will lie useless to P'.-int cotton in central or Northern Tex as In the course of a Utile while—a few years or so. After onslderable com - in* nt and suggest loti, the writer concludes as follow*. ”I*e*s colton will be planted In Calhoun county the coming year than for several years past, and to a great extent our farmers will try the starving-out plan The weevil conventions already held have done mu* h good, but the people should get together and consider whaf Is before Ih in In every Centtal Texas county They should diversify, burn up all of the cot ton stalks and on the northward line of march of the great weevil am! see that no cottffi whwtev.-r Is cuHlvatrd, and with the coming summer, follow the plans re commended hy Prof Mally and other gentlemen vetsed In Insect habits. It will be a stale and national calamity to ses great populous counties of Central and North Texas ravaged by this cotton In sect plague as were the more thinly set tled and newer counties of this section, but the people can expect trouble If they do not heed the warnings given and take immediate atep* to protect themselves. The strongest hone that can he held out Is that the weev.la exhaust themselves In three season*, but the loss of three cotton crops In Texas will mean untold disaster, an*] we cannot afford It." Those acquainted with the nature and habits cf thl Insert—the Mexican hoi! weevil, are aware of the fact that where I* appears in any considerable number* It |s useless to plant cotton until H dis appears It Is hy all odds, the moat per nicious enemy that attacks the cotton plant Its movement will he watched with profound Intereat by all Interested In cot. too. Pecans. A word more about pecan orchards, etc. These question are often asked, savs the Florida Agriculturist: When Is the best time to plant pe cans' As soon as you have the ground ready after Nov IS. Almost one year Is gained by plant ng early, say before Christmas, over trees planted the follow ing March or during the spring Can t-roans be profitably grown on our light sollT To lie sure they car*, with good culture. They are being grown near DsUnd with more profit than any other crop to the same area of ground M.iny trees (hat now drop their crops about midsummer, would carry them If they were properly fertilised. It Is now as much •> the land can do to >wrry the 1 heavy crop of foliage, and It can not sus tain the crop of nuts without the proper food. Stable manure, dug In about the trees, la very good, but It la probable that for fimt-elass quality of nuta. mors potash ami phosphats are needed Does It not Injure the pecan tree to rut the root In digging? This tree forms an other tap-root, sometimes two or more, this I have often found after digging a tree of which I had shortened the tap root the year before Col. W. R Stew art aaya "All the trees In my grove had their tap-roots cut and I am aura It Is a benefit to them." I would plant grafts or budded trees closer than seedlings say in rows thirty 1 by twenty fe#t. seventy trees to the acre. Th# (r#a leaf Grapevine la the World Th# Rural New Yorker say# Th# vin# Is located in th# ('arplntena valley, in Hants Barbara county It had It* begin nings in !M2, when a Spanish worn m. on# Joaquin# Lugodl Ayala by name, planted a, cutting of the old Mission va riety of grape From the start it gave promise of an unusual future, and to-day after half a century of growth. I: stand the monarch of the rai#vine of th# world Th# trunk measure* at th a base eight feet four inrhya in rlrruntference. *t a high! of six feet from tha gropnd It divides into four main branches, th# l#rg* ##t of which ha* a circumference of Hire# feet and flva Inches It covers an ar*'# !*0*134 feet Blxtyflve stout pod* with crossbeam* support Its enormous spread of branches Th# present area large nn it may #cm does not fully represent th# prodigious growth of th# vin# for Its owner. Mr Jacob Wilson unwilling to concede It more room, cuts It back h#iv* llv each year. In Iter* a record was xept of the amount of graphs vleldrd by "I*a Vina Grand#" for that season and th# as tonishing total of ten tons wa* recorded. During th# World s Fair, and again at th# time of th# California Mid-Winter Ex position. large sum# were offered Mr Wil son for the removal of th# vine for ex hibition purposes, but he wisely declined both. U her# l)s( Oar Hmr Rnck < •*•# Ia ? "Those interested In th# bacon hog will Alan be Interested to know that a s heme ! is on foot which contemplates finding a . new source of supply in tlie wild hogs | (hat ar# now reported to be occupying a tract of land at the nead of the Gulf of California, about fifty by thirty ml'es in extent They ar# said to be the d#s-end ant • of a herd taken to that |*ar* of th# ountry many years ago. by a millionaire name#! Blythe, who afterwards turned them loos#, arid as the locality is very favorable to them and no* good for any thing els#, they have in refined to an a - counties* extent. They ar# danger ously wiki, according to report, and when hunted often turn hunter themselves Th# r*glon has no railroad facilities with* I In reach. an#l as (he weather l* warm all the ‘fir around. It Is proposed to estnbltsh i large packing piant. with refrigeration at hand, and slaughter and pa- k on tti# spot Barring th# heading, th# foregoing is from a Western Journal. In this conn# tlon we would ask how far* our royal "Rnor Racks., nr# from extinction Sure ly they are far from it when th# ep i km re of mean** is longing for a ham even at 25 cents per pound Inrrrnilnx Fertility. Rays C. A Moore: The problem of im proving our soils most profitably will be solved in most instances by the jutßciou* use of mineral fertilisers, accompanied by stable manure nnd the growing of row pews, clover or the Hke. The mistake must not be made of mowing the*# crofts for hay and not returning the manure, under the wrong impression that the rrots contain the most of the plant food. Ap proximately one-fifth of the feta! nttr**- gen may he < < on*idered as left in the root*, stubble, etc. A carefully selected rotation of crops. In which #*owpeas play . prominent [art. Is the first es**>ntlal *o the bettering of worn lands Pea- with out mineral fertilisers will Improve for years to come much of our land that Is beginning lo run down; particularly that which was naturally strongest and best, such as our alluvial soils and our ay\ limestone soils, which are richly supp led with mineral elements **•••! mmHmm are ah alkaline phos phate. an article of great merit, especially adapted to sugar, cotton, tobacco and po tato growing on account of the large pro portion of carbonate of potash present, this form of alkali It#ing the most valuable one know'n for tbe purpose When com bined with the iatge quantity of phospho ric nid it forma an alkaline and not an arid phosphate. A* found In the market, the analysis vary from 15 to 29 fer **#nt potash and from ♦* to 10 per cent, phospho ric add A quality that analyse* 3*, per cert potash and 7* per cent phosphoric acid contains flve times the quantity of these ingredient* there Is In hard wo si ashe*—A II Ward. The rlissrlnu (Vui’h. Having recently hurt opportunity to * x amine *p*>< imfii of th' Kverhearlnst |t*arh it i a pl#-4*Mir<‘ to a very fav orable* opinion of It. fo f*r an th- *U\ appearance anrt quality of the fruit are What the tree may he I can not tell from experience. The !*e <,f thin peacn la large; the shape la about like that of ordinary pear hen; the .oijr ia purple over .1 white ground with atripe and flecka of a darker ehart**. The fleeh t white, with a mixture of red next the teed and ?*kJn anrt very ten ter when fully rl|e. The flavor !• u|hT9— rich, delicious anrt very Hatiafylng I never ate 4 better peach. If there point* are well euxtalned l#y the variety and the tree |* hardy and pro ductive. which are reported to be true. It 1* a valuable addition to our peach llet. The peculiar quality of blooming and ripening during a long |eriod mke It not only an lntererting novelty, but a very convenient and dealrable for family u*e. Judging hy the appearance and tnrlde characteristic* of the fruit. I judge It to belong to the In.llanVr Hp.m -lh type of peacne*. The varletle* Af ttile type are u*ualty very productive anti well able to endure more extreme* of tem perature. hoth hot anrt cold, than any of the other type*. The Kverhearlng peacn la well worthy of a general trial H. E. Van I>eman. Il>e for C attle. I have ra!*ed rye for twenty year* for puftturlng fheep. cow*, calve* and ho<*. and I have found that better return** were obtained from the crop In this way than any other. The rye that I have rained to veil hardly ever imid nu\ certainly not a* much a* when 1 converted It Into meat In *omr local!tie* it may pay to ■ell. and in fait It must, for there Is al ways plenty on the market to buy. hut personally I have never been able to see quite the profitable side of it. Nearly all cattle, sheep and swine love rye. and they fatten on it. anil keep in excellent health better than on ilmon any other farm crop. The best time to wow the rye i In the last part of September or early In October. If you plant much before this tlm* It I* doubtful If you can get a good stand. By drilling in one and a half bushels of seed to the acre wher** the seed t*d Is made smooth and goo) pasture from the latter part of March on thrftugh most of the summer can he had X do not pasture later than the middle of May. for at that time the plants begin to Joint; then I lake the stork off anrt let the stalk* ripen. A week after the mock Is removed I run a roller over the tiel 1 to mash It 4XO*ll Thi* forces the root* bock Into the soli If they nave been pull ed up hy the grating animals. The heads of the ripened rye will also he forced into the soil, and these will soon begin to sprout. When this occur* I turn the hog* on the flekl to batten on the grain. and they thrive better than In a clover or gras* field. In fact, they will come up to the early com period In the finest con dition imaginable, and will then proceed to fatten up for the fall market at a rate that will surprise many. In this way the sheep, rows and calves have an early pasture of the best kind, and later hogs have an early spring and summer ma ture that Is unsurpassed. K rrop* handled In this way pay a good Interest on the umt and labor Invested. A. B. Barrett. Pomegranate#. While spending a few days In New York rliy w# were urprlsed to find a consid erable quantity of pomegranates (im ported t m the marker, says a Florida pa per Bering several boxes at a well known Warren street comml*slon house out curiosity was aroused and we sought one of the proprietors to .ascertain If there was a market for the fruit H# informed us that he had been handling imported pomegrar.ate* tor years, and that among certa n la**e* If was very popular. "R iwt la it worth per box?" we ##*ked "We art getting $5 to s* per crate now; this Is about th# average nrlc " "Is the demand Increasing'* w asked. "Ye*, th# more thj fruit is known, the more popular it becomes. We can hardly secure enough now to supply the lem.irul " These facts set up a n’W train of thougns Here was a product grown i* easily In Florida a* a weed and ye it has never been thought of a* a market crop Th* fruit w# saw w.#s Inferior in i-orne respects o th# Florida-grown fruit It lacked the brl-l Haney cf color of that grown in our trop ical ragtow. In su# it av#r g*d a llftta larger Both the sweet and sour varieties (hrive well in #ll classes of pine and hammock lands in Florida Usually they have been planted more us an ornamental bush than for the fruit Would it not be well for those having bush#* to f#rtil!*e th#m well, and make an experiment of shipping the fruit" From wh#( wo know of the habit* of the bush. Its freen#*ss in fruit ing and its hardlnes. we w ould ad vise planting ii fr a market crop —East Coast Home-B'eker. (•rafting. Budding and grafting ar# not opera tions requiring expert skill and a large More of liorti* ultural erudition, says the Farm and Ranch The operation Is very ample, and any per* in with a little man ua! dexterity n#l a sharp knife can do the work in a -ati.-fn pry manner Bud ding Is dime while tt<* tree is full of sap and the bark s*pia(*s fiom the wood easily, and is now -ut of *• aeon. Grafting . .in Ih* ‘lone and Is usually ‘lone whll** stock and- on #re dormant. Just Indore rhe -welling of the buds being the best time for ouen held gr#fting Root graft may !• -orrled on Indoors all winter an#l the work stored In moist sand until a favorable time lo plant cut of k>or- Thie is th# commercial system mostly practised For farmer* #nd fruit growers, the Iwst plan I- to plant the seeds In nursery row*, and after a season * growth, giaft where they at inl. an<* tr#n-plant after <*nc or tw> >< '*’ growth of scion A plan, very little practised, but which we believe to be the very best wnere mu on (.aid with all the advant age* of needling roots and grafted tops are desired, ,n this W e tried it on d0 tr-es and the r#**ult whs ir.o.'e than irfactory—was nvnarkwble It Is simply to prepare th#- ground ond plant the s#**ii where the tre#- Is to remain, and graft ing in situ To Insure a stand, several .- ds shopkl be planted at each place, and when they b*gin to grow, go over the ground and pull out the weakest, and so continue until only the etrong#st tree #it each place remains Thes#- can 1# budded in the summer or grafted the fol lowing winter, ar.d the result will be trees from seed bearing the identical varieties desired. In gtaftlng In the stem, saw the seedling off at th*- lowest -mooth place preferablv about s x Inches above th# ground- split th# stump and Ins* rt the graft cut to a wedge about an Inch and a half long and Insert it so as to insure a .Hnta> t of the line *f inner bark ot stock an*! graft The entl-# wound should then be covered with tprw ing wax. . . • gh pißf And -trip* half an in h wide TRe wax is mad** of a mixture of and tallow melted together Where the grafting is made near the ground, the w'ound may be covered with earth, though a proper use of the waxed |*aper is much th# sur est method The most important thing to *. considered is the varieties to be en. g’aniu i**-... ,k "’ *• ••.*#*!## wanted. ar.<| be sure the scions ore true to nam* Then keep trace of them by record or mat king*, so t hat every (re# an b* identified at any time of the y#*as Every farmer c n do hi* own grafting and do it when irsl In any manner li# c !ioori Mtr.tr of **o*la. Some time ago several writer, were con demnlnx nitrate of soda at* h*-tnx Injurious In agriculture, and a dangerous article on the market Barden, and as a Bond thlnx to leave severely alone In the matter of drop production. All this because they had mn.lc injudicious at-tdi-atlon of wsl* di rectly to the seed when planting their crop. With the result that the reed war destroyed, aaya American (iardeolnft The writer claim* a somewhat Intimate know;.due of and acquaintance with ni trate of sodavthrough ooimt.int use and . xperlmtnt with It f.-r n number of >*r and Is quite willing to admit that nitrate of soda Is a dangerous and Injurloua ele ment o a factor In plant growth—under certain condition*/ A.most any conscientious dealer Will guarantee this soil to destroy th* germ of every seed with which It comes In di rect contact; when n|-ptled In large amounts, or In quantities greater than that re ommetided, and also to ki I every plant to which It Is applied greatly 111 ex , The same statement ! quite as pertinent In reference to almost any oth er aitlficlal clement of fertility. The man who after- a heaping hand ful of nitrate of soda ever a hill of l*ean seed, covering alt up together with a hoe. ful of soil," and then writes to say that nitrate of soda killed his crop amt Is there fore Injurious, simply mikes himself amuidng. t’nder usual conditions, there could lie hut one result. Should there he any occasion to apply nitrate of soda pure and unnilxed at the time of panting, even In limited quanti ties, to either the hill or drill, much care should be taken to have Hie salt well In corporated with the soil, and It Is as well, or lietier. to place the frrtlllxer around (h* hill or on either sldr of the drill, at a itlsun ? of from 4 to 10 Inched, accord ing 10 circumstances. One reports that hr sprinkled a liberal quantity of nitrate of soda along Ihe rows of and directly on the seed p>!u oes when planting, and Indltnantly protesta that It wus Injurious to hts potato crop. In that It killed ncorly every sprout In the whole field A correct knowledge of Us strength Is essential to the man who use* nllratc of soda In Its pure stale. Should he not care to take the troutdc to so acquaint himself, however, why then let him take the re sults ns a matter of course; II will Im press Itself upon him more effectively than all of Ihe lltrrature on the subject that has ever been promulgated. There are numernu- publication* giving elaborate Information oil the use of ni trate of soda, nearly all of which can be obtained on request. Nitrate of soda I* one of ihe most val uable elements of fertility to the market gardener and trucker, aside from being the mnv valuable, available ond easily obtainable sources of nitrogen. It Is * -al containing a high percentage of nllro- Kcn In n soluble and Immediately availa ble form Its chemical acelon Is extreme ly rapid and decidedly |>o*ltlve j, la plant food. The effect on the plant Is al most -tmultaneou- with the dl-aolvlng „f the salt All of the nlirogen In the salt I* available at on* and the * m * time Only a small amount of moisture in the soil I* required to dissolve It and render It available. These fact* make It advisable that ni trate of soda be applied to a crop only In very limited quantities until l|s need |, !”'! a ted. which will beefier the seed has germinated, the sprout appeared above e* und and the pl.m begun Its growth I rom that time on until near the malur !ty of the crop the nitrate should be on- Plied In uch quantities at will be readily assimilated by th# crop and at frequent Inter vat*, depending largely upon th# nature of tha crop trek ed. And Its abilby to appropriate the fo. l There la practically nothing gained applying nitrate of soda In any cgnalier. able quantity at the dnte of. or befnr” planting. Here la where many grow* make (heir mlatake. To Mn Is# Eggs l*r#fl tn t|s . Three thing# says the Country Gent I , man are tve*'#esary to profltahft >g K p. ducilon First, a good house warmly b ; t f*e winter use ami kept regfOftgbCy c!ea 8* i on*i. plenty of f<Kxl in vorlety given Tegular hours and never In greater quo* thy that will be eaten up clean Th • a constant supply of clear water a lowing the hens o forage for # llvu . and often go hungry, to rood in tre* * j on fence# in winter. miml to suffer wi<n thlrt in tle heat of the summer, or w*. f , water Is frozen in winter, means that j wld often be for weeks without eggs .* , have plenty of llx?m only when the p- Is lowest Tle Frotltulile Csw. The cow which ylekta a gtnerous rat for ih* food consumed is the one for p* t and the one that will pay to feed get. r ously, and lh <or which wtU profitab convert the largest amount of food ii • , milk or butter is the most profltabb i , keep Rut such cow - must have the r , material out of whi# h io manufwi tut. t milk. It a certain amount of t food consumed to maintain the Mfe of r cow nnd It Is the surplus over *- above this from which u profit is powlt>- Froflts In I,literal Feeding. It takes aout W per cent, of the fool that a cow eats to keep her alive. a writer In the Kansas Farmer. So th Is only a profit on * ier cent of tu foo*l consumed by h**r. By liberal feeding the cow is hroug * to her full capacity in prodindug mi and butter. anl by so doing the profra on one cow will be fully as much a* if# profits of four or five cows poorly fed It Is Just ms necessary feed a go-id dairy cow liberally a* It Is re horse wh**n It has to do hard work ho it Is b* t* to keep a few good cows and feed th*m llinrally rath*r than a large number m i (morly feed ihem A man who is do., hard work must have plenty of nouri* ing food. If a firmer keeps his hire i man on half-ration* he will nor be able • do near the amount of work that he wou I do If he received full radons. In th•* case the farmer Is losing by so doing. Presenting Potato Vsh. Potato scab can be prevented ter the use of -orroslve sublimate or of formal i un the seed potatoes. In testa made this year at the Vermont Kxperlment Watt > i the potatoes treated with corrosive subli mate showed lew* than 4 per cent, of the crop scabby, an.l those treated with for malln showed 9 per cent, scabby. 11l the same soil and from the same see*), un treated potatoes came out with 41 per cent, scabbed An Increase of 37 per ceil'. In the measure of first-class pot tt a ought to he worth any man's time. Aottve. tVe solicit articles for this deportmen' The name of the writer should accom pany the letter or article, nog neeena:i v ! for publication, but as an evidence t good faith. Questions and eommunlcalUwia relative to agricultural and horticultural aubje■•■*. |( addressed to Agrl Editor. Drawer N. Mltledgevtlle. Ga , wrlll receive immediate attention 111 11 ■ | OFFICIAL. LIQUOR LICENSES Ctey of Savannah, office Clerk of Coun cil. Savannah. (la , Dec. 17. 1900 —The fol lowing applications to retell liquor dur ing tne year isu*. see isml ; of Council Dec. 12. 1900. and referred la Committee of the Whole: W P BAILEY Clerk of Council. Blenjes, F„ No. 1119 Wc*t Broad street Holey. M.. 129 Cong rasa street, west lionkhook F H.. Bey street extension and Fair stree*. Brinkman. H. C., 226 St Julian strec'., west. Beytagh, Thor F., No. 225 East Broad street. Bernstein. J . northwest corner St, Ju lian and Barnard streets Brown Bros., corner Anderion and Ea-c Broad street*. Cain, Julia, No 646 Bay street, weet. Cloheasey, David, north weet corner In dian and Ann streets. Cordes, John F.. Montgomery street aril vV hat !*•>• avenue. Eran. J. J.. No. 241 East Broad street Kekertor. W'. H., West Broad an! Wayne streets. Enright, J.. No. 212 Price street. Kntelman. J. F., No. 614 Liberty at re-’, eaet. Fehrenkamp. Henry, corner Bay etr‘f extension and Fair street. Farrell. M. A . Bay and Lumber atreeta. OMmm( J. F., northeast corner Ran dolph and Liberty streets Goodman Bros.. No. 43 Farm street Gartlemen. W H., Randolph and Ogle thorpe avenue. Grimm. John H.. President and Dray ton sired* Gerken, Henry. Agent, No. 716 Wheaton street. Grimm, Albert, comer Weet Broad and Thirty-second street*. Ho’chkls* A Nevill, southwest corner Broughton and Jefferson streets Hornes. W A.. No. 444 Tattnall atree' Herxfeld. Hans. 52* Broughton atre-', corner Houston street. IB liman, C. H , East Broad and Brytn street*. Joyce, James J., No. 214 Easrt Stand alreel. Janes. George H 129 We*t Broad atree’. Johnson. Martin. No 42 Reynold* atreet. Jachens, F. H., 523 Pine street. Jernigan. E. 0.. northwest corner Lum ber and Zubly streets. Jackson, Andrew, No. 42 WhKaker st>eet. Kui*k. Johti. No 412 Drayton street Konemann. C. H , 303 Farm atreet. I.acdsverk 8 C.. No 17 Bty atreet. east. Lang. Nicholas, No. 29 Barnard sire- ' Morton. Peter. Manager, 212 Brought t atreet. cart. Monsees. C. H.. corner Hall and Jeffer son sire.. Murken, Dora. Mr* . Thunderbolt road, near tollgate. , Perry. F. L. k Cos, Bull and River *tree4* Ralntx, F W’ H.. *dl Indian street Ratixln. M & Son. Congress and West Broad streets Silvers!etn, David. No. 232 Bt. Julian atreet, weet. Schnaars, F., corner Anderson and Whitaker sires*a. Schroder, George, southeast corner West Broad and Waldburg streets. Stem J D.. No. 539 Jones street, wesi Schlotelburg. D., corner Price and Ha" atreet*. Smith. W T. K . 412 Congreae street, •nt. Sanders, Philip, corner Bull and Twelfth at re-tj Slater. Ja# F . No. 11 East Broad atre fiteije*. A., north weet cOrher Jet(s.-i and Reynold* streets. Slater. J. C., Congress and Jeffers i streets. Tholken. Geo. H . 172 Arnold streets Taylor, J. K.. northwest corner Og'*• thorpe avenue and Price street*. Tletjen, John TANARUS., 223 West Broad *tr> l- Winter A toplh. 144 Barnard atreet. W’allace. W M.. 606 Stewart street. Wellbrock, John F . 624 Jefferson airs'*- Yhanex. Eugene D.. 106 Bay atreet. ea*l - YOU WANT GOOD MATER'.4b and work, order your lithographed and printed stationery and blank hocks from Morning Nw, bavaimah. Ga.