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FARM, GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
By S. A. COOK.
April ill the Garden.
Too late now to plant English peas,
onions, turnips, spinach, cauliflower.
But for insects and disease, there
might yet he a reasonable success
with Irish potatoes and cabbage, But
the chances are against them. But
now is the heyday time of plant
ing okra, tomato, eggplant, pepper,
sweet potatoes, garden corn, squashes,
cucumbers, melon. Now is time to set
out collards for winter if you are pre
pared to fight blight and insect.
For whatever is planted notv it is
important that the soil should be in
the highest state of preparation. Do
not if possible plant or set anything
in poorly plowed, cloddy soil. The
truest aphorism of plant growth is "a
crop well put in is half made.” See
that the soil is in finest condition pos
sible —closely plowed and harrowed
until the surface soil is a mellow seed
bed. It will save labor and trouble
in the end. A crop well put in will
require much less cultivation than
otherwise it would. Plants soon show
whether conditions are just right for
normal growth. If they indicate a
need for food this food can yet be
supplied by a mixture of nitrate of
Soda and superphosphate top dressed
evenly about the plants, but not too
close. If the plants do not show green
enough cotton seed meal can also be
used with advantage.
The Chinese fertilize the plant ex
clusively. We fertilize the soil almost
as exclusively. We are learning some
thing about this, however. The two
vcork together very nicely in intensive
or high farming. We have to learn
as we never did before, how to both
feed and doctor plants as well as an
imals.
Side Crop*—lnland Itioe.
Cotton and corn are the great staple
crops of Georgia and her sister cotton
states. The great bulk of her arable
land is devoted to these two crops
In the aggregate a goodly little area
Is devoted to oats, potatoes, wheat,
rye, tobacco, sugar cane, peanuts, but
as a rule these are regarded more as
side crops than staple. To the small
farmer of North Georgia, tobacco, rye
and wheat are more after the order of
staple crops than they are to the farm
ers of South Georgia. This is owing
to the fact that climatic conditions
are more favorable to the one than
the other.
Including melons and watermelons
and a half dozen or more of our most
Important vegetables a Southern farm
er has almost a score of side crops
that he can use to advantage in mak
ing a little money between times for
current expenses. These side crops
are worth a great deal to the farmer,
Two or three of them might easily
make all the expenses of the farm.
With the acreage now given to oats
this valuable grain can be regarded
~*aeiy more than a side crop. It
ahould be a staple, and have five times
the acreage that it now has. To re
alize the best value from it, it should
be regarded more as a hay crop than
for its grain. That is, it should be
cut early, as soon as the dough forms.
It should be sold and fed in the sheaf—
the great bulk of the crop.
Besides those already named there
are ever so many more good side crops
of more or less value. There is poul
try and pigs and bees, very lively
side crops. Some farmers, w’ith the
aid of their wives, make these one
or all of no mean value. Two or three
first-class cows, averaging three gal
lons of milk, constitute a very valu
able “side crop.” According to the
natural bent of the individual a choice
can be made from, as stated, more
than a score of different side crop ma
terials.
There Is one side crop that the South
ern farmer has sadly neglected in past
years, and he should atone for it as
much as possible In the future. That
1s .upland rice. Bice, the greatest
bread food by all odds, that a man
has discovered and made available.
It Is the queen of breadstuffs. When
we reflect upon its high quality as
food and its productiveness, we have
cause for wonder that it has not al
ready become one of the most, if not
the most, valued side crop of the
Southern farm.
Any good corn or cotton land will
produce good crops of upland rice.
Of course this rice must be sown
In drills and cultivated on land just
Butted to it. or properly fertilized und
cultivated, the yield of rough rice on
one acre reached nearly 100 bushels.
Fifty bushels are easily possible on
any good corn land that produces
twenty bushels of com. The range
of product is from twenty to eighty
bushels, according to the quality of
the soil.
In Middle Georgia, upland rice can
be sown any time from the last of
March to the middle of May. It is
sown In drills two and one-half to
three and one-half feet apart. The
Boil should be well plowed and harrow
ed. and shallow drills laid off, say. at
three feet, the average distance. With
wide rows three or four pecks of seed
In the hull will sow an acre. When
rows are closer, say two and one-half
feet, six pecks of seeds should be
used. The cleaner the land the better
will It be, of course. The land should
be made ready in due time and as
soon after a rain as it can be worked
the drills should be opened, the seeds
sown and covered with an inch or so
of soil. Then a roller should be run
along the rows to firm the soil. Thus
managed, the rice will come up
promptly ahead of any grass or weeds.
Prompt, shallow cultivation will In
sure no trouble from spontaneous
growth.
It will not do at all to allow any
grass to get a start. It can be, and
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from first to last.
The rice, if sown properly, will need
no thinning. Keep the soil crust
broken with harrow or scoop and one
going over with the hoe will be all
that Is necessary.
The Carolina upland and the Japan
upland are two varieties commonly
planted. The latter is said to be very
early and very productive.
The straw of tjpland rice is readily
eaten by stock. It is most excellent
forage, much superior to oat and
wheat straw. If treated aright from
the start, there is no crop more easily
made than upland rice. On every
"live at home” farm there should be
some of it grown, even if not more
than a half or quarter of an acre.
The latter area of good land would
supply a large family with all the
rice that it could consume during the
year and have enough, too, left for
seed.
Three great side crops in the South
ern farm. Sweet potatoes, upland rice,
peanuts. A fourth is sugar cane. All
together well calculated to raise a
generation of strong, robust well-de
evloped children.
The Luscious Fig.
The Georgia Experimental Station
has just issued a very Instructive bul
letin upon the culture of the fig in
Georgia. It comprises thirty pages or
more, and is illustrated with a num
ber of plated showing the difference
in foliage, and in the size and shape of
the several varieties of fruit generally
grown. There is hardly any fruit
more easily grown than the fig, and it
thrives on most any fair soil that has
the necessary plant food to support the
tree. The fig is a very desirable fruit,
one of these like the banana, able to
support life for quite a period. In
other words it is a nutritious fruit. It
is wholesome for children as well as
grown people. With sugar and cream
it is specially enjoyable for breakfast.
With the figs that we now have it
seems improbable that there will be
any development of the dried fig In
dustry, as the result of a more general
culture of the fruit. The varieties of
figs that we have are not suited for
the purpose, and the climate is not
suitable apparently.
But as it is such a valuable fruit for
the table and as there is a constantly
increasing demand for the perfectly
ripe fruit in our markets, there is very
good reason for giving it some atten
tion.
If you are interested send for the
bulletin and find out how easy It Is to
grow figs. Send requests direct to Di
rector R. J. Redding, Experiment, Ga.,
who will take pleasure in sending it
to any one interested in the subject.
Growing Corn.
A good practical farmer tells us that
he has found in using pure bred se
lected seed corn he has Increased his
yield twelve to sixteen bushels per
acre. He thinks that the increase has
come largely in having fewer barren
stalks In his fields. The use of pure
bred seed has reduced the barren stalks
nearly 7!i per cent., and thus his corn
hears more ears to the hill by so much
as the barren stalks have been reduc
ed. The quality of the corn Is also
much better he finds since he Began
using pure bred seed, and in this he
has also increased the yield. The
increase of twelve to sixteen bushels
per acre is large enough to pay sev
eral times over for pure seed, and
when once the pure seed is used wholly
on the farm, one can select his seed
corn from his own fields. This Is what
our friend is now doing, for he has
been growing corn from pure bred seed
for several years, and goes through
his fields and selects the best and
earliest matured ears In the autumn
season for his own use, as he has
none for sale.
KILLED SECTION BOSS.
Negro netted Arrest. Standing Off
Forty Men.
Memphis, Tenn., March 27.—Oliver
Peterson, section foreman on the
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Raihoad
at Kdmonson, Ark., was murdered to
day while alone in his cabin, it is al
leged, by Dock Brandon, a negro. Pe
terson was shot twice and lay dying
when the murderer procured an ax
and split his skull.
Brandon dressed in the dead man’s
clothes, entered the kitchen and calm
ly cooked a meal.
Members of Peterson’s section gang
found the body and started on a hand
car to capture his murderer.
Brandon, armed with a shotgun, rifle
and pistol, drove them back. •
Forty men then surrounded the ne
gro, who took a position under a tres
tle and defied them. Over 100 shots
were exchanged. Brandon crawled
out and surrendered, after being se
riously wounded.
He was brought to Memphis to
night. He will be delivered to Arkan
sas authorities to-morrow.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Quincy, 111., March 27.—Fire to-day
in the Hotel Newcomb resulted in the
death of Rose McDonald and Antoin
ette Bronski, two employes of the
house. Rose McDonald was formerly
an actress, recently from Chicago.
Sighted it Derelict.
Halifax, N. 8.. March 27.—Cant.
Brown of the British Mail steamer
lonian, which arrived to-day from Liv
erpool. reports that at 4 o'clock on
Thursday afternoon last, she sighted a
two-masted, water-logged schooner
some distance off Grand Banks. One
mast was standing and the deck was
awash. The steamer ran close to the
derelict, but saw no sign of life. Her
namp was not visible. The hull was
painted black.
Quiet In Mining Districts.
Denvet, Col., March 27.—Because of
a rigorous censorship in force at Tel
lurlde and Trinidad, dispatches from
those places are necessarily brief, in
formation to-night Indicates that con
ditions ire quiet and peaceable. Pres
ident Moyrr of the Western Federation
of Miners, who was arrested yesterday,
is still in jail at Telluride, awaiting the
arrival of counsel.
—Count Von Bulow, the
chancellor, is steadily growing In pub
lic esteem. Gradually but surely he
Is winning over polltlml enemies, his
pingress In this way having been con
tinuous ever Since his appointment
right-hand man of the Kmpero r.
—B P Harris of Topeb*. ths only
living msn who aet type an the first
paper published In Kansas, hag been
< elebrstlng his semi- centennial gs q
printei For fifty rests bs ties worfc
ed i ontlngojsly at hie trade and is
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. MARCH 28. 1904.
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HIS VIEWS ON BIBLE
DISPLEASED HIS FLOCK.
Pastor neclnreil That It Waa Made
a Fetich.
Cleveland, 0., March 27. —The pas
torate of Rev. J. Alfred Fisher of the
Franklin Avenue Congregational
Church was terminated to-day in a
sensational manner. Mr. Fisher, since
coming to the church last November,
has been charged with too liberal
views in his pulpit utterances and he
had been asked to resign. His con
tract, however, extends for three
months longer. The congregation is
willing to pay him for that period if
he resigns immediately.
Mr. Fisher was to have preached
twice to-day—morning and evening.
The morning services terminated in
disorderly scenes when Mr. Fisher
made a reference to the manner in
which many people regard the Bible.
He declared that it had been made a
fetich. Thereupon Deacon Thomas
HenderSon arose in his seat and said
that Mr. Fisher came to the church
under false pretenses, that he had ac
cepted the pastorate as a minister of
the gospel. The congregation then
took sides with and against the min
ister, and a number of persons moved
towards the pulpit which Mr. Fisher
had Just left. He was not allowed (o
enter again during the morning serv
ice.
Mr. Fisher will leave Cleveland
Thursday next and states that he will
never again accept a pastorate and
that he will devote his time to lectur
ing. Mr. Fisher came to Cleveland
from the church of the late Dr. Scud
der of Brooklyn, N. Y„ and Is widely
known.
FULLY SIXTY FEET HIGH
THE ICE IS PILED.
Saginaw, Mich., March 27.—There is
no indication to-night of any mitiga
tion of the flood troubles, and more
serious times are expected with the
first thaw. There has been a slight rise
of the river here to-day despite the
cold. At the mouth of the Flint river
Ice Is piled sixty feet high. The big
prairie farm at the junction of the
Shiawassee and Flint rivers, sixteen
miles south of here, is from four to
six feet under water. One hundred
thoroughbred cattle have been drowned.
Gilbert Bertram, foreman of the
farm, died to-day from exposure in the
flood.
A large portion of the business dis
trict of Saginaw is flooded and thou
sands of dollars’ damage has been done.
There has been no communication with
Zilwaukee, four miles north, in two
days, and 1,300 people there are report
ed to be living in the upper part of
the buildings and suffering from the
cold and lack of food. The water here
to-night is several inches higher than
ever known, and it is thought the worst
is yet to come.
MAYOR GAVE ORDERS”
T 0 STOP LEVEE BREAK.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 27.—Mayor
Holtzman was to-night informed that
a break had been found in the levee
at River avenue. The Mayor order
ed sacks of sand and bales of hay to
be transported to the scene at once
and used in repairing the rupture.
A lake of water two and one-half
miles in length and stretching at one
point from the canal at Thirtieth
street across the raging White river
through Riverside Park and over a
mile back from the river in the low
farm lands, is the condition northwest
of the city. Riverside Park from the
Thirtieth street bridge to its northern
boundary is under five feet of water.
ABANDONED THE SHIP.
Halifax, N. S.. March 27.—A dis
patch from Supt. Campbell of St.
Paul's Islapd. to the Department of
Marine, says that the sealing steamer
Elliott has again been abandoned by
her crew f . The Elliott, after having
repaired the injury previously received
In the Ice pack, proceeded on Saturday
for the fisheries. Five miles off the
coast, the steamer was Jammed in the
ice, the rudder was carried away and
water rushed into her hold fore and
aft. The crew of 110 men took the
boats, which they hauled over the ice
to open water, and made their way
back to the island, much exhausted.
FIRE SWEfTtHE TOWN.
Kittanning, Pa., March 27.—The town
of East Brady, twenty-five miles north
of here, had a fire to-day that will
entail a loss of probably SIOO,OOO. The
insurance may reach $50,000. Thirty
buildings were complet'dv destroyed
before the fire was controlled. A num
ber of families were rendered home
less.
do w i e Ins u ltTng
KING EDWARD.
Adelaide, Australia. March 27.—1n
conseque4ice of a speech Insulting
King Edward the government has re
fused the use of public buildings to
John Alexander Dowle. The Mayor of
Adelaide wrote to Dowle telling him
he was a disgrace to his nationality.
Emperor Giles to Soldiers.
Toklo. March 27.—'The Emperor to
day donated ItO.tnn yen to the Soldiers'
Belief ginjety
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TO FIGHT “YELLOW P^RIL”
Coalition of the European Powers
Is Proponed.
St. Petersburg, March 27.—There is
much discussion in diplomatic and offi
cial circles over the intimation that
Great Britain, through the new French
entente, is seeking to compose her dif
ferences with Russia. The Novosti,
which has long been the leading ex
ponent of this idea, to-day editorially
contends that there is no real conflict
of interests, and that nothing but an
ingrained mutual distrust keeps the
two nations apart.
The Novosti proposes European coa
lition under the auspices of Russia,
France and Great Britain to combat
the "yellow danger." and concludes by
urging the Powers to settle the Asiatic
problem once and for all by appor
tioning territory.
“If they hesitate now,” says the ar
ticle, "they will have to do so sooner
or later. Another opportunity will not
occur for a quarter of a century, but
then they will have to cope with the
united strength of barbarians, with
vast armies trained in war. The old
triple alliance is tottering, and the yel
low peril gives it a death blow. Anew
triple alliance becomes a logical neces
sity.”
HAD PB9HLOIB PASSAGE.
Schooner Hawthorne of Jackson
ville Was in Distress.
Vineyard Haven, Mass., March 27.
The schooner Jos. W. Hawthorne an
chored at Nobska to-day. She
sailed from Jacksonville Dec. 3 for
Portland and fifty-four days later she
arrived at Barbados, leaking badly.
She had lost her entire deck load and
most of her sails, and stern boat, sev
eral small spars were broken, and miz
zen mast head sprung, her supply of
provisions, oil and water was ex
hausted and the vessel almost a com
plete wreck.
After completing repairs at Barba
dos, she sailed from there Feb. 25 and
experienced good weather to latitude
33, longitude 70, when heavy’ north
gales were encountered which lasted
until yesterday, during which she
broke her boom and sustained otner
damage.
Ilurncd Oil an Fuel.
New York, March 27. —The Ameri
can-Hawaiian Line steamer Nebraskan
arriyed to-day from San Francisco
and'San Diego, Cal., with a large car
go of wine, etc. The Nebraskan is
fitted with an equipment to bt’rn oil
as fuel. She left San Francisco Jan.
23 and used the oil continuously and
successfully throughout the voyage,
enabling her to steam direct to New
York without making the usual stops
at coal ports. The Nebraskan left
San Francisco with two tons of coal
on board.
MAGAZINES.
In the April ■ Atlantic Col. Higgin
son continues his delightful fresh and
original reminiscences with a brilliant
paper on "The Aristocracy of the Dol
lar," that of wealth as distinguished
from that of birth, which he thinks has
had its day and is dying out amongst
ue.
H. D. Sedgwick writes piquantly up
on some American portraits, contrast
ing The New' American Type of face
and physique with that of our fore
fathers, as shown in a recent exhibit
of modern and seventeenth-century
portraits.
John W. Churchman, M. D., has a
paper on Christian Science, which can
not fail to provoke discussion and
George W. Alger discusses the ethics
of business, —the moral overstrain put
upon many a man’s character and
principles by temptations and oppor
tunities that are, often unnecessarily,
thrust in his way. The fiction, literary
papers and reviews, together with the
poetry complete a varied and Interest
ing number.
The Atlantic Monthly, 4 Park street,
Boston.
Easter is a subject of prominence in
the April Century. Two of the four
color drawings are of Easter subjects:
“The Easter Hymn,” the frontispiece,
by Violet Oakley, and "The Easter
Bonnet,” by Anna Whelan Betts.
The most novel feature of the April
Century is the opening part by Dr.
Weir Mitchell’s new record of "The
Youth of Washington,” told in the
form of an autobiography. With it is
given a portrait of Dr. Mitchell, re
cently made by John S. Sargent. Dr.
Mitchell’s unique experiment is the fruit
of years of research, and challenges
attention by its combination of the
interest of fact with the interest of
fiction. Readers interested in the war
in the East will turn first of all to
“The Great Siberian Railway,” a paper
written from recent personal investi
gation by James W. Davidson, lately
appointed United States consml at An
tung. Mr. Davidson had unique facili
ties for his four months’ study of the
great thoroughfare. “Landmarks of
oPe in Richmond,” by Charles Mar
shall Graves, is a paper of identifica
tions in a field of perennial interest,
and is illustrated by pictures by Har
ry Fenn and by a number of new
portraits.
Of short stories there are six, in
cluding “The Day on the Roof,” a
humorous story by Ellis Parker But
ler, illustrated by John Sloan; “The
Last Appeal of Don Felipe, Revolu
tionist,” and a story of the Philippines,
by Oscar King Davis.
The number is a particular good
one.
The Century, Union Square, New
York city.
The manner In which the publish
ers of Everybody’s Magazine have
handled the subject of the St. Louis
Exposition affords a clew to the suc
cess of the publication. The April
number opens with an article on “The
Greatest World's Fair,” and the two
men most able to do the subject justice
have treated it. David R. Francis,
president of the Exposition Company,
furnishes the text, and Vernon Howe
Bailey, the distinguished young artist,
has done the illustrations. This, how
ever, is but one good feature in a
varied number. Dr. Newell Dwight
Hlllls contributes a most important
nrticle on the subject of "Consolidat
ing the Churches.” This Is In advo
cacy of applying the trust Idea
to the denominations. Still another of
is a character-study of Arthur Pue
Gorman. It may be added that the
fiction in this number is capital.
Eierybody’s Magazine, No. 88 Eaat
Ninth street. New York.
A portrait sketch of the author of
1 Uncle Remus, by Clay, decorutes the
| cover of The Header Magazine for
April. Harold MacOrath’s new novel
begins In this number. "The Man on
the Box" Is the title, but what kind
of a box Is not explained In the drat
instalment. The writers end Kead
! ora department has been moved lo the
back, the magazine this month opening
with a short story. Israel Zangwill's
“Without Prejudice” and Josiah
Flynt’s “Reflections of an Investiga
tor” are among the more Important
articles in this number, which, in ad
dition to the regular book news and
reviews, contains five short stories and
many illustrations. The Bobbs-Merrilt
Company, Indianopolis, Ind.
The April number of the Booklovers
Magazine appeals to a wide variety
of tastes. The articles have a vivid
present timeliness and a permanent
value besides. Talcott Williams con
tributes a masterly statement of the
real meaning of the Russo-Japanese
War. It is not, in his opinion, a mere
war for territorial aggrandizement —at
least on the part of Japan. The strug
gle is ultimately to maintain or to
overthrow the “world's last great pow
erful despotism,” and incidentally to
preserve Asia for the Asiatics. The
second article on "The Two Pacifies,”
by Harold Bolce, continues his valu
able observations on the industrial
value of the Orient. Lovers of art
will find much to delight them. There
are reproductions, in color, of five of
the most important pictures shown at
the recent exhibition held at the Car
negie Institute at Pittsburg; an arti
cle on the art of John W. Alexander,
the portrait painter, with examples of
some of his later and most character
istic work; Mrs. Wiederseim presents
three pictures, in color, of “The Out
of-Door Girl,” and the article on "Eng
land’s Moated Houses” is richly Illus
trated by Herbert Railton’s exquisite
pen-and-ink work. The Booklovers’
Magazine, 1323 Walnut street, Phila
delphia.
In the April McClure’s, Thomas Nel
son Page deals with the Negro Prob
lem, throwing the light of his inti
mate knowledge upon its difficulties
and fallacies. In common with most
enlightened Southerners Mr. Page la
ments the death of Lincoln, who, he
thinks, would have prevented many
of the mistakes following the war.
"The worst enemy that either race had
ever had,” Mr. Page says, “was the
post-bellum politician.” The fruits of
his policy are described in the South
as bankruptcy, high taxes, race wars
and • corruption. Lincoln Steffens has
the first of a series of articles on
“The Enemies of the Republic.” It is
almost paralyzing in its relentless ar
ray of fact and logic concerning cor
ruption as a custom, a system, a rev
olution in government. It is the bribe
giver, not the bribe-taker who is real
ly responsible for the bid government,
Mr. Steffens points out. The success
ful business man, the captain of in
dustry is the man to catch, and Mr.
Steffens proceeds to catch him. In
graphic, fearless words he tells the
story of corruption’s work and rule in
Missouri, of the barter of public in
terest to the great trusts by the peo
ple’s servants, of the big business men
who buy and the politicians who sell
a people’s rights, their very govern
ment itself. There are other notable
articles in the number, and the fic
tion is of a high standard of merit.
The S. S. McClure Company, 141 East
Twenty-fifth street. New York.
The April World’s Work is a special
war number giving a world wide view
of the Russo-Japanese conflict. Japan’s
case is authoritatively stated by His
Excellency K. Takahira, the Japanese
minister to the United States, under
the title of “What Japan is Fighting
For.” Henry Norman, the well-known
traveler and member of the British
Parliament, contributes a comprehen
sive article, “The War and After,”
showing how England is involved in
the war and giving interesting views
on the probable results. “The Cost
of the War to Russia and Japan” is
explained by Frank A. Vanderlip, for
mer Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury. With significant facts and figures,
O. P. Austin, chief of the Bureau of
Statistics of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, shows the extent of
“Our Trade in the War Zone.” Gen.
Francis V. Greene writes of “The
Genius of Russia,” and Alexander Ti
son, formerly of the faculty of the Im
perial University of Tokio. tells of
“The Genius of Japan.” “Will Japan
or Russia Win?” is answered by
Generals Nelson A. Miles, Joseph
Wheeler and Daniel Sickles.
These and many other articles make
this number a notable one.
Doubleday, Page & Cos., 34 Union
Square, New York city.
Pearson’s Magazine for April con
tains the first of the Tom Nast me
moirs, by Mr. Albert Bigelow Paine.
It has, also, another of Dr. Cyrus
Townsend Brady’s stores of Indian
fights and Fighters—“ The Thirty-two
Against the Three Thousand;” an In
teresting article on “The Patriotism
of Japan,” by Mr. Alexander Hume
Ford, one by Prof. B. E. Fernow on
"The Forestry Problems of the United
States,” and a description of trained
boxing horses, by H. J. Holmes.
Mr. Holman Day contributes another
poem—“ How Jim Brann Came Home.”
A. V. reveals a plot against Edward
VII. and Great Britain. .Of short
Stores there are a number—“ Sir Ar
thur Hornbrook’s Understudy," by Wm.
MacLeod Raine; “Why Williams Stay
ed,” by John Austin Schetty; “Pax
ley’s Baby,” by Mavy A. Dickerson;
“An Unavoidable Detention,” by -Car
roll Watson Rankin; “The Poisoned
Cigar," by John N. Raphael, and “A
Royal Visit,” by Frances Clifden.
Home Notes contains a fashion ar
ticle, one on drawn work, and the
usual puzzle columns.
Pearson Publishing Company, 2 to 20
Astor Place, New York city.
Fnnera.l of Mrs. Mattie Davis.
The funeral of Mrs. Mattie Davis,
who died early Saturday morning,
took place yesterday afternoon from
the residence of her father, Mr. W. H.
Scott, at Anderson street and Waters
avenue. The services were conducted
by Rev. V/. A. Nisbet, assisted by Rev.
Mr. Morgan. The interment was in
Laurel Grove Cemetery. The pall
bearers were Messrs. W. R. Davis, J.
W. Benton, T. J. Arline, George W.
Deach, H. E. Courson, and W. L.
Mlngledorff.
The leading article in the Cosmo
politan for April is entitled “If Europe
Should Go to War.” It is by John
Bisban Walker, and like all articles by
him, Is valuable for the Information it
contains, and interesting because the
facts are presented in an attractive
style. Another extremely entertain
ing article is by Altairta, and Is enti
tled “Pius X and the Problems of His
Pontificate.” Mrs. Richard Mansfield
writes entertalngly on “Metropolitan
Audiences.” and William R. Stewart on
"The Lewis and Clark” continued.
About the mose readable article in the
number is entitled “Breakfast With
Horace Greely,” by Murat Halstead.
The number is replete with good things.
The Cosmopolitan, Irvington, New
York.
"Country Life In America for April”
Is a joy snd a delight. The chief illus
tration Is Mount Vsrnon. The home
of Washington. It Is a double pegs
Illustration, and the text which ac
companies It contains full information
about It. Avery intereating and in
atrurtlvs article la entitled ’’Magnolias;
the Trees That Have the Largest
Flowers ” It is by Julia Ellen Rog
ers. and there is no doubt she under
stands her subject. A notable article
(a entitled “How to Make s Living
From the Land ” It Is by L A h.,1
ley Doubled*)’, Fag* A C# , Mew
Fork u>g.
Hides, Wax, Wool, Furs in Demand .
All Poultry good demand. Eggs good demand.
ACUDI IPU S DDH Wholesale Growers and Liquor Dealers,
i ennUUn 06 DllUi) 111-113-115 Bay Street, West.
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
HIS AIM WAS POOR.
Declaring that he was going to com
trijt suicide because the 14-year-old_
daughter of Melt Jordan, with whom he
boarded, did not return his love, Fred
Langley, • aged 17 years, a Columbus
factory operative, obtained a pistol
from Jordan’s trunk Friday night and
walked off, saying he was going to
kill himself. A moment later a shot
rang out. Two policemen rushed to
the spot and met the “corpse” return
ing home. He had shot himself through
the fleshy part of his arm.
SWAIUSBORO’S FUTURE.
Swainsboro Forest Blade; Swains
boro will soon have a through line of
railway to Savannah and Augusta.
Her future was never so bright.
FIRE CHIEF MUST ANSWER.
Chief L. M. Jones, of the Macon
fire department, has been called upon
to answer specifically and minutely
dvery complaint that was made by
someone through the Southeastern Tar
iff Association against the Macon fire
department, and if this reply is not sat
isfactory the Fire Committee of the City
Council will take some further action
in regard "to the matter.
FOR SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
Work on the 310,000 addition to the
Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave
Spiring, has commenced* The new
building will be used for kitchen and
dining room purposes and has been
needed for some time on account
of the crowded condition of the
school.
ON STREETS TOO LATE.
Mrs. Beulah Hayes and Florence
Hayes, her sister-in-law, a. young girl
barely 14 years old, were tried at
Gainesville and fined by the Mayor for
being on the streets at 3 o'clock in
the morning.
COURT HOUSE TO BE SCHOOL
It is quite likely that the old Court
House at Isabella, Worth county, will
be turned into a school house, as soon
as the new Court House at Sylvester
can be built. State School .Commis
sioner W. B. Merritt has received a
letter from J. G. Polhill of Sylvester,
indorsing his suggestion that the old
Court House be used for this purpose.
TO VOTE FOR PRESIDENT*
A petition signed by more than 200
of the qualified voters of Dougherty
has been presented to the chairman of
the County Democratic Executive Com
mittee, requesting that opportunity be
allowed the voters at the primary, on
April 20, to express their preference for
the party nominee for president, and
that the county delegates to the state
convention be requested to cast their
votes in accordance with the expressed
wish of a majority of the local voters.
CARBOLIC ACID AS EVE WATER**
John Reynolds, the 16-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reynolds,
lives with his parents several miles
from Albany. A friend in Albany sent
him some eye water, but the bottle
so closely resembled one which con
tained carbolic acid that Mrs. Rey
nolds mistook the one for the other,
and several drops of the acid were
poured into the young man's eye. He
hurried to the city in a buggy and
sought a physician, who believes that
sight will not be destroyed, though the
eye was frightfully burned.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Montgomery Cooperage Company
has elected the following officers: Pres
ident, J. A. G. Carson of Savannah,
who is first vice president of the J.
P. Williams Company of Savannah;
vice president, W. T. Riley of Mont
gomery; directors, D. M. Flynn, Jack
sonville, president of the Independent
Naval Stores and Export Company; J.
A. G. Carson, Savannah; O. A.
Joseph, Ocala; Walter Ray, Leroy,
Fla.; W. T. Riley, Montgomery. Res
olutions were passed by the board of
directors that on and after March 31,
1904, there would be no commission al
lowed factors for barrels purchased by
operators. The company also by reso
lution, notified the Union
Company, that on and after Maiwi 31,
they would withdraw from the Union
Company, and would continue to op
erate independently. The Montgomery
Cooperage Company has plants at
Montgomery, Valdosta and (Ocala.
FLORIDA.
JACKEY STILL MISSING.
The whereabouts of To|m Wallace
Johnston, the bluejacket from the flag
shin Brooklyn, who disappeared at
Pensacola Monday, are still unknown,
and although the city and county offi
cers are keeping a lookout for such a
person as Johnson is described as be
ing, there has yet been no trace of him
found.
EDISON GOT A TAHPON.
Thomas A. Edison, at Fort Myers
Friday, caught a tarpon weighing
ninety-eight pounds, while out fishing
in his electric launch. The Silver King
gave the Wizard of Menlo Park a
great fight. This is the first tarpon
that Mr. Edison has caught in years,
and he is,delighted over the event. His
son, Charles, also caught a fine tar
pon, weighing eighty pounds.
MOORE HELD FOR MURDER.
The preliminary hearing of George
W. Mpore, charged with the murder
of George Aid, was finished at Jack
sonville Friday, and Justice Farris
comrhltted the defendant to Jail with
out bail to await the action of the
grand Jury.
PRETTY GIRL TOOK POISON.
Tampa Morning Tribune: Christina
Gonzales, a beautiful Cuban girl of 15
years, attempted suicide last night, at
her home on Greene street West Tam
pa by drinking half the contents of a
bottle of carbolic acid. Her parents
state that a certain family trouble
I CURE
tR b e u mat ism.
Stomach Trou
bles, Piles, Pis
tula, Stricture,
Varlcoccle.Blood
Poison, Sexual
Weakness, Kid
ney. Bladder and
Prostallc Trou
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If you want to b
cured Consultation and correspond-
OK. a. V O tl’l TANARUS,
I# Hoard of Trade Mulidlng
had weighed upon the girl’s mind and
probably led to her rash act. Dr.
Posello was summoned and gave the
girl medical attention. At a late
hour, her condition was reported to be
extremely precarious.
IT WAS A MISTAKE.
The trial of Ben Henry, the negro
charged with shooting Col. and Mrs.
John Beaty from ambush, was con
cluded at Bartow Friday, the jury fail
ing to reach a verdict. A mistrial was
declared. Judge Wall states that he
expects to try the case over again be
fore adjourning the present term of
court. A number of the jurors in th
case said they were not satisfied with
the circumstantial evidence introduced
against Henry. Henry also established
a rather credible alibi, and the case
made against him was far from con
clusive.
Dclanil Items.
DeLand, Fla., March 27.—Mrs. Dr.
W. S. Taylor has announced the en
gagement of her sister, Miss Ruth
Morris, to Mr. Harry Burroughs of
Orange, N. J. The wedding will take
place April 12.
The students of the University of
Chicago who have been attending Stet
son University for the winter term
have returned to Chicago.
Newton County Orderly.
Covington, Ga., March 27.—1n the
Superior Court, which has been in ses
sion a week, only one hour was con
sumed in the disposition of the crim
inal docket, and not a single indict
ment was returned by the grand jury.
Do Yon Feel Tired f
This is the time of year when nine
people out of ten feel broken down.
They feel tired after walking a block.
No appetite—peevish. It is worth a
great deal to be relieved of these ail
ments. And there is no sense in hav
ing them if they can be relieved. Now,
Graybeard is specially recommended in
these cases. It tones up the system.
Gives you an appetite. Relieves the ail
ment.
Graybeard is found at all drug stores,
$1 a bottle, 6 for 35. Graybeard Pills—
little treasures—2s cents.—ad.
Stop Off at Charleston, S. C.
A city of great historic interest.
Visit the famous “Magnolia Gardens,”
tea farm, Fort Sumter, Isle of Palms,
etc. Numerous excursions of interest
and pleasure. The Atlantic Coast Line
has two Pullman dining car trains that
leave Savannah 1:15 p. m. and 4:55 p.
m. Stop-over privileges allowed on
winter tourist tickets. Apply at City
Ticket Office, De Soto Hotel. W. H.
Leahy, D. P. A., M. Walsh, T. P. A.,
Savannah, Ga. —ad.
LEGAL SALES.
"ciTY MARSHALS SALE.
City Marshal's Office, Savannah,
Ga., March 18th, 1904.—Under and
by virtue of a resolution passed in
Council on the 16th day of March,
1904, and published herewith, I will
offer for sale, at public outcry, on the
FIFTH DAY OF APRIL. 1904, the
same being the FIRST TUESDAY of
the month, before the door of the
Court House, in the City of Savannah,
Chatham County, State of Georgia,
and between the legal hours of sale
the following described property of
the City of Savannah, towit; Lot and
improvements, known as the OLD
POWDER MAGAZINE, at the cor
ner of Magazine and Gwinnett streets,
at the minimum affixed price of fif
teen hundred dollars. The city re
serves the right to so much land
thereof as may be needed for Hall
Street. Terms cash, purchaser paying
for title.
HENRY E. DREESON,
City Marshal.
Resolution adopted at the meeting
of Council, March 16, 1904.
Resolved, That the City Marshal
be instructed to offer for sale before
the Court House on the First Tues
day of April, 1 904, for not less than
fifteen hundred dollars, the Old Pow
der Magazine lot at the corner of
Magazine and Gwinnett Streets, with
improvements, reserving so much
thereof as may be needed for Hall
Street.
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN the District Court of the United
States for the Eastern Division of the
Southern District of Georgia. In the
matter of E. F. Taylor, bankrupt, in
bankruptcy. To the creditors of E. F.
Taylor of Brunswick, in said county
and district aforesaid, a bankrupt. No
tice is hereby given that on the 12th
day of March, 1904, the said E. F. Tay
lor was duly adjudicated bankrupt,
and that the first meeting of his cred
itors will be held at Brunswick, in
Glynn county, on the 4th day of April,
1904. at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, at
which time the creditors may attend,
prove their claims, appoint a trustee,
examine the bankrupt and transact
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
At Brunswick, Georgia, this March
25, 1904. MAX ISAAC,
United States Referse.
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People.
A. R. Lewis, M. D., in a lengthy ar
ticle in the columns of the American
Journal of Health, says concerning
hair; "It’s deterioration ista constant
source of worriment to humanity, con
sequently bald people are readily de
ceived by ‘fake’ hair restoratives, The
wish that a hair preparation will 'fl ll
the bill’ is father to the fancy that
it is likely to do so. A rare case in
point is that of Newbro's Herpictde,
which actually does 'fill the bill.’ It
destroys the parasite that attacks the
hair root, and prevents dandruff, fall
ing hair and baldness.” Sold by lead
ing druggists. Send 10c in stamps
for sample to The Herplclde Cos., De
troit, Mich. *
Livingston’s Pharmacy Cos., Special
Agents.
JOHN C. BUTLER
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