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I THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA-7 1 , TUESDAY MABCH 1C 188B
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SUCCESSFUL FARMERS.
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
A UUM Companion
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Is Borlta-Varmlffx 10 Alabama.
Farming in Smith Carolina.
WaooiAinr, 8.0$ November 4, WB3.—Ed-
mmsCowwirtmow: Inrepljr to yonrs of
gbittth alt., Hiking fnfarnutlon about sue*
cessfol farmer# la thi# vtciaitjr, rcgardlca* of
tt»ir pita of Analog, permit me to say that,
tho number (six or eight) specified in your
letter sired* the number of successful farm
era In my section of whom I can give yon any
account from nay own personal knowledge.
Mr. E. B. McLendon has succeeded by bard
licks, making a hand In the crop himself, rais
ing corn and oats as well as a root crop, tur«
nips and potatoes (sweet), as well as a large
share of the pork consumed l>y the family.
He also raise# cattle that give him milk and
butter, with beef for mi kct. I observe one
colt on his place, but no ihhep. He uses com
mercial fertilisers with liberal supplies of com
post, lot manure, etc., on his cotton crop of
which he makes a full one. Portions of his
laud have perceptibly improved under this
management, while other portions in the
bands of negro tenants have declined. He
• farms in part on credit That la, he borrows
money for a part of each year.
Messrs. Kobb and James Wilkie do not work,
yet give personal attention to the farm, with
slight variations in management from No. 1,
except that neither borrow money. No. 2
gives much of his attention to the Improve-
. meut and preservation of land by liberal fer
tilisation, and a thorough system of terracing
and practically horizontal rows. Besides a
fair amount of attention to hogs, cattle and
sheep, be also raises horses to the extent of
making no outlay for work stock. He allows
bis truants to make cotton, while hia hired or
' wage force la chiefly occupied with the pro*
ductiou of supplies of food, giving small
attention to cotton. Ho has also
conducted a aeries of experiments
with tho native and several of tho
cultivated grasses, and has pretty well settled
down upon benuuda grass for summer and
thinks rye and barley make tha best winter
putting*. Ha also likes the bur clover.
Mr. G. W. JleArmand runs a store in con
nection with his fsrm, using chiefly the ten
ant system, and is practically demonstrating
whether it fa a poor place on which enough
cannot be pulled to buy another, and giving
little or no attention to tho improvement, or
even preservation of tho soil. He alas plants
oats and com, besides cotton, and gives some
attention to hogs, besides raising a few colts.
Mr. Thomas J. McKic tries to raise cattle,
* bogs, sheep and horses with food to measura
bly supply the place. Ue'planta nocotton except
by tenants and always pays as he goea, believing
that farm ora cannot well afford to pay interost
on money to farm with. "Farm within your
income without borrowing money to do it," is
bis idea. After persistent and long continued
effort to preserve hillsides with ditches hori
zontal and inclined rows, terraces, etc., has
c oncluded tha it la a very difficult, if not im
possible thing to keen such lands, but that ter
ming promises the best results.
All these farmers work with unimproved
implements believing that none other* aro
adapted to negro labor which thoy all prefer
after n fair trial of both white aud black. Lit
tle or no attention is given by any of those
farmers to orchards, vineyards, truck or other
special crops beyond a supply for home con
sumption.
Perhaps fiom ninety to a hundred thousand
dollars are comprised in theso farms, and thoir
occupants live comfortably out of tno proceeds
and are able to add on, or lay up • little nnr*
{ •Ins each year, without exception they invest
n more land.
We hnvo two lady farmers who have suc
ceeded very well. Mrs. Lou M. Orofton farms
very much after tho pattornof tho men men-
tioued. 8he has a little farm for tuhkiug sup
plies, and gives the remainder to uogro ten
ants for a cotton rent, bbe keeps'hogs and cat
tle for meat, lard, butter and milk, marketing
nothing but cotton.
Doubtless you have heard something of Mrs,
M. J. Tilmnn's farming, and of her success,
Nhe works a "wages suuad” but tenants chief
ly for a cotton rent. Cotton is her crop, not,
however, to the exclusion of a vigorous effort
at hog and cattlo raising. She gives her per-
aonnl attention to tho entire business of plant
ing, cultivating and gathering, making fre
quent visits to all |*rts of her plantation on
horaelwck, superintending aud directing the
work as Iierjudgment^dirocts. With profound
resect to her and to all lady fnrmors, I have
yet lo eeo the one to whom the name of farm
er strictly applies.
I*. 8. Something of great interest to the
farmer, aud of equal itnporU.ueo to those who
deal with him (and who directly or iudlrcctly
does not?) might bo said about his methods
and their practical results which loads to his
failure or success— almost Invariably to tho
former—aud which it ia bcllovod have a
damaging effect upon the country at large;
Imt editors do not like to print, and ('armors
ilo not like to read iiupioasaut truths much
less proilt by any man's bare say so until
ncccfftity forces them.
Two Calhoun County Karincr*.
I.i:ary, March 1.V—At your rc<juo*t I hand
you the names of a few substantial fanners.
Mr. Uarpor Daniel, who is the most success-
fill planter in proportion to amount invested,
f Ivta as his mode of fanuiug as follows: He
plants ten to fifteen acre* in cottou to oach
plow, and fertilisers highly with compost, and
sometimes guano, and be usually makes five
to aix bales of cotton to the plow, while he
cultivate* largely in corn, sugar cane, peas,po
Utoes, etc. Ho first breaks his lands broad
*'*»t with turning plows, (5 or (I in.) aud when
ready to plant lay oil' rows four aud ouo-half
feet, putting seed oorn and manure at same
time, and covert with forked plow. When large
enough to plow runs two farrows iu middle of
row And then sides with diamond aoootor 3x10.
After fifteen days aido again with 8 inch
fthovel and thou within Ilf-
teen days ho ntns twice in
middle of row with eighteen or twenty Inch
a weep, and in fifteen days thereafter he puts
three or four farrow* with large sweep, and
rorn D "laid by," making from time first aided
till "laid by." He raises nearlv all of his
home supiHlea on hia farm and has but little
provision to bay from merchants, and hia
cotton crop it mostly surplus. Ho sells corn,
meat, syrup and potatoes to hia laborers, and
by the and of tho year they are all in a man
ner paid off. and hie has lire or aix halos of cot
ton to aell u he like*. Ho has been farming
on this place far twelve yean, when he did
.a. — j or (feck, and now he la
(1 and does not owo anything,
M* 8. R. Frftch, who i$ agent far Gantaip P.
E. Boyd, is also a saccanfm farmer. He has
made thi# year the rlae of thirteen halt* of
cotton to tho plow—nil weighing over 500
pounds, betides ho has plenty or corn and
E p to run the farm next year. With elevpn
a ha has gathered 143 hales of cotton-and
yVar ha made with eleven plow* 17d bales
of cottou, and some corn to aell. 1 give this,
as some might think bim a patch farmer. Ilia
mode of cultivation i« about the same as that
of Mr. Daniel, except that be ptaata more cot
ton ami raises bnt lutle or no moat.
Mr. J. T. 1*. Daniel is also a successful plant
er. ar.d baa made considerable money by it
It will be observed that all successful plainer*
iipo a deal of economy, and attend closely to
tbeir interests, and tfnn'c rely upon some one
else to atttrnd domestic affairs—such m look-
ir g after their stock. F. I*. Cl.
How They Farm in ttorrlen.
Ai ataha, Oa , March 14.—(Special.]—!.. Q.
Harper u out of oar most thrifty farmers, and
has nude quite a snug support, beside* accu
mulating some six or eight thousand dollars
for a rainy day. beginning at the foot of the
Tiill at the done of tho war. This has boon
done by diversified cropping and ttook rata-
tof, cultivating corn, cotton,‘tagnr cane,
tmtfifa
keys and occasionally a good colt. Ho is
not a large farmer but keeps hia stalls and
cow Jot* well littered and makes bit compost
heaps. If you want to pay fifty or sixty fat
bogs, or twenty or thirty barrel* syrup, or five
or six bales cotton, or a hundred or two bush
els corn or oats. Harper has them, he fattens
seventy-live to one hundred head of hogs every
▼car on potatoes, pass and chafes. Indeed
he emphatically live* at home. In good
bouses, good stables, large cow houses, im
mense sheep folds, with several hundred
sheep, he looks after all the stock, planta
tions, bouses and every other Interest person
ally. Work* hard with his own hands, is all
ways in a burry, hires aa little as possible,
superintends and plans. Without education,
born and raised in the county:
Thomaa Faulk, hia neighbor, largely after
the same style a little more liberally brought
up, had some advantages not enjoyed by liar-
pen; has, perhaps, laid up a little more, soils
bacon, corn, cotton, oats; runs everything after
hia own plans; foes to bed early, sleeps sound
ly, and rises bvtimeo.; has jost fitted tin aud
moved into a beautiful residence, smacking of
the latest improvements in architecture. These
two men are not exceptions in the fifth dis
trict, once looked upon as the poorest section
of the county, but there are score* of others in
the district. Some have gone ahead and others
fallen behind. Opening up the Brunswick
and Western railroad has given new energy to
the people of this district.
Mr. Henry J. Parrish in the Ninth district
of the county, generally said to be the bast
farming portion of our county, is a successful
farmer, his plan has been to grow abundant
* ’ of eatiblcs and make all the cotton he
could, and with tho help of guano and the cow
shelters and horse stables has brought hia cot-
land up to one bale per acre over hia whOlo
crop. 187.3 made on one field of twenty acres
twenty-six bales. He makes large crops of corn,
oats, eh it fas, pinders, potatoes, turnips, cabbage
and has perhaps sold more corn, pindera, cha
fers and cabbage than any man in the county.
Keeps a large stock of cattle and flock of
sheep, lias hired and fed more indigent
laborers and hangers-on than any other man
in tho county, lias raised and liberally edu
cated one son and three daughters; Uvea in a
very pretty residence, liberally famished and
quite handsomely surrounded. He is a close
trader, buyer ana seller.
William Roberts, of tho 10th district, a fer
tile portion of the county has, perhaps, saved
raoro money than any other man in tuo coun
ty; his run has t>cen cotton and moro cotton,
guano and more guano, a thorough go-ahead
man. Ilun large fields and pushed his hands
hard, ho too, looked after his domestic man
ures and raised la rco crops of farm supplies;
had some help at the start after the war.
William (lidding, a neighbor of Robots, lias
been a successful farmer, he too was' a cotton
man, had half dozen sons and pushod very
bard after the war while the cotton com
manded a good price, but not to tho exclusion
of home supplies, neither did ho neglect tho
compost heat, but only supplemented with
guano. He was what wo called a corn teller,
selling five or six hundred dollars worth every
year. These men were ail bom and raised in
Brritn county.
Hill Boyt, by birth a North Carolinian, came
to this county a hoy, hare-footed, with only
shirt and pants, grew tip to manhood and mar
ried a girl as destitute us himself. The two
commenced to work in earnest; were content
to live poor. After a year or two they bought
a little piece of land, uml with their Uttlc sav
ings purchased cows and calves, sows aud pigs
and a horse, and occasionally raised
colt, and now, after a few years
has so increased his stock and farming imple
ments, that hois looked upon asona of tho
big farmers of Ids soction. He has also bought
several thousand acres of land and can act off
hia children as they come up. with quit© a
snug patrimony. Hill has a big cow shelter
and runs his compost heap successfully. Makes
ail his home supply, and raises all tho cotton
ho can. Hill Boyt is about tho only farmer of
any note who wears his home made jeans.
Mrs. Tabitha i'arish was left* widow twelve
or fifteen years since, and has very successful
ly run a farm that was in very flno condition
at her husband's! death. Uor neighbors say a
mnuifest improvement. 8he mu her husband's
lino of makiug corn and bacon to sell and all
tho cotton tho could, and done so with oner-
gy, iudgmont.*Hore you flno tho cow shelters,
Mrs. Susan McNabh, after hor husband's
death, found that her little place of livtug
had not only fallen into decay, but was cov
ered bv a mortgage to about its full value.
She took things by tiio forctop, head and hods,
mid slung tucm around amazingly, Tho
mortgage went, tho fences went up, new and
comfortable barns and stables wont up, and
the largest cow house In tho county wont up,
Tho icmlt has boon corn, oats, cotton, pork,
betf. mutton and bacon to sell every year.
II. T. I*.
Farming In Alabaiun.
Stone I’ohtofuck, l’kkcus county. Ala.,
February 27.—Editors Constitution: Having
never seen a letter in your valuable paper
from this agricultural belt of West Pickens, wo
take it upon ourselves to givo you a brief
sketch oi our soil, mode of cultivation, etc. *
Our soil is of the best black prairie, equal to
fluff wc ever auw In productiveness. Our village
is Fairfield, situated on tho Tonibigboo river,
the general dividing lino betvreon tho prairio
and sandy soil through Pickens.
Our system of farming is free darkies, and
the old wooden mould-board plows. Very fow
have introduced improved farming implements.
Submit plows are very seldom used, although
they would Improve tho crops. Tno Brown
cultivor has been used successfully, and should
bo universally adopted.
The yield of cotton, on an average, is a bale
from two to three acres without any fertilizer.
A few raised last year n bale to the acre on
seme land, ami if that laud was fertilized and
tho proper distauce given the cotton it would
produce two biilcaas well as otic.
Homo fertilizer docs better hero tbau com
mercial, mid we can't see why U is that tho
fanners sacrifice their cotton seed at aeveu and
n half to ten cents per bushel when if placed
on their lands the crop ia increased 100 por
cent.
Tho yield of corn is from fifteen to twenty-
five busbets per acre, aud could be made to
produce forty or fifty as easy. Nevertheless
very Utile corn ia over shipped to this soction.
The price of land in fiirms from 160 to 1,800
aorta ranges from $12.30 to $22 per acre; and
the great drawback la that each farmer owns,
aa a general thing, too much prairie dirt for a
new sjstctu of fanuiug to bo aucceaefu,ly intro
duced.
We would like to see this township divided
into fanua of from M) to 160 acres, no that each
farmer would have what he could fertilise and
cultivate succctsftilly without any extra labor
or ex pent*.
We invite immigration. Prof. C. C. L. Dill,
of Carrollton teonuty seat of thla county), is
immigration agent.
We retd The OoxunTVTiox regularly, and
deem it the cheapest paper for the most news.
Melon Culture,
Mavok. MairhO.-*[ Special.]*- Kuo wing that
Captain McNeil, the efficient sheriff of Brooks
county, had tried melon growing on a moder
ate scale, your correspondent talked with the
gentleman while he was stopping in the city
"1cli me somethiug about the outlook," was
the query.
"Well, sir, the outlook is good. 1 am in
creasing my acreage, even with last year's
mthcr unsatisfactory experience to embarnw
me. I have planted pretty largely of melons
and vegetables, and l expect to make money
nut of my track thia season. My friend, Mr.
Aldcrtrau, here, has planted sixty acres iu
melons already. Others are going ahead on a
similar Kale, aud the outlook ia bright."
"You have all about abandoned cotton?"
"No, that i> a mistaken idea that has gone
oat. Th<*c farmers who do a great deal of
tracking cultivate jmi about as much cotton
aa they ever did. You see.it does not inter
fere with their regular cron* in the least, and
they run !<©th branches of fanning."
"How about markets? Where do yet prefer
to ship?"
"New York, Boston and eastern markets
pay the best. Tb* western markets do not
give such satisfactory result*. 1 shall ship my
taUca iatbos
i direction. Butt
BuUUuulrabSte**^k£!n? gre^.Wre I erran mot ranatig *j atreo* on string beaus
and cucumbers aa formerly. The melon is the
doll down there?’'
"No, not as doll aa I find It higher up. The
nearness of the opening of the truck businesr
causes an activity in business circles not ob-
•ervable before the trucking industry was
established."
"How about real estate?'*
*Tt is looking up. I-see a good in
crease in real estate valuation since truckiag
began, seven years ago. In fact, near a railroad
station, you can hardly buy any laud now; and
it gives employment to a number of laborers
who wonl<rotherwise be idler It baa been the
salvation of south Georgia. Aa we grow more
acquainted with the business ia all its bear
ings, of course the cbaaccs are better for our
success. A great many have lost money in the
business, but the rilan that goea at it in t
eenaibJc, business-like manner is bound to sue
coed."
"Tell me about the LcConte business? Does
it promise well?"
"Exceedingly well. As hat been often
sorted. It will do more for southern Georgia
than the orange has for Florida. New orchards
are being set oat, and the industry ia on
boom."
Continuing, the speaker said:
"Nearer home, Jerry B. Willis, of Walden,
who planted seventy-live acres in melons last
year, wlllput in one hundred and forty thfa
season. Thomas Willingham, of Byron, in
creases hia melon crop from twenty to sixty-
five acres, and is growing a fine orchard of
Shock ley apples. No, sir, diversified farming
is the salvation of the country/*
A MOUNTAINEER AND HIS APPLES.
Shortly Alter one of the shrewdest add
solidest business men of Maoon said to your
correspondent:
'The other day a sturdy young mountaineer
called at my office to exchange a five dollar
bill for silver. While tho clerk was serving
him I looked ont in the street and there was a
wagon load of apples. I went ont and bought
a peck, ordered them sent to my store, and a41
turned away there was my mountaineer, roady
to measure up a peck of luscious Shockley ap
ples, for which ho charged me thirty cents.
Upon interrogating him, I learned that he
Jived in Polk county, one and half miles from
Rockraart, and had twenty-five ams iu apples
that were in bearing, from which lie had
harvested this year 2.800 bushels. Putting
them at $1 per bushel, that is over $106 por
aero. That young man peddles them about
tho country,and makes* handsome living. He
has ten acres that aro not in bearing yet."
A DOUBLE*HANG!NO.
Tuo Men Hanged in l*oui»i*nA-«Htiitory of
the Crime.
Baton Rouge, La., March 12.—The governor
this morning received a telegram from Sheriff
Butler, of Orleaus parish, saying:
Ford and Murphy attempted suicide thLs morn
lug by awallowlng poison. They are in a stupor
and in a comatose condition. The doctors believe
tho attempt a failure, but cannot say how long It
mu •uciuiiva imiuivi —w--
may tako to restore them to couaclou.-nch*. .Should
they not revive before the hour fixed, *h#U I exe
cute tho warrant notwithstanding
The governor replied:
"Yes, go on with the execution. Carry out the
warrant/’
Ford and Murphy were hanged at
o'clock.
the i.aw carried out.
New Orleans, March 12.—Preparations for
tho execution began at 12:03 o'clock, whon
the yard and corridors wero cleared of pris
oners. Both men wore lying In tlielr colls.
Murphy was in the same semi
conscious state, and although his oyes
wandered in all directions, hecotildnot under
stand what was going on. Unlv once did he
give evidence of sonsibihty, and then be held
out his hand to Pat and endeavored to shake
hands with him. It was only for an instant,
for ho once moro rclapsod into unconscious-
nees, and this notwithstanding that emetics
caused him to eject tbc poison. It was of n
greenish hue, and after careful cxandnntion,
was pronounced to bo powdered bella
donna. At 12:35 the arms and legs
of the two men were pinioned while they
were in a recumbent position. 8ix witnesses
wero sworn in by Sheriff Butlor and the death
warrant was read to ears without hearing and
to eves without sight. Tho men wore carried
to the scaffold at 12:15. Itwasiudccda mis-
oral)Ip spectacle. At tho gallows they wore
placed in n sitting position with thoir banks to
tho wall to givo them support. Nearly all
present involuntarily turned away from the
sickening sight, some even having to uorvo
themselves against a fainting fit aud to hold
fast to tho balcony rail for support. Fortu
nately there was not long to wait. It nooded
only a few minutes, or seconds rather, for tho
executioner in domino and mask to adjust
the ropes and black caps,
lie then os quickly re-ontered
his cage. Almost instantly tho sharp "swish'
of tho nxo was hoard as it out tho rope, and
simultaneously tho trap foil. Tho bodies shot
downwards eight feet, rebounded with a jork
and then fell back stretching tho cords to thoir
utmost tcusion. Death was instantaneous.
The bodies were allowed to hang far 25 min
utes, and were then cut down. At 1:15 p. in.,
samo jury which witnessed hanging viewed
bodies and gavo verdict of death by nangiog.
Tho necks of tho two men woro dislocated.
The bodies wero taken charge of by tho Ford
family.
The poisoning and hanging of Murphy and
Fold is tho theme of conversation tonight.
At half past twclvo this morning a religious
service was hold in tho cliapcl by mombora of
St. Vincent DcPaul society. At two o'clock
tliemcnbccamo unusually calm. At 2:30 a.
m. Pat Ford said he w as tired, and he and Mur
phy went to their cells, accom pan ted by dopu-
ty sheriffs and reporters, They entered the
cells, bade a goodnight, aud were left alone.
The men appeared to bo sleeping soundly at
7:30, when called. Efforts to arouse them re
vealed their condition. They wero lying on
their hacks. Ford was breathing
very loudly. Murphy appeared
as if in a calm sleon and Ford's steutorioua
breathing was continuous. Jlceouh^ not be
aroused. Murphy became conscious and waa
asked how lio felt, and replied: "Very bad."
A tremor immediately passed over him, and
lie again became unconscious. The attendants
thought the rigor mortis was approaching and
close at band. Two pieces of pa por were found
in the cell which had evidently contained a
drug. The terrible comlitiou of tho men from
eff ects of the poisou taken ami the emetics ad
ministered prevented ;Rcv. Father Callahan
tram giving them tho last sac
rament. Sheriff Butler iu an interview
stated that ho lud taken every precaution to
guard agaiuat just what had happened. UcChad
made provision not only against the admission
of any person but also against auy attempt at
any rescue. When the death warrant was re
ceived he bad without giving condemned any
reaaou for act, roiuovedcvorythiog from their
cell. Thia was done for fear that poison or
some other means of taking life might be se
creted. He also refused to allow any cigars or
other luxuries to he sent them by persous out
side. A rigid investigation would !>e made aa
to how the |>oUou was conveyed to the men.
It seems that the rain last uight caused the
ropes to stretch so that when the drop foil
Murphy's feet touched the navemen and Ford's
feet almost touched it. This circumstance,
however, did not add to tho horrors attending
the executions as the necks of both men were
broken by the fall.
Iu Fotd's vest pocket was found the follow
ing letter:
Nnr Oritanx. March 11. lsv..-At night.—To
the good Writr* of Mercy an«I slimy religious
friend*: I c aunot bear the terrible dUgrare l bring
on nr Innocent offering. I don't deserve this
terrible ending. My enenrio have triumphed this
time, llaker and Omntneham, l leave vivt my
cm**: to the halance my blowing*. I have beeu
dOToudent today. ! wilt ansavr all to my riod.
I*r. Holland ami C. II. Tarkcr, It i» y«mr time next.
Ho, dear sisters, forgive me. as vrell a> all. Cood
by. tStgncd) V. H. Fouo.
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Compound Extract of -Smart-Weed, is the best
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redds, fevers, aud inflammatory attacks. 50
cU. Keep it oa hand. Good for nun or beast
Go where yon will, yon will always find Dr.
Bull's Goagh Syrup conveniently. 25 eta.
THE JERSEY SALES.
Tli. ttnt Anjjoal Sale of Jnrtaj Cat tl.—A III,
Crowd Frmut.
When tha resonant volca of Captain Kidd
rang over the aowdnst in Taylor', (table *t
tan o’clock (nnonneing that tho nl« ot Jcr
«ey» would begin, * crowd of six or «eVen hun'
dred nconlo were present.
In .pit* of the bfttor cold it was. good humor
ed crowd that Captain Kidd «ddre*ed. He
rolled up hi. deOTM took * drink of water,
doubtleas a .trance boverago to an auctioneer
of Kentucky stock tales,and begin tho addrera.
“I do not ace how he does it on water” adid
Ur. Hugh HcKeldon as hia teeth chattered.
“Tho tint animal that I will offer you| is
Miss Pansy,2227 In the Jersey heM. book, a
beantiful cow, and the property of Mr. John
L. Hopkins.” HIM Pansy certainly. justified
bis encomia^, Of erooedfngfy rich
color and .fine . point*,, die
started a-ripple or applause as she wn, led by
her groom into position, and when Capttin
Kidd asked for a bid it Was: settled 'fhat^ie,
would bring a good price. , ,, J .
'T will give tlOO.OO for her," said Mr. W.S. ,
Gordon, thus starting Georgia’s fint Jersey
sale. Hilbfdwae quickly lifted to *123.00,
then to 1150.00, until $300.00 WM passed. Mr.
George W. Scottcef Kdgcwood, was bidding
against bim, and after some Imitation cap
tured Miaa Pansy for $215.00. “Tbit is a good
sale,” whispered Colonel Richard Peters, “arid
in sny opinion establishes the success of this
experiment.” The next animal of
fered was Taplin Beauty, also
the property of Jnage Hopkins. She was
started at fifty dollars ny Csptain Grant, Tito
or three voloea called $70, thencameabid
of $90, In a deep base voice from the ball pefa,
and Contain Grrint Said $100. He was raised
fire dollars and responded instantly wltli tilt),
at which price he.got the cow. Judge Hopkins
gave for this animal $S00 four years ago, when
she was a calf, but has more than made his
tiYonnv bnclr b.Mllina, bee calf,
were represented in
the next sole by Signal'* Atlanta, which- was
started at fifty dollars, and after a sharp, rat
tling competition was knocked off at ninety
dollar* to Hr. Bob Winahip.
"I would not take three hundred doll&ts
apiece for those calves today,” said Mr.
Lod BUL their former owner, for I knew
them, and nothing finer will be sold here to
day. Mr. B. Peters, the vetran stock man,
was then represented by Le Lad Baron, a well
bred, and well markod cow, bred to St. Holier
Signal. She waa started at $73.00, and it whs
evident would lift the price above one hun
dred again. After some sharp bidding ahe 1
waa knocked off at $140.00 tour. A. P. Ross,
of Borne, being the first auiuul sold ontsldo of
Atlanta.
Tho next heifer offered was n treat to the
crowd. Kelly of Edgcwood, from Judge Hop
kins's herd. Her face was as pretty at » pic
ture. end aa wide awake as a daisy, and she
persisted in patting it over the railing and ob
serving the ladles 'with unfeigned interest.
She was a favorite from tho atart, and opened
at one hundred dollars. The bidders soon
narrowed down to Hr. Pat Calhoun and Mr.
George W. Scott. When $180,00 Was reached
Mr. Calhoun raised it $2J. “We eanuot tako
that sort of. bid my blooded young friend,”
wid Captain Kid, although he did not know
who had bid. Mr. Calhoun rallied and offered
$183,00, but Mr. Scott captured the young
beauty at $100,00.
"Now wo will see wlmt Is in this crowd,”
said Captain Kidd, “here comes that grand old
row Tcnelln. She is a daughter of Signal who
was tho father ef the whole business. She has
iven seven gallons of milk in one day which
lelded three pounds, six ounces of golden
utter. She hia made 22! pounds of bnttor
in a week, Jersey breeders from Maine to Cal
ifornia are snitching this day the sale of this
cow. The Signals will bo markod up, or down
according to the price she brings right now.
What am I offered >”
A hand wiggled up above the crowd and a
voice was heard tony $300. Tho hand, as was
afterwards found, belonged to Mr. S. U. Phe
lan, who came to the front and made his bid
good. Dr. Morrow, of Nashvilio, svho has one
of tho best herds in America, and strong in
Signal blood, raised tho bid fifty dollars. After
a while Mr. Phelan added $23. Instantly Air.
Morrow made it $000. Mr. Phelan, whose
herd is full, and who really did not need the
cow, bid slowly, but Mr. Morrow, whose gcujal,
black-whiskered face could be seen by thenuc-
tloner, met him quick fora raise every time ho
s]>oke. When he bid $730, Mr. Phelan retired,
and Tenelln was knocked off at that price and
goes to Nashville, Tcnn. Sho is now nine
years old, which counted against her in the
sale. Dr, Morrow had mado up his mind to
give $1,250, and said ho would have probably
gone higher if she bad keen pushed to that
figure. Mrs. Wndo, who owns Tcnclla, was
offered three thousand dollars in cash tor her
a few years ago, but has kept hor until the
Wade nerd is very strong In her blood. It
was said that a bid of n thousand dollars was
called just as Captain Kidd had knocked her
down for $730.
The daughter of Tenelia, registered a3 Tc
nclla Fifth, was then offered. Sho had been
bred to Dunraven, and srna announced to have
seventy-five per cent of Teuolla’a blood. “She
will make a lietter cow than her mother,” said
Colonel Peters. Sho was started at $150 by
Mr. W, I.. IVickman, of St, Louis, aud after
bidding that ran all around the crowd was
sold to Miller and Brady for $395.
Tho bidding waa without special features
after thla until a favorable heifer waa put up
by Mr. Wado, which, after a long atrngglo, J.
T. Oglesby secured at $215. There was then
about a half-dozen ordinary sales, antil one of
Wade A McClellan's cows, Corona Signal, wont
to Mr. Valina, of Fatrplay, at $230, and Ten-
ella IV, of that always popular family, to Mr.
Wickham, of St. Louis, for $310.
Mr. J. T. Glenn bought a heautlfril calf for
$130, which waa considered the bargain of tho
day, and Mr. W. I. Heyward, who know! what
he la about with Jerseys, captured one of the
beet bred calves of the sale for $110, the price
being reduced two hundred dollar*, at least, by
the Act that ahe had a boh tail. This closed
the sale.
Our summary will ahow that the cows aver
aged $143 a head, the balls $03, making a gen
eral average of $135. The herd averagci of
each are aa follows:
Ur. Wade, eight heart. K,W>, averaga I2SS-, Judge
c —• — tut: colonel Rich-
‘ Woodward
President Hopkins mid of the
trend lucccu. I am more than satisfied,
ilany animals were sold at leas than their val-
<. but that waa to be expected.
Vice-President Wylie mid: “It la a great
success. Better than we had honed for. I
told you yesterday I would be delighted with
an average of $100.00. It la 33 tier cent better
than what I hoped for."
SHOT TBROl’On THK HEART.
A Bow In Mobile Winds up by anAaaaaalna-
tton.
MoBn.fi. Ala.. March It.—[Special.]—About
midnight some boya, who were drunk, raised
row in a house on Hamilton street, and be
ing ejected tried to forte an entrance. Charles
Richard, a yoang man who was in tha boose
at the time, went out to settle the matter, and
waa shot through the heart and found dying
on the door step. The boys took to Bight but
wero identified this morning. Two swore
that they were at a distance when tho pistol
firing was heard, and that the third. Ben
Schaffer, said, when naked who had fired the
shot, that it was none of their business.
Schaffer was arrested. It ia probable, however,
a railroad engineer named Nailor is tho
assassin. He was in the house, and in a bar
room in tho vicinity last night, declaring he
would kill Richard, who has conic between
him and his girl, who Uvea in tho house.
Nailor was cot in the plsce wdien the row
occurred, nnd it is supposed he was outsl-le
waiting for Richard, who had in tho mesa-
time been admitted by a hack entrance. The
assassination create* quite a aensation here.
Richard's people are prominent member* of
Hebrew society, and the family is wealthy.
Nailer escaped.
To be free from tick-headache, hilliousaess,
constipation, ete., nae Carter's Little Liver
Pills, -strictly vegetable. They gently stim
ulate the line and free the stomach from
bile.
THE OREGON SUNK.
The Narrow Escape of Six Hundred Lives-
The Rescued.
New Yoke, March 14.—The lookout at Fire
Island station, sighted a four wasted steamer
moving very alow seaward. Later sho tamed
southeast, and since has been drifting in that
direction, being about fifteen miles southeast
of thia point. Unlytbetopa of hor mast can
be seen, but the oorervere think it ia the Brit
ish steamer Oregon, from Liverpool. At 11:10
she btd drifted ont of sight. At 4:30, p. m.
tho German steamer Fulda, from Bremen, via
Southampton, off thia point, report by signal
that the steamer Oregon la sunk. All the pas
sengers of tho Oregon are on board the Fulda.
The steamer Oregon collided with an un
known deep laden three masted schooner tbs
14th tnst., at 450 a. m., when between Fire
island light nnd Slilnreeook, striking the
steamer on the port side immediately under
the dining saloon, tearing a largo holeln her
sido under the water. Captain Cither, .of the
Oregon, waa below, [the chief officer being In
charge on the bridge. One of the pa*engeri
states tbat the hole was so Urge that one could
draw a horse and wagon through It; alio when
the vessels collided it sounded like the report
of an ordinary eannon. The boats were, after
some-difficulty, manned and lowered into the
water. The ladies first got lit tho binjts
and were transferred to the pilotboatNo.li,
and the schooner Fannie A, Gorham, Captain
Mahony, from Jacksonville for Boston. From
8 toll a. m., the work of transferring the pas
sengers was proceeded with. All were trans
ferred In safety, not a single life, being lost.
At 12:15 p. m., they were all transferred again
to tile Steamer Fiildor, which, owing to the
state of the 'tide, was obliged to anchor at
Sandy Hook. Captain Coltier was the last
fmm tb lcavo tho ship.
.Tire stoey, or thr msASTKtt. .
The Oregon waa expected.’to arrive'at her
pier in North river at noon, today. Aa ahe
coasted along the Long Island shore yesterday
morning, the fint faint suggestion of dawn
was appearing In tbe cast. The morning was
cicarptbe sea and wind was calm. Suddenly a
schooner waa seen coming up from the sonth-
west, and holding her course as if to ran
across the Oregon’s bow. Then , the collision
came, the unknown schooner striking the
huge steamer on the port aide, and crashing
through her iron plates. The shock of the
collision immediately awoke the aleeping
passengers, and that portion of the crew who
were having their watch below. The pas
sengers at first were thrown into great con
fusion, Imt the calmness of the officer*, arid the
' that day waa just beginning to break
over the tranuu|l tea, reassured them. At the
time tho collMiori took place, the pilot boat
No. 11 was about to put a pilot on board, and
the schooner, Konnib A. Gorham, of Boston,
was passing near.
THE BESC-ITE.
The pilot-boat land tho passing schooner,
witnessing the accident, Immediately boro
down to the-' scene, and lay by
ready to offer aasiataneo. An
examination of the Oregon showod that she
bad two holes in her port sides below the
water Hue, as if the schooner had reboundod
from the first Mow, and then struck the
steamer a second time. All efforts to stop the
leaks were unavailing and the great steamer
began' to settle in tho water. The boats had
beenloworcd whsn the accident fint occurred.
It was evident tho Oregon would keop afloat
-for some hours, bnt that it would be impossi
ble to bring her into port. The work of tarry,
ing tbo passenger* to the writing schooner
and pilot back waa begun at once. Soon
afterwards tho North German Lloyd steam
•hip Fulda, bound from Hamburg for New
York, was sighted, and ns soon as she was
near enough, she- was signaled to stop and
take the Oregon's passengors on board.
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