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FARMS AND FARMEES.
Sir ORT talks WITH THE MEN WHO
GUIDE THE PLOP.
Many Questions About, the Farm Answered
by the Agricultural Editor of The
Weekly Constitution.
Flense look ahead and send in inquiries early—
ordinarily an answer may not be expected under
three weeks. Never request an answer by mail,
the editor has no time to spare for writing private
letters.
Never ask where an article can be had or the
price. Editors have no bettersonrees of informa
tion about these than other people. The editor
has nothing for sale and is not interested In any
thing advertised in paper.
Questions of any chnrncter concerning the
farm will bo cheerfully answered by the
editor of this department. Inquirers will
please make tlielr questions clear and to the
point. The editor of this department will
give all questions close research and will
give the readers of The Constitution the
benefit of nny information that can be ob
tained on all questions propounded.
Address communications for this depart
ment to THE CONSTITUTION,
(Farm and Farmers' Dept.) Atlanta, Ga.
Georgia Experiment Station—Bulletin on
Dairying, Feeding, Etc.
Bulletin No. 21. from our Georgia Experiment
Station has just been issued. A careful examina
tion will satisfy any one that it is a timely and
valuable contribution to the bulletin literature.
Article one gives very plain and practical sugges
tions about the handling and general treatment of
cows, management of calves, churning butter, etc.
Every man or woman who is interested in the
smallest degree in making butter, will find this
article instructive and entertaming. It tells you
how to select a cow with reference to her milking
qualities; how to milk, teacli the calf to drink,
churn, etc.
Under the subhead “Dehorning cattle,’ tlie Di
rector tells all shout this operation, gives stable
showing the effect of dehorning on each Individ
ual cow of the station herd. The bulletin gives
illustrated directions for removing the horns of
adult cattle.
Better still —for the more timid and tender
hearted— it tells how to prevent a young call from
having horns bya very simple ami painless method
that any twelve-year-old boy may perform without
assistance, in one or two minutes time.
The next subhead is “Feed Formulas.” This is
on rather a new line for a Georgia publication. It
gives the fundamental principles of feeding,
whether for the growth and development of the
young and growing animal, the production of beef
or pork, or milk and butter, or strength to labor
The feeding standards show what should be the
weight and character of each of the
constituent points of a. food, and grad
uated according to the character of the
animal to be fed and the particular pur
pose of the feeding. Proximate analysis of a
large number of feeling stuffs—including most
of the materials available to southern farmers—
are given, and the farmer is shown just how to
proportion the hay, or corn meal, or oats, or bran,
or cotton seed hull*, or what not, so as to secure
w hat is called a “well balanced” ration. For in
stance. a farmer has the following raw materials
on hand: Cotton seed hulls, cotton seed meal and
corn meal, and he wishes to know in what propor
tions they should be mixed for tne. purpose of fat
tening an ox. These tables show that 25 pounds
of hulls ami 5 pounds of cotton seed meal do not
make a “balanced ration” for a fattening ox. It is
not fattening enough for the purpose. Nor will it
do to add more cotton seed meal, because it would
then be too rich in the muscle or fleshlorining ele
ments. But if he adds s pounds of corn meal, the
ration will be “balanced,” and the right quantity
for an ox weighing 1,000 pounds.
Every progressive farmer, who wants to make
the very best use of the food stulls on his farm,
or within his reach, should have this bulletin.
Article two gives the result of a few experi
ments in the culture of oats. The most striking
result is that which followed the application of
nitrate of soda as a spring top dressing. One-half
t.'e plats were fertilized with acid phosphate, mu
riate of potash and a full dose of cotton seed meal
when the oats were sown in November. The re
maining plats revived only half as much cotton
seed meal at sowing time, but received a top dress
ing of nitrate of r-o<!a in the spring to tlte valuejof
the half dose of cotton seen meal. The result was,
that the first series of plats which received a full
dose of cotton seed meal at the time of sowing made
4 11 , bushels of oats per acre, while the plats that
received only half so much meal in the fall and a
top dressing of nitrate of soda in the si>ring(cost
ing tlie same) made 57.9 bushels per acre.
Every farmer or gardener in Georgia is entitled
to receive these bulletin* regularly, and without
charge. But the farmer must request the station
to send them, otherwise the director cannot know
who wants them.
Just mail a postal to “Director R. J. Redding,
Experiment, Ga.” Give your name and postofllce,
plainly written, and ask him to send you the bul
letins, including back numbers.
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FARM AND QUESTION BOX.
Various Subjects on Which the Farmers Ask
In formation.
J. A. McD., Frost Bridge, Miss.—The plant Is not
a mint, but we do not know that it has any medi
cal value.
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Mrs. 51. L. W., Votings, S. C.—Your cornmuni- 1
cation is strictly in the nature of an advertise- ;
ment, and therefore is not admissable tn tins de- '
partment.
IT. I. 0., Anvera, Fla.—Wants to know what
kindot castor beans .*.ro best for making oil, and
market, also. Where can 1 get seed?
Tlie large seeded, strong growing variety, same
as that grown ,n West Indies and also in Texas.
You can get seed of Mark W. Johnson, seed com
pany, Atlanta, or of any seedsman. St. Louis, Mo.,
is the principal market for castor beaus. White
Flant Seed Co., St. Louis. Mo.
I’. I. R., Trenton, S. - Please tell me what the
enclosed grass is? Is it haul to destroy?
The plant sent is the notorious pest, nutgrass,
and is causing more annoyance tluin anything in
the south. If it has not got i foothold it would
be well for you to use the most energetic means to
keep it in check. It does not make seed, but
spreads by means of the nutlets.
G. S. S., ask: In selling milk to a creamery will
not the farmers be the losers?
Os course that depends on circumstances.
Sometimes creamery managers, like banks, sus
pend “owing to the tlnnancial stringency,” which
Is sometimes the other name for dishonesty or bad
management, and in such cases the farmer is gen
erally a loser. But w here a creamery charges only
a fair price for making and marketing the butter
—the ruling price in this section is 4 cents per
pound—and a test is used so that each patron re
ceives credit according the quality of his milk as
well as for its quantity, we fail to see how the far
mers can be losers.
D. B. B„ Lelinton, Ga.—Please inform me
through your paper what to do for a horse that lias
the thumps and a cough.
Heaves, or broken wind, is often mistaken for
thumps. For a well established case of heaves
there is no cure. Thumps is a spasmedic contrac
tion of the diaphram, and Is the corresponding
affection to tile hiccoughs in man. There i.« also
an affection of the heart that is called thumps,
which manifests itself after any considerable ex
ercise, such as fast driving on a warm day. There
is probably no permanent cure, but the following
will give relief: Whisky, 2 ounces; sweet spirits
of nitre, ounce; saltpetre, Jgdraehm; water 4
ounces; mix and give as one dose, and repeat as
occasion requires.
W. A. Bates. Arnold, Ga.—l. My neighbor has a
milk cow that has bt eu giving plenty of butter up
to the Ist of July. Since then her milk, thou<’ll
plenty, makes no butter al!; not one speck. 3
She is seven years old. in good health apparent
ly, and will calve again in two months. Iny in
formation as tlie cause will be thankfully received
through The Constitution.
2. W hat time would you recommend to sow fall
Oats in north Georgia.
1. It is probably due to some plant she has eaten,
or to bad water; or there may tn the system a germ
(bacillus) which thus affects the secretion. Change
the pasture; see that she has none but dean water.
In a week, If no improvement, give her 2 drams of
bieulphate of soda per day, for a week, or until a
cure is effected.
2. Sow the latter part of August and through
September, preferably before the 15th September.
Subscriber, Talent. Oregon.—l. Will von please
toll me through The Constitution where 1 can get
the Scuppernong grape?
2. Does the Enited States government pay the
expenses of the Duke of Veragua and Princes
Enlalie while visiting the world’s fair at Chicago?
1. F. J. Berckman’s, Nurseryman, Augusta,Ga.
2. We think it was stated at the time of their
visit that these decayed scions of antiquity wero
tho guests of the nation, and of course the nation
footed their bills at railroads and hotels, as long
as they were guests.
J. I. J,, Halebnrgli, Ala.— 1. IV e have a colt near
ly throe years old; think it has the bighead, but
are not satisfied; have taken out blind teeth; it is
shedding its jaw teeth; the bone is enlarged on
each side of the nose and just under tho eye; is
not. sore from touch: can’t eat any hard food. You
will please tell me what is the matter and the rem
edy.
2. Can any reader of The Constitution tell mo
whether or not the Gearheart knitting machine is
3 success or not; if not. will oblige me by referinir
me to a firm that manufactures them, and will
give satisfaction.
Your descript ion indicates bighead. It is usual,
however, for the patient to manifest pain on pres
sure. There is absolutely no cure for it, and so
soon as you are satisfied that it is a ease of big
head, you should kill the animal and put him out
of his misery.
2. We cannot answer the above, and hope some
reader will.
R. S. W., Sherrill, Ark.—Will home-ground cot
ton seed meal be as efficient a fertilizer as tiiat put
up by rhe oil mill? If not, why? M hat process
does the meal hive to go through?
The cotton seed meal as made by the oil mill, has
been rid of the hulls and the greater part of the
oil. That prepared at home is usually the whole
seed ground up. The oil is ol no value as a fertil
izer, and the hulls very little. One 1,090 pounds of
whole cotton seed, or the sumo ground up, are
about equal in fertilizing value to .350 pounds of
the cotton seed meal as sold by tho oil mills.
If you wish to prepare a mixture as a manure
for cotton, the following is about right: 500 pounds
<d' acid pliophate; IGO pounds of kainite; 250
pounds of cotton seed meal, or Instead of the cot
ton seed meal, about 900 pounds ol ground cotton
seed. If you wish it for corn or oats, double Hie
quantity of meal or seed.
L. 51. W.. Smith’s T. 0., S. C.—l incloses stock of
grass that 1 find growing very plentiful in railroad
ditches anil public roads. 1 think it is Timothy ; if
so 1 wish to plant some, amt would like, to have
your advice how toplantand fertilize it. My soil
makes fine red clover, and what is known as Ken
tucky blue grass prows wild in all low places.
Would this soil be likely to suit Timothy?
The grass is Timothy. It requires a good rich
soil, and does best on low moist soils. It is very
exhaustive to the soil. It is not a good pas
ture grass, but is the standard hay grass of the
north mid west. ITeparc tiie land well by plowing
and harrowing. Sow fifteen pounds per acre in
September or October, applying at the same time
several hundred pounds of high grade ammoni
ated guano. In the spring, after the grass starts
i into new growth, top dress with fifty to one htiu
: dred pounds of nitrate of soda. It should be cut
i <mowed I above, the second joint, as it wiil then re
j cover more promptly than if cut near the ground.
You may mix with it the seed of red-top—about
P/i bushels of the latter, to 12 pounds of Timothy
seed.
B. F. IL, Ashburn, Fla.—l have a mule that has
become «übject to colic. She is in good orderand
I looks to be in good health. What will cure this
trouble?
There are two kinds of colic, spasmodic and
I flatulent.
Your mule is probably affected with spasmodic
colic. In this kind theie is no swelling up, but an
! intense pain in the colon (large intestine). It is
’ generally due to a ravenous habit of eating and
j drinking. Give a mild diffusible stimulant as
j early as possible, either this : 2 ounces whisky, !
■ ounce extract of ginger, pint of water, as one
! dose. Or this: 11-,I 1 -, ounce sweat spirit of nitre, 1
i ounce laudanum, ounce extract of ginger,’4
I pint of water as one one dose. Always give warm
water injections with a very little soap in it. Give
! him a soft roomy place in which to wallow, and
: rest for a day or two, with soft food. When tho
worst of)t.he pain is over, a little exercise walking)
' will be good. If, after giving the first dose the
pain continues more than half an hour, repeat
every half hour, but if it does not yield to three
or four doses, give, as one dose: 1 quart linseed
I oil (raw), ounce chloroform. If not relieved in
I half hour, give 4 grains morphine in ’/a ounce of
| water as an enema, using a syringe.
A. F. 8., Shelby, Ala.— 1.1 have about two acres
In an orchard that I want to seed toclovnr: will tt
do to sew clover with oats in February? Gan I pct
a cutting ot clover the first year? flow much clo
ver seed to the acre, and how best to prepare the
land? What kind ot clover is best for pasture?
i 2. How will cotton seed meal ami phosphate do
‘ .• s a fertilizer for oats and clover, and how much
I of each per acre?
3. What is best to sow on pea stubble for winter
pasture, rye or barley? how much to the acre?
j Any information to the above will be thankfully
■ received.
1. If the orchard contains well grown bearing
trees, clover will not hurt it materially. We would
l advise you to sow the clover seed alone, in Octo
her. Clover sown in February, alone, will give a
I moderate cutting, if the land is good. Red clover,
; a little white clover, and orchard grass, makes a
j good pasture.
j 2. Cotton seed meal and acid phosphate, half
j and half, is a good fertilizer for oats, but cotton
- seed meal is not a suitable fertilizer for clover,
which does not require nitrogen (or, at most, very
little to stai t it), but does require pliosphone acid
and potasii, especially the latter.
i 3. Kye, at the rate of one bushel per acre. Bar
, ley requires rich land.
I J. B. V., Elberton, Ga.—Being an old subscriber
r of The Constitution, noticing many questions you
1 have answered pertaining to the diseases and cure.
| of horses and mules, 1 write you this postal, a k
i iug you to write me through The Weekly Consti-
I tution, the best remedy tor a mule twelve years
j old, that lias sweeny iii his left shoulder. 1 caniiot
| st y how long be has had it; 1 have only had him
five months; lie had it when 1 got him. ' He works
! well to plow or wagon. At first, he moves oil' lame,
| and going down hill he moves badly.
■ It requires a good judge to distinguish between
! “shoulder lameness” and Sweeney. The former is
j common, while the latter is comparatively rare.
, Long standing cases of shoulder lameness are gen
erally incurable. When there is heat, swelling
soreness to the touch and lameness, it is what is
called shoulder lameness. If not chronic (yours is
evidently) use hot fomentations half hour at a
time, throe or four times a day, adding salt to tile
i hot water. After the skin lias dried, then apply
i any good liniment i,Mexican Mustang is good.)
i Rub it well in morning and night. If taken in
j time, and the animal be allowed to rest during
treatment, a cure will usually be effected. If this
fails, blister with ’. ounce cantharides and 2
ounces of lard. Apply the blister over the shoul
der joint, not on the blade. Sweeney is treated by
mild blisters, using the ointment above described',
and rubbing in gently, and repeating every two
weeks for two or three months, and letting the
animal be at grass. Gentle exercise is better than
absolute rest.
; 51. A. W., Shiloh, Ga.—l. I have four acres of
' gray, gravelly soil with stiff clay subsoil that I
i wish to improve. The land was in wheat, tins year
' and made but twenty-four bushels of wheat, with
j twenty bushels of cotton seed per acre. The land
is now In peas, planted in drills for mv hogs. I
want to sow the same land in wheat again, i’iease
inform me how to prepare, manure, amt the time
to sow.
2. I also have five acres sown in peas broadcast
that 1 want to make bay out of. Which will pay me
i the best, have it cut with mower and give half for
i cutting, or get me some reap books and hire hands
to cut them, or let them remain on the land and
! pasture them with my hogs and other stock, as I
; have them fenced. 1 want your advice.
i 1. Turn your hogs on your peas as soon as most
j of them are ripe. When the peas have been thus
j pastured off, turn under the stubble about the last
I of September or early in October. Harrow well
' and get the land into fine condition. About the last
I of October sow one bushel of red (or white) pur
i pie stem wheat per acre, and the following fertili
| zers: 250 pounds of acid phosphate: 250 j>ounds|of
i cotton seed meal; 75 pounds of kainit. Harrow
j the fertilizer and wheat in together with a cuta
way barrow, and then smoothing harrow and rol-
I ler. In March sow 50 to 75 pounds per acre of ni
i crate of soda as a top-dressing.
2. AVe believe we would prefer to give half for
cutting with a mower, if curing is included. It
will be a very good plan (and probably the best for
you) to pasture off the peas and vines with cattle
ami hogs. Either of the ways is better than to
turn under the vines.
F.. Rauda, Ga.—Please inform inc through The
( on*-tttution how to inukc, kuup nnd preserve ap-
Only good, ripe, sound and well flavored apples
should be used if good cider is wanted. Grind or
crush the apples to a uniform mass. The earlier
the pressing after crushing the lighter will be tho
color of the cider. It is usual to let the pulp stand
about twenty-four hours. Press (without even
wetting the straw) and strain through haircloth
( sieves (a clean blanket will answer) into a perfect
ly clean and sweet cask, and place the cask in a
cool place, a cellar is best. Tne cask should be
> fall and kept full by soiue of the same juice saved
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 22, 1893.
out for the purpose. Lay a small bag (a shot
bag is good) tilled with sand over the bung hole.
In two or three weeks the froth will cease to run
over and the bung may be put in loosely. After a
few days it may be driven in tight. In a few days
the cider should be drawn oil' carefully, using a
siphon, and put into a clean cask, which lias first
boon washed out with a little cider, and strips of
sulphured cloth burned in it. To prepare these
melt a little sulphur and dip strips of cloth in it
and remove them. Set lire to one end of a strip
eight or ten inches long, suspend it the barrel and
drive in the bung loosely. After an hour or two
the barrel or cask, is ready for the cider. Bottle
about Slarch Ist, using strong hotties and good
corks. Fill the bottles half way up the m.ck, drop
in a raisin or two, and drive in the cork and fas
ten it securely, and set tho bottles in a cool place
with the necks downward.
J.C. J., Lake Ogden, Fla.—l. Inclosed please find
two beans. Please tell me it they are the castor
bean. They are known here as palma christi bean,
and are they worth anything?
2. What is tlie best feed for a colt after he is ten
months old. 1 have one from very good stock and
want to make a tine horse of him ; have been feed
ing it on wheat bran and oats since weaning.
I’iease tell me how to raise my colt.
1. The beans are castor beans, or palma christi.
(ricinus communis) of which the common castor
oil is made. Thebeaus are worth from §4 to $8
per bushel in market.
2. Oats is the best feed for a colt, and bran is
also excellent if not fed too freely. The older tho
better, 11 perfectly sound. We would not give corn,
except a little in very cold weather. Os course
they must have a good allowance of sweet hay, or
well cured corn fodder. Give pasture as much as
possible. Handle the colt daily and accustom it
to to tlie halter, to loading, the bridle, then a light
saddle but not suffer him ridden (unless by a mere j
chihl) or put to any Work, until two years old. It I
should (lien be able to do about half work, of a
light character, a colt should be thoroughly broke
to saddle and harness long before he is put to real
work. After he has been taught to submit to the
bridle ami saddle, then teacli him to stand hitched
to a post, by tlie hour, gradually increasing the
time. Let him be led around with harness on, etc. j
Be kind and gentle. Reward obedience by cares
ses, or a choice bit of food. Accustom him to
drink before eating, instead of after. Teacli him
to come to yon in the lot or pasture. Fully one
half the value of a good horse is duo to early
handling and training.
AV. R. J., Cerlastae, Columbia ccounty, Ga.—l.
To follow oats wit h oats how will it be best to pre
pare the land where there is a heavy stubble and
thick coat of grass and weeds?
2. Is it injurious to land to turn under green
matter?
3. suggest best plan to sow oats after corn on
good land, with much peavines, stubble and large
cornstalks, and twenty bushels of cotton seed per
acre. Would it be best to turn cotton seed, or
other manure under, or harrow in after breaking?
4. Js guano as good for oats as cotton seed?
5. Is guano tl.at was left over irom last spring
as good now as then?
(>. To sow oats in cotton land before finishing
picking, would a cultivator bo best, putting one |
round to tlie middle. Would this covor the cotton
seed sufficiently?
1. Turn over with a two-horse turnplow, with
weedhook or chain attached to hold down the
weeds, in (2) September, and sow oats and fertili
zers and harrow in with a cutaway, or other aimi- i
lar harrow.
2. Yes, temporarily; i. e., it is not good for a ■
crop that is to follow immediately.
3. Cut off the top stalks (all above the ear) at I
fodder pulling time, and house them. Cut the ■
butts into three or four pieces as they stand, using -
a common sickle kept sharp. Save the grass for |
hay as much as possible. 'Then turn under with a
two-horse plow. The twenty bushels of cotton seed ■
should have about 200 pounds of acid phosphate l
with them.
4. Very good, if highly ammoniated.
5. Yes, if it lias been kept dry.
6. Hardly. Why use cotton seed? You cannot |
afford it, if you can sell them at anything like the
prices that prevailed last winter. Exchange cot- ,
ton seed for meal, which is better.
W. C. 8., Citra, Fla.—l. 1 have a cow with second i
calf about twenty days did ; she is a good milker ’
but the milk is tinged with blood. About a year I
ago 1 turned her out, for the same cause, thinkii'-
she would be all right when she had her secid?” 1 *
calf, but there is no improvement. AVhat is * ’ u
cause, and can you tell me what to do to r<
it?
2. I had a fine rooster whose legs !■<'
Jess he \v<*rt apparently. ’P
otherwise, liisappfc
not walk, and he L gered' lor Sneui
and died. AVbat was the cause, and is ‘tu 4
remedv? .jed
3. Can vou give a sure cure for chicken
I’leas answer in next week’s Constitution and i
oblige, yours truly.
1. Bloody milk may be due to various causes.
Sometimes it is the result of blows on the udder,
sometimes by sudden increase in tlie circulation ■
due to richer and moro abundant food, or when t he
cow is under the excitement of heat. In milk
which becomes red after it is drawn it may be
due to the presence in it of micrococcus prodigio
sus, which sometimes grows on bread. The treat
ment is various according to cause. If congested
glands, give one pound of epsom salts, and daily
thereafter % ounce of saltpetre and a drachm of |
chlorate of potash ; bathe the bag witli hot or cold
water, and rub witli camphorated lard. Reduce
the food. If from eating acrid plants (another
cause), change the pasture, or remove the plants.
Induration of the udder may be met by rubbing
witli a combination of iodine ointment 1 part,soft
soap 2 parts; or mercurial ointment and soap may
be used. Careful milking is important.
2. Leg weakness is probably tlie complaint. It
affects chiefly young roosters, and the large Asiat
ic fowls are more subject to it. The remedy is
nourishing diet with,a due proportion of insects.
Don’t feed them on corn meal, but give them
cracked wheat, oats, and give 3 to 4 grains citrate
of iron daily. Or, it may be paralysis for which
nothing can be done in the way of a cure. Plenty
of exercise, a mixed diet and well ventilated dry
quarters, are prevvntives.
3. We know no sure cure for cholera. Bee arti- i
clo in issue Joi August Ist, page 4,3 d and Ith col
umns.
HOME SUPPLIES IN GEORGIA,
Xfacon Comity Citizen: The Lee County
Enterprise says that county is safe so far
us hog and hominy are concerned. She will
make plenty at home.
Dalton Citizen: Timely ruins are keeping
the growing crops of Georgia in a flourishing
condition. There will be no lack of any
thing but money in tills section, and, with
plenty of everything else, we eau get along
with very little money.
Milledgeville Chronicle: The Chronicle in
sists that the times are not hard in Georgia
where the people have plenty of everything
but: money, and are brave enough of heart
and strong enough of arm to endure the
financial stringency for a season, with trust
in better times ahead.
Americus Times-Reeorder: Bountiful crops
economically raised will go further to solve
the problem than all the legislation of a
century; and unless all signs now fail, the
crops of 181)3 will soon place the country in
a condition, or in good way to reach that
condition soon, where it will be a matter of
little consequence what congress does.
.Milledgeville Chronicle: When the south
learns Io manufacture- at home -he articles
for which it. has the raw material and there
is a daily demand, mid raise its own home
supplies and keep at home the millions year
ly sent abroad, sending abroad for only such
things as cannot be had here, and sells to
the world its surplus cotton, in which it
largely has monopoly, our people won’t need
to look to legislation to relieve them: they
will be the richest people on the globe, in
spite of legislation.
TAPE IN THE COUNTRY.
Albany News and Advertiser.-Suimuer in the
country won id be more agreeable if somebody
could convince tin frogs that they canuot
siug.
Harmony Grove Echo: Our popular mayor
has called a citizens’ meeting to discuss tlie
propriety of changing the name of our town
to some other that will be shorter if hot
sweeter.
Caluoun Times: Calhoun is fast merging
into a busy, beautiful little city. The dull
times have had no effect upon her growth and
progress.
The* Mudisoiiiaui Joe Spears was in our
town the other day, and in speaking of the
rains he saiil that they were divided up as
follows: mist, a good gentle mizzle, sprinkle,
shower, rain, good rain, big rain, trash mov
er, jolly whopper, cloud-buster
Walker County .Messenger: Sam Hatton, col
ored, near Rossville, has a war relic, a chair
which lie picked up on the Chickamauga tint
.tiefield just after the .battle. It is painted
yellow with “G. H.” on one of the backs,
painted black. He has used it ever since
and it is still a good chair.
Cotton Crop Reports Favorable.
Galveston, Tex., August Iti. —Reports from
the cotton belt are favorable for a heavy
yield. ihe first picking will be delayed
by rains in some localities. I’laniers say tlie
fiber is equal to tho best ever raised, and fac
tors arc preparing to handle a large yield.
THE STATE PRESS SPEAKS*
Showing That They Stand, as Ever, on the
Party J’latforin.
Greenesboro Herald-Journal: We congrat
ulate the country first, upon the fact
that President Cleveland has no vote on
the question; second, the Georgia delegation
stands to a man opposed to his single stand
ard theory: third, The Atlanta Constitution,
the lending southern newspaper, together with
the weekly press, stands shoulder to shoulder
for free coinage; and back of them all are
the voters, grimly determined that the pledge
on the silver question shall be redeemed; and
above them all is the God who shapes the
destinies of nations, who will not turn away
from the distress of his people.
Liberty County Herald: Mr. Cleveland’s
(message was read by millions of voters
in the United States yesterday, and
with the majority of democrats it
was a disappointment. The message calls
for the unconditional repeal of the Sherman
silver net, and does not offer any substitute,
or any other suggestion on the subject. It
is a practical declaration for a gold standard.
Congress should obey the mandates of the
people.
Warrenton Clipper: While not. exactly on
the line of the Chicago platform, the mes
sage advocates relief, but not. the relief that
we believe best for the south. The demo
cratic party stands pledged to certain meas
ures and it behooves the representatives in
congress to see that these pledges are faith
fully kept.
Marion Patriot: There is such a wide dif
ference between the .president and the party
on the money question that his opposition to
tho ex;.ress< <1 wishes of the party is going to
cause a wail throughout the south and west.
West Georgia News: The message will be
very acceptable to the money centers. It
; bodes no good for the democratic party, and,
as we see, furnishes small relief for the mass
es. Like the aroused democracy of Ameri
cus we favor the democratic platform rather
than tlie president’s policy, and call upon our
congressmen to see that the pledges are re
deemed.
Sparta Ishmaclite: The unconditional re
peal of the Sherman law will mean the set
ting up of the gold standard in the United
States; anil the southern senators and rep
resentatives who vote for it will be perma
nently retired, at the first opportunity, by a
deceived and indignant constituency. Let
them see to It.
Sylvania Telephone: In his views on the
money question -Mr. Cleveland, of course,
does not stand on the democratic platform,
j which denu nds the parity of the two metals.
The south .tad tho west will protest.
AfcDuffie Journal; From tho standpoint of
a monometallist Mr. Cleveland’s argument 1s
a strong one. But, when placed beside the
i Chicago platform, to the principles of which
i the democratic party 1s solemnly pledged, the
| dissimilarity of the two documents in plain
l ly conspicuous. To say that, to a large ma
j jority of the democrats of the south and west
, the message is a disappointment, is to state
: it mildly. The present hope of the democ
i racy rests upon congress. If democratic
• congressmen repudiate or Ignore their plat
form of principles and their pledges to the
' people, a political, as well as a financial, dls
' aster Is Inevitable.
Barnesville Home-Journal: We have faith
in the wisdom of our representatives, and
while we have a very high regard for our
president, and we (believe he will do what
he thinks best for the country, we are of the
opinion that his environments are such that
his views on the gold basis for our currency
should not be allowed to dictate our policy.
Dahlonega Signal: The free and unlimited
ot silver as a substitute for the Sher
•) act is absolutely imperative, as is tiie
ak\ '»pney bearing the government’s
’ ■ parity.
■ He clearly sets forth
( r .-.iigie money standard, as previously re
, >rted in his silver letter.
i Jackson Herald: While the law should be
| Immediately repealed, yet substitute legisla
' tion should go with the repeal, in the forirt
of free coinage of silver,with 100 cents’ worth
i of silver in a dollar.
Cuth'bert Liberal-Enterprise: That he is
honest in his views, we do not doubt. But
i that he is a safe counselor on the financial
question, we do deny. His judgment is
warped by his environments. He knows
! nothing but Wall street’s views. Will the
democratic congress stultify Itself, treat the
party platform with contempt, and tell the
people they were deceived at Mr. Cleveland’s
dictation? A few weeks will answer this
question.
Carroll Free Press: Mr. Cleveland, so far
as eau be gained from his message, is evi
dently In favor of a single gold standard.
The question now is, what will congress do
about it? Tlie great majority of the dem
-1 oerats, with a small contingent of republicans
j are undoubtedly in favor of the free coinage
! of silver, but will they be able to do anything
j with the head of the executive department
against them? The people of the south and
i west, who constitute the majority of the par
: ty, are not in a temper to be dictated to by
| the east.
Hartwell Sun: The message is Interpreted
to be a declaration in favor of the single
gold standard. As such it is a disappoint
ment to those who favor bimetallism. Every
congressman from Georgia joins issue with
I the president in this matter, although they
I admit his honesty and admire his frankness,
j it remains to be seen whether the wishes of
■ President Cleveland or the great mass of the
i people will prevail in congress on this great
; question.
Fort Valley Leader: The only hope we see
I at present for democratic principles to be
! maintained and the will of the people to be
I executed, is for Adlai Stevenson, Crisp and a
j democratic congress to ignore and repudiate
I the ideas of Mr. Cleveland entirely, accept
( the challenge he offers the party and fight
| for the rights of the people. If Cleveland-
; jam is to triumph over democracy and tram-
ple under foot any plank in the platform it
! may choose, the sooner the people know it
i tlie better for them.
■ Newnan Herald and Advertiser: President
i Cleveland’s message to congress Is a char
j acteristic document, and that is the most
I that can be said of it. Contrary to general
; expectation, no reference whatever is made
| to the feasibility, or even the desirability,
! of legislation on the financial question other
• than the unconditional repeal of the Sherman
I law. In this respect it is undoubtedly a
' disappointment to the people of the south,
at least, who had been led to believe that
Mr. Cleveland was not unfavorable to some
sort of substitute legislation. He expresses
himself plainly and unequivocally in favor
of the gold standard, however, aud holds
out uo inducement for the hope that he
would consider even remotely a proposition
to liberalize either the present coinage or
banking laws. The message is clearly uot
in accordance with the demands of the dem
ocratic platform, and one of the inevitable
effects will be to embarrass the party in
those states that have declared against tlie
gold standard. In some of these states
there have been serious divisions already,
and thousands of dissentients have been
kept in the party ranks only upon the prom
ise that the present congress would provide
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Menuou me uonsuraiJOA. u , > e-a-w
relief upon the lines advoeat / d , y ? Ldemn
leaders. If congress should fail to r<.
these promises, there is danger of helio s
disruption, if not a popular revolt. Ihi
would leave its in n condition of dlstri ?“
and demoralization compared to which tn
present financial stringency is as nothing,
and it is not easy to foretell just what the
consequences might be.
Greenesboro Herald-Journal: We suppose
Mr. Cievland really believes all he says
against silver, but woe be unto the Georgia
member who accepts his doctrine.
A STRONG SPEECH.
Wall Street and Lombard Street Shall No
Rulo Us.
Congressman Bland’s speech iu the house:
“The monometallists of Europe knew that
if this country went Into tlie free coinage
of gold aud silver at a fair ratio, it would
settle the question for the world; and, hence,
their interest and determination to prevent
it. It 1 was not only a serious question for
the United States, but tho oppressed people
ot the old world appealed to this country
to settle the question for them and for the
whole world. The money requirements of
the United States with the vast wealth, in
dustry and energy of its people, were equal
to those of England France and Germany
combined and the whole civilized world
would have to look to this country for its fu
ture monetary supply.
“And yet,” said lie, with vehemence, “we
are asked here today to lay the bloody hand
of confiscation on millions of our population
in order 1o satisfy the greed of England.
Will congress do it? Will you trample down
tlie interests of your own people and destroy
the value of one of the precious metals,
simply to gratify the greed of Wall street —
a mere agent of Lombard street? It cannot;
it shall not be done. (Applause.) Speaking
for the mass of the people of the Mississippi
valley and of tlie people of till 1 west of it,
1 say you shall not do it. (Renewed ap
plause.) And anybody, or auy party that
undertakes to do it, will, in God’s name,
be trampled—as it ought to be—lu the dust
of condemnation now and in the future.
(Continued applause on the floor and in tne
galleries.) 1 speak as a democrat, but yet
as an American above democracy. (Cheers.)
We do not intend that any parly shall sur
vive, if we can help it, that will lay its
coniiscatlng hand on America, in Ihe interest
of England or of Europe. That may be
strong language: but, speaking to you of
the eastern democracy, we will bid you
farewell when you do it. (Applause.)
"Now you can take your choice of sustain
ing America against England, of sustaining
American industries aud American laborers
against. English industries and English -labor
ers, or of our going apart. We have come to
the parting way. 1 do not pretend to speak
for anybody but myself and my constituents;
but I believe I can speak for tlie masses of
the great .Mississippi valley when I say that
we will not submit to tlie domination of any
political party (however much we love
democracy) if it lays its sacrificial hand upon
silver and wounds It In this country. For
myself, j will not support such a jiarty here
or elsewhere; but will denounce it as un
democratic and un-American. And the demo
crats engaged In it, I will ask the people of
the country to condemn ns the agents and
tools no. I will withdraw that epithet—ns
the representatives of the moneyed power
and the moneyed interests, instead of being
representatives of the masses of American
people. s'ou cannot hold the democratic
party together on that line.” (Applause.)
HE BELIEVES IN RICE.
A Ware County Farmer Who Makes Rico Ilia
Surplus Crop.
Waycross, Ga., August 15. —(Special.)—J.
S. Tart, of this city, is an enterprising and
prosperous farmer. His farm is two miles
south of Waycross, near the Brunswick and
Western railroad.
Mr, Tart has twenty acres planted in
rice. The rice is the finest ever grown in
this country and is heading nicely. He
has a fine lot of hogs and will kill nearly
three thousand pounds next winter. The
corn crop is line, the ears being well ma
tured and generally two ears to the stalk.
Mr. Tart does not believe in planting
col ton. He says that the farmer should
raise corn ami meat for home consump
tion and also have some to sell. He thinks
It Very strange flint w rjliouJd e-ver
complain of high prices of com and meat.
I’he farmer, he said, ought to be pleased to
see the prices of these products rise higher.
}b> does not understand how a farmer can
afford to buy these products when they
are the very things he is supposed to raise
on his farm. Mr. Tart will clear money on
his farm this year and expects to increase
his rice crop next year. Mice, he said, is
a new crop here and is bound to become
an important industry in this section. The
land south of Waycross is highly adapted
to the growing of rice.
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
Wbich Crushes to Death fir Drowns Seven
Persons—A Bridge Gives Away.
Danville, Va., August 16.—An atvful ac
cident oeeurrisi at the county hne trestle,
just east of Milton, on the Atlantic and
Danville railroad, this morning at 2:50
o’clock, by which two passenger coaches
and a sleeper Mere precipitated into the
creek below, a distance of sixty feet and
the killing of seven persons outright and
the wounding of a number of others. The
train left at 1:35 o’clock this morning
and was tb» -I'gal-tr tram bound for Ports
mouth. After passing through Milton and
going over the trestle, the engineer, Pay
ton Tunstall, who says he was running at
the rate of ten miles an hour, felt the
bridge giving way. He threw open the
throttle, and the engine, tender and a
box car got safely over. but. the passenger
cars were too late and the span tvent down
under its weight, the second passenger car
and sleeper following.
Mr. J. L. Sizer, the Pullman conductor,
in speaking of the accident, says:
“I had just gotten through with my col
lections and had reported to Captain Mor
ris. who had passed forward on the train
and was preparing to retire w’hen the
crash came. Fortunately I was in the for
ward end of my car'. Mrs. Giersch’s
nurse xvas in the rear end of the car when
she was found with her head ami chest
under water and was most probably
drowned, as there were no heavy timbers
or anything else on her body that might
have caused her death.”
The little daughter of Mrs. Glersch, not
realizing the danger through which the
bail passed, said to the rescuers; “Don’t
mind rapi I am not hurt, but please take
mamma' out ”
Tho following is a list of the killed :
List of Killed.
11. MORRIS, conductor. Portsmouth, Va
SV. R. ELIASON. Alton, Va.
J. C. DAVIS, a farmer, of Baskerville. Va
W. R. ELAM. Durham, N. C.
JAMES 8. LOWE, a railroad conductor
from the west, who was a passenger.
THOMAS I.EE. colored, of Winston. N c.
FRANCIS JENKINS, colored, of Salem
N. C.
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The Railroad Coiumiasion Will Not Interfere
with the Cotton Itatoe.
The state railroad commission heard more
argument Wednesday on the question of help
ing the cotton factors over the state In the
matter of through rates which operate to the
disadvantage of the merchants, Another
meeting of the board will be held tomorrow
but an adverse decision is expected, as the
commission has been the other wav in 1(9
rulings heretofore.
Fire In a Vlririai i Town.
Boynton, Va., August 15.—About 2 o'clock
this uioruiug tire broke out tn the engine room
of George .M. Brown’s wagon factory which
wes entirely destroyed, ami before its progress
could be stopped consumed a number of bus
iuesjj houses aud residences aud lujuriii" oth
ers, inflicting a total loss of more than°seo
-000. Most of the houses and contents were
partially Insured. The fire is supposed to
have been or Incendiary origin.
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