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JOTTINGS BY THE WAY—NO. 3.
My last was written from the city’ of
Chattanooga. Tenn., after a drive over
the battle fields of Chickamauga and
Missionary Ridge. The day following
was spent in inspecting toe site of tie
“affair” on Lookout mountain, which oc
curred on the night of November 21. 1563,
made famous Jby ratfier apocryphal ac
counts which gi re it the poetical name,
"‘the battl? above the clouds.” I made
the trip on foot from the base to the very
summit of Locknut Point, a perpendicular
height of 1.200 feet (according to my faith
ful aneroid barometer), visiting all the
taonuments and tablets and reading,
with scrupulous care, the lengthy inscrip
tions which recorded the names of the
divisions, brigades and regiments en
gaged in the battle. This feat of walk.ng
tip the steep ascent to the “Point" is con
sidered not unworthy the nerve and en
durance of a much younger and healthier
man. but it proved a real and immediate
benefit. The effort, prolonged through
two hours, brought forth the sweat from
every pore and with it the baleful, acrid
poison which, the doctors say, is the Im
mediate cause of rheumatism.
Having "done" the celebrities and won
ders of theso three battle fields and the
charming city of Chattanooga itself. I ran
by home (Experiment), stopping just one
hour and a half, and thence, via Macon,
to Ijexlngton, Ga , that quiet, old ante
revolutionary town, famous ns tae birth
place of some of the most renowned
statesmen of Georgia It Is famous, also,
f r its old-fashioned, genuine hospitality,
the beauty of its women and its flowers
and for its celebrated IJHputian railway.
Mr. Henderson, the genial man. who
handles the throttle, is not only the loco- t
motive engineer, but also Is conductor 1
and baggage master of the train and de
pot agent. On one occasion he sold me a
ticket, "three for a quarter” (I mean 3
miles for 25 cents), as depot and ticket
agent, then took it up as conductor be
fore I got "aboard," as h<> went forward
to assume hfs duties as engineer After
an economical toot of the whistle and
vociferous ringing of the dinner heli the
little "dummy' soon down to Its task
of pulling itself, its crew—the engineer,
agent, conductor and baggage master
aforesaid, ar. I darky, who had fully
n« many nth lai designations, although of
a lower gtade, three passengers in a. com
bination passenger, baggage, mat! and
express car, and one empty box car. And
light mans illy did the little monster toll.
1 noticed that when one of its driving
wheels completed a revolution it Immedi
ately comment- 1 n anol or lr. the
course of a quarter of an hour (by a
rather ' Ist rr 'ting w>t wo made the 3
miles to the junction at Crawford with
the Georgia rrti’ioad 1 renumber that
cut little "dummy" must have expended
the last of its reserve steam In pouring
forth a long, exultant scream as It pulled
up to the main track.
Rut J say "hoorah for the little dummy
end Its driver.” It beats walking by a
long jump, and is cheaper than hacking
by 2ht* pei cent. On board the Georgia
railroad train it w is I. it a half hour's
run to Athens. Ga . where half the flay
and the following night were spent with
o dear friend: them-e to Macon to the
first day's session of I lie southern Cane
Growers’ co c • -u. .. • ' ' ■ c -
THE
Are very backward. S me f. rmo-s have
rot fi -.ishec planting ev- n . nnd corn.
A few had probably ilm-in-d printing
cotton, say about Mont!ll Round Oak,
Macon and J-'orsyth I ;lid : t a single
field (May 6) on the •••.: 1 :om Athens
to Macon on which th r - cottoi was fully
up. Surely the farmers ire later with the
work of planting and general farm opera
tions than for several years past Th- so
conditions will render ft even more neces-
t''TrfEKiS
I rr— A
McCormic K
I lll
that appeal to every practical hffl
farmer are the improved S’" -jA * I
needle and simple knotter.
There are only two moving ’ | I;®
parts to knotter, and this J ||
partly explains why the Me- H O aßmS| ® A
Cormick is always in work-
ing order. The simple knot- ' IfflP
ter is made of extra hardened material that insures long
I wearing and means long life for the binder.
. The McCormick need'.e j$
’ Fitted with steel roils in both g! | The improved needle, lim
the point and heel. These | pie knotter and other good
roils prolong the life of the hi features will be fully explained
needle and facilitate the good fl 1 if you will call at the nearest
work of the machine. i McCormick agency.
j- -1 Fi
I W. G. HAY.NES, General
i Atlanta, ca. LJ McCormick Machines, j
sary to cultivate rapidly and well so ns
to induce a vigorous grow’th and develop
ment of the belatod corn and cotton
plants. Oats and wheat are barely up to
an average in condition, the oats being
extensively affected by the peculiar blight
referred to in previous recent .articles.
CHOPPING COTTON.
The way to hurry up a corn or cotton i
crop is to plow and hoe and put it to a
I final "stand” as quickly ns possible, and
I then cultivate shallow and at short In
’ tervals. In "chopping out" cotton my
. practice and advice for many sears has
i been to g-> over the . r -p as rapidly as
! possible, not putting it to a final stand
until it has first been gone over and
! “blocked out.” Look at it this way: The
i conditions before you are, first, four to
I six times as many cotton plants in the
! rows as a final stand requires, and, sec-
I ond, more or less grass and weeds. The
I grass and weeds arc likely to crowd the
' cotton plants and take firmer hold every
I day and the plants will crowd each other.
I The problem should Vo ,0 destroy ns
I many bunches of grass and weeds and
I remove as many surplus cotton plants In
I a day as possible. To accomplish this ,
' alm It Is manifest that as much ground |
should be goqe over with a hoe each day :
as possible. Every stroke of the boo ,
should cut Its full width and there should |
not be a second stroke in the same place. -
Make "every lick count” and you see that .
lit Is very clear that more grass and 1
I weeds and cotton plants will be removed I
i and more ground gone over In a day' than .
1 bv the plan that seeks to put the cotton ,
I to a final stand the "first time going I
over ” Then wh -n the crop has been thus |
gone over commence at once at the "be- :
| ginning” (after a careful plowing) and ■
' this time put It to a final stand, it will
| require but little, if ony. longer time to
; go over the crop twice In the manner
i suggested than once tn the other way and
I I know that the crop will be In much
I cleaner and better condition. If done In
| this way a careful plowing preceding the
| first chopping and another coming be-
I tween the two hoelngs there should bo
| little further hoe work required.
* Ry all means stir the surface of the
I cotton field as soon as the cotton com-
I tnences to come, up, If a rain has fallen
'since planting, and repeat about the time
I a full stand is secured. For this purpose
i a slant-toothed, broadcast harrow Is the
i thing for clay soils and a good "weeder"
| for light soils. R. J. REDDING.
FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
MAMMITIS OF COW.
J. W. E., Belleville, Ala.-—I have a cow
| that her afterbirth did not come and it
I decayed so the left front tit became i
i caked and four ulcers came, on It and i
. broke and run; that was a year ago last i
| February I expect her to calve In next 1
I month and her udder on that side Is now
: badly swollen. What would you advise
j doing? Would piercing with knitting nee
: die do any- good? Should it be done before
, or after galving?
Answer: You want now' to guard against
'i an attack of mammltls such as she had
a y ear ago. I advise that you relieve the
swollen udder by' drawing away some of
1 the milk, and it’ that organ is hot and
1 tender, bath it with hpt water for
■ half cn hour at a time. Also give her a
I drench of 1£ pounds of Epsom salts and
: 1 oume of pulverized, ginger in 1-2 gallon
|of cold water Also give her 1-2 ounce
j saltpetre In her drinking water twice a
I day for three or four days. Repeat the
i bathing with hot water tht.ee times a day
| and after each bathing rub well in a lit
i tie of a lotion of 1-2 ounce each of ace
tate of lead and sulphate of zinc tn 1
j quart of water. Continue this until the
I inflammation Js all gone.
(1) REMEDY FOR GNATS—(2)EARLY
B L. M , Sylacauga. Ala.— Please an-
I swe-r the following questions In your val-
I uable paper and oblige:
L is tin re a remedy to keep the gnats
: from biting stock?
i 2. Will a rial early corn make as good
planting It late or should an early- kind
: of corn be planted early?
Answer - '.There are several reputed
remedi'-- or preventative s for flies and
! gnats, but I do net now recall the de
i tails of the composition of any of them,
j (I am away from home at this writing.)
2 My experience caused inc to com lude
■ that a real early corn should not be
j planted so very early It will do better
I planted after other corn has como up.
I This refi rs especially to the sugar, or
I sweet varieties.
"WABBLES” OF HORSE.
Mry E 1-’... llay-ne. S. - . -t'.in you tell
me though The Constitution wliat Is the
. matter with my horse_? She has been fall
’ jug off for about three vyi-i-ks. and seemes
' to be in i v.-ry unhealthy condition. Her
bowels nave been very loose. I have been
working very hard, and feeding on corn
and fodder. A few days ago she gave
out; could scarcely stand up: seemed to
- be very giddy, and now she is stiff. She
never does lie down; does not seem to be
. In any pgim Her mouth Inside is full of
! email sor s and blisters. She can't pick
1 up her food: if you put in her mouth she
i can < hew a little,. Her jaws are stiff, also.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANT A* GA., MONDAY MAY 11, 1903.
Her bowels are not loose now. She has
been very thirsty all the time. Her hair
looks dead and she is very low-spirited.
Answer: Your horse seems to be af
fected in the nervous system, and the
symptems indicate a form of partial pa
ralysis sometimes called "wobbles." Try'
this treatment: Keep her in a loose box
or small yard and giv" the following J
dram of jpdide of potassium in a br;»n
mush, night and morning. Continue this
for one week, and then give 1 dram of
fluid ixtract of muxvomlca, or 1 dram of
powder mix vomica, twice ajjay for two
weeks. Then stop a week and repeat If
necessary. Either of the above may be
given in a bran mush. Also rub the ap-
I parantly weak parts—the back and loins— ,
i once a day with soap limlment.
ECZEMA OF MI'LE.
11. A. I’., Alma. S. C—l want you to
i tell me what to do for my mule. It is
a dry. scabby itching on her four legs,
and the hair comes off. and it goes away
when it gets cold. It remains all sum
mer. Please give me a remedy for her
In your valuable paper, for which 1 am a
subscriber.
Answer —Give your mule a dose consist
ing of one ounce of aloes, one ounce of
pulverized ginger and one ounce of car
bonate of soda, all dissolved in half pint
of boiling water, then add half pint ol
cold water and give at one dose. M hen
tile physic has acted on his bowels, mix
up four ounces each of pulverized salt-
■ petre and pulverized copperas (pure),
divide into twenty-four doses and give
one in a small bran mash twice dally.
Wash the skin of the affected parts with
; a solution of one ounce of carbonate of
I potassium dissolved in one quart of wa
, ter. Rub this well in and then wash it
off with warm water and keep the animal
i warm until dry. If there is much itching
j wash the itchy parts with acetate of lead,
j one ounce; laudanum, two ounces; water.
- one quart. If tl.e case becomes chronic
j give one ounce of Fowler's solution of
, arsenic in a bran mash and continue for
' a month. If the skin should become
| thick and scaly use an ointment of two
■ drams of binoldede of mercury and four
ounces of vaseline. Tie up her head so
■ that she cannot get her mouth to the
blister ointment. Go over but a part of
the affected surface one day, and another
part in three or four days.
HOVEN OF COWS.
L. M. 8., Pond Spring, Ga.—l have some
red clover on red upland that I intended
to pasture cattle. After running them on
it for a week or ten days it began to
colic them and they would after one
hour's grazing swi 11 and get down and
wallow’, and ft looks like It would kill. I
have been raised in a clover farm and I
have never seen anything like it. M hat
is the cause? Can I graze ft. later, and if
not, will It make good hay?
Answer—T can only suggest that Hoven
or "bloat” is often caused by permitting
cows to run on damp succulent grasses,
or clover, say when wet with rain or dew.
Sometimes a mere change of food, If sud
den (all at once) will cause It. It Is al
ways advisable, when turning cattle on a
very rich pasture, to let them remain but
a short time the first day. a little longer
' the second, and so on. Increasing the
time for several days and give some dry
i food when not on the pasture. Later the
clover will probably be harmless, and the
hay will be all right.
LAYtiri' M AMPLEXICAULE.
Mrs. S. F. M.. Dawson, Ga.—Please ex
amine this Inclosed weed and tell me
what it is. I think ft is a sort of clover.
' It comes up in October and grows beauti
fully through winter and dies down in (
I July.
j Answer—The plant sent Is Lamlum '
' Amplexlcaule, a worthless weed, and is
; not even distantly related to clover. It '
belongs to the same 'family with spear- i
l mint, catnip, horehound, etc. Specimens
havo been sent several times with re
quests for a method of destroying It.
' Since It Is strictly an annual, it is only
j necessary to prevent the plants from
’ blooming and maturing seed. The seeds
matured the previous season commence
i coming up In the fall, continues to come
; up, bloom and mature seed during mil.l
spells throughout the winter and until
late In the spring. The plan advised is to
. destroy it by digging or plowing up the
! plants n.s they commence to bloom. It
; Is "no good."
BLIND TEETH.
' J. R. Keith. Evatts P. 0.. S. C.—l
: have a young pair of mules about three
I years old. and each of them has two
: small teeth on their upper jaw about the
size of a. pea I call them blind teeth.
Do you think it necessary to have them
taken out or not? Please let me know
' wiint. to do in your next issue.
Answer—lt rarely. If ever, becomes
necessary to remove the so-called "blind”
teeth. Their pressure sometimes causes
< a little Irritation when a check rein is
I used from the pressure of the bit on the
: teeth. It is an old notion that blind
teeth cause blindness, and for that reason
should be removed. This notion is prob
ably based on the fact tiiat there is often
some slight Inflammation of the eyes
(shown by their watering) whenever e
colt is cutting new teeth. It will do no
harm to punch them out if you are the
least apprehensive. These teeth have no
firm attachment to the jawbone, and
may be easily pulled out by means of a
pair <>f pincers or by a punch and blow
of a hammer.
MAMMITIS-A BAD CASE.
H. M. Jones, Easley, S. C.—l have a
cow tli.it is in a bad fix, and has been for
over a week. 1 milked her on Tuesday
morning. She gave 1 1-2 gallons milk,
but did not. eat all her feed, which was
: e-'tton seed hulls, meal and boiled cotton
seed, and her right, hind leg was n little
sore. When she came up at night she did
not give, a teacupful of milk, and the
right side of her udder was swollen very
bid. She gave yellow water out of the
sore teat. She would not eat. anything
at all and has not. iten anything much
yet. Rhe doesn't give any milk at .-ill
now. but. something like bloody water
and puss, and she limps in her left hind
leg. The end of all her tea.ts have turned
a dark purple. Some people think she
w.o- snaki’-bitten. but I doubt it. Her calf
is 5 months old, and she Is 3 months
with calf again, ('an you tel! me what
to do for her in your dear old paper—
The Constitution—of which i am a sub
scriber?
Answer—Your cow had a bad case of
"garget” or "mammltls.” The purple
color of the teats indicate mortification.
Give her 1 1-2 pounds of epsom salts and
1 ounce of pulverized ginger in half gal
lon of water at one time as a drench. As
soon as the salts operates commence
giving half ounce of saltpetre twice a
day in Tier drinking water and continue
for three or four days. From the first
her bag should have been bathed with
hot water for an hour at a. time, three
■ times a day. After each bathing rub on
a little of a solution of half an ounce of
acetate of lead and half an ounce of sul-
. phate of zinc in one quart of water,
i Draw from the udder as much as possi
| ble of the pus and other contents. It is
' a very bad an. almost hopeless case. I
think your feeding is at fault and was
' possibly the cause of It. Leave off the
I cotton seed and meal and use wheat
I bran, oats and good hay, or Jet her have
pasture.
Mrs. E. D. Blount, Appleton. S.
Please answer through The Weekly Con
stitution. 1 want your advice about my
iiorse. He seems well, though ! can't get
him fat. He coughs a good deal at night
—in fact. 1 can awake at any time and
hear him. Does not cough any hardly
in day time. He does no work now. 1
use him for driving purposes. He plow
ed last season. I have tried only a few
simple home remedies for cough, but
does no good.
Answer—On the basis of the symptoms
given in your letter I can only say
that it is not improbable that your horsy
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Is threatened with an attack of heaves,
or "broken wind, o f which a short, sup
pressed cough is generally the forerun
ner. If corn- i i n this suggestion the
same will short 1 • verified by some
difficulty in breathing. The cough is us
ually more troub.esome alter a full meat
has been eaten "nd is apt to be worse
at night. Th< disease is believed to be
caused by a deranged state of the stem 1
ach ami other digestive organs. The
treatment, therefore, should be directed
towards aiding in every way the stomach
to perform its office. Feed regularly
three times a day and in such quantity
as not to overload the stomach. Let the
food consist mainly of clean grain, of
which shelled oats are better than any.
What little hay is given should be bright
and clean, of the host quality. When
feeding give a little hay, then water,
then oats. Don't water after feeding, and
don’t put to v. rk or drive in less than
an hour after >, meal. Boiled flax seed
mixed with a litt'l- wheat bran at night
will serve to kem> the bowels open.
OAT BLIGHT.
X. Y. Z.. An. ricus, Ga.—l notice your
"Jottings by th- Way” of the 27th in
stant; also In , erics in last and this
week's C'or sHi >ition tegardlng oat
•‘blight.” I think if parties will examine
their grain carefully they will find that
this so-called ght” Is" caused 'by in
sects. bugs, worms, files, lice, etc. Go in
your gtain field at night with lantern and
"see what you will see." My grain Is
affected as you d. scribe oats In south
west Georgia, anl I find all of above in
i ects in them. > settle dlspute please
answer in Farm and Farmers' Depart
ment the following questions:
1. if acid pho-phate is put In fresh
furrows and ah uv’Tl to remain for a few
days, or until a mln comes and covers it.
will it. lose ar:, properties by action of
air and sunshine?
2. AVould ammoniated guano under same
circumstances los? an appreciable amount
of ammonia?
Answer—l wish to say that many speci
mens of disease', or otherwise injured,
oats have been sent to mo since April 1.
Some specimens were accompanied by
the larvae of the lady bug, and the let
ters stated that there were also many
small Insects. In these cases, as previ
ously stated, the "small Insects” were
' wheat lice, upon which the larvae of the
lady bug, as W"H as the madam herself,
habitually feed. Ono or more specimens
were plainly a!T< ’ted by red rust (puc
cinea). Another was being Injured by
the genuine Hessian fly. But the ma
jority of the e -'mens had nothing
about, them that would account for the.
pecu lar red—.finGst scarlet—color of th.-
blades of the oats. According to my
observation tins ■ Iness alway T.velop
ed at the upper ends of the blades and
spread downward. You may go Into the
J most flourishing and r'eetly healthy
I field of small gr ■ at tills seism, of the
' year ami you w i fin'd a. great many dit
ferent kinds of seels.
I 1. Acid phosphab is not volatile. |. ?
i It does not evapor .te, go off Into the
air, excepting a l.t e surplus moistme.
A panful of It sei on a. stump and ex
posed to the sun and - i ti for a year
would not lose any of Its valualje ele
ments except as the pan ’night become
full of rain water and ' run over. in
which event the water would carry with
it part of the soluble phosphate, and if
j continued long enoii*..',, ajl'l at last w-a-li
I out all of the "soluble ' phosphate and
leave only the "reverted” and "insolu
ble.”
| 2. I’ra tlcally the same answer above
I given will apply to this question. Fer
; menting stable manur" left exposed and
uncovered and also I -rmenting • ott<m
seed would undoubtedly lose a consid
erable percentage of immonli. which is
the onlx fertilizing dement that is vola
tile.
JERSEY COW WIL’. NOT GO DRY.
<(•. H.. Erie, Teon- Have been try
ing to turn in■ I cow dry for two
or three weeks by skipping one milking
al. start, and two or th .• days recent
i Iv. She gives about I pint a <iay now.
I During the past we.-k Imr milk has
J been lump',- and stria, y .and hard lumps
I have formed at low : part of udder at
base of teats l'd<). : slightly swollen.
I aecomnani d with sonn ;.’v r. C«jw will
not be fresh for sev.-rai weeks yet Am
giving her light f.- - ’ and milking once
a day now. What is t amble and Is there
I any remedy?
Answer—ln some lr> tanc’S it Is next
to Impossible t ’ "dr- >i' r ".v cow.
so persistent has the milk-secreting func
tion become I” the hl-'h-bred stock. I
have failed Utterly in s. veral cases and
had to be content :> milk regularly,
but not close n;> to the time of calving.
When the cow conti-' .cs to give only a
.small quantity of milk no harm will
result from drawing such small quan
tity up to the date of calving. Tn th ■
case of your < how ver, It would b<-
'well to give s .me treatment. Let the
feed be mostly d v forage, without grain
~<■ anv kind. Giver h r P- pounds of
epsom' salts and 1 ounce of pulverized
ginger in half gallon of waiter as i
After he ■■
.>lve half ounce of saltpeter twice daily
Tn th-' drinking ’.vat' C. and continue for
[three or four weeks if necessary. From
the first bathe th» udder well for an
hour at a time, three times a day. with
I hot water. After each bathing rub on
•i little of tin- following lotion: Halt
ounce of acetab- of b ad. half ounce of
sulphate of zine and 1 quart ol water.
' Shake up well I 'foi using.
AN OLD HORSE JOCKEY r Wild. PRE-
, SCItIBH
Mrs B. Naii'". Newmarket. Ala.—As I
see 1" the Farm and Farmers ili'i'aitmciil
’ mans wishing reli'-t tor ailing horses.
"find stagger: ■ .lie. etc ; horses n poor
cndilion. I'. 'I t" 'nend up, spi.it. -
monv. I can dir t them to an old hoise
I iockey who u.- an oft.- tual thrUL i
d<T fir Indigestion in horses, lb claims
' that mdigestiou is the cause ot staggers
: C o)ic. botts and ail such ailments He
' semis a iiin- ’w t: tmcni : simple, n >
I trouble to use. whi -h effe. tually eleanses
tile stomach, • th'- blood and h <. i.
thereby causing th- ejection ot ttU
and worms tr..:.i tl ■ stomach and bow
. ’Ph,, wh'i’ ■ bin becomes reno-
vated. and !■ "ly to build up with thor
ough grooming and proper food, lie also
has an unfailing cure .and preventive o
I lampos; simpb and easy to use: a child
i can prepare and apply it to the ailing
i horse. __ . .
: Will state here that a Mr. Robert
Smith, a truck gard'n'r, who sent for
i open cask lir t-elnss cold process pickle
• and rich mango pickle receipts, no drug
! u«ed. If he will send his postoflice and
I state address I will send receipts prompt-
I lv. He should sen-1 at onee and plant
large quantith s of cucumbers ttnd make
barre's of genuine, luscious pickles that
ft" 7T Ar* l ls "a h
F ill* ■ a BAIO ffs The Price is Riqht Too. Nffi)|w£&3gMKlK9
BasiiSvSc tlziL. o—■ 3 Known the World Over.
FARMERS' 5125 SAW MILL
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keep indefinitely, never mold, strictly I
first-class in every respect. Mr. John
Thompson, Trenton (do state given),
wishes tile old, true German method of I
making the purified, luscious sourkraut
: receipt. If ho will drop ine a card with
I his full address I will attend to the mat
ter at onee. The Farm and Farmers’ de
j partment Is my only chance to reach these
I gentlemen. Sorry to be compelled to
| trouble our faithful friend, Mr. Redding,
j Answer —Any reader who may wish to
avail himself of the free advice of the
"Old Horse Jockey” should address an
inquiry directly to Mrs. Nance, as above
Tlie same remark applies to the other
matters of interest; but it seems to me
a better plan for Mrs. Nanco to send her
receipts for publication. Surely she does
not expect to charge inquirers for the re
j ceipts who may be led to write to her
I from reading her letter above.
AN AILING MULE.
D. H. Nance, Marietta, N. Q-—I have
a mule about seven years old that has
been sick twice in about, six weeks. She
swells mostly or. the right side; lies on
her left side, with her head on the
ground; never puts her bead to her
bodv; stems to went to get on her back;
bowels arc all right; when she makes
• w.-it- r she gets belter. Please tell me
I what is the disease and give me a reme
dy in The Constitution, as I am «; con
stant reader.
Answer—l am not. able, on the descrip
tion given, to diagnose this case. Your
statement of the fact that she seems tc
get bettor after she makes water would
appear to indicate that she has some
trouble in the bladder or kidneys; but
the symptom is not sufficiently supported
' by others (not given) to warrant any
definite conclusions as to the cause of the
trouble. If possible take her to a com
petent V. S., or have one visit iter and
examine her thoroughly. In lhe mean
time see that her food is perfectly sound
and wholesome and that the drinking |
water be pure and clean.
CADETS REFVSED TO OBEY.
Would Not March Behind Negro
Drum Corps.
Milledgeville, Ga.. May s.—(Special?.
This city for one week has been in a. state ,
of excitement duo primarily to the re
fusal of tiie cadets of the Georgia Military
college to march behind a negro drum
corps on last Tuesday, the day this com
munity observed as Memorial day.
As a result of their action the captain
of company A, Mr. Burch, and two pri- ,
vates of company B, \V. Mathews and 11.
Lawrence, have been dismissed. Several
cadets are under arrest and several others
have applied for honorable discharge and
have returned to their homes.
When those who were to take part as
sembled at the court house and 11 was
seen that the negroes were to furnish the
music, Captain Burch, of company A.
who was In charge of the battalion, ap
proached Major Marchant, who Is com- ;
mandant of the cadets but who on that ‘
occasion has been selected to act as mar- ;
shal of the day, and told him that the ,
cadets were very much opposed to marc i- [
ng with, the negroes In Hie lead and ; .
| asked if they could not be otherwise di.-: i
i posed ol'. . „ I
I The major replied that there was noth-. ,
• Ing in it «md tiiat he and the v<
I expected to maren behind the negroes. ;
As the negro band took its place al the- ,
‘ heed oi the column Captain Burch ordetvl
I th. m IO the rear, but Hmlr negro drum
, major, who carried a sword, icpited i-i-U;
, the drum corps would lead the proces
! sion. The cadets b eanie indignant and
I at the word of command company B re- ,
fused to move- Major Marchant rode up i
to them, ordering them to the barracks |
under arrest.
Mr. Burch had fruits and flowers sent
him by the ladi-s and others who ad
mired his actions; on the other hand
1 tlu> Daughters of '.he ('onfederacy have
I sent flowers to Major Mar- liint and an
■ open letter of thanks for hl.-, actions.
The eommunitv is much divided, out it
1 is safe to sty that all feel that the dls-
• eipline of the school must lie sustained,
I yet every one would be pleased to have
the young men reinstated as every on<-
i realizes that the lines between the races
■ are l- inq im-re ' 1.-sely drawn every day
i by the rising generation.
A characteristic act was brought out
i bv tho circulating of the petition. Con-
I g'ressman Hardwick, of the tenth, was
I in town. He said:
i "Is that j petition for those boys wh?
' w mid not follow a negro hand. Ueli,
1 this is out of my district, but you must
! let me sign it,” and he signed it.
None of Them Reinstated.
Milledgeville. Ga.. May 6.—(Special.)— ’
None of Hie students expelled from the ■
| Middle Georgia college have been rein I
, stated, and two others lift for their
I homes on furlough today
.A licitenu it of Comp'i.ty B stated that |
It u - tn corps that they I
hated to b" led by on the Memorial day ’
i parade, but that the negro drum ma lor |
i earri' d sword and was decorated in ■
‘ United States colors.
Statement by Colonel Reynolds.
Milledgeville. Ga.. May 6. -(Special
Colonel William E. Reynolds, president
of the Georgia Military college, has pre- ,
pared a statement tor the press in re- I.
. yard to the unph-as.intness on Memorial’
day. which resulted in several students .
I being expelled from the college.
rue cnmmunli-itle-n explains that al! ’
the arrangements for Memorial day.
: which was observed on Tuesday, April
i 2S. In Milledgeville, were in charge of
: the Ladles' Memorial Association. They A
. secured tho orator of the day and ob- I
talnod tit- music. <>n account of a mis- a
I und- rstanding between the ladies and the
brass band of the city, the offer made
by tlie local colored lite and drum corps i
to play without any expense to the
: organization was accepted rather than
h.'tv ■ the long procession move without ■ ’
. music.
I he arrangement was made without tho
; slightest suspicion that any trouble would
i result, tor on many former occasions ’
■ a negro flfe and drum corps or a brass
: band composed of negroes had led Hie
i Memorial day procession in Milledgeville,
' ami bein followed by the veterans, local
; military organizations and the cadet bat
talion. On tins occasion, however, some ?
discontent was felt and resulted in the
determination on part of some of the I
cadets not to march m the procession i
led by toe negro drum corps.
President Reynolds declares In his state- :
ment that when the company formed for
the parade in the presence of the com- i ’
mandant. Colonel A. IL Marchant, who
. is not an ofil-er of the Unit' d States ■
army, but a memn'-r ot tlie governors'
' stair, no report was made of the dis
ti ■ •
content in the ranks, although Captain I
. Burch ktu-w of it. The battalion was i
i marched to the rendezvous at the court
t house, and just is the procession was ;
about to move Captain Burch informed
the command.mt that the cadets would ,
refuse to march. When the order was '
given company B did retuse until Col- j
‘ onel Marchant assumed personal com-
mand and then the company moved for
ward in a straggling and desultory man
ner. President Reynolds in his statement
further says:
"On the march Captain Burch gave ’
false comma nds—one, at least, by his'
, i own admission -thus breaking the align- i
' ment and directly disob-.-ying the com- ■
! mands of his superior officer. Privates '
! Matthews and Liwrencc broke ranks and ■
t i were immediately ordered to the bar- l
racks. The foregoing reveals a most
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serious breach of military discipline and
constitutes a grave charge against a
number of cadets, especially against Cap
tain W. H. Burch, whose tlve years of
military training should have taught/
him better ”
President Reynolds' letter refers to the
petition presented to the faculty on the
day after tho cadets were dismissed, re
questing their reinstatement. It is un
derstood the petition bore the names of
a large number ot the best citizens of
Milledgeville, but the president declares
the faculty did not feel justified in re
scinding their action in the matter for
the following reasons:
“Mr. Burch was slow to see and ac
knowledge his wrong-doing. He was at
dispt>si d to justlfj his cour.se and
to hold that he had done a very brave
deed. Secondly, a mutinous and rebel
lious spirit inanltested itself among a
good many of the cadets which seriously
threatened the integrity of the school's
discipline. t nder these conditions, the
faculty simply stood resolutely r>y their
convictions of duty, in the face of a
good deal of clamor, the almost open
rebellion of a number of students, and
bitter denunciation from certain quar
ters.”
The communication given out by Presi
dent Reynolds sums up the trouble as
follows, correcting the report published
in The Macon Telegraph:
"Correction No. I the Georgia Mill
tary college is not a state institution
supported by state funds, and it Is not
presided over by an officer of the United
States army.
"('jrrectlon No. Captain Burch while
a faithful student, was not first honor
man In the institution. His scholarship
did not entitl - him to a speaker’s j ......
in his senior year. He was never for
a single moment a prisoner in th" bar
racks, but from the moment of his ex
pulsion was a free ni tn.
’’Correction No. 3 L’Tivutos .Mottht’ws
and Lawrence are residents of Millelge
ville, and did not even board in the bar
racks much less wore they ever im
prisoned there.
"Correction No. 4—Two voting men have
applied for lionorable discharges, giving
reasons therefor utterly foreign to the
trouble ol April. 2t
' Correction No 5 -The ladles of Mill
edgeville have never made a hero ot Mr.
Burch nor have they ever sent him any
flowers, so of course it was a physical
impossibility for the college authorities
to intercept these bouquets and garlands
which existed only in somebody's fertile
imagination.
MADE BRAVE FIGHT FOR LIFE
Tookey Lived for a Week by Sheer
Force of Will.
Chicago. May 6.- .L T. Toohey. an Aus
tralian brewer, died today after a des
perate struggle with death, and he re
mained alive almost a week by sheer
strength of liis will, it Is said Mr
Toohey was on his wt’ from England
to Australia He knew lie would never
reach Ills native land, but he had a son
in San Francisco and he was determined
to live to see the boy.
A year ago Mr. Toohey realized that
the end was near. He was 67 years ol
age and sick of consumption. He decided
•o visit England and consult famous
sieciallsts. They told him there was no
hope and warned him that he soon
would die.
He announced his intention of return
ing to Australia. The physicians told'
him that it was foolhardy; that he would
ncv."- survive the voyage across the At
lantic. Mr. Toohey tabled his son. He
t"’..l Hi" boy to meet him at San Fran
cisco end get there as quickly as pos
sible. as It would lie the last time they
would meet.
i'lie father and son started for the
met ting place. All during the voyage
the man's family thought he w.ts .ly
ing. When New York wtt.s reached he
v. ?s advis' d to remain there. He said he
w. not. that he would meet ills son
~ San Ff inclsco. Mr. and Mrs. toohey
ar") til' II- three daughters- reached t'hi
c.tgo Saturday morning. The father
wanted to proceed, but physicians would
n it allow it
"1 must get to San Francisco,” ho
said.
Early this morning he died. A few
minui'S before a telegram arrived from
San Francisco. It read:
"I beat you here. When will you ar
'".At 9 o’clock tonight the body started
on the journey to Sydney. Australia.
Mr. Toohey was one of the wealthiest
men in Australia.
HARSH WORDS FREELY USED.
Sensational Scenes Before Alabama
Railroad Commission.
Montgomery. Ala., May 4.—(Special.)—
Tlie Alabama railroad commission bad
the most sensational meeting In its his
tory today.
The principal question up was one to
require the railroads entering Alabama
to haul hay and grain as cheap in this
state as the railroads in Georgia.
Nearly everv traffic manager of every
railroad in the south was present. Sev
eral sensational scenes occurred, one ot
which was a debate between B. B. Co
mer. a prominent cotton mill man of Bir
mingham. and Traffic Manager Emerson,
of the Atlantic Coast Line, in which a
personal difficulty was narrowly avert
ed. Mr. Emerson declaring he was there
to protect his road from false statements,
ami Mr. Comer denying, while approach
ing the seat of Emerson, that he had
made any false statement.
The other sensational feature of the
day was a speech by G. T. McElderry.
of Talladega, a. manufacturer of ferti
lizers, who violently assailed the rail
roads, declaring vehemently that scala-
i wags and carpet-baggers had disregard.-!
' the laws and the people .1- ide.j '
■! would appeal from the written law to a
’ higher law, and Hi" -gh backed by
i yankee bayonets the men w'ent, some
’ the rope route.
I ’ He then declared that changes of tarifls
. are demanded and that he was here :o
• tell the commission today, by the eternn
there Is absolutely no limit beyond w'hi<
da re not go t our t
’ : and have the laws of Ala
I' The commission postponed further h-
i ' Ing of the ca se to J tine 16. w hen
announced, that the question
. I and sweeping reduction of freight r v •
I would be taken up.
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; 1 or toast, they soon become dry and ha;
. i Put them in a covered dish filled with
. I hot water. They will stay there .-tn hot;t,
• i getting better every minut®. In helping
, i use a perforated spool so that e wafer
i 1 can drain off. A little butter, pepper.
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