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THE CHATTOOGA NEWS.
ME. NESBITT S ’ ;
MONTHLY TALK :
The Commissioner's Letter to i
the Farmers of Georgia.
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IMPORTANT MATTERS DISCUSSED. J
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I'armei"> Again Warned Against Foolishly
Inert Ing the Cotten Area, Which the
Majo. ’y Now Seem Determined to Do. 1
The ?! m Who Sure <.<ls Tills Year Will ,
De the 'lan Who Plants Provision Crops 1
anil ell an Area In Cotton as He Can
Prepare and Manure and Cultivate
Thoroughly.
Dl PABTMENT OF AgEICVLTVKE,
Attaxta, Ga., March 1, 1896.
Tho lai mers have been the recipients
of su 1.: uch gratuitous advice on the cot- |
ton are., question, that we almost hesi
tate to aid another to the many warn
ings, which have been thundered into
apparei tij’ d• as errs. All the indica
tions p .it tn a:i i:.i sei! c itton area,
and 11 .vitl . andii'.g th ■ fact that every
argum it h.. , Ik ;i exhausted to deter
them :roin this Mly, the majority of
farmer seem deter.nined to commit
themsi ves irrev.ieubly to tho conse
quimci of an over, helming cotton
crop. 1 is perhaps too late to change
the dot. rminati , 1 of tho large body of
farmei , that, we have already endeav
ored to accomplish by every means in
our pov. ‘T, but we still feel it our duty
to urge tho safe and more conservative
course. If only a few men are in
fluouced to choose tiio wiser plan, to
them ;•’< least disappointm -nt and disas
ter wil' be averted (t is immaterial
what ear neighbor does; if is, in a large
measir ■, im material to ns, individually,
Wir t/. :■ the oott a me.i i,e large OT
small. Let us narrow this question
down t 1 th" bound:.. ;os of our own
farms, and B ern let tn u.iei .0 it. We |
may ; it i. w.. a. a ... t that the man |
who Si ■•ce»d,i this uir is he who. r«.-
ganlle : of onts.de iniluem i , eidmiy I
makes up his mind to p... t po- :
vin in er.ii , umple for ml p sei hie ,
needs, nd i "a a: mueli c .;t.m as iio |
can a rd t shi y and cul- j
tivai roirddy. L any event ho is I
sieur.'. I 1 ■ : .r la . ■ 1 . high or I
lew p ’, 1 .’ids 1 il -i en lie■ to i
win, 1 lif tlii < .ni |
fertilf ■ :. , •is so man- I
aged t, at he .".ets th- r ield fr ui
the so ,e 1 area. Iso 1. is m. stored the
I ■<•!..; .Bn sful cotton pr< ducti >ll.
li w • ’ - 1-n ti ..t t■ t -pr Ct. .il man
this v aldo" s p: n as t> need no |
ilemoi 'rat n W- can only stand
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I, ' 11l s . . 7 ... . 1 . t.io t, to
again 'tinge themselve.-. inti this sea of
agri.-. ur:i : ■: ' lin.mcial troubles. It
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pas 1 ;<> a 'r m de. :sion. Alter this
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ground of 11 " re carefully considered and '
sucee.- ,'ul business methods. A bale of I
cotton and 50 bushels of corn to the acre
can be produced with less labor and '
more 1 tit than the usual one-third of 1
a bale and 8 or 10 bushels of corn. These
higher results are in tho reach of most
south 11 farmers, and the system Which
brings: hem about means emancipation
from "bt, and a return of the pros- '
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SUMMER VILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, Mali CH 11. 1896
strangers. The foothold which the farm
ers have gained in the past few years is
due in large measure to a fuller under
standing and a more general adoption
of these principles, and it is to be re
gretted that there is a disposition to de
sert a well proven and assured certainty
for a mere probability, however tempt
ing. In the inquiry columns will be
found a reply tc a Question which cov
ers this whole ground. Indeed, the in
quiries this month cover such a wide
scope that there is little left to add in
the way of advice beyond the caution to
make the cultivation of our stand ird
crops as shallow as is consistent w.th
the controlling of all foreign growth.
11. T. Nesbitt.
THE COTTON PROBLEM.
A Pertinent Inquiry Touches the Very Root
of the Question —Commissioner’s Answer.
Question. —Please tell me why, if I
have land, the stock and the supplies, I
would run any risk in putting every
possible acre in cotton, after I have
made provision for ample supplies for
home consumption ? I see a great deal
of talk about reducing the cotton area,
and I can understand that if a man has
to buy supplies, or to curtail his pro
vision crops in order to put in a big cot
ton crop, he is working on a wrong ba
sis, but when he takes neither of these
risks I don’t see how he would make a
mistake in crowding in every acre pos
sible in cotton.
Answer. —Your question touches at
the very root of this cotton problem. If
a man has taken the precautions you
mention, ho has a right to put in every
acre of cotton which he can properly
cultivate. But just here is the diffi
culty. There are hundreds and thou
sands of acres of land devoted to cotton
each year, which do not pay the cost of
production, and in prop, rtion as the
bales made on these acres go to swell,
the general crop and thus reduce the
average price, they, to tiiat extent, in
crease the burden which their cultiva
tion imposes. In the spring, the season
1 of hope, the farmer is to: > apt to over
j estimate his own ability ami the fertil -
1 ity of his land, and when too late, hi
i finds himself over-cropped and commit
ted to the cultivation of acres which'
had far better have been left idle, r
-1 put in some renovating crop. Land,
i which, with the aid of comm rcial fer
tilizers, will produce only six or eight
. bushels of corn, and less than a half
: bale of cotton to the acre, will not pay
I at present prices, or even if prices rule.
: higher. Some time ago we published,
the results of certain experim-nts, sh >w
ing that in proportion as the yield to
each acre was increased, the cost
was reduced, and consequently the
I profit that much augmented. In
the contest for the prize acre of
corn, the premium offered by the At
lanta Constitution was awarded to the
man who produced ITfi’o bushels on one
acre at a cost of $9.70. The average
yield in Georgia is J1 bushels per acre,
and the average cost is about $5.00.
The conclusion is obvious. If the addi
tional $4.70, which is the difference be
i tween $9.70 and $5.00, produced such a
’ ya.st increase, surely it was a good in
f vestment. But in all probability this
: did not represent the entire investment.
1 No doubt the land had been brought
I into a receptive condition by a system
I of gradual improvement and deep plow
j ing, which enabled it to respond to the
heavy application of fertilizers. If we
select our land carefully, prepare it
deeply and thoroughly and rotate our
crops, using the legumes as renovators,
we may by the application of all the
j farm yard manure we are able to make
and the use of potash and phosphates
Tn combination' with the leguminous
crops, gradually bring these lands to
the point of profitable production. We
certainly do not advise that a man plant
his land indiscriminately in cotton sim
ply because he happens to have the sup
plies aud a surplus of well worn and
overworked acres. Put some of the
land you intended for cotton in peas,
planting them in May.
Destroying: Wild Onious.
Question 14. —How can I get rid of ;
the wild onions which infest my pas- |
ture and ruin the butter and milk? I 1
have this trouble every spring.
Answer .14.—This inquiry comes up
with unerring regularity every spring
and we understand from experience the
annoyance of having to throw in the
slops gallons of milk, ruined by the
flavor of the onions which the cows
have eaten. These plants are among
the first to appear when the spring
av<lather begins to encourage vegetation
and for this reason, as well as from the
fact that cattle are fond of them, milk
cows should not be turned into a pas
ture in which they have gained a footing
The cows, so long deprived of tender
green food, will eagerly seek out the
oni ms and devour them. The only
plan we know of is to plant some crop
of superior growth, such as cowpeas or
crimson clover, which has a tendency
to supercede the onion growth and to cut
this crop before the “buttons” on top
of the onions have time to form. By this
plan we accomplish a twofold purpose.
Tho onions are prevented from forming
additionaljxfots, and the “buttons” can
not mature to be scattered for another
crop. If a cultivated crop is planted,
this will also tend to destroy the onions,
tho roots being plowed up during the
course of cultivation, but the process of
eradication is necessarily a slow one.
If either of the above plans (or hot 1,
because a cultivated crop may como af
ter the German clover), is adopted, we
must not expect to be at onco success
ful. Where the onions have taken pos
session of tho land, it may be some time
before their destruction is entirely ac
complished.—State Agricultural De-
* pul’tment.
Strawberries For Sandy Soil,
Question 10. —What kinds of straw
berries shall I plant on a light sandy
soil, with clay subsoil? I would prefer
the large varieties. Would sawdust be
a good mulch?
Answer 10.—Sharpless, Bubach and
Triomphe de Grand are all good varie
ties, and will succeed if you will fertil
ize your land heavily with stable ma
, nure and ashes, and put it in good order
by deep plowing aud thorough harrov.’-
1 ing. Sawdust makes a good mulch, re
garded only as a mulch, but is an abso
lute injury to the land when you have
to plow it under, seeming to render the
, land sour for some time afterwards.
■ Where it can be obtained, pinestraw or
any other straw makes a much more de
sirable mulch, as it soon rots, and when
1 plow’ed under adds much to the fertility
’ of the soil. I would advise you not to
‘ use. the sawdust.—State Agricultural
QUESTIONS I
AND ANSWERS
Commmissioner Nesbitt’s In
quiry Box For the Month.
MUCH INFORMATION FURNISHED.
How to Rid the Henhouse of Lice—The
Best Early Pea For the Family Gardea
and the Best For a General Crop—Ger- '
man Clover Not Adapted to Spring
Sowing, Etc.
Question I. Every spring lam
troubled with lice in my hen house;
please tell me some cheap remedy for
preventing it ?
Answer I.—Apply kerosene, or kero
sene emulsion liberally to every portion
of the house, including the roosts. You
can do this with an old whitewash
brush or a mop made from any old sack.
Repeat the application once a week for
three or four weeks.—State Agricultural
Department.
Burning a Kiln of Lime.
Question 2.—1 write to inform you
that I wish to burn a kiln of lime to use
on my farm as a fertilizer. How shall
I arrange to burn it, and how long will
it take to burn a kiln with wood.
Answer 2.—Lime may be cheaply
and profitably burned on any farm
where limestone is abundant. Lime
may be burned in kilns or cheaper still
the stones may be piled in a heap and
burned, something after the manner of
burning charcoal. In the latter case,
as arch is made of the largest stones at
the bottom of the pile, and the cavity
under the arch is filled with well seas
oned wood. Lay the stones loosely,
and immediately above the arch, place
a layer of wood, then a layer of stone,
and so on until the pile is as large as
you want it, then cover the entire heap
with earth, leaving an opening at the
top for the smoke to escape. A short
chimney increases tho draft and is de
sirable on that account, as the wood
must burn freely. Start the fire be
neath the arch and regulate the draft
by opening or closing the mouth of the
arch. The wood should be dry to burn
briskly. By the time the wood is con
sumed the stones will be calcined, but
should be left until entirely cool.—State
Agricultural Department.
The Best Early Pea.
Question 6.—What do you consider
the best early pea for family garden ?
What is the best for general crop ?
Answer 6.—Of the wrinkled varie
ties American Wonder, McLean’s Little
Gem and Nott’s Excelsior are all excel
lent. Os the smooth kinds, Dan O’-
Rourke, Alaska, Early Philadelphia are
all good. The wrinkled varieties require
a richer soil than the smooth, and are
not quite so hardy. For a general crop
there is no better pea than the Cham
pion of England. It is a vigorous
grower and requires stakes at least four
feet high. It bears abundantly, and
the peas are wrinkled and of fine flavor.
Be sure to try them. The Everbearing
is also a good variety and does not
grow as high as the Champion of Eng
land.—State Agricultural Department.
Inject Warm Antiseptic Remedies.
Question B.—What can I do for a
cow that has retained a part of the after
birth after calving? She eats heartily
and does not seem sick.
Answer 8. —If the animal seems well
and has a good appetite, it is probable
that you are mistaken as to her having
retained a part of the afterbirth. Make
sure that such is the case by a local ex
amination. If you are correct, it is too
late now to remove the afterbirth by
hand, and all that can be done is to pre
vent, as far as possible, the evils likely
to result from the decomposing mem
branes, by making injections of warm
antiseptic remedies into the uterus. A
1 per cent solution of carbolic acid will
answer, used daily for a week or ten
days. If there is no fetid discharge
from the vagina, and the cow appears
to be doing well, I would recommend no
treatment for the present.—State Agri
cultural Department.
Use Kainlt and Potash.
'Question 9. —I have some fresh land
between two ponds. I have planted it
three years in cotton; it does not exactly
rust, but sheds leaves and forms dry up
some. lam thinking of using kainit
on it. What quantity per acre ought to
be used, and how appEed, alone or with
acid? The land makes plenty of weed.
Is there any objections to using salt
with compost composed of lot manure,
cottonseed and acid phosphate?
Answer 9.—Your land being between
two ponds would indicate, perhaps,
that there is too much water in the soil
for cotton. Could the ponds be drained, i
or at least considerably lowered, the soil
would probably be remedied, if the in
jury results from a saturated subsoil,
the application of kainit will not remedy
it. If caused by a deficiency of potash
in the soil, the remedy is plain. To
each acre use 50 pounds of kainit mixed
with 150 pounds of potash. Should thia
application produce a marked improve
ment in the condition of the cotton this
year, you may feel sure that the trouble
has been caused by a deficiency of pot
ash in the soil, and next year increase
the kainit. There is no objection, but
decided advantage in using salt in the
compost heap. The compost, though,
that you propose to make, will be defi
cient in potash, and I would recommend
the addition of kainit to make it a com
plete fertilizer.—State Agricultural De
dartment.
FOR YOUNG TREES.
Coal Ashe* Mak* an Excellent Malate.
Sawdust Can Also Be Vied.
Question B.—Will coal ashes heaped
up about six inches around young apple
trees, injure the trees in any way? Is
fresh sawdust a good mulch for young
fruit trees ?
Answer 3.—Goal ashes make an ex
cellent mulch for young fruit trees, and
you can pile them around your young
apple trees with perfect safety. Saw
dust can be used to advantage as a
mulch, provided it is not worked into
the soil. Hard -wood saw dust is prefer
able to that from pine.—State Agricul
tural Department.
Planting Irish Potatoes.
Question 22.—Wishing to plant at
least two acres in Irish potatoes, I wish to
know the best varieties, how to prepare
and plant the land, how to fertilize, etc.
Answer 21.—The best answer I can
give to your questions is to copy from a
most valuable bulletin recently issued
by the Georgia Experiment Station on
the subject of Irish potatoes:
1. “The best varieties for the first or
spring crop, given in the order of their
maturity, are Pride of the South, Early
Rose, Beauty of Hebron, Carman No. I
and Peerless.”
2. Preparation. “This should be deep
and thorough, and the rows trenched
six or seven inches deep by means of a
subsoil plow.”
3. Seed Pieces. “The most expedi
tious way to prepare seed, is to quarter
tubers weighing from 3 to 6 ounces,
without reference to eyes.”
4. Distance. “Rows three feet apart,
and pieces 12 inches in the row, is the
safest distance.”
5. Depth to Plant. “Four inches deep
in a thoroughly mellow, subsoiled fur
row, may be regarded as the standard.”
6. Time to plant. “The earlier the
spring crop is put in, the better, pro
vided late killing freezes are avoided.
The second, or summer crop, will ma
ture if planted as late as the middle of
August in most parts of the state.”
7. “Cultivation should be rapid and
thorough, and on a level. It does not
pay to ‘ ridge up ’ with a hoe, nor on a
large scale to mulch.”
8. “Harvesting should not be done
(unless for extra early sales) until the
tops are dead, as the tubers continue to
grow as long as the tops are alive. In
gathering, the sun should not be allowed
to shine on the tubers any longer than
can be avoided.”
9. Fertilizer. “Six hundred pounds
high grade acid phosphate, 252 pounds
nitrate of soda, and 150 pounds muriate
of potash per acre—in p.ll 1,000 pounds
applied either all under and mixed with
the subsoil in trenching, or half under
and half over, after covering the seed,
but before the furrow is entirely filled,
is suggested as the most reliable form
ula.”
10. Preservation. “The spring crop
cannot be independently kept in this
latitude with any certainty. The sec
ond or fall crop can be kept by storing
in a dry cellar, with a cool, uniform
temperature. It is also well to barrel
them; they should never be stored in'
bulk.”—State Agricultural Department.
Fl anting Saidy Land In Cotton.
Question 16.—1 have a piece of sandy,
very sandy land, which has been in cot
ton for several years. I would like to
put it in cotton again, bu* am at a loss
as to the right kind of fertilizer to use.
I know that the land needs vegetable
matter. Would it pay to haul leaves
and plow them under and then apply
commercial fertilizer, or how shall I
manage it, so as to produce a paying
crop of cotton on it ?
Answer 16.—Hundreds of acres of
land in the state jnst as you describe
have been cropped and recropped
in cotton until the humus is exhausted,
and the quality of the land is such that
it will retain neither fertilizer nor mois
ture for any length of time. While
the hauling and plowing under of the
leaves would doubtless supply the hu
mus in large measure, it would be an
expensive process and the increase in
the yield of cotton would scarcely pay
for the outlay. A cheaper and more
reasonable plan would be to plant the
land in a renovating crop—cowpeas, for
instance—which would supply the hu
mus and at the same time yield a return
for the investment. These should be
fertilized with phosphoric acid and pot
ash in equal proportions. When the
hay is cut turn under the roots and
stubble, going deep enough to bring up
a little of the clay to the surface. The
object is to change the mechanical con
dition of your soil and the clay
will tend to accomplish this by binding
together the too loose surface. The
humus will furnish the moisture
absorbing and moisture retaining ele
ment, both of which will prevent the
leaching out of any fertilizer which
may afterwards be applied. Unless
some such plan as this is pursued, there
can be no reasonable expectation of
making profitable crops from these hard
mn acres. The mistake which we have
repeated year after year has been that
we have appropriated every available
element of plant food that we could
wring from the soil, while of the ferti
lizers, which we have applied, nothing
remain.? after the crops are gathered be
yond a little insoluble phosphoric acid
and potash, which in the case of sandy
land, such as yours, is soon beyond the
reach of the crops.—State Agricultural
j Department.
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Absolutely pure
COTTONSEED FOR PIGS.
A Serie* of Experiments Show That It Will
Produce Sickness and Death
Question 4.—ls I cooked cottonseed
meal, or the whole seed, would it not
then be good food for pigs ?
Answer 4.— ln Bulletin 21 of the
Texas Experiment Station, there is re
ported the results of a series of experi
ments in feeding pigs with cottonseed,
and the conclusion reached, is, that no
matter how prepared, whether boiled
or roasted, cottonseed fed to pigs will
produce sickness and death. The boiled
seed was a little less injurious than the
roasted, the latter being almost as fatal
as the raw meal. The cottonseed was
not fed alone, but formed only a part of
the ration. In from six to eight weeks
the first symptoms of sickness appeared,
the animals became dull and moping,
and lost appetite. In 12 to 36 hours
they became restless, staggering in their
gait, breathing labored, sight defective
skin showing reddish inflamation. The
fatal cases all showed “thumps”—spas
modic breathing. Finally the animals
dropped down suddenly—sometimes on
their bellies, sometimes upon their
haunches with forelegs well apart to
keep from falling over—almost always
with evidences of acute internal pain.
At death a quantity of bloody foam
comes from mouth and nostrils. These
pigs were fed by the side of pigs that
had corn instead of cottonseed, and the
pigs fed on corn remained perfectly
healthy.—State Agricultural Depart
ment.
Marvelous Results.
From a letter written by Rev. J.
Gunderman, of Dimondale Mich.,
we are permitted to make this ex
tract : “I have no hesitation in
recommending Dr. King’s New
Discovery, as the results wero al
most marvelous in the case of my
wife. While I was pastor of the
Baptist Church at Rives Junction
she was brought down with Pneu
monia succeeding LaGrippe. Ter
rible paroxysms of coughing would
last hours with little interruption
and it seemed as if she could not
survive them. A friend recom
mended Dr. King’s New Discovery
it was quick in its work and high
ly satisfactory in results.” Trial
bottles free at H. H. Arrington’s
Drug Store.
Regular size 50c. and SI.OO
Fertilizing Elements In Unleaclied Ashe*.
Question 7.—1 would like to know
] the fertilizing elements in unleached
wood ashes, unleached hickory ashes,
cottonseed meal and acid phosphate.
In burning bones or dead, animals, what
plant food, if any, is lost ?
Answer 7.—Unleached oak and hick
ory ashes probably vary but little in
composition. They contain, when pure,
from 5 to 7 per cent potash, and 1 to 2
per cent phosphoric acid. Cottonseed
meal contains from 5 to 7 per cent ni
trogen, 1 to per cent phosphoric
acid, and 1 to per cent of potash,
acid phosphate, from 10 to 16 per cent
phosphoric acid. In burning bones or
dead animals, we lose all the nitro
gen which they contain, but we retain
all the mineral elements. Burning such
materials, therefore, is a wasteful
method for making them available as
fertilizers. The better plan is to com
post the dead animals with muck or
stable manure, cutting them up if large.
A thick layer of mu :k should be
placed under and on top of compost
( heap.—State Agricultural Department.
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A canvass among the druggists
of this place reveals the fact that
' Chamberlain’s are the most popu
lar proprietary medicines sold.
> Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy es
-1 pecially, is regarded as in the lead
> of all throat trouble remedies and
as such, is freely prescribed by
physicians. As a croup medicine
r it is also unexcelled, and most fam
-1 ilies with young children keep a
bottle always handy for instant
, use. The editor of the Graphic
i has repeatedly known Chamber
-1 lain’s Cough Remedy to do the
; work after all other medicines had
t f ai ed —The Kimball BD. Graph
j ic. For sale at 25 and 50 cents
; per bottle by all druggists.
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I At the Cole City convict camp
Gilbert Kendrick, a convict was
’ billed by another convict, Ed Hart.
L The two negroes were sent to the
,I penitentiary from Bibb county for
> ■ burglary and were sentenced for
1 i twenty years.
NEWS NOTES.
The Towns county republicans
have selected McKinley delegates
to the district convention.
Quite an interest in fruit culture
is springing up in and around La
Grange. Last week Judge F. M.
Longley put out 1,000 peach trees
of the Elberta variety.
Two little children of Cynthia
Connelly were stolen from their
home, at Calhoun by gypsies. A
pursuing party recovered them
near Tunnel Hill.
While Hying kites with a crowd
of boys at Atlanta Friday, Robert
James, a 15-year-old boy, fell from
the top of an old planing mill
which stands on the corner and
broke both his arms.
Morrell Lambdin, the 6-year-old
son of A. M. Lambdin, of Bartles
ville, had his jugular vein severed
with an old time Masonic sharp
point, Friday, while playing, and
he quickly bled to death.
Five suits have been filed in
Cobb county against the Southern
railway for injuries to parties sus
tained in the Fruithurst excursion
train wreck at Austell last Novem
ber. The amounts asked for ag
gregate $90,000.
Last season Ike L. Hall, drug
gist of West Lebanon, Indiana,
sold four gross of Chamberlain’s
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy and says every bottle of it gave
perfect satisfaction. For sale by
all druggists.
While Mrs. James T. Nutall, of
Atlanta, was riding into the city
on a Decatur car last Wednesday
afternoon. Hulbert her tiny infant
babe, died in her arms just before
she reached her destination. The
lady was on her way to the oilice
of a physician when the little one
died.
All last winter Mr. Geo. A.Mißs
of Lebanon, Conn., was badly afflic
ted with rheumatism. At times it
was so severe that ho could not
stand up straight, but was drawn
over on one side. “I tried differ
ent remedies without receiving re
lief,” he says, “until about six
months ago I bought a bottle of
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. After
using it for three days mv
tism was gone and has not return
ed since. For sale by all druggists.
Deputy Collectors Kellogg and
McElmurray have just returned
from Murray county, Ga., where
they broke up eleven distilleries.
The “moonshiners” became incens
ed at the wholesale destruction
and jumped at the conclusion that
Joe Crunkleton was the informer,
but the officers say he was not, but
the moonshiners sent a 19 year old
boy, Andrew Wellborn, to kill
Crunkleton. The boy slipped up
to the house and fired at Crunkle
ton, as he, wife, ten year old daugh
ter and baby boy were at the sup
per table. He missed Crunkleton
and killed his daughter. Wellborn
fled to the mountains.
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