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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1910)
VOLUME XII ANENTTHE BOLL WEEVIL Government Agricultural Expert Gives Warning to Farmers. METHODS OF FIGHTING PEST Bert Man to Fight Weevil is Said To Be To Raise All The Corn Possible In All ol the Southern States. Columbui, Miss__R. S. Wilson, state agent for Mississippi, represent¬ ing the United States department of agriculture, headquarters in this city, gives some timely pointers about cot¬ ton, corn, the coming of the boll wee¬ vil, how to prepare for the weevil, and other farm subjects. He says: “It is no longer a question with thinking people but a fact that soon¬ er or later we must deal with the boll weevil in every part of the cot¬ ton belt. “It was hoped by many that cli¬ matic conditions in north Mississippi and north Alabama were such that the weevil could not thrive. This hope has been blasted as the weevil has already invaded Oklahoma and Arkansas and wrought considerable damage further north than any part of Mississippi. According to a map issued by the United States depart¬ ment of agriculture, January 1, 1910, based on carefully gathered facts, if a line were drawn due east from the northern limit of infestation in Ok¬ lahoma it would almost bisect the state of Tennessee. “We must now turn our attention to the best method of meeting the problem and minimizing the calamity. “Under normal conditions we need not expect any material damage from the weevil under three years. In that time those farmprs who are wide awake to the situation can adjust their affairs in such a way that the damage will be reduced to a mini¬ mum. “It has been proved by repeated tests that no limited acreage cotton can be successfully grown in spite of the weevil by following the meth¬ ods advocated by the department of agriculture. “For the present the most impor¬ tant step is to put the farmers on a self-sustaining basis. Bankers and merchants cannot and will not afford to advance corn, meat and hay in the present large quantitites on a cotton crop after the boll weevil arrives and while it would always have been bet¬ ter to produce these at home It is now Imperative. The wise farmer will take advantage ol the two of three years’ reprieve, and get in the habit of supplying themselves before the crisis comes.’’ Mr. Wilson then says: “If I were asked to name the most important crop for Misslssissippi for the next few years I would not hesitate to an¬ swer, ‘Corn.’ “It is claimed by some that thiB is not a corn country. 1 would respect¬ fully refer those making this claim to the origin of the plan. Corn Is a semi tropical plant, requires warm weath¬ er to make its best growth. There fore, with the proper culture, should make better yields in the south than in the northern and western states. “It is urged by some that our soils are not adapted to corn, Yet the boys in the corn clubs last season, taking the southern states as a whole, made an average of sixty bushels per acre with quite a number passing the one hundred mark. “Again it is asserted that the Ne¬ gro cannot be made to grow corn successfully, it is a well known fact that negrh labor is us*d almost ex¬ clusively in the delta and yet reports from our demonstration farms in Washington county (Mississippi) showed an average yield of above forty bushels per acre and in every instant the work was done by ne groes. yields made by “The above were following the methods advocated by the United States department of ag riculture.” Wilson’s The whole theme of Mr. conversation is to make a farm sup¬ port itself. He is thoroughly conver¬ sant with the subjects he has studied for many years. His influence in this state has been far reaching. He is the successor to H. E. Saverly, trans¬ ferred to Washington, D. C., as assist¬ ant in demonstration work through¬ out the south. Mr. Wilson is strongly in favor of the diversification idea. He advances reason after reason, Ideas upon top of ideas as to why this is the salva¬ tion of the south. All these subjects are skillfully and concisely handled in many different pamphlets issued by the agricultural department he be and Mr Wilson asks that corres¬ ponded with regarding the work, best methods of farming, as taught by those who have made it a life study. COFFIN FOR ESTRADA. Nicaragua Sends Coffin to Insurgent Leader Estrada. New Orleans, La—Charles Marti nez, who claims the title of Nicara guan consul at this port, although the Madriz government has not been 'recognized by the United States gov eminent,..has purchased a handsome coffin and" ordered It shipped to Gen Juan Estrada. Martinez says that it is not intend¬ ed for Gen. Estrada, although it is about 5 feet 7 inches long, and would make a very nice fit for the insurg ent leader, He said it could be used for burying the revolution. Democrat Leaders Busy. Hot Springs, Ark.—That Charles Murphy, Tammany leader, has come south for the purpose of keeping in close touch with presidential booms on the part of southern democrats is accepted generally here, where Chairman Norman E. Mack, of the ’ national committee, is constantly . ,, . be jn „ v i s ited by friends of southerners w ho aspire to party leadership In 1912. The booms of Senator Culber son, Toseph Folk, Judge Harmon and ^. _ °f ‘ New York City Mayor Gaynor their day in court have each had Famous Painting Stolen. 8an Francisco, Cal—Carefully cut from its frame while a score of per sons wandered about the other works of art, the famous painting, “The Shepherd and Flock,” by Jean Fran¬ cis Millet was stolen from the art museaum In Golden Gate Park. No one sgw the thief remove the can vas a the police are without a clew, ding ijperty Is valued at 610,00°. an d of Sarah M. Spooner, Kv Mfeer In Europe. It was pur f rom T. D. Trimon of inches jm 0 /l Cv v ¥ antic : u otmto -2 WES* % r * t GEORGIA NEWS NOTES. Twiggs county wins out over Wil kinson in the dispute between them as' to their county line. After a hear¬ ing Secretary of State Fhil Cook gave ’out his conclusions in the matter, handing the decision to Twiggs and upholding the survey recently made by Fulton county’s surveyor.. By this decision, Twiggs-county wins a strip of territory half a mile wide at its base, dwindling down to a point twen¬ ty miles away. Formal transfer of the Albany and Northern railway to the Georgia, Southwestern and Gulf was complet¬ ed at Albany. The line will be built southward from Albany to St. An¬ drews Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. A public building bill will be put through at this session of congress, which means thpv new public build¬ ings will be erected in half a dozen Georgia cities in which the govern¬ ment uas already secured sites. New public buildings in Thomasville, El berton, Cedartown, Cartersville, Quit man. and Carrollton will probably be pVovided for in this bill, though the total amount to be carried will not exceed 615,000,000. Augusta is asking for a half-million for a public build¬ ing. Fifty-four merchants were fined ?1 and costs each by the recorder at Rams for neglecting to sweep in front of their stores. This is the beginning of a crusade for a rigid enforcement of sanitary ordinances by the board of public works, it is announced in po¬ lice circles. The Lawrenceville branch railroad, running a distance of nine and one half miles from Lawrenceville to Su wanee, where connection is made with the Atlanta-Charlotte line of the Southern railway, is' to be changed from a narrow-gauge road to a line of standard gauge. Work uas already been begun, and is to be completed during April. The completion of this work will mean much for Lawren(;e ville as a competitive freight point. At present all freight from the South¬ ern has to be transferred at Suwanee, and this uas caused much inconven¬ ience. With this road a standard gauge, carload shipments can be sent direct into Lawrenceville, which will doubtless be greatly appreciated by the merchants of that place. There are more than a hundred and fifty applications for clemency now pending before the prison board, fifty of which are murder cases. It Is a well-known fact that every murder case Is now appealed to the prison commission before the sentence of the law is executed. Commissioner T. G. Hudson of the state department of agriculture is laid up under the doctor's, orders for a week or so with a bad throat. fcH re¬ turned to Atlanta from an official trip out into the state. His physicians have commanded a rest of at least a week till his throat, which has been ailing for about ten days, shows some signs of improvement. Mr. A. L. Gillis of Uillls Spring was in Vidalia to confer with Messrs. Powell and Sneed in reference to tde trolley line. that will be built from Vidalia to the GlUis Spring in Emanuel county. The spring is eight miles from Vidalia, and the road is to be built to this point on account of the number of trunk lines that can be tapped here. The water power for the road will be secured from the Penhoopee river, which has a good fall at the Gillis Spring end of the road, and power wiU be furnished to plants in Vidalia Through its president and attorneys the Middle Georgia lnterurban Rail¬ way company, has filed with the rail¬ road commission in Atlanta, a peti¬ tion to be allowed to Issue first mort¬ gage bonds to the extent of 61,050, 000, also for the right to laue stock to the extent of 6200,000. This is the first definite step in the direction of building the trolley line from Griffin to Social Circle via Jackson, Indian Springs and Alontfcello. The near-beer tax for 1910 is begin¬ ning to arrive. The first tax of the year for this beverage was received at the office of the state treasurer in the form of a check for 69,000 from the ordinary of Muscogee county. It is customary for the tax to be paid by the end of the first quarter of the year, and a number of similar checks are expected during the present month. Although the legislature at the last session raised the tax on re¬ tailers from 6200 to 6300 annually, and raised the manufacturers from 65,000 per year and excluded the sale from towns of less than two thous¬ and five hundred inhabitants, Comp¬ troller General Wright does not antic¬ ipate a decrease in the amount of the tax for this year. “I have noticed,” remarked the comptroller, “that rais¬ ing a tax on a beverage of this char¬ acter seldom reduces the amount of the tax. It seems that people will buy it and those who sell It will pay the tax, regardless of how high it is An additional impetus will be giv¬ en the government demonstration work being done among the farmers of Whitfield county. Those interested In the work are now preparing 'a “round up’’ to take place gome time this fall, when the men will meet at Dalton and discuss the work of the year, showing the results of their efforts. The merchants will offer a large number of prizes for the best exhibits to'be made. At present there are about one hundred engaged in this work In the county. A. gathering of representative citi¬ zens met at Jesup and organized the Wayne County Agricultural society. The principal object of the meeting was to perfect the arrangements for holding a county fair next fall, and also to make an exhibit at the state air. General Clement A. Evans of the prison commission has about recover¬ ed from his recent ittack of illness and is now able to sit with the com¬ mission. Jackson's capitalists are planning to build a power- plant at Smith’s mills, on the Ocmulgee river, about four miles below the site of the Cen¬ tral Georgia Power company's plant. There is an old water plant located there and at small cost it is said a large amount of power can be devel¬ oped very cheap. So far Butts county has more water power development than any other county in the state. 1. E. Jackson of Gainesville haa four yards of Plymouth Rock pullets that “beat-the world” on laying. For the month of January they made a record of laying five hundred and fif¬ ty-eight eggs, an average of eighteen for each day, for the thirty pullets. These chiokens were hatched April 14 and 21 and May 7. During the month of January they laid forty-two doxen eggs, the average price of which is 63 per dozen. K will be observed that the thirty \ chivkeO* produced 6136 sear*- g during the month, ^special ^kdjuiaUy attention given -re soul- JESUP. GA.. THURSDAV, MARCH 17, 1910. JOHN H. HUNTER. WM. K. PEARCE. FRANK C. BATTEY. BITER PEARCE & Bffll COTTON FACTORS, NAVAL STORE FACTORS. EXPERIENCED HANDLERS OF UP LAN DCOTTON, FLORODORA, AL LEN SILK, AND OTHER EXTRA STAPLES, SEA ISLAND COTTON, NAVAL STORES. Over Thirty Years in Business. ONE OF THE LARGEST FACTORAGE CONCERNS IN THE SOUTH. EACH COMMODITY HANDLED IN SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS — STRICTEST ATTENTION TO EACH. SELL UPLAND AND SEA ISLAND BAGGING, TIES AND TWINE. LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS. MONEY LOANED TO COTTON AND NAVAL STORES 8HIPPER3 ON APPROVED SECURITY. Shipments Respectfully Solicited 128 EAST BAY ST., SAVANNAH, GA. SMOKE THE El Sao and Jesup Smoker NOW ON SALE AT ALL FIRST CLASS STORES. WHEN YOU SMOKE THE El Sao or Jesup Smoker, YOU PATRONIZE A HOME INDUSTRY AND GET THE HIGHEST GRADE 5c. CIGAR MADE. JUST SAY El Sao or Jesup Smoker AND THE MAN WILL KNOW. MANUFACTURED BY JESUP CIQAR M’F’Q. CO. •Vr. > Dreams That Are Meant for Warnings By H. Addington Bruce. OME yoars ago, early in the summer, I dreamed that, while out taking a walk, I was suddenly attacked by a huge cat, s was which to clawed the dream, ferociously or at any at my rate throat, that was That all I was remembered all there on awakening in the morning, and naturally enough I dis¬ K began missed I found to it myself from wonder my dreaming what mind significance as the "nothing same dream but it could a again dream." possibly and But again, When have. 1 Usually It varied greatly in minor detail, Sometimes the scene would be laid indoors, sometimes in a garden or on the street. Doe, night 1 would he stealthily approaching the hateful oat, 4n the hope of catch¬ ing it unawares and making an end of it; another night I would be madly flee¬ ing from it. Always, however, the climax was the same—the cat had me by the throat and was biting and scratching viciously. Altogether, I dreamed this dream not less than a score of times in six months. Shortly before Christmas, I took a cold which settled in my throat, affect¬ ing it so badly as to require the attention of a specialist. Much to my aston¬ ishment it was then discovered that a growth had been developing for some time, and that an immediate operation was necessary. Several weeks later, the operation having been performed successfully, It suddenly occurred to me that I was no longer being troubled by the phantom cat. For the first time the meaning of that singular- dream dawned upon me. It had been a genuine "premonitory” dream, of a type that Is hound to occupy a prominent place in the new dream hook. Consciously 1 had been in utter ignorance of the dangerous growth in my throat. It had not progressed far enough to give me any pain, or even to cause discomfort. At the same time the organic changes it involved had produced sensations plainly felt by what phychologists call the ‘‘subconscious,” and manifesting through the sub¬ conscious to the^conscious in the form of a symbolic dream. * m k H at M • • The • • Squabble for the Pole By C. K Chesterton HE North Pole In my youth used to be a serious subject; It was associated with great sea heroes and the heroic age of T science, Abbey. with At this Tennyson's moment tribute the North to Franklin Pole is as in Westminster grotesque as the Greasy Pole. It is being fought for with frantic gesticu¬ lations by comic Americans. The quarrel itself and the slanging, self-advertising style In which it Is conducted fall so far below the old Polar idealism that the actual discovery of the Pole seems not so much a climax as an anti-climax, As to which of them has really done it I have no opinion, nor even any preference. Cook did it in the presence of two Esquimaux, Peary in the presence of u/ie Esquimau; but if they had done it in the presence of a million Esquimaux such people could give no evidence as to whether it was the North Pole. It is as if Babbage bad proved his calculating machine to the satisfaction of a tribe of Hottentots, or Newton had demonstrated the Calculi without any ref¬ utation from the infant school. In fact, the noise of the discussion seems a singular contrast to the still nei a and secrecy of the discovery. Both these distinguished Americans seem to have gone on tiptoe, as it were—more as if they wanted to hide the North Pole than to find it. If ever there was a man who on all artistic principles ought to have found the North Pole it was Nansen. He was tail enough to be the North Pole—to be left there as a gigantic trophy and a beacon to ships. But it seems as if something rules human affairs which prefers (as the children do) to have a harlequinade after the most exquisite fairy play something that like® King Arthur to turn into a Pantaloon and Sir Lancelot into a policeman. I think It is wholesome; it keeps us from seriousnese, which is idolatry. £ Modern Man * Is Greater than Hercules * By Eugene Wood M3 <? --E will now pass to the main tent, if you have looked at the w animals long enough. I don’t mean to go out of the building, but behind the open hearth, in which some steel has been boiled and boiled and boiled, until it is now done and ready to serve. I’m sorry this isn’t one of the furnaces that they tip up to poor the steel, but we’ll have to make out the best * * we can. The steel gushes out of the tapping-hole with the rich flow of cream, and just about the color of it, If cream could only shine with such an unpitying impact of its light that the eyes would shrink and cower before it. And as the dazzling liquid pours up from the ladle leaps, as it were, a grove of tall umbrella-palms of scintillating fire, that flourish and die down, flourish and die down, each stalk and Its outspreading top, in an eye-twinkle. No sight I ever saw can equal it for sheer magnificence. I stood awestruck, atraid. And presently an exulta¬ tion mounted in me. and thrilled my blood like wine. It bad in it something 'of the ecstasy of raltb. It was faith. Faith in Man, the New Creator. So -short ? :ime ago, fifty years-^a hundred at the outside—and he commanded nothing but what his puny muscles could move and mold! And now, what Thor, what Jupiter, what Hercules is his match in might? So short a time! Yet this is only the *7, It has all come about within the memor men yet living, this'*' ^believable access of power. There are centv «fch before us. long, long** of them, endless processes of them, one accelerating ManT of Nature’s^' accelerating, not by addl.ton only, but also multi pi T *an, the New Crf Professional Column. J. R. THOMAS, Attorney at Law Special attention given all business, OFFTCB IN TDTHN BLOCK, JESUP, GA. Jos. A. Morris, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR, Practices in all the courts, State and Federal, Notary and Stenogra¬ pher In office. Office in Whaley build¬ ing. JESUP, GA. Robert L. Bennett SOLICITOR COUNTY COURT, Wayne County. Office in Courthouse. JESUP, GA. D. M. CLARK, ATTORNEY AT LAW — —and— (•' JUD^E WAYNE COUNTY COURT. Careful attention given to all bus¬ iness. Office in courthouse. JESUP, GA. Dave M. Parker. Oscar Nall. Parker & Nail, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Office In Kicklighter’s Building, General practice in ail the courts, State and Federal. JESUP, GA. M. N. STOW, Physician and Surgeon Special attention to the diseases of women and children. Office Hours: Monday and Friday forenoons. Klckllghter Building. D. L. Moore, PHYSICIAN AN’ffcfiURaEON. Office Whaley Building. I JESUP, GA. S. F. Ellis, DENTAL SURGEON. Office in Kicklighter’s Building. JESUP, GA. Maybe cx-Banker Walsh, who whis¬ tled on his way to the penitentiary, took lessons from his creditors, who whistled for their money, suggests the Dallas News, ■i WINCHESTER MODEL 1906 .22 CALIBER Extra Light Weight Repeating Rifle Shoots a light cartridge for“lun“ or target work and two heavier ones lor hunting. This rifle handles .22 Short, .32 Long Off .32 Long Rifle cart¬ ridges without change of adjustment. It’s a take-down and a very handy, all-around small caliber repeater. Examine one and ASK*YOUR you’ll agree that it’s the biggest rifle value ever offered. DEALER T© SHOW YOU°ONE. JOB PRINTING !• NEXT TO NEWSPAPKR ADVERTISING. * THE BEST ADVCNTISINO IN THE WORLD. "We have been very fortunate in securing the services of one of the best and most experienced printers IN THE STATE, and are now able to execute Job Printing of every description in aii the leading styles. The class of work turned out by PRICES us is acknowledged the LOWEST to be the FINEST and of any printers. 1 Sash, Doors, Blinds, Paints, Etc. Hut. ALSO HEADQUARTERS FOR A Mantels, Grates, Tiling, Builders Hardware Artistic flantels a Specialty. \Ji Get our prices on these goods before buying. Write for our color ••OUOHTON c cards of Paints. Quality never too high for us to buy. 0 ST ■ m LOUIS i GALLAHERCO x ' ^ * Aj NUMBER 44* ?■!. T-t ..--55*2 WINN & CO . “TV" TO OUR PATRONS AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY: We desire to inform you that our stock is ready for your inspection. Out Implement Department Consists in Part of One and Two Horse Chattanooga Chilled Plows, Disc Harrows, Waiving and Riding Cultivators, Busters, Stalk Cutters, Hoes, Shovels, Pitchforks, Potato Drags, Grub Hoes, Mattocks and Wire Fencing. Special ifr tentlon to repairs on all implements we handle. ■ ■Hardware Department We have recently added a full line of shelf and general hardware, such as Nails, Pumps, Pump Pipe aj?d Points, Builders' Hardware, and Supplies, Meohanical Tools, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Looks, Hinges, Paint*, Oils, Glass, Putty, Sashes, Doors and eto. • House Furnishing Department In this department we have Stoves, Rangos, Heaters, Stove Pipe, Iron and Enamel Ware, Meat and, Food Choppers, Galvanized Ware, Brooms, Washing Machines and many other useful articles awaiting your inspection. ’- . * • 3 Buggy, Wagon and Harness l.1 Department. .'•v In this department our stock of Buggies are complete. Our Brown and Eagle two-horse wagons need no comment as you or your neighbors khow what It means to own one. B.uggy, Wagon and Team Harness, Collars, Pads, Hames and extra par ts. In this connection wo are pleased to inform you that Mr. W. T. WB * kins lg In charge of the selling public dQpartm«nt with of our business. patronage You and know support Mr. Wilkins he will .build as a hardware up our hardware man. HJ understands the needs of the and your Company's department to where It will merit the praise that was formerly given the Wilkins Supply es¬ tablishment under his management Live Stock Department, L A. Phillips & Co., will keep a full supply of Live Stock always on hand. YOURS TO SERVE, * A WINN & COMPANY, -r Jesup, Georgia. Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic R. R. "The Standard of Excellence in Passenger Service.’’ Schedules Effective September 12th, 1909. Northbound. Southbound. „ ......Brunswick ' 6:15am 6:15pm Lv .. 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