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VAST REVENUE OF
THE STATE MAD
REPORT SAYS W. & A. IS BEST
PAYING RAILROAD IN
GEORGIA.
COMMISSION MAKES REPORT
Net Earnings of Property, Shown at
$731,468.33, Less Rental
Paid State.
—Atlanta.
The Georgia Railroad Commission,
having in mind the forthcoming ex
piration of the present lease of the
‘ Western and Atlantic railroad, has
given out some most interesting and,
in parts, astonishing figures in con
nection with the business of that
road under its present lease contract
to the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis railroad.
The figures submitted by the com
mission show conclusively, when
compared with the figures assembled
for other roads, that .the Western
and Atlantic is the “best paying rail
road line in Georgia," and the com
mission flat-footedly states as much.
With the matter of re-leasing the
road now being considered by a leg
islative committee, some of the in
formation given out by the commis
sion is of vast and far-reaching im
portance and significence at this
time.
The commission says:
“The Western and Atlantic rail
road belongs to the state of Georgia;
it runs from Atlanta to Chattanooga,
a distance of 136. S miles, and is leas
ed to the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis railroad for $420,012 per an
num.
"TJie Louisville and Nashville rail
road owns 71 per cent, of the capital
stock of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis railroad, the lessee
company. The Louisville and Nash
ville has trackage rights over the
state road for its trains, through Et
owah, Tenn., from Cartersville to At
lanta, and for trains through Knox
ville. Tenn., from Marietta to Atlanta
In addition to leasing its road and
the physical properties actually used
in railway operations, the state leases
other valuable properties, including
city real estate in Chattanooga, ail
included in the gross rental above
mentioned.
“The gross revenue received by the
lessee company from the operation
and use of all the property leased to
it by the state for the year ended
June 30, 1913, was $3,374,910.79.
“Deducting this latter sum from
the gross receipts from the leased
property leaves net earnings of the
same property of $731,469.33, which is
6 per cent, net on $14,629,386.
"From the net earnings of the
property, $731,469.33, the rental paid
the state, $420,012, leaves a net profit
from the lease to the lessee of $311,-
457.33.”
Can't Exploit Schemes in Georgia.
"Georgia declines to allow oil and*
gas promotion schemes exploited in
this state."
Such was the curt but clean-cut
reply Secretary of State Cook made
to a letter from one of these pro
moters. A few days ago, no less than
seven of these oil and gas concerns
applied for admission to this state,
but, being unable to come within 1,000
miles of qualifying under the “blue
sky" law and the regulations set up
by the secretary, were turned down
cold.
There seems to be a veritable plague
of these concerns with designs on this
state, but they are finding some pretty
serious hurdles now in the secretary
of state’s office. It makes one shudder
to think what would have happened
to guileless Georgians in this good
year of 1914 if the “blue sky” law
had not been passed and become ef
fective.
Evidently news of Georgia's fine fi
nancial condition has gone abroad over
the land, and the Wallingfords are
about the first to catch the hum of
industry and observe the signs of
prosperity. Many of them flocked in
unaware that Georgia had erected a
pretty effectual barrier against such
vultures until they landed on the i
scene. Others thought they would '
“take a chance” in “trying to get by,”
“take a chance” in “trying to get by.”
Deficit in Pension Fund.
In his report, which went to the I
governor. Commissioner of Pensions I
J. W. Lindsey indicates that there J
will be a deficit of $35,380.84 in the
pension this year. He estimates that
there will be 18,600 pensioners this
year. At S6O each there will be need-:
ed $1,116,000 to pay them. The act-j
ual fund made available by the legis
lature, including $10,619.16 brought |
forward from last year is $1,080,619.16.
The commissioner's report shows
that the number of pensioners brought
from last year's rolls are 19,536. With
736 added to the rolls this year it
would make a total of 20,272. i
Want “Black-Eyed Pea Dinner.”
The Cinderella of the farm product
world is coming into her own, and
with a following out of the sugges
tion made by Commissioner of Agri
culture James D. Price and Assistant
Commissioner Dan G. Hughes they
declare the people of Georgia may
make this lowly sister one of the
greatest products of the state.
The black-eyed or common cowpea
is the particular product declared to
be Georgia's greatest resource. A
suggestion is made by the two men
at the head of Georgia's agricultural
department that all loyal Georgians
lend a helping hand by calling for a
“black-eyed pea dinner” at least one
day in each week.
Wednesday is the day suggested as
the one on which Georgians should
partake of peas, and beginning with
the first Wednesday in February
Messrs. Price and Hughes will de
velop the habit. And they are calling
upon their friends to join with them.
Os Georgia's 26,000,000 cultivated
acres they declare at least one-third
should be planted in peas in the reg
ular rotation of crops. And in this
crop they hold that the farmer would
have one which would show no loss,
as the many uses to which the pea
and its vine and roots may be put
are certain to bring some valuable
return.
In combining black-eyed peas with
Wednesday a lucky day and a lucky
food are brought together. All truly
romantic people, bearing respect for
the goddess of luck, marry on Wed
nesday. Since revolutionary days
southerners have made a habit of
eating black-eyed peas on New Year s
day, a legend given assurance that
for each pea eaten on the first day
of the year the consumer will accu
mulate a dollar during the next
twelve months.
In itself the black-eyed pea is a
most remarkable product of the soil.
It will grow on the knoll or in the
bottom land, and in the poor ground
nearly as well as the good. It is a
blessing because of its quick returns,
and requires but little care.
Nothing has proven more fattening
to hogs than peas, and swine turned
into a pea patch will eat the meaty
pods with all the relish of a hungry
youngster consuming a Thanksgiving
dinner. There's no finer hay to be
found than that produced by the
black-eyed pea, and cut fresh and
kept green as ensilage, stored in a
silo, will furnish a supply of green
food all winter for the livestock.
Even to old Mother Earth it has
proven a greater friend than all of
the fertilizers, as the roots when
plowed under revive and enrich the
soil.
Slaton Impressed With Appeal.
Rarely has executive clemency
been exercised in a case more pa
thetic or more deserving than that of
Dalton Kelly, a negro "lifer," who
was paroled by the governor.
Kelly was convicted in Jasper
county in 1894 of the murder of an
other negro named Tom Lewis, and
received a life sentence. That was
during the convict lease system, and
Kelley was sent to Dade county to
toil in the coal mines.
So intolerable was his situation
that he managed to escape in 1904,
after serving ten years, and finally
made his way to Dade county Fla.
Here he married and lived until 1910,
when he experienced a religious con
version at a negro revival. From
that time he knew no peace of con
science, feeling that he could not
square himself with God as long as
he was an escaped convict.
So one day in 1911 he made his ap
pearance at Monticello, Ga., and sur
rendered himself to the Jasper coun
ty sheriff. The sheriff had never
heard of him and it took some time
do look up the record in the case and
find where the negro belonged.
As soon as the sheriff was able to
locate him, the negro was remanded
to the penitentiary, where he has
served as a model prisoner ever
since. Now it develops that he was
probably never guilty of the murder
in the first instance, as witnesses
have been produced that he was
twice fired on by Lewis before he
killed him. in granting the parole,
the governor -has made the following
brief annotation on the prison board’s
regular form;
"Developments subsequent to the
trial show that he was unjustly con
victed.”
All Passes Forbidden.
By executive order the railroad
commission has declined to allow the
issuance of passes on the Georgia
Railfoad to the stockholders and di
rectors df the Georgia Railway and
Banking company, owners of the
road. Some time ago Mr. C. A. Wick
ersham, general manager of the Geor
gia road, made inquiry of the com- I
mission if he could issue passes to
such directors and stockholders.
The commission wrote in reply
that, inasmuch as the Georgia Rail
way and Banking company had leas
ed the Georgia road and its branches
to W. M. Wadley, who had in turn re
leased to the Louisville and Nash
ville and the Atlantic Coast Line,
passes could not, legally, be issued
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE. ALAMO, GEORGIA.
GETTING READY FOR HATCHING SEASON
Toulouse Geese Largely Bred on Farms In America.
(By KATHERINE ATHERTON
GRIMES.)
To succeed with the work of the
hatching season one must be all ready
for it before it commences. Plans
must be laid several months ahead,
and all the actual work possible got
well under way, so that one’s time may
not be too crowded to allow him to
give attention to the many unforseen
tasks that are sure to bob up serenely
as the season progresses.
The first thing to consider is, of
course, the kind of stock from which
the eggs are to come for setting.
Where the selection of fowls has been
made in the fall, as recommended in a
former article, this part of the work
is practically finished. Still, even in
a small flock where all the fowls are
good, there are sure to be some that
are better than others. These are the
ones to choose for breeders. '
Suppose that in your flock of ten you
have one that is a better layer, truer to
type and in every way more desirable
than the rest. The difference may be
slight, yet there Is a difference in her
favor. It Is the wisest thing you can
do to put this hen by herself, or to use
a trap nest to be sure of her eggs, and
then keep her chicks separate, or
marked so that you can tell them read
ily. From these, in turn, select the
best, and in a few years you will have
built up a flock far better than one
where eggs are set from the whole
number of layers, and where no atten
tion has been paid to the close selec
tion of breeders.
This does not mean, of course, that
you should set no other eggs than
those from the best hen. You may
have a very fine flock all through, and
may get many good chicks from any
of them. But if you keep weeding out
all but the very best, in time you will
get to the place where you will have
no inferior stock and then you will be
gin to reap the reward of your pa
tience.
This selection cannot be done in a
week, or even in a month. You will
have to keep watch of your hens for a
long time before you can decide with
a certainty which you want to breed
from. Often the fowls you expect the
most from will disappoint you in some
respect.
The next step is the selection of the
eggs themselves. Not every egg, even
from the best hens, is usable for
WETHERS ARE NOT POPULAR
Percentage of Animals Sent to Market
Is Small Because of Increasing
Demand for Lambs.
The sub-class of mutton sheep called
wethers is composed of mature cas
trated males. This is looked upon as
A Prime Native Wether in the Fleece,
chiefly a western product. Only a
small percentage of the sheep sent
to market are wethers. This per
centage Is small because both grow
ers and consumers prefer lambs to
older sheep. When high prices are
ruling for both mutton and wool,
wethers more than pay their way,
hut when the profit they yield Is
hatching. Be careful not to use eggs
that are either too large or too small.
Watch your layers until you have de
termined about what a good average
sized egg should be, and then use
only those which come pretty close to
the mark.
Eggs showing any imperfection of
shape should be discarded. An egg
that 1b too round is as bad as one that
Is too pointed. Find out what the
standard shape of the eggs laid by
your variety of hens should be, and
then pick out those that are as near
it as posisble.
The shells should show neither spots
or ridges. These usually mark thin
places, and such eggs are likely to
get broken in the nest. Choose only
those which are smooth and perfect.
The first eggs laid by pullets are not
as good as those laid after they have
been at work two or three months.
Better still are the eggs from hens a
year old. While the pullet is develop
ing much of her vitality must go to
her own growth, and the egg is not
likely to produce a strong, vigorous
chick. The older fowl, having at
talned her full growth and vigor, has
more strength to spare for her eggs.
Eggs which have to be kept awhile
before setting should be turned every
day to keep the yolk from settling.
The fresher they are at setting, the
better. Eggs that have been shipped
should always bo allowed to stand for
at least twenty-four hours before set
ting.
Great care must be taken that eggs
intended for hatching should not chill.
In cold weather they should be gath
ered twice every day, and then kept
where the temperature Is well above
50 degrees.
It Is a good plan to get all your
nests, coops and other fixtures needed
during the season ready beforehand.
If you use brooders, by all means have
these ready, and well tested, before
the eggs are even set. You may find
some flaw In your system that will
make it necessary to change it con
siderably, and this cannot always be
done on short notice. Even If you have
had experience with these very brood
ers be sure to examine and test them
thoroughly before trusting them with
your little chicks. The same may be
said about Incubators, where these are
used. As a rule, if factory directions
compared with that from breeding
ewes, rangemen Immediately see that
the latter are more profitable, hence
wethers are being discarded by many
sheepmen.
As a mutton product wethers are
desired in hotel, restaurant, dining
car and steamship trade, or any place
where the comparatively heavier cuts
may be used to advantage. The most
desirable weights range from 95 to
110 pounds.
Don't Keep Worthless Dogs.
Don’t keep a pack of worthless dogs
on the place. One, or at the most,
two good dogs are all that are neces
sary. A worthless, Idle dog soon gets
into mischief. He learns to kill sheep
and chickens and will corrupt the
good manners and morals of all the
other dogs In the neighborhood.
Not a Good Test.
Forcing a cow for a short period
cannot always be accepted as the le
gitimate measure of her capacity of
any breed, no matter how well authen
ticated any great performance may
be.
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUPJF FIGS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physio into a
sick child.
Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the “dose” mother insisted
on —castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children It’s different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don’t realize what they
do. The children’s revolt Is well-found
ed. Their tender little “insides” are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious “California Syrup of Figs.” Its
action is positive but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless “fruit
laxative” handy; they know children
love to take It; that It never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of “California Syrup of Figs,” which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
His Share.
The Visitor —This is delicious jam.
Did your mamma make it?
Little Harold—She did most of the
work, but I had a finger in it.
TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH
KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS
Says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acid
Which Clogs the Kidneys and
Irritates the Bladder.
Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clog
ged and need a flushing occasionally,
else we have backache and dull misery
in the kidney region, severe head
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver,
acid stomach, sleeplessness and all
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region, get about four ounces of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with llthla, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity. It also neu
tralizes the acids in the urine so it
no longer irritates, thus ending blad
der disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent lithia
water drink which everybody should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys clean, thus avoiding serious com
plications.
A well-known local druggist says he
sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who be
lieve in overcoming kidney trouble
while it is only trouble. —Adv.
We are told that experience is the
best teacher—yet some fool men are
bigamists.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
Bears the /"Tx /
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Caatoria
The ancient town of Cambridge
England, is soon to have women po
lice.
"Money Back” Medicine.
Our readers never risk a cent when
they buy Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh
because every dealer in this liniment
is authorized to refund the money If
the Balsam Is not satisfactory. Adv.
A girl thinks her first beau has
forgotten more than her father ever,
knew.
For sprains and bruises apply Han
ford's Balsam thoroughly. Put it on,
and rub it in. Adv.
Three hundred women have made
application for police jobs in Chicago.
To quickly cool burns and take the
Are out use Hanford's Balsam. Adv.
A woman can jump 62 per cent, of
the distance a man can jump.
One remedy with many uses —Han-
ford's Balsam of Myrrh. Adv.
Princess Mary of England is mak
ing a collection of pagan gods.
Use Roman Eye Balsam for scalding sen
sation in eyes and inHammatiou of eyes or
eyelids. Adv.
No man is such a kicker that he
would care to kick the bucket.
