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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-17
NORFOLK AND WESTERNS DEAL.
1t VIII Run Into Cincinnati Over Con-
Meeting Line.

ANCbII1B l1IuEs
CINCINNATI, o., Feb. 16-There is a
story here that seems to have solid foun-
dation in fact that the Norfolk and Western
railroad has concluded ) encouragement
with the Cincinnati, Portsmouth and VIr-
ginia railroad, whereby 1t will use the
tracks OF the latter between Ports
mouth and Cincinnati. The Ohio
river extension of the Norfolk and West
ern, upon which work has been in progress
for more than year, is nearly completed.
President Hunt Of the Cincinnati, Ports
mouth and Virginia, when asked about the
matter, did not deny the truth of the ru-
NOR. but refused to speak pro or con on the
subject.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-17
pnhlio ecnools for Hawkinauille.

HAwKINsvILLE, GA, Feb. 16.-The citi-
zens Of Hawkinsville. at an election here to-
day, by an unanimous vote, decided to
adopt the public school system for the town.
The registration was light. but large ma
j.rity OF those registered voted in the cleo
ton
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-17
Mount Vesuvius Active.

NAPLES, Feb. 16.-Mount Vesuvius is
again in a state Of eruption. A stream Of
lava Issues from the base of the great cone
and flows into the Atrio del Cavallo.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-17
Showing at Paris

PARIS, Feb. 16.-A snow storm has been
raging here since last evening. Traffic is
almost at standstill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-17
Wants to KIN the Interstate Law.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Congressman
Morse of Massachusetts to-day introduced
in the House bill Co repeal the interstate
commerce law, and it was referred to the
committee on commerce.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-17
An Editor Sentenced.

editor ruaTsENBURG, ~ Feb. 16-Herr Reuss,
tried o VI Dessau socialist paper, has been
been "a ~ charge Of lese majestic and has
sentenced TO two years. Imprisonment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-17

Mlnnesota's Democratic Convention.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Feb. l6.-The demo-
cratic state committee has fixed upon st.
Paul, March 81, as the time aud place for
holding the state convention for tho choice
Of national delegates.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-17
R ATEs ON ORANGES.

Nne interstate Commission Denies a
Rehearing.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-The interstate
oUtnmerce commission to day denied the ap-
Wlcation for rehearing Of the case of the
sa'ir0ad :" commission of Florida against the
ooaVannah, Florida and Western Railway
s.oulpany and others, known as the orange
ra ,aio case, involving rates on that fruit from
por1t pol.ts In Florida to New York and other
northern points.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12
open q Reer uising station.

Every orange grower in Florida should
make OF himself q recruiting agent for the
next two months and increase the member.
ship OF the State Horticultural Society to
the thousand mark by the time the assOci.
alton holds its next annual meeting.
So prints Bro Painter in the DeL,nd
Agricultural and we "go him one better
by Offering the following amendment: af-
ter the word orange grower say every hor
ticuturist in Florida, no matter whether
be grows garden Sass" wa,ermeons, pine
apples, LeCon,c pears, cocoanut', hay OF
csssava.
We want the whole fraternity at the Or
mand meeting May 3, 4 nni 5. Now FOL
the recruiting officers. Let there be one
al every town and cross roads il HE STATE
Take hold Of this work in earnest and senC
US yolr names as recruiting officers and WI
will forward them to Secretary Hart, who
will send circulars and other printed mat
ter to you.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12
The Times- Union Falls into Line

The mixed crops army is growing
rapidly. very rapidly. Now comes the T. :
U. and forciby remarks.
The remedy for this frightful waste OF
southern wealth and southern resources is
summed up in the word "divsrsilcation. A"
That describes the system of farming by
which the cotton planters can become a..
independent as The farmers of the north.
and even more 81 But nothing will get
them out OF the old m; OF one-crop farming
except the prospect now before them OF
not .eaiiziDg on their cotton the cost OF ito
production, They are now coming 10
a realization OF the fact that nothing but
diversi6cation will save them from i'm.
poverishment.
Reports are coming from various states
that the planters are going 10 put at leas,
90 per cent of their cotton land in food
CT ,ps this year. There 10 no lack OF ex-
amples to prove that diversified farming
pays beat 10 the cotton region. The
general adoption of this system In tn.
south will result 10 material reduction il
the incomes OF the northern and western
farmers.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

l would have each state by a l-pis,a-
tive enac ment do at once two or three
things in the direction of this movement.
viz: procure aud disseminate informa ion
by establishing bureau where the facts
relating to the expense, mechanical con.
struction, care, durability. use and extent
f the different kinds of roads shall be
known and ascertained; then [ would
have some kind Of state supervision and
advisory assistance by competent engi-
neer or engineers appointed by the state
in aid of road and bridge building and
repairing upon scientific principles and
upon comprehensive and economical plan
for the whole state; thirdly, would have
the state either own or control and main
tain some through highways, connecting
the principal towns in the state, and con-
Meeting these with .he principal towns of
neighborinE states, where they are most
needed. either for great public exigencies
or for the greatest general use. The state
would thus promote the equa 'ization and
the general reduction of expense Of con
struction maintenance OF these main
roads, and would give profitable ex.
ample and strong incentive to the ada
cent towns to construct better contribu-
tory roads as feeders to the main ones.
| would have the state divide the expenses
Of this scheme Of road betterment in the
levy, 80 that part of it should be appor-
toned 10 the whole state, part to the
counties through which the roads ran.
and part to the towns. And, further. !
would have this tax levy kept small and
the investment adequate and quickly
made by the business mans method OF
borrowing the money on long loans. 1t
would thus be easily paid out of the
profits by those sharing them.-Col A
A. Pope, in the March Forum.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12
The First Prize Came to Us.

Recently Walter n. Pike, editor Of the
Floral Department of the D.Land Agri-
culturst, Offered a premium for the bes,
Say oa flowers, 81 We conclu ed that We
woul make an effort to obtain the same
out We had misgivings for We knew full
we'll that that department: dazz!ed wi b
many etfdsions from very able pms. But
"a faint heat never won fair lady" and
We chose for our theme, "Chryssn 'hemums,' ~
'ur favori.e flower. A lew days ago word
came from Brother Pike saying: II am
glad to inform you that your article has
won the first prize" Thanks all around.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12
what Tobacco did for Quincy.

Balm of The Tobacco Leaf has this TO say
o. our neighbor Quiacy:
Quincy contains about 1900 inhabitants
and the number is increasing rapidly. To.
bacco alone is responsible for the air OF
prosperity which pervades the place. Pre-
vious to Jour years ago, when Straiton &
| Storm first cast an anchor to windward
here, there had not been new building
erected in twenty years. A bank was not
even thought OF. Now buildings cannot
he put up fast enough to accommodate the
steady increase in population, and banking
/ facilities have become necessity.
From the best posted men on the subject,
| am informed that there were raised last
year in Gadsden, Decatur and Leoa couu-
ties abou, 1 400 900 pounds Of tobacco, of
which about 800. 900 remains unsold in
farmers hands
AS near as can learn, an average Of
about 80 cents pound was paid The farm.
ers last year.
The cultivation of tobacco has worked
wonderful change 10 the farming commu-
nifty in Gadsden county within the past
few years. Previous TO that time hun
dreds of them were compelled to sell part
OF their lands TO pay taxes. They rarely
SAW any money, rs it took all of their crops
to pay the "gener4 Il store" man for the sup
plies which had been furnished on credit
To-day the farmers have nearly 100000
- their credit in the @ lincy bank.
l met gentleman who was eng aged for
six years raising tobacco in Sumatra He
believes that IN article can BIZ grown in
Gadsden county that will, with proper
handling. be superior to that grown in Su-
mstra. o. the Havana variety IL has
been demonstrated that very superior ar
ticle can be raised
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

The cold weather for several weeks past
has been hard and rough on tho young to-
bacco plants making their way through the
ground, and they, like yourselves, should
have had warm covering, and We presume
they had, for we have frequently advised to
that effect and our readers know that We
meyer advise them wrong
Beds Just at the present time are about
the only part of tobacco growing that need
particular attention. They are the foun-
tain head of the crop and without good,
blocky and thrifty plants poor crop will
be the inevitable result, therefore we urge
All growers to visit their beds often and
look close for the insects, especially the lit,
lie flea beetle. He is presky little rascal
and can DO more dam age to the square
inch in tobacco bed than any animal ex-
tant They attack the plant when very
young and in one night obliterate it from
view and the plant is no account atser,
wardsand seldom if ever rcvives.
Last year we sprayed our beds with a
solution made with one tablespoonful of
Paris green to 5 quarts Of water. Make a
broom out of bunch Of broomsedge and
whisk it GA the plants, stirring from the
bottom each time. We also used COM
mon sprlnkling pot.
Be- sure and notice if a crust has formed
over the bed, if so moisten the top and
scatter lot of pine needles gently over the
entire bed, ius9 leep enough to admit the
morning sun. Let it remain until the
plants are over one inch high.
In case there is 10 be heavy frost put
on more needles no danger of smother
ing the plants for one or two nights-these
are cheaper than buying canvass for COW
ering, just as good and the woods, are full
Of them.
By all means SOW one or more beds mex,
Tuesday, March Is, near water; thtse beds
TO be used mostly for transplanting. No
one knows what may become of the bed,
sown early and it is better to have plenty
of plants in case of any emergency that
may arise Besides the cut worm is to
come, dry weather at setting time and then
YOU see the March transplanting bed comes
in so nice.
A YOUNG tobacco plant does not reQuir-
an overdose Of water and this is the reason
why we have so ofiel urged that each and
every bed be ditched all around.
Ii any one thinks his beds are not rich
enough let him manure the same, crowd
the plant when the warmer days and nights
come Tor all there is in them
For our IDS we made up manure a.
follows: Leaf mould one-fUurth, rotten
manure ditto, muck ditt9, and lime the
same. 1t was 'horoag1'y pulvcrlzed and
We Sprinkled il on he beds with the hand,
taking care not to get it too deep.
Around some nf our beds we have sown
ra1ish and musa ID seeh to feed the insects
on, hoping they will attack the former in
stead Of our growing plants.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12
TOBACCO NOTES.

In a creek or lake bottom Il the right
and proper place for oil March beds.
One teaspoonful of seed to every ten
square feet-that's all.
In Kentucky they draw plants from the
beds 40 days after sowing. The seed il
kept moist ten days before sowing.
Economy should be the watchword on
every Florida farm.
Suppress the flea beetle when found.
Any one who covers his beds with
canvass should remove the same several
weeks before they are to be ,ransplanted
60 that they will have a chance 10 harden
and assume blocky shape.
| A second rate tobacco crop means a
second rate price. Bear that in mind.
Way down 10 Old Virginia the farmers
are growing about tobacco and are very
much disbeart"nrG b caus. prizes are low
and are wishing their lands wers adapted
| to the growth OF cotton.
BY all means plant the March replantiug
| bed near wafer and then water it when
| the dry weather comes.
1t is imperative Oh every grower that he
have an abundant supply oftobacoo plants
Virgin soil for a tobacco bel.
Top dress your beds with some good
tobacco growing fertilizer.
Never apply fertilizer 10 the young plants
in the bed W len the dew is on OF immedi
ately after rain.
Don't remove the small limbs from the
beds until the plants a"e nearly re sdy IT,
set out.
Every pound of good Vuelta Abaio
tobacco Will be wanted.
Erect q cupola or some other contrivance
on top of the roof Of every building where
you intend to hang tob acco fresh from the
field.
Quite q number Of the orange growers
at Eustis are making ready to plant TOD .cco
among their trees.
We are told that during the rebellion u
law was enacted that prohibited the farmer
from growing tobacco and :rrqlired him to
grow mixed crops for the southern army.
1t may smack little Of despoism. but
with some poop e, it would be good thing
right low if a law Was enlcted 10 put
stop to the overgrowth Of co:,ou. 1t looks
a little rough tor ole to advocate or dictate
to Tree citizens what they shall or shall
not cu!tlvat', but the only relief possible is
or The Florida farmer 10 make his own
bread stuff
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

We are averse to endorsing the many
schemes that are constantly placed before
us to induce farmers to become tone o.
u.s." They are too chimerical, imaginary
wild, delusive, vainly conceived and have
no foundation in fact. only in the rafting
brain of the author.
Here is one that is altogether different
for we have known the author Alg.
Chandlee we'll for years
He is a farmer near Chipley in this state
and has been the means of locating
many good people in Washington county
He believes in fruit, always has and
makes this proposition to the people:
Il have set aside 80 acres on the high
rolling lands on the shore of Blue Lake
1t miles south Of Chipley, Florida, for 5
acre orchard plats on the installment elan.
These lots now offer clerks and s4laricd
men who wish to secure for themselves a
future home in the Sunny South, or 40 in
vestmeut that will bring them handsome
income on the following terms:
II will furnish either acre lot not
already sold, on either side of railroad and
clear ii up Git is now covered with pine and
oak), fence with plank fence, break it up
and plant it IN peach or pear trees, or both
if desired, all of the best varieties; will
cultivate, prune and care for said trees for
five years from first payment, at which
time purchaser receives a warranty deed
for.his orch ard in good bearing condition.
The purchase, to pay IS "a each month,
without interest, for which he gets receipts
describing the land for which is a part
purchase, which secures his title with con-
tract till he gets warranty deed. This 80
is splendidly situated, and every rod of it
from the lake shore up, is good tillabe land
The West Florida and Alabama railroad
to lie soon bcilt from ST. Andrews on the
Gulf to Montgomery, Ala, is partly graded
through the center, and station will be
established at the mill on the south end of
the 80 by the lake. As soon as this rail.
road is finished, Chipley will have in con-
nection with the P. & A. R. R., shipping
facilities unexcelled In the State of Flori-
da."'
He will take pleasure in mailing maps,
pamphlets and all particulars to any one
" no will !dress him at Chipley.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

fright bower" are doing DOW. 8
for the Florida farmers. A,,..
have distributed l 200 packages - e.
seed to the coil tillers, and whe, =.
nal Cuba stock gave out thew -,
more and are Issuing 1t d.ilv
they have great variety of s.rd.n -.
on hand-all free. These ara , -. !
gentlemen In the right place. Call 40
them.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12
Score One For the Farmers.

The Oleomargarine bill was before the
lower house of congress the other day and
there was lively struggle between the
lawyers aud farmers, but the tarme,s
downed them once 10 lifetime. A mo-
ton Was made 10 refer the bill to the iui-
ciary committee, composed o: lawyers, but
Gen. Hatch, the farmers best friend, wanted
1t TO 60 to the committee ON Agriculture
and there it went by a vote Of 1873 To Is.
Undoubtedly The bill will pass, ali o: which
will greatly aid the d4irymen.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12
What a Florida Farmer can Grow
This Year

ANY thrifty, we'll t. do, up in the m0In-
Ing bright and early farmer can grow AMI
pro lerIy mature 10 &C es of corn yielding
him $50 bushels. H. can pull 1000 pounds
OF [odde: from the self same ten acres. He
can succ ,ssully cultivate 3 acres OF swet,
potatoes, making 275 bushels. H. can
grow one acre OF Irish potatoes, 1875
bushels. Two acres OF cabbage viii yield
him 1000 head Ole halt acr OF suga,
cane will put blrrels ct syrup in the
smoke house. A half acre OF peanu vii!
bling in so bushels Five acre. in Cat taiiet
mllet, crab grass and b-ggar weed will
enable hi II u t tck 20 tons of the SANE.
One acre OF tOb4cro will b Ing him 500
pouDCS, one-!ourth OF an acre Of rec will
fee the family aud leave l)ts 20 sell TO tn
neigh oors. o le-quarler Of an acre OF
cassava will yield him 1000 pould,
aud give him permanent 8 and
and leave plenty ct canes for turture SCI
ting. He can SOW field peas in the corn
and grow 100 bushels anI manure his
ground at lie same time.
Tntse are not extrAvagaut fl cures wh.u
once the old cott M cotton, ideas are
eimin lted from the brain. How many
will try these food crops? Even i onl,
three-tourhs Of the amount is grown til
farmer will te amply paid for every lick
struck
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

The Wick Bros at Rochester, n Y.
would like TO know how the people "ca,ch
on" 10 their new style of magazine. We
think it is decided improvement over any
former style in each and every respect, and
we trust that we are down for an X. This
10 the Land of Flowers, but many of our
people are lob 10 try new seed withou,
hearing from the FLoRrDIAN's Trial Ground
Il 10 open fJr any tests that may be for
warded and fall report of their behavior
viii be published in these columns.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

An "her mau is advocating our barn and
smoke ,use plan Of mixed farming. Ii Is
the O ,mmissioner Of Agriculture of Ala
bama. Says he:
IL the number of ba'es OF ,ttnn now
grown were re 'uced one-third. or even one
half the farmers would realize as much
money from the amount then or ,wn As FL
the immense crop now being made; besides
he would have in his barn, smokehouse,
etc, grown at home, such things as be now
buys with the small pittance received from
the sale OF his cotton. 1t requires nc
astute 6nancier TO understand this.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

Come on. and SEE as. Time and again
we have re 'ei'el invitation from farmers
In this and other c. unties In the state
similar to tie above heading and wo lid
be only 100 glId to do so. But 1t is no
easy matter to quit our ranch, at q
moments III :e aud 60 here and there.
We wiz say this that If our farmer friends
Nfli leave wo-d at this Office. one week
ehesd. 80 Is ma ing the f.ys we will be a.
- ,lr sefsi6e. W. desiid one weeks notice
= order that we may have line to prepare
Batnr Jay .wouli iie the day we prefer,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

There is no danger from whooping
cough when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Is freely given. 1t liquefies the tough, ten.
acious, mu US and aids In its expec'ora-
ton. II also lessons the severity and ire
quency Of the pn0xysms OF coughing, and
insures speedy recovery. There Is moi
the least danger in giving it TO children OF
babies. as 1t contains no injurious substan-
stsnces- 30 cent bottles for sale by N
Lively, druggist =
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

What have you in all those boxes along
side %. the f.nct?" at our Trial groun
asked a neighbour. NJ .dicine, said We.
When any of these plants get sick or 10
not seem to have any appetite we 90 'o
those medicine chests (b0xes filled with
phospha'es) and g, prescription that
cures every time. Great pity that Leor
county has DO; moe "mediciue ches S" h,
remarked as he drove off
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

The 100000 bales of Gotten sent out
from the South last year represent untold
gallons of sweat and they ought To be sold
30 as to give the farmers who raised them
fair profit upon their labor, also the buy
er fair profit. But the buyer got it ali
and the farmer went deeper into debt
Bad state OF aft ,irs.
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Have You Fob accO TO Selle Read.
EBoR CITY, Fla, Feb. 21st 10!

BOK NITY, Fla, Feb. 2lst 1892.
Ar. ". II lawrence, TIA 'lahassce. Fla:
DEAR SIR have been requested by ci
gar manufacturer OF this plsc- to procure e..
him some samples Of Leon county ,Ohacc.r
with price attached to the dlff..fen, SAM
pies: 1t you have none yourself to dispose
OF, thought likely you would know OF
some one who has. II your Leon county
tpbaccu can BE- used here it is likely tnmt
thus place would prove good market, us
there is lots OF tobacco used here with pros
poets Of much more being used.
am native of old Leon, though am
now in business here. Send samples as
you think best and will lei you hear the
result, Yours truly,
D. s. FISHER,
Tampa Fla. Ybor City Delivery.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

Any farmer who intends ID reduce his
acreage of cotton need not think for a
moment that h. solved the financial prob
lem that has male low prices o.! >, go
about II steps further when reducing the
acreage and make three acres produce
what five did lest year.
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Go OPmOnd.

Will our efficient secretary give the VA
rious routes lta' ling to Ormond SO that ore
AID all may know how to go TO the annual
meeting OF the Safe Horticultural Society
My g. 4 and 5 and ask ali papers friendly
to the cause TO publi.h the same two weeks
each.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12
We hope that the FLon1D1AS No..
reader that what F. Grumdy, in the r.. !
New Yorker, says below, applies -.

applies 70:
know great many men who A..
ing TO farm large tracts OF land. and W!
ing Sad mess of it, who live tbs ' r gak.
slaves. They are simply beasts Of hue ae e
If these so-called farmers made ra1
forged ahead and improved their sn, u0asI
ings, and eventually made their nl.aaa
abode real homes. their rushing and 100 6
ling would be justifiable. BIT Do IVY aas.
Not one 10 a hundred of them ever ssi Z
comes ~ s might be termed depends :
we'll fixed. Their management pi / -
They employ muscle to The excIns;ouu
brain. They strive to wrench fs,,s Y
from the soil by main force and ns,u,a
venges herself on them. There il no ~.
or comfort about their homes while ~
live, bu. all Toll and turmoil '''
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-03-12

AS these words fall glibly from our
Graphite No. 2 the peach and plum trees are
in full bloom, fish are biting, the farmers
are planting corn and winter is just about
ready TO get out OF the lap of spring, where
she has rested Tor an unusually long time
to the eyes OF the original Flordians.