The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-22
NEVER SAW SUCH COTTON.
GEORGIA AMAZED mr. 4 VIEW MID
AFRICAN PLANT.
II was Left in tho state by n wandering lew
and IL us WOW Producing -Four times the
Crop OF the ola Kiud-Jackson's Mecca
or Cotton Men seeds rive Ccuts Zach.

aud IL ls wow Producing Four Times the
Crop OF the Ola Kind-Jackson's Mecca
or Cotton Men seeds F1Ve Ccuts Each.
ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. Gilt has been left TO
Adolph Kyle. an English Jew, who is now. II
alive, somewhere in the Klondike region, to
rcvolutioniEc cotton growing in the South, 10
change the method OF production OF tho greatest
money crop In the world, that brings S36,0oO,.
900 annually to the producers. aside from what
accrues to the transportation companies, the
factors. dealers In futures, manufacturers. and
merchants.
From a few seed brought from the heart OF
equatorial Africa three years ago enough cotton
has bden grown to provo beyond q doubt that
he has been the means Of solving tho problem Of
profitable production. which has long puzzled
tho political economists OF the country. In spite
OF all that has been said and written. tho fact Is
still patent to the thinking man that cotton is
still king in the South, and the commercial
monarch is moro firmly seated on his throne
than ever before In the history OF the world.
Ono day in the autumn OF 1904 q traveller,
bronzed and bearded from tho effects Of the
tropical sun and q long sea voyage, about IS
years old. robust and sinewy. signed "Adolph
Kyle, England" on the hotel register at the
Kimban House and ordered his somewhat cum
brous luggage carried to his room. He was soon
surrounded by a crowd OF curious Colonols, who
were an1ious to learn what particular brand Of
spirits he Affected. aud, incidentally, something
OF his antecodcnts. and whether or not 10 had
any spare cash to invest in suburban lots or
mining schemes.
Partly through natural earrulity and partly
through q desire to crafty the manifest curiosity
Of tho Colonies, he began to relate scraps OF his
adventures among the junRles OF central Africa
and OF tho remarkable sights and scenes that
came under his observation. He RECALLED them
with hunting stories. talos of the slave trade
-. 80. 80. mo~,b. go ~, ~ ~
which made th"ir mouths water. ana or inc
wonderful vegetable productions of that region
In december. lees' joined a party o! pros
erniorn,ion 70 ~. country NJ IN. Congo nwas
an aauuo S' uer.aA'nE' 49, u p pel'is " psa
had storted out IN seek our fortunes and we had
n ~. 49, ~ 80" u y" Wv ~
All 10 win ana nttIe 10 lose ana lot many months
we wanderel among the !ungles OF central
Africa mating with IN, savage ribes and mass.
ing through strange scenes innumerable. su Oh
as may be seen only in that wonderful land.
Ono day along in 1898 we pitched our camp
on the outskirts of an African village, about
NIL Az trnm ~ coas. ah..rreS vro-,nr nsor
-.
twenty feet and over in height, and covered
rom bottom TO TOP with snowy pods ara ni9s-
sbundanaSt OF the fruii and the peculiar apr1ar.
ance OF the plant, which was limh!-ss ana bore
us pods at the base OF the Big. broad. nG.!lke
caves and only : feT riches from me sem %
the plant, which shot STRAIGHT up from he
ground and appesred like a young tree ;,
l tr!ed 10 learn. OF inc natives what use. II
any. they made OF II, but they seemed utterly
iS S - OF its n'i, ~: s ! MAJ Zee seen a. eo'to" ASi grow,
caused me TO ih.nS 10 myself max II ms liant
ir< country, and could be made to grow as lux
uElAnt4k ana IrNlt AS aDunGAntIy as IL ola tDtTe
n me PIMA TiIfs, II VOID make the Tor
II chi OF :. section Of the plant that had more
than 600 pods on IT by actual count. and was
more {han tMenty teet IN htisht- its seSuon
WAS about eighteen inChes long "hd han Sky
nv" poor open ON 1t, and 'atried u away among
my luggage as a eur,os!iy. AZ nrst cn:ei&. :
wrapped i II a piece OF antelope SKIN ana paced
I; among Other souvenirs o my wandertnya.
We were then On the return Journey to the
lent stream by the overturn;ns OF a raft and all
our I TT'2 arg .nS my o sGTp6us staSk sAfHI SMOKED It
slightly. but preserved 1t and on ARRIVING at
IKE skfn S2 }n 6Io mray I, rom 1T IN ib a p ssir w Ss "T' snS air Sl" on
n r9ysse to The Cape. Arriving here l lid not
Ike ne turn "nalr. nag taken so ! r,iVIr"o 70
the world tha, ! snow % +; a ;"rt OF half cousin
WHO 10 IN tAe service OF me hdhIhS b'H ON.
RHny. ana l am nov on N; +" ; % lMn, r,rl o,
me, CoHhtr! IN search OF L.4l. 1 ihh'Ilicu n
!.it!e none! AMI having no A",il" tics | have re-
|. SoaIe e. 70 Any my ins,e tor ,TaEe,i n. country
that your principal crop is cotton. Now. | have
cHTriel that piece OF cotton Tor many months
, anu IL mas II tSt!lei o.b'l ihie7 u Ihhu an euI
: SO tlat l DOUBT u the seed VII Ecrmlhaie' nN'
/, want 20 give Il to some good fellow, VINO WI eH
= pertinent with il and ser Il Il can o.. nGturh!ize1
/, IN a cotton-ErO"ing country "nere cl't!.Aeu
methods or cultivation are unders'ooa.
i. There lie a man living IN this country who
has devoted many years 10 the study OF u" COT
ioA plant, SAID one q the to,oheis Who haf
: heard tho story, ana ne can fc1! on N u row
minutes "hclher IL can oe grown III ms eouh
Try or not.
send Tor MIN ana l Will make MIN a present
OF the cotton, SAID the traNt!!"r, "
\ note WAS desp"tcheu 10 oId !hothas =. IaGk
4 son. VINO liVes not FAR from the ,lfy. ana on tht
hoNt Gay he called on hyle az ms rooms IA lht
kIinball. Farmer jackson IS an East lennes
sean, Was an aide-de-camp 10 a Cohirleral'
Genera! IN the war: ana 1eit ais Nat!Se !sna ne
chuse q! ING hostllit! OF tht hip" h'"N t'Gt.ut
h Immediately ttter the war le - \ In'h o. ARG
0 experience IN cotton growing ana has a itoeTt
education ana an mourning urn OF inIhu, ~
q mad Deeh studying the his'or! OF me cotton p'.h
5 for Year,, and as soon as no ialI eyes on "a.
wilhered stnIk that mad been chrFaoa 80 man!
niles nc SAW mat II was OF a u!lItreht Ernu
, from the shrub cotton OF south America or ti