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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11

The New York World in recent Issue.
combats the statement made by the Med
ical Record that the best blood and the
best manhood of the country are to be
found in the rural districts
Under the heading, THE Myth of Whole
some Country Life" the World makes this
assertion:
Nothing could be more preposterous
than this statement of the Record. As
every one knows who knows anything
about the matter, the life of the average
countryman is about as unwholesOme in
its conditions as life we'll can be. The
cCuntryman has open air, and that is
about all he has of wholesome conditions.
1t is to be credited with ena bling him TO
survive his other surroundings On the
average farm the countryman subsists for
three-quarters Of the year on fried pork,
badly-coolled bread and soggy potatoes,
il he has any vegeta Dies at all. He has
almost no fresh meats and when he has
any he does not know how to cook them.
He has no access 30 markets from which
to draw wholesome green things, and even
products that are in good condition, and
during the brief season when his own gar
cen is in bearing he usually sells all or its
lives upon what he cannot sell. He has
10 drainage to his house, no convenience
for a bath, and in the vigorous winter
weather he usually has no ventilation to
offset the poisonous exhalations of an air
tight stove. He drinks his water from "a
well that as often contaminated, and the
water of which Is never at any time prop
erly aerated before use. Worse than these
physical conditions are his isolation his
loneliness his utter lack of Intellectual
interests and of recreative amusements.
These things are quite as essential as
proper nutrition itself to the development
of a sane mind in a sound body.
The conditions prescribed above are those
that prevail in a great majority of Ameri-
can farm houses, as everybody knows who
has had occasion to test the matter by
personal observation
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11
BRUNsWICK's BUDGET.
Volunteers Rejected for Deficiency
in Weight.

Brunswick, Ga, July 10.-Surgeon Har-
ris of the Third Regiment came here Sat
urday morning, and when he started IN
10 examining men they fell out like leaves
from a tree Many good men We're turn
ed down and much disappointment occa-
Stoned thereby. Only six out of twenty
two were accepted and out of the thirty
nine on Lieut. Elllots list only that num-
Der appeared. Surgeon Harris explains
the boys failure by stating that in this
hot climate 1t is almost impossible for a
man to keep up to the required weight in
the summer months. He says that some
Of the men examined were good specimens
except for weight to correspond with
hight, and that it was really an advantage
to have them as they were, but the gov
eminent rules would not permit him to
pass them. He thinks that for the hot
climates the boys are expected to be sent
to il would be better to takes the ones
who do not carry strictly the amount Of
flesh required.
In the naval branch of the service the
appearance of things had changed wonder
fully since yesterday and the boys were
feeling good over late news from Wash
ington that they would soon be ordered
out. Congressman Brantley wires that
he has positive assurance that the re-
serves will be ordered out at once. The
reserves take this that they will be in
service within one week and they are
happy over the outlook.
For the infantry, Lieut.. Elliot says he
will go to work harder than ever and will
soon have up enough men to fill his quota.
Brobston. Fendig & Co. report tonight
having sold the Oglethorpe Bank building
to the County Commissioners for a court
house. Ten thousand dollars cash was the
price paid
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11
PATRIOTISM IN THE PULPITS.
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND
FOR PEACE OFFERED.

President Mckinley and Every Mem
Der of His Cabinet Attend Services
at Neutrality-suspicious. tOr of the Pres
idcnt's Church Delivers "a Particu-
InrIy Effective sermOn-scnntor
Proctor Makes short Address
During the Services in His Church
at Rutland.
Washington, July 1O.-This has been a
day OF thanksgiving and prayer in the
nations capital.
The Presidents recent proclamation was
the basis OF a concert of patriotic utter
ances from many pulpits. Thanks were
given for the glorious victories of Amer
lean arms and prayers were offered for
an early consummation of peace.
In nearly every church, where the proc
lamatbOn had suggested the topic of the
sermon. special music of a patriotic char
acter was rendered many of the services
closing with the hymn America"
President Mckinley as usual attended
the morning services at the Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal Church He went
alone. and was deeply impressed by the
fine discourse delivered by the pastor, Rev.
crowded long before the services began.
Scores of persons remained standing
throughout and many more went away
unable TO gain admission.
Dr.. I3ristofs sermon held the attention
of the auditors from the first sentence 10
the last A { times his hearers were SO
thoroughly aroused by his patriotic utter
ances that nipples Of spontaneous applause
swept over the congregation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11
Curl Leaf of the Peach.

The curl leaf of the peach has always
been to the fruit grower an annoying in
cdent for which there was apparently no
remedy, says Vicks' Magazine. Unless the
attack was very severe, and this seldom
occurred, new leaves would replace those
which had fallen and the functions of the
tree appear to be not greatly injured. Still
some varieties suffered very much more
than others, losing their fruit in great part
or entirely, for the loss of the leaves in all
cases causes more or less fruit TO drop. 1t
now appears proba bic that the Bordeaux
mixture that wonderful accidental dscov-
cry, may be efficient in overcoming this
peach disease. The Ohio experiment sta
ton has been engaged for three years past
in making a study of this and other peach
diseases, and seeking means to overcome
them. The results Of this work have late
ly been published in Bulletin 49, by the
station named at Wooster, O.
Ii is shown that curl leaf hourishes I'M
der conditions Of low temperature and
abundant rainfall for April and May, es-
pecially If these conditions follow a season
OF excessive leaf curl. Two such seasons
following each other have just been eXper-
fenced and there is widespread complaint
Of the curling, coloring and failing of the
leaves affected with the fungus. 1t has also
been noted that the leaf curl prevails to
a greater extent upon several fine varie-
ties, including liberia, Oldmixon, Noun
tain Rose, Globe the Crawfords, Red
Check, Chairs Choice, and some others,
while Salway, Smock, Wheeler, and some
others are much less susceptible though
somewhat injured at times. Trees badly
attacked by curl are liable to drop much
or all of the fruit.
The spraying experiments were conduct
ed on a commercial scale in co-opera ton
with Mr.. VIM. Millor of Ottawa county
Ohio, and have been carried on for three
years. 1t has been shown that Bordeaux
mixture is profitable fungicide for scab,
pustular spot and leaf curl, the stronger
mixture being used for the application be-
fore blossoming, while half the strength
can be used to good advantage after the
leaves are out. The first spraying for leaf
curl, to be effective. must be made as the
buds are swelling and just before the bios
SONS open, followed by another after
blooming. These two sprayings in 1897 re-
duced the proportion OF curled leaves dis
eased) from IS per cent. on unsprayed to
Al per cent. on the sprayed trees, differ
ence believed to be sufficient to hold the
crop Of fruit. The results are even more
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11
PROCTOR ON THE WAR.
senator Makes speech at the
Thanksgiving Services,

Rutland, VT, July 1o.-At the thanks
giving services held here to-day Senator
Proctor made a speech, an which he said:
I'VE are in the midst of war, but there
are things worse than war. There are
wrongs which cannot be righted In any
way yet devised. except by force. The
American people decided that the long
continued tyranny of Spain in Cuba must
stop. The only way to make that sure was
that her flag must leave that island, and
this war is the result of that decision.
There We're many in high places. many
men of intelligence and wealth and bust
ness and political standing who asked al
most in the words OF Cain: Am / my
brothers keeper? and the people answered
not hastily, but after hearing and consid-
ering the facts with patience and long SUI
fering, Yes. you are
"Deweys guns in Manila opened up great
questions before our nation Territorial
aggrandzement was not in our thought.
but the events of that Sunday developed
great responsibilities upon us which we
cannot shirk. I cannot doubt that the is
sue will be met as becomes a people free
and enlightened and wishing all people
to share like blessings
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11

shlp'' Dut when our line was fairly en-
gagged the enemys FIRE became defective.
AS soon as it was evident that the enc
ny's ships were trying to break through
and escape to the westward, we went
ahead at full speed with the determination
Of carrying out TO the utmost your in
structions: IF the enemy tries to escape,
the ships must c.ose and engage him as
soon as possible and endeavor to sink his
vessels or force them 10 run ashore
We soon passed all of our vessels ex-
cept the Brooklyn. At first we used only
the main battery, but when it was dis
covered that the euemy's torpedo boats
were Following the ships we used our raj id
hfe guns as Well as the G-inch guns upon
them with telling effect.
AS we ranged up near the sternmost of
ther ships she headed for the beach, evil
Gcnliy on fire. We raked her as we passed.
rusning on for the next ahead, using our
starboard guns as they were brought to
bear; ana before we had her fairly abeam,
she, too, was making for the beach.
he two remaining vessels were now
some distance ahead. but our speed had
increased to sixteen knots and the Niz-
caya was soon sent 10 the shore in
danes.
only the Cristobal Colon was left, and
Tor a ume IL seemed as If she might es-
cape. But when we opened with our for
ward turret guns and the Brooklyn fol-
lowed, the Colon began to edge in toward
the coast and her destruction was assur-
ed. As she struck the beach her nag went
down.
The Brooklyn sent boat 10 her, and
when the admiral came up with The New
York, Texas and Vixen. the Crstobal Co
Ion was taken possession of.
L cannot speak in TOO high terms of
the bearing and conduct of all on board
this ship.
when they found the oregon had rush
ed 10 the front and was hurrying to a sue
cession OF conflicts with the enemys YES
sells, If they could be overtaken and en-
gagged, the enthusiasm was intense. As
these Spanish vessels We're so much more
heavily armored than the Brooklyn they
might have concentrated upon and over
powered her.
Consequently, / am persuaded that but
for the officers and men of the Oregon,
who steamed and steered the ship and
fought and supplied her batteries, the
Cristobal Colon and perhaps the Vizcaya
would have escaped"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11
Judging "a Cow.

Andrew j. Fuller in the Independent
gives the following points to be observ-
ed in selecting a COW:
The model COW should have a small
clean, rather long head, tapering toward
the muzzle. The mouth should be large
and broad, the eye bright and sparkling
but placid in expression with no indica-
ton of wildness. The horns should be
small, short, tapering, yellowish and glis-
tening. The neck should be small, thin
and taperng toward the head, but thick
ening when 1t approaches the shoulders;
the dewlaps small The fore-quarters
small when compared with the hind-quar-
ters. The barrel large. Each rib should
project further than the preceding one up
to the loins. She should be well formed
across the ribs and in the rump The
spine, or backbone, should be straight and
long, the udder large in proportion to the
size of the animal and the skin thin
with soft, loose folds extending well back
the milk veins. especially those under the
belly, should be large and prominent.
After selecting a good COW make the
most of her. A French writer says that
by inducing cows TO drink more water,
the quantity of milk yielded can be in
creased without injuring its quality. He
asserts that the amount of milk is pro-
porttonal to the quantity of water drunk.
In experimenting upon cows fed in the
stall with dsy fodder, that gave only nine
to twelve QUARTS OF milk a day, that
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11

The opera house at Columbia has been
leased for 81 go per annum.
A number of people of Anderson are
complaining that their wells are going dry.
The Glover Is. c. Cotton Manufacture
ing Company has been authorized to in
crease its capital stock to $4,000
Sheriff Nance of Abbeville, who has been
In bad health for long time does not
improve. He has gone to Atlanta for med
teal treatment.
The recruiting officers who were at Ben
nettsville last week only succeeded in get
ting one recruit from that county, Glenn
Vets, Of Blenheim.
The Monetta cotton mills, better known
as the Fishing Creek, was destroyed by
fire a few days ago. The insurance on
the building and machinery was $35, 000
The war fever has broken out in Green
wood again, and this time the feeling il
such as to warrant the belief that a COM
pany viii be organized from that county.
1t Is expected that the Edgefeld cotton
factory VIII be running in about two
weeks. The last installment Of machinery
has arrived and is being placed in posi-
ton
Greenwood had an ice famine for two
days last week The soda fountains had
TO shut down on Wednesday. The need
Or an ice factory there is becoming more
apparent every day.
N'nety-six Is in telephone communica-
ton with Anderson, Abbeville, Green
Vile Clinton and sister suburban towns
among them may be mentioned enterpris
ing go-ahead Greenwood
Wiley Tuten, who lives at Toby Bluff.
about five miles from Hampton, while un.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11

In a work recently published by w. A.
Henry entitled Feeds and Feeding" he
has this to say of feeding cotton seed to
hogs:
'All efforts to determine the poisonous
principle in the cotton seed, if there real
" be one have thus far proven futile and
the matter is still a mystery The ill eff
fects have been ascribed to the line of
the seed, to the leathery seed coats, injur-
ing the delicate lining of the digestive
tract, to moulds, to changes in the COM
position of the meal when exposed to the
air and to definite poisonous principles in
the seed itself, as in the case of the cas-
tor oil bean.
Good authorities also assert that cot
ton seed meal is also fatal to hogs. Some
times they will thrive on it for time
but finally it will kill them quickly Some
months ago the Journal gave the expert
ence OF a gentleman who had farmed
many years in Tennessee. His hogs had
access to cotton seed that had been in
shallow water for some time entirely be-
low the surface, but within reach of the
hogs. All of them seemed to thrive on the
feed. but it was not shown how long they
fed on it. Altogether. 1t would be safer
not to monkey with it."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11
FLORIDA.

The newly elected executive committee
of the suwanee county Democracy Will
meet at Live Oak tomorrow and put the
party machinery in working order.
]. C. Trice of Tallahassee announces
that he has assumed the business manage
ment and editorial control of the Florida
School Journal, and viii endeavor to make
Ii a necessity 10 the Florida teachers aud
officers
The Democratic primary election In
Sumter county resulted in the choice of
the following candidates: For representa-
tive, J. C.B. Koonee; for tax assessor d
/. Bolton; for tax collector, f. L. Rutland;
for treasurer, Reuben Marsh; for school
board, R. L. Caruthers, G. r. Mobley l.
S. Futch.
In making his rounds at Pensacola Fri
day Mounted officer J. A. DAVIS attention
was attracted by a crowd gathered around
a house on c street. Upon inquiry he was
told that a terrible odor from Ben. Jack
sons room had caused the crowd to gath
err He found the door fastened, but
forced 1t open. Upon the floor, in his I'M
derclothing, with his head badly bruised
and cord twisted tight around his neck,
lay the body of Ben. jackson, decomposi-
ton having set in, showing that he had
been dead several days. The other rooms
in the house are occupied by William
Morris and wife and Hattie and Violet
White. They say that Serena Ben. Jack
sons wife, told them dast Wednesday
night that her husband had gone away.
About midnight, in company with another
man. she left the house and has not since
returned.
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when this dry food was moistened with
from is to % quarts of water daily. their
yield Of milk was increased up to u 20
IA quarts a day. Besides this water TAX
en- with the food, the COWS were allowed
to drink the same as before, and their
thirst was excited by adding a little salt
to the fodder. The milk was of good quail
ity and the amount of butter satisfactory
He found, by a series of observations.
that the quantity of water habituaUv
drunk by each COW was a criterion 10
judge OF the quantity of milk that She
would yield. A COW that does not drink
as much as q quarts of water a day is a
poor mixer giving only five and a half
to seven quarts q day; but all the cows
which drank as much as 90 quarts of wa
ter daily gave from is 10 % quarts of milk
daily He believes the amount of water
drunk by a COW is test of her value as
a mixer
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-11
science and FARMING.

Science is constantly investigating Ger"
tain subjects connected with cattle feed
ing that help the farmer to understand his
work better. An intelligent farmer who
does not avail himself of the conclusions
and researches of science deserves to re-
ceive a sharp rebuke in the way of disas-
tTous experience. 1t sometimes happens
that farmers have been pursuing a certain
course without rightly knowing exactly
why, and when science comes in and con-
firms the experience, somebody is apt to
laugh at the investigators who have just
reached conclusion that the farmers
knew from experience years ago.
Thus science has analysed every KIND on
food that the dairymen have been in the
habit Of feeding to their cows, and the Ie-
suit is that the wisdom of experience has
been emphasized. Most of the intelligent
dairymen have not had to change their
COW ratons to conform to the conclusions
of science. Corn is conceded to contain
all the fattening qualities that the farm
ers thought 1t had. So also has green
grass and succulent ensilage been ana
lyzed and proved beyond doubt to %
the chief milk-making foods that could 10
given to the COWS. There is also soin9
value in cornstalks and other coarse food
The nutriment is comparatively small pus
the stomach can better digest the me!
heavy grain food when properly mXeu
with coarse food. All of this the farmer
has found out from experience.
1t is little hattering to have men OF
science come in and confirm old accepted
views, but there is the danger of some
reaching the conclusion that after az
science is of little real value to the farmer.
Science would be false to its mission II iC
did not recognize truth, even though 3
had been previously guessed at by 1901
years before. w. Z. Farmer
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der The influence OF strong drink. last
week shot his son aged near o. in the
side. seriously woundng him.
The York cotton mills are putting IN GU
additional spindles, along with the ma
chirery that goes with them including 500
twisttrs. This addition is being made
from the ordinary earnings of the mills.
and VIII materially increase the splendid
earning capacity of the plant.
Commissioner Vance has given notice 10
the druggists throughout the state that he
has raised the price OF alcohol from 81
TO SEQ a gallon in small quantities, and
in barrel lots from $40 to $2.45 a gallon.
The raise is due to the advance in the
market during the last sixty days of u
cents a gallon.
George w. Waddelrs furniture store at
Bennettsvne was burned Friday. The
building and stock were valued at 5000;
Insurance, S2j0 j. #. Douglas & Bro,
damage 10 building and removal of stock
Of drugs, ST ,OeJ, fully covered by insurance
T. ]. Clpel damage to stock by removal,
500: fully covered by insurance. Willis
Burlington, damage to stock by removal
500; fully covered BY insurance. w. S.
Townsend, damage to two buildings, $780,
no Insurance.
At 4 O'Clock Friday morning, in the town
of McCou. fire started in the store Of
Fletcher Bros, consuming their store and
large stock of general merchandise, also
burning the pOstoftice, owned by Luther
McLarrn. and stock Of goods owned by
j. w. Bundy, ana ice house Owned by
Fletcher Bros Fletcher Bros loss on
stock and buildings 5000; insurance,
$1,000 Most OF the paraphernaia Of the
postofilce was saved. The fire was OF in
cendiary origin.
The preacher in charge of the Baptist
Church near Antreyillc, the Rev. Harper,
IS in deep distress. Several days ago al
his family except the orphan girl, who
lives with them, were taken sick of ty
phoid fever The wife died Sunday night
and the husband on Monday morning was
thought 10 be in a dying condition. This
trouble, it IS thought. was brought on by
keeping milk in a well which was not
used. The poisonous gases were absorbed
by the milk, and hence all who partook
of 1t have been great sufferers.
Among the recent graduates at the Unit
ed States Military Academy at West Point
was Whitfield Jordan son of L. w.
Jordan of Seneca, and a nephew of D.
A. p. Jordan of Greenwood. He gradu-
ated as first lieutenant and at once ask
ed for assignment at the front of tie
United States forces now in cuba. He
especially wanted position in Gen. SHAFT
tors old company. This was granted, and
he was assigned to Company A, First
Regiment of Infantry, United States regu-
lars. lie is now at the front at Santiago.
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ORDERLY DAY At CHICKAMAUGA
Gen. BrOOke's Recent Order Has u
Good Effect in City and Camp.

Good Effect in City and Camp.
Chlckamauga National Park, July 10
The beneficial effect OF Gen. Brooke's re-
cent order making the number of men to
be allowed permits to leave camp at one
time to two from each company, was no
ticeable to-day in the orderly quiet of the
day both at the camp and in Chattanooga.
A provost guard did duty at Lytle and
all saloons and disorderly places were kept
closed. All the saloons in Chattanooga,
which for the past two Sundays have been
wide open, were to-day closed by order
of the city authorities, so that the day was
peaceful.
Services were held in the twenty-five
Christian commission tents now in oper
a tion in the camp and the proclamation of
President Mckinley, suggesting that
prayers for peace be offered by all minis
ters, was observed. From every pulpit in
Chattanooga to-day prayers for peace and
the triumph of the American army were
Offered by the pastors.
Masses were said by Catholic clergymen
during the day at the park.
The First OHIO Cavalry received the last
of Its needed equipments to-day, and 1t will
move 10 Tampa early Tuesday.
Gen. H. V. Boynton, who arrived yester-
day, has not yet reported for duty, having
some business connected with the presi-
dency of the park commissioners TO at
tend 10 before he is ready TO so into active
service. He win be assigned to the COM
mand of the Third brigade, First dvis-
ion, First corps, being the only brigade in
that corps now without a brigade COM
mandcr.
Gen. Boynton's brigade win be composed
of the First and Third Kentucky and
Fifth Illinois.
Adjt Gen. Sheridan stated to-day that
only about 1,5O0 recruits were now needed
to bring every regiment in Gen. Brooke's
army TO its full strength Of 1872 men and
officers.