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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
Poultry Raising.

N. N. L., Attapulgas, Ga, proposes
"emoarking in poultry raising, establish
ing a regular hennery in fact" He
wants to be informed of every thing re-
garding it before entering into the bust
ness"
1t would require a good deal of space
to answer a question put in such gen.
eral way as this. There have been writ
ten many books upon the subject and
there are a dozen or more journals de-
voted to the exclusive task of enlighten-
ing those who Would engage in the bust
ness or are already following it, If. N.
n. L. proposes to engage in the business
extensively we would advise him to buy
book or two and subscribe to the same
number of periodicals which besides the
text will give him great many diagrams
and illustrations of houses and appliances
that will aid him in deciding many ques-
lions that may confront him in the be-
ginning and possibly continue to the end.
However il is quite possible for an in
teliigent, practical man, fairly endowed
with common sense to go into the business
and do very we'll without once looking
into the publications we have suggested
We will throw out a few brief sugges-
tons for N. N. LIS immediate use and
will follow these by few more later on.
knows may be quite sufficient for giving
him a fair send-off in the way of es-
tablishing his regular hennery.
Now the very first thing to do is to get
a good breed There is none better than
the barred Plymouth Rock. 1t is a com
blnation fowl and is bound to give salts
faction.
The second essential is to provide am
pie accommodation for the fowls good runs
bOnGaC fnr vyfp
can be made tight enough during the win
ter to protect the fowls from draughts of
air. The runs or yards must be large
enough to allow of raising something
green on them the year round
The fowls must have plenty of pure wn-
ter. Hens expected to lay and lay well
must not be fed much on corn. but should
be supplied with wheat and oats and
wheat bran with small supply of bone
meal.
The houses and surroundings must he
kept clean. All wood work should be
whitewashed occasionally. Shallow boxas
OF good size half full of clay dust and
ashes should be provided for their dust
bath Do not overfeed. Never feed law
ing hens al much as they can or will cat
If the nests for setting hens do not rest
upon the ground have three or four inches
of soil under the straw. Do not place
nests lot SettlHS mems upon top OF one
another. Set with thirteen or fourteen
eggs. For merely laying il does not mat
ter. Make and keep your fowls gentle and
fearless. Have one good robust cock TO
every seven or eight hens
Ten or twelve days after setting a hen
put a thimbeful of sulphur In the nest.
Do not cut the wings of hens or cocks
Keep on hand a little pyhethrum or insect
powder 10 dust on the nests Give pure
a.. frrs 10
a few nails in the vessel Study these
rules and go ahead and later specify the
Information desired that is not covered by
the foregoing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
Invited Them 10 Scratch.

From Spartanburg comes the following:
The county candidates finished their
first weeks work Saturday night 1t was
in the main satisfactory to them, for
each one has a superfluty of hope So
far as the senator and members of the
House are concerned, while they talk
much about the dispensary the voters
will not make prohibition an issue
few may vote according to their convic-
tions on that subject, but the most of
them will vote for personal friendship or
on the merits of the candidates Sena-
tor Tilman, feeling assured of his nomi-
nation. invites his enemies to scratch his
name from the ticket and he seems 10
think that 10000 to 1900 voters will do
il. A citizen and voter of the county
who went with his nelghbors when the
people were wild for Tillman, said Satur-
day that he had lost much in this county
by his abuse and vindictive declarations
Others have expressed themselves in the
same way. AS near the writer can
Judge about one-thrd of the voters of
this county are still ready 10 do TILL
mans bidding, and they will vote for
him any man he may select. There is
another third that once supported him
that would now prefer a better man to
represent them. but they feel that
scratching would do no good. so they will
put In the tickets as printed. Two years
ago this county voted about 5000 One
third of that number may scratch his
name off, as they like him less and less
The longer he is in office. That is about
the way the county stands to-day as to
Tillman."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
Plants IN Pots.

1 do not believe there is any great vir-
tue in soil selection for the culture OF
plants in pots We get much minute adj
vice on that line. and from it the infer
ence would be that every plant to grow
In a pot. must be provided with very
exact variety of soil, or it will not do
Wei, says the Country Gentleman This
IS true in a minor way We all know
that certain plants. with the ferns lead
ing prefer light peaiy soil, and that
others like something more sandy But
this is all by the way. What plants all
demand is rich soil with some sort of tex
ture so thar it will not become muddy
when ii is waFered. If it has no hing of
this sort, it viii have tendency to
smother the roots of the plant by the ex-
clusion of air
As rule few plants are watered to
death in soil that has no tendency TO be
come muddy. The old cautions against
oVerwat ering have driven us 10 the oppo-
site extreme, and we water with a dash
that vets the surface of the pot and all
lows the main ball of soil to become SOL
id, and the plant slowly starves TO death.
often so slowly that we do not suspect
what is the matter. Never water spar
ingly, either outdoors or IN. A watering
that goes to the bottom of the roots will
keep them growing as they should: a
scanty watering sets them to reaching to-
ward the surface for moisture, and they
are soon incapable of maintaining vigor-
Gus growth.
Pot soil is very subject to acid condi-
tions. In some cases a bit of lime or
charcoal will correct that but MANY
plants do not like lime in quality and
neither treatment is a sure safeguard.
Better let the root do its own work of
sweetening the soil by taking sure that
there is never much more soil in a pot
than is needed. Where the soil is found
to be wrong in some particular and the
plant is Suffering, wash all of it from the
pots and repot, using a rather scant SUD
rly. Often the plant viii thrive again
at once. Some plants will do well with
more soil than the roofs can work over.
but usually they wiz not
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20

b. Jacksonville Metropolis; Whether
Gainesville and Ocala remain in the CAPT
tai removal fight or not. Jacksonville will
continue the aggressive fight it has inau-
gurated until the close of the election
The primary to decide this question Will
prove expensive and it will devolve on
the aspirants TO pay their respective por-
ton of this expense. Those cities that be-
lieve they have any chance Of winning
will gladly pay for this work. Those
that are In the fight merely for the adj
vertisement will of course, drop out.
There is no use Of getting around this
question, as this expense must be equally
shared by all the cities that expect to re-
main in the race 1t win take several
thousand dollars. but the capital will be
worth that to any city in the state Jack
sonville is willing 90 spend several for
tunes 10 secure 1t, because It's removal to
this city means great deal for Jackson
VILE and the entire state of Florida. 1t
is willing 10 pay its share of the expense
of the primaries.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20

Within an hours ride, by electric cars.
Of our Office three Cinnamon, each OF
whom insists that ma no Boxer, me
Clistian China boy, are conducting a
vegetable garden On the two acres at The
southwest corner of Seventy-hfth stree
and ST. Lawrence avenue Chicago saws
the National Rural. They are Chin Kea.
Sam Lie and Wo Gaun, all three practi-
cal gardeners. During the past five
months three Chin man have been bu v
in The garden. blowing and cultivating az
first, then sowing ard painting and now
reaping. though they continue to SOW and
cul ivate. ana last Thursday when | vi e.
tied the garden they were thinning out
what seemed TO be the nth planting OF
Chinese cabbage.
The work was done by hand, instead OF
with hoa, as an up-to-date American
market gardener would do It, The worker
sa on a low seat between the rows as he
carefully yet qIicSly re- ov he super
huous pants htching his seat along as
he proce Ced toward he end Of The rows
The garden sur9ll 8 Chi aga Chi1a.
town with all the voEe'ab @ deicAcies 20
dear 10 The Mougolian heart that can b.
raised IN This climate, such as Chinese
cabbage. Chinese fadlshes "ouka-le."
-beay" and other succulent yegeta-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
In the Current of Progressive Agri-
culture.

The Importance of pure water for hu-
man consumption has long in general
way Been appreciated. A knowledge of
the reason why dates but short time
back and introduces us 10 the microbe,
II is now well known that some of the
most fatal diseases are communicated TO
both man and the domesucated animals
through the medium of water and so
propagated and spread.
On every farm there should be fun
provision made for an ample supply OF
pure water 1t should not be very hard
20 do this on most farms; the situation
as IL bears on this for each farm Is or
can readily be known by the farmers,
and so the source of contamination can
largely, II not wholly be known and
avoided. A supply of pure cistern wa
terror most purposes the purest and
safest kind OF water-can be secured QUO
in the country IN its finest state.
II is doubtful II more importance should,
where good health is the idea. be at
tached to food and shelter than this, and
yet results point 70 a very different state
or case In the general practice Some ex-
periments and Investigations recently con-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20

For some time there was strife and
pickering between the two hose com
panies Of Dublin. Each company thought
that II was entitled to the chief Re
Gently the city Council reorganized the
Two companies. and now peace reigns. 1t
was also decided by Council to compen-
safe the men for their services as fire.
fighters The pay will nee be large but
stil will be something. II was also de-
oided by the city Council to build a reel
house upon the vacant lot between the
Hicks building and the store of j. f.
Smith, Jr. This is something the boys
have been working for long time The
following is the recognized company:
Chief, W. O. Ogburn; foreman L. Y.
s. one; assistant foreman. H. NJ. Kirk.
secretary, f. A. Thomas, treasurer, T.
+. Scarborough
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20

E. II. Jobson. secretary OF tfes Sierra
County Goat and Sheep Grove tssocia-
ton of New Mexico says in the SheD-
herds Bulletin: The Angora goat is
probably destined to become one of the
most valuable of the domestic animals.
and the recent manifestations being shown
in behalf of them are something that they
have long deserved, and the growers OF
goats have quickly grasped the opportu-
nifty 10 demonstrate the merits of The goat
and they have now almost entirely abol-
ished the prejudice which has so long OK
listed against the Angora Venison as a
food.
There are more goats in this immediate
vinicity than there are in any other one
community, there being nearly 1900 head,
ranging from 300 10 over 1900 head in
each flock The average price obtained
for our mohair, for a six months clip was
2313 cents per pound. This is a good av-
erage and is self-evident as to grades of
our &c ;.
There are four growers of goats who are
paving special attention 10 the breeding of
fine stock, and the result during the past
three years has developed some very fine
stock, and for which good prices have
been obtained.
In the writer's opinion, there is a great
future before the AngOra goat, because
of its many fine points, and the valuable
uses that can be made of them on a farm.
The hair from an Angora goat makes a
ia brio that rivals that of the silk. A
good goat will produce from four 10 tx
pounds of this class of mohair, which
ranges in price from % TO 40 cents per
pound according to the length, quality and
luster of the hair.
The most valuable service that can be
had from an Angora goat on a farm is in
clearing brush land. There is nothing thai
kills brush and trees quicker than the
constant nibbling away of the tender
leaves and bark which constitutes the
best food for a goat, although they will
cat any class of food that is fed 10 do
mestic animals. There is no reason TO
believe in the world why the Apgora goat
venson should not be considered az dainty
a meat as that of the deer. If the health
of an animal is a criterion as to the pur-
ity of The meat. there is no meat as pure
as that of the Angora goat.
We have no doubt that in the near flu
ture the Angora goat will occupy a consid-
cradle share of attention from Southern
farmers or land owners. As money
maker they are superior TO sheep in sew
eral important respects. The cheap lands
of the South afford a splendid opportunity
for cultivating the Angora goat.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
Rough on the Crops.

A special dispatch from Columbia, dat
ed Aug. II, says: This was the eleventh
day of torrd heat and the eighteenth
since rain fell. The damage to the crops,
particularly cotton, is great. The aggre-
gate Of maximum temperature in the
shade for eleven days is 1.102 degrees.
The coolest day was IS degrees. The av-
erage mean daily tempera ture has been
ST. All previous records fall far below.
The cotton is opening prematurely and
shedding"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
ORDINANCES.

BY Alderman Dixon
An ordinance 10 amend an ordinance
passed Feb. IS, 1891, aud entitled An
Ordinance TO amend an Ordnance passed
June l. 1887, and codihed in Section 759 Of
MacDonells Code OF Savannah"
Section l. Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Savannah IN
Council assembled That Section ! OF the
above-enttled ordinance, passed Feb. IT,
1891 is hereby so amended that hereafter
it shall be the duty of every occupant of
any building, residence or place of bust
ness in the city of Savannah 10 place the
boxes or barrels referred to in said sec
tion Gin one of which shall be deposited all
matter and material of a non-combusube
character, such as dirt, ashes. manure
tin cans. etc, and in the other matter and
material of a combusdble character ou.-
side of the gate in a lane At or before
seven % o'clock "a. m, city time, ana,
where there are no lanes, at the outer
edge of the sidewalk at or before the
time mentioned, and also to remove the re-
cepiaeles as soon as they are empued by
the Scavenger Department. Where there
are narrow alleyways, on which abut
three or more houses 1t shall be the duy
of the owners Of the said houses TO pro-
vide a box or barrel a the point where
the alleyway opans on the street, in which
box or barrel il shall be the duty Of the
occupants to deposit the matter and mate.
rial as provided for in said Section / and
this amendment. 1t shall be the duty oil
the sanitary inspectors to see to the car
ment.
Sec. .. Be it further ordained. That
any person violating the provisions of Inc
above mentioned ordnance or of the
amendment thereto or any one of them
shall be subject, upon conviction before the
Police Court of the city of Savannah TO
fine NOT TO exceed fifty (50) dollars and 20
imprisonment not to exceed ten Q0) days
either or both in the discretion Of 'he
court, and each days violation or negie3t
of the said provisions or any of them shah
constitute a separate and distinct oifense
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances in con-
tiict with This ordinance are hereby re-
pealed
Ordinance read in Council for the tlIs'
time Aug s, 1900, and published for infor-
nation. w. T. BAILEY
Clerk of Council
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
Crops Need Rain.

A dispatch from Spartanburg says the
rains keep far away from that town. It
is certainly a gloomy outlook for most
farmers, especially those living in the
rainess belt. After a great surplus of
rain in June came six weeks of very
warm weather with only an occasional
light shower 1t is now too late to help
the early corn, which is parched up. The
formers were generally too busy killing
grass in July to plant a late crop The
outlook is that a very short corn crop
will be made and that hundreds of car
loads of Western corn will be shipped in
next year
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES.
HAPPENINGS IN GEORGIA, FLORIDA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Atlanta Received Its First New Bale.
Macon Looking for IA Reduction in
Fire Insurance RRteS-COHn Fac
tory at Juniper Burned-Anothe
Murder Accredited to HnIi-JacL-
sonviIIe Light InfantrH's New Lieu
tenant Complimented Campaign
Literature for Floridn-Crops in
south Carolina in Need of Rain.
New bales have been coming into towns
and cities ali over Georgia for a week
or ten days, but Atlanta did not get her
first bale of new cotton until Friday. l.
came from Yatesvie on the Atlanta and
Florida division of the Southern Railway
and was consigned 10 Z. 5. Ehney & Co.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20

United States Commissioner Fred Cub
berly at Bronson had before him last
week C. II. knight, S. $. Davenport and
James A. Brown. They are citizens OF
Lafayette county, and were charged with
cutting timber on government land. The
charges were preferred by G. A. Paul,
special agent OF the general land office,
who is engaged IN investigating timber
trespass cases for the government. All
the defendants We're bound over 10 the
United States Court at Tallahassee.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20

The railway officials who were in Ma
tract with the cotton compress men at
the principal ports and interior points for
the current year, reached an agreement
and adjourned. The contracts are sub
stantialiy the same as those of lasi year
Except as 10 unusual sized or shaped
bales. the compress companies agreed to
press cotton to a density Of 22i2 pounds to
the cubic foot. The standard or rec
tangular bale viii be "a inches in width
by "a inches in length. The contract
also provides for the placing of eight
inch iron. bands on all cotton intended for
export
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
Fought About n Tenn

Abraham Stevenson, negro, hired a
team from Timmons & McColl at Flor
ence on last Monday. to go to a picnic.
When he returned that evening the horses
were driven down and abused L. A. Nc
Coll demonstrated with the negro for
abusing the horses, whereupon Stevenson
struck McColl with a stick. McCou drew
his pistol and scuffie ensued. during
which the pistol fired. Stevenson then
dashed 10 run. McColl followed and
fred two or three shots at him, but the
balls missed their mark. Stevenson left
and has not been seen sine.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20

Quoted in Canada make this strikingly
clear In the report published of what
was done it is stated that sixty-six sam
pies Of water all from farm homes teads.
were tested to ascertain their sanitary
conq tion-"one from British Columbia
six from the Northwest Territories, TWEEN
ty-eight from Ontario, eight from Que
bee, seven from New Bruins wick and
seventeen from Prince Edward Island.
OF these 20 per cent. were reported dan
Serous.y polluted and unsafe for drink
ing purposes. % per cent as suspicious
and IN ell probability as unsafe, and .
per cent as unpolluted and wholesome
Home end Farm
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
Militia inspection.

The regular inspection of the militia
companies in the state will begin to-mor-
row. when Col. Foster will go out on
his annual tour. Two companies will be
inspected at Orangeburg tomorrow, the
company a Bemberg on Tuesday and on
the. 23rd Col Frost expects to inspect the
companies at Abbeville, Honea Path and
Pelzer Other announcements will be
made of inspections, but in all cases COM
pany commanders will be notified by
telegraph when to expect the inspection
officer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
FLORIDA.

Hon. Frank Clark. chairman Of the
State Democratic Executive Committee.
has secured the names Of every member
of the various county committees in the
rtate and viii from time to time forward
them instructions. The headquarters will
also be provided with campaign literature
by the National Democratic Committee.
and these documents will be distributed TO
the members. who in turn. will distribute
them throughout their respective precincts.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
Dug Nearly Made Him Mad.
From the New York World.

Wnsted, Conn, Aug. ia bug nearly
drove John O'Meara, a Canaan a brake
man on the Poughkeepsie bridge route.
crazy. While switching cars at Canaan,
twenty miles west of here, the insect flew
into O'Meara's ear so deep his comrades
and Dr. Lee were unable to get 1t out
O'Meara was taken to Hartford yester-
ady, and DR.. st. John extracted the bug.
which was sull alive after being imprison-
ed nearly two days OMeara said the
noise in his head sounded like buzz saw.
He was unable to sleep and suffered great
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
a TEXAS WONDER.
HalI,s Great Discovery.

One small bottle Of Halls Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and BLADDER
troubles removes gravel. cures diabetes
seminal emissions, weak ana lame backs
rheumatism and all irregularities OF the
kidneys ana bladder IN both men ana
women, regulates bladder troubles IN chll-
dren. II not sold by your druggist VIII
be GENT my mail on receipt Of 81. one
small bottle is Two months treatment
and will cure any cas- above mentioned
DR.. f. w Hall sole manufacturer, F. @.
BOX 629. S., Louis Mo Send for tesu-
monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo
mons Co. Savannah, Ga
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
The white velvet oIxrn.

okra is one OF the standby vegetables
in Southern gardens. Tn re are several
kinds and all are good enough. in their
way. but the white seeded SORTS are pre-
ferable The black" and white" okia
terms apply 20 the seeds. Black okra has
dark purple seeds that impart the dark
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
Storm at East Union.

Last Tuesday severe storm blew over
East Union. uprooting trees and COM
pletely demolishing L. d. Smiths grocery
store, just completed. The storm ragged
over that portion of the town in the neigh
borhood OF the Monarch mills and did no
other damage
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20

Mr. Jones has been in Jacksonville as
soliciting agen< of the Louisville and
Nashville Railway, and was a private I'm
the ranks of the Light Infantry until his
election to the position of Lieutenant. He
was captain in Col. Rays Immunes and
went 10 Cuba with them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20

The coffin factory Of Posey & Sons at
Jasper was totally destroyed by fire
Thursday morning. The entire plant, in
GLIDING building, machinery and stock,
was consumed. Il is thought that The fire
was of an incendiarfy origin. The total
loss is said to be 5000 with $500 insur-
ance. The building was the property Of
the Lumnus Gin Company of this city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-20
Fire In.urnnce rates.

A special representative from the South
eastern Tariff Association viii be sent
20 Macon 70 investigate the claims of i'm
provements that have been made in the
fire department. and waterworks, in order
to see if Macon can be given a reduction
in fire insurance rates.