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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-06
NEWPORT NEWS.
TORPEDO BOAT TRIAL-A DETEC-
TIVE-AN INQUIRY.

iiHSSWortn, at wilmington, DEL, Is an
chored off the Chamberlin Hotel, Old
Point. Captain Lewis and Rodney
Clause, of the shipbuilding firm, are in
charge. The trim little vessel Is here
for official trial. On her builders trial
she easily made thirty knots, the con-
tract speed. and when she is taken out
for the speed run it is expected that
the trial will do even better. 1t Is I'M
derstood that the trial will be made in
the Chesapeake bay within the next
few days.
The Finance Committee of the Coun-
Gil will meet Monday night for the
purpose of making up the schedule for
the tax budget for the coming year.
AS has been stated. one item will in
clude provision for the employment
of eight or ten additional policemen.
1t is understood, also, that when the
committee makes it's report, there will
be recommendation made creating
an office in the police department that
should have been i'll existence for wears
that OF detective.
WHERE IS FoWLKEs?
Winfred Williams, of Jacksonville
ria, rs anxious to ascertain the where
apouts of G. w. Fowlkes, who was a
member of Company C, Fourth Vir-
slnia Volunteers, during the war with
spain, and who, before Joining the
company. was Il shipbuilder.
Company G was the Huntington
Riiles, and Fowlkes quit a position at
the shipyard to go to the front with
the company. AS far as can be learned
nothins is known here of his where
abouts now. When the company was
mustered out some of the bows came
back here and others went to other
PAGES to locate. There are now hardly
TWO score of the old members Of the
Huntington Rifles in the city.
SUCCESSFUL TESTS.
The battleshp Kearsarge returned to
Old Point tonight after being at sea
Iorty-eight hours with the Naval Board
of Inspection.
The test of the 5uperimposed turrets
proved eminently satisfactory. All the
big guns were fired simultaneously and
the result stamped the new invention a
oeclded success. 1t Is understood that
the board has reported the tests to the
navy department as an unqualified
success.
Inc kearsarge sailed from HAMPTON
ROADS tuesday morning and in the af-
ternoon. when clear OF the coastwise
steamer course, the guns OF both bat
teries were tried. each gun being fired
twice. The four guns of the forward
- ~ S-itS anu Two tnlrteenS
were fired simultaneously and the four
guns OF the after turret in the same
way. This was the first time in tho
history OF navies that four guns of that
callore We're ever fired at the same
time from one turret. The structural
strength of the turrets was found to
be remarkable. there being no strain
Whatever. The supreme test was the
Simultaneous discharge OF the eight
guns OF the two two-story turrets Here
again the turrets and the ship stood
the terrible force of the discharge
without the slightest evidence of strain
me broadside batteries OF five-inch
guns also stood their tests admira
bly,
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

Visitors from the country 20 the sub
urbs Of a city are many OF chem. sur
prised 10 see so many buildings covered
with beautiful clnsing vine. which Is
so-called japanese ivy, Ampelopsis Veit-
chill This f. no tan ivy. but 80 many per-
sons coll all vines Nies. that this one.
clngiug tightly 10 walls as ivy does. IL
not so inappropriately named as many OF
them are. n Is n Japanese vine belong
Ing to tho same family OF plants that our
Virginia creeper does. II Is grand
vine fer the purpose What change
for the better IN the appearance OF our
barns and farm buildings q would make
were these vines planted about them. And
buildings are dryer where these vines are.
and very much cooler | have one on
the south side Of my house which keeps
the walls cool all summer long. As the
vine gets age the leaves become very
large and one overlaps the other. as shin
giles DO. throwing all water on complete
~. keeping the wall entirely dry. But Il
Is more 10 improve the appearance OF a
building that ] advocate H. Plants are
20 easily raised from seeds and cuttings
that the cost Of chem Is very little. This
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

Some of our readers nnd this much
buster month than others do. Tho Flor
Ida trucker and farmer can make plant
iugs this month that those Of Middle and
Northern Georgia win have 70 defer for
a number % weeks.
II our Januarys were uniformly as mild
a. the mlldest IN any record of ten years,
the Central Georgia trucker. besides
planting English peas AMI spinach. could
also plant many other crops. such as
beets. satisfy. potatoes. onions. :urnips.
cabbage and few others. and with little
or no likelihood Of their being damasod
hy cold on TIC other hand. " our Janu-
arys were as uniformly cold as the cold
est one IN o decade we would not risk
planting a single one Of the crops named
OR not ono Is able 90 stand n temper
AZURE az low a. 6 or degrees unless pro
tected by a mulch Of some kind.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

We DO not hear so much OF compost
making nowadays as We ala some years
ago. Most every farmer and trucker has
reached the conclusion that o. Is cheaper
and better 10 make the compost right ia
the furrow instead o. mixing the mater
ials In the barn or other house before ap-
plying u TO the burrows
what llttle OF lot manure a farmer
has Z, Is cheaper 10 haul out every few
months. scatter q right from the cart and
wagon into the furroSs and then sprin-
kie g with acid phosphate or Aainit. one
or the other. OF both. llsl on II and the
work Is disposed or
This Is the best way OF making compost
oven with the limited materials afforded
by cotton seed and acid phosphate or
stable manure and lot scrapings withashes
or any potash salt. Compost mixing re-
qulres considerable manual labor On which
there O. small profit as a general thing The
smnu farmer OF the South does not keep
much stock many Of them have only che
mmls mat does the blowing Md haulng.
Others besides the mule have a COW. prob
ably a hog or tao. Very fuw comparative
IS. keep as much as six head 81 grown
stock aud without stock it Is not possible
90 make organic manure Ia any profit
able quantity. The farmer that wouli
prosper should
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

From way-down in Florida 20 way-up
In Georgia this IL one crop that can be
planted one time or another this month.
especially where the dwarf kinds arr
used and tine majority Of Truckers have
found that the dwarf kinds are much the
more satisfactory
tn DWARF such as Tom Thumb. little
Gem. Wonder. etc. can De made to yieli
about as much 20 the acre as the very
taliest and with q great deal less trou-
BILE.
The dwarf kinds will allow Of much
heavier manurlng and ~ the land is we'll
plowed and the rows laid of as close as
thev can be-. II is wonderful the yield they
will make.
They do not bear as continuously AMI
so late Ia the season as some OF the very
tall-growiue kinds. but this does not con-
Germ the trucker. lie wants the crop %
come on as early as possible. and 20 be
able 10 gct the whole crop In the course
Of two weeks from the day they begin
io bear
Then the land will be cleaned ana an
Their valuable crop started on the land Ia
May. perhaps in April.
Peas can be made very profitable crop
hv the trucker II he understands how 70
grow them and now 10 ship 20 best adj
vantage.
Ia planting this crop 10 be marketed
green 10 pays TO mix several kinds to
gcther. This plan will not DO where the
seeds are an object though the grower
can save seeds of the mixed crop for his
own use a second year.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31
Wen Fed Land.

Wei fed land Is never 50 well OF az
when kept Ia active operation. says W.
=. Farmer In thc AmeFfcsn Agricultural
u Is much like a strong healthy man Il
suffers more from idlencss than from hard
work First s,e 20 IL that the soil get.
plenty 20 eat-rich barnyard and Chemical
fertilizers. green manuring and similar
food-and then work Il and use Is. The
more Il Is cultivated and planted Tie bet
ter viii Il be able 70 produce crops. Feed
land with heavy fertilizer and only hal.
work II and u grows sour. and the plant
food cannot be taken up BY the plants.
II Is jgst as bad Tor the land as Il is 20
feed a BOY with rich, nourishing food and
then let him lie around Idle and do moth.
irR. We take food into our systems 20
fhake strength, which IN turn must b.
cxerted IN order 70 produce the necessary
good results.
There Is no ianger Of overworking land
provided u IL fed literally. The abandon
cd and run-down farms that we read 20
much about e~e their condition TO poor
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

one cannot garden satisfactorily with
out cold frames. Some Of these can be
made with cloth covers and a part with
glass.
The glass frames are needed for the
germlnatioi Of the plants. but after this
has been effected the cloth frames can be
used for protecting the plants. when tha
nights ore very cold Make the cloth
sashes our Of the cheapest. thinnest white
cloth. and give the cloth a good coating
Of llnseed Oh and lead
Ia our latitude We can raise even to-
mato and eggp in plenty Of time by
sowing the seeds IN the cloth covered
sash. We would not use plants grown
in regular hot beds n the plants were
given us. Such plants are much more
susceptible 70 disease and insects
Make the frumes 3xs feet. though some
may be as large ~ 4xio. The cloth should
Bee stretched tightly and hrmly tackled.
then vanished. Il not the tops will sag
and not turn water so well
For melons. cucumbcrs and the like.
house frames e0x20 inches can be made
ont Of cloth. one to be set over each
hin. The grower OF early melons anl
cucumhers would never dispense with
these after one trial OF them. differ
cnce OF fully two weeks can be made IN
the maturity Of these plants By using
these cheap and handy frames They
are great heip in protecting the planta
from insects Of ala kind. a tar marbl,
should be stuck dSwn IN the center
Of each hin or frame, The cut worm and
the borer viii be wardled on by so doing
These frames can be- mnde. either some
small or some larger than the dimensions
siven. They San be made TO suit the
cloth
Where one can AFFORD Il. glass would b.
some better Of course. The frames should
be- made ns airtight az possible.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

Of September had fair stand from
seed planted the last Of July. thicker
than FOR sprtng crop. az least tnree-quar-
tiers OF them having appeared above the
surface "a that time. From the discus
FioHe Of this subject that have APPEARED
la the y r.. many might suppose thar
second crop potatoes could not be grown
further North than Tennessee, but this u
I a mistake / live tn NorhNcEt Arkansas
on an elevated mountain plateau and
the season for corn 3rN potatoes ~ not
any earlier than in she latitude 81 Wichi-
O., Kan. where ! formerly lived. ! think
hy the urnctitc Of prayer methods second
crop potatoes can be successfully grown
in Southern Kansas ana Missouri. The
only advantage that this country pos-
sesses over Southern Kansas D. that the
irst fr1sts come later here but on the
other hand crops grow much more rapid
ly there The nrst essential TO growing
rcconh crop potatoes is an early variety
that VIII sprout quickly. The Bliss
Triumph. both white ana red ] have
found 90 D. the best. and the white Bliss
has done somewhat better for me chan
the rel Bliss. With the Early Michigan
have only succeeded in getting half
stand. even with heavy seeding. Maules
Thoroughbred gives a fair stand. have
succeeded bert az follows Have the land
well prepared when hrst crop natures
or before Ohis with nv h. in july so the
ground VIII remain moist during the dry
weather Of July. August and September.
Soon a. the vines begin 10 die dig the
early crop ia the forenoon keep shaded
as much as POSSIBLE. IN afternoon take
potatoes as large as hens eggs and larg-
cr cut into three or four pieces aud
plant Immediately In burrows freshly
made with a light two-norse plow. going
twice In each furfow. Cover as soon a.
dropped-.ieep II weather - dry. not 50
deep n having occasional showers. Har
row tho ground several times until the
plants come through. IN order 20 retain
the moisture. DO not plant whole pota.
toes. as only few viii come ana these
viii be- too late. Wheat stubblc may do
Tor second crop potatoes II plowed as soon
aB the wheat Is OF and thoroughly pre-
pared Also n tho soil Is fertile and IN
good condition mechanically. where early
POTATOES were grown. the same may be
used Tor second crop The yield OF second
crop viii hardly bee as large as Of early
POTATOES. but they will be much better
cor seed. also 20 eat late IN spring before
new potatoes ccme in.s
A. J. Umholtz.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

In an article on fertilizlng fruit trees
in the Southern Planter, Mr.. u. y. Van
Deman mas some very valuable thoughts
on the use Of potash.
but potash is the most important 81
all the plant foods 80 the fruit grower.
soil that Is rich IN potash IS almost sure
to be good one for fruit. That is largely
why those OF the Pacihc Coast are 50 we'll
adapted 10 fruit The mountains have
been melting down for untold ages. ana
abe soils which they have made on the
slopes and IN the valleys are heavily
charged with potash. II gives large size
to the fruit and has wonderful chcct
upon ~ color and quality Although the
red color IN fruits IS directly caused 10y
iron IN oxidized forms. the potash some
how. IN the laboratories q the SOIL ana
the trees and plants. operates IN such
sgay as 20 cause the iron 70 dissolve ANA
become formed into the beautiful colors
We see II the red pink and purple paints
Of nature are largely made OF iron, pot
ash e the brush that ~ used by the sun
in applying them. Therefore not only do
the varying proportions of iron and other
ingredients OF IN. soil have much 20 DO
with the variations in color that We no
tice so IN fruits. but tho potash has even
more TO do with them And 81 Is not
the actual content OF INhihNN ~ Wv SUI
SO much az the available amount There
g. usually an abundance Of iron ard most
other soil ingredients suitable 10 the
needs Of plants bat OF available potash
and phosphoric acid and nitrogen there is
often a lack Indeed. q Is this lack which
usually causes the great variations 90 the
desirable qualities OF fruits grown In
neiRhhorhood. Common sense would
therefore lead US to make up the deficit
in the cheapest why possible.
Common farm manurcs are good, be-
cause they contain all the elements 81 fer
tillty chat have been here mentioned and
humus besides. but they are generally 100
scarce on the farm or 700 costly 60 pur-
chase and haul very for. This forces us
20 resort 10 commercial fertilizers. and
they are both excellent ana cheap n
wisely purchased and applied. Nitrate o.
soda, dried blood. tankage, etc, supply
nitrogen: ground and dissolved bone and
phosphate rock give the phosphoric acid;
and the various potash salts IN the mar
ket give the potash Kninit g. good. hut
muriase and sulphnte OF potash are
cheaper"
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31
rrrctcd The Flrrt wntcr Gin.

\ correspondent % the Charleston News
and Courier gives the following rcminis-
concc: zone hundred years ago Gin is00
there died Of a fever IN Charleston a
gentleman whose name is an interesting
one in me industrial history Of South
Carolina That gentleman was capt.
James Kinclld 81 Fairfield an Irish gem
tieman. who fought in the Revolution on
the American side He served for many
years IN the Legislature from Fairfield
and was not only the first purchaser OF
cotton in the up-country. hut erected In
i1g5 the first water gin This gin was ste
uated on o stream called MIL Greek. in
Fairfield A. this is the centennial year
oi Capt Klncaid's death these facts about
him may interest your readers, especially
those who live ga Fairfield county.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

A great many plants are severely In
jured by no, being repotted az the proper
time. II a plant Is growing rapidly. and
nils the fot q Il In with roots q should
az that time receive "a shirt 70 a pot
OF larger size In order that development
may 20 on without interruption IL u Is
not given then the plant becomes pot
bound. ana this gives IL a check from
which Il viii nu a long time 10 recovering.
Therefore. as soon as YOU discover that
your plants have iiled their old pots with
roots. shift them 20 pots Of larger sac,
II making active growth az the time II
they are nearly dormant when this condi-
ton is discovered YOU can wait until
they show signs % renewed activity and
then shift.
All plants arc injured By allowing in
sects 10 remain on them. Get rid OF
them as soon as possible after hniinS
them. good insccticlde Is made boy dis
solving a quarter Of "A pound oi ivory
soap m "a pailful Of water. and dipplns
the plants Ia u. This not only rids the
plants OF Insects. but, N used as pre-
vcntiyc, keeps them away
Eben L. Rexford,
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

After a half dozen head have been Sc
cured the Increase comes rapidly and Oft
times Is surprising. In "a very few years
on the smallest farm there will De dozen
or a score Of manure makers and from
thet tire the real prosperity Of the farm
81 wlll begin n o. utterly impossible for
any farmer to Eet the best success out OF
fefming without stock this has been q
settled tact FOR a long time.
Speciality farming sutceeds only under
exceptional conditions as Ia new sections
aud inNhinly settled localities. This Is not
regarded az true farming anywhere. The
real farmer must make his farm self-sup-
porting; Il cannot be so without stock.
Georgia can raise as lns beef and pork
az Texas She " much nearer 70 the mar
kcts OF the world. She has as fine grass
ana clover as any section OF the United
states and to-day we are neglecting tae
grnndest opportunity that people could
have.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31
Tum. Ark
Creamcrie- IN Georgia and the Price
PaiI by Them for Butter.

Wright. Ga. Dec. 2i-Editor Morning
News: ] would ike to get some infor-
nation regarding che creameries in this
state Furnish location and names OF
the managers; also prices paid by them
for milk or cream. i. X. l..
The following Is lis OF the cream
cries In Georgia. Dixie Creamery. Walker
Bros. Griffin. Ga. Bermuda Creamery
W L. williamson Harmony Grove: Sparta
Creamery. NJ. l.. Duggan. Sparta. Ga;
I.nGrangc Creamery. -. LaGrange. Ca
Greensboro Creamery. -, Greensboro,
and probably two or three others not
called "creameries."
As to the price paid by the creameries.
about all OF them pay - cents per pound
for butter-fat by the Babcock test all the
year round The Hancock Creamery To-
Gated az Sparta. Ga. is doing successfui
business. and shipping all Of It's product
20 consumers under a positive guarantee
OF satisfaction.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

management. The trouble has not been
IN the soil but In the farmers. who have
generation after generation robbed the
land They ala not understand how TO
manage g. some farmers have an idea
that robhlng the soil means raising too
many and too large crops on H. Not a
bit OF a. RObhiug the soil is simply TAX
ing from u and never putting anything
back Now. on good soil you can raise
two or three crops q year, and u proper
Is handled 20 viii not Dc robbed Of It's
fertility on the contrary. its power Of
production viii oven b. Increased. II is
AL in knowing how
The knowing how IS fimpIe too. II Is
merely a matter Of feeding and culti-
waiting Put hack che birnyard manure,
rotate the Fops. cultivate thoroughly.
and the secret OF sudce@s D. yours The
more We use our land the more produc-
tive Il becomes. because by constant
stirring and cu.'ivnting We improve tac
mechanical conditions OF the soil, 50 that
% Dr. better fitted 20 furnish the right con-
ditions Tor seeds and growing plants. The
more the soil o. cultivated the easier IL
s. for the moisture 20 penetrate g. and
the underground springs prove source
Of perennial moisture Cor the plants when
the air around Is dry and parching At
tho same time the fertilzng elements u
The subsoil are reached by plant roots.
which are enabled 90 penetrate far down
be.ow the surface, Finally nearly all Of
our fertilizers that We apply to the soil
need stirring up occasionally 90 DO their
best good They need 20 be brought into
moe direct contact with the atmosphere,
sun ana rains 60 make them Immediately
available as plant food
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31
Central Railroads Alabama ENten-
sion.

Columbus Ledger. Work IS being push
81 rapidly on the extension OF the Cen
trai Of Georgia from Columbia, through
pothan. Ala. This extension has been
completed Co within twelve miles Of Hart
ford. Geneva county. No definite infor-
snaiion az 60 the objective point % this
road o. at hand story is 90 the effect
that a corps OF surveyors is in the neid
running a line from ST. JoEeph's 60 a
point near ApalachicOla, F.a. II har been
minated in certain quarters that the
extension from Hartford viii be- contin-
ued to s b. Joscphs. That place. Il ie said.
fiss q very nne natural harbor end with
the oxnendturc % some money can be-
made an extraordinarily fine port Many
years ago q road was built from lola.
q landlnE on the Apa.achicola river 20
Apalachicoia The route was near Dead
Lakes. a famous nshng point Ia FLORIDA.
ard beautiful road archet over with
grand Oh trees is all that remains OF the
Old road0ed from lola to the lakes.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

In Middle Georgia Il Is not safe 10 sov
the seed before the very last Of the
month. and as general thing IL is much
safer TO wait until the middle OF Feb
ruary. The young plants arc easily
hoavcd out 10y freeze. as the roots are
very delicate ard near the surface. Two
freezes and two thawB alternating viii de-
stroy all young plants nj all like onions
in their habit
Where q crop OF this kind Is affected
hy "a freeze the only thing that can b.
done TO save IL is to roll the ground along
the rows heavy barrel will do for a
roller for young onions.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

A charter has been granted in Ten
nessce 90 the Louisville and Port Royal
Railroad Company. which proposes 10
construct a line 81 railway from Louis
willie 90 Port Royal. $. c., according TO
the statements made Ia the application
for charter The company b. chartered
with capital stock ~ $4,000 divided
into shares OF $40 each. The incorpora-
tors are Tenucssesans. In the charter. as
mentioned above. % Is said that shc com
panv win construct q direct mir line from
Louisville 10 Port Royal The expense
would be- heavy. and for this reason the
scheme A. regarded rs railroad men ns Of
the visionary character. There Is not
enough business az Port Royal. $. c.. at
present to keep the line now operating
into that town busy.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31

It IS conceded By an good judges that
spinach Is by far the most dae1rah'e
salad plant yea discovered. II Is a very
delightful dish when served properly and
% IS credited with possessing marked
medicinal value being Alternative and "a
blood purifier. when used freely IN the
winter or early spring.
Next 90 spinach the preference should
fan on mustard.
The Georgia Cracker may choose a dish
OF collards ia preference 10 either. but ii
Is not wise TO have such taste.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-31
HAD work Of cannon Craker.

l.. Anderson was sadly MANNED by the
explosion IN his hand Of one Of those
deadly ana dangerous articles Of manu-
facture nowadays placed on che market
"a cannon cracker The explosion 81 the
huge cracker was tsrriTc Mr.. Anderson =
right hand Vac torn into shreds Three
uf his fingers could not even De found
The zones Ca he hand md wrist were 80
shattered that ampuiation was necessary
ana the operation was performed. Por-
uons ~ the cracker flew into Mr. Ander-
sons face splitting hiss left eyelid AMI
lnnlctug several large and painful wounds
1n bis lips and chin ~ IS not thought
that the oycsight will be impaired for
100