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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
The Scrnn ROOk.

Salt and Hogs.-Many people believe that
salt is injurious to hogs, but this is not
true. If hogs are deprived of salt for
lone time, and then given access to it
in large quantities, they will eat to their
hurt; but this proves how badly they
need salt and how raveuous they get for
It, says Farmers Voice. The chlorine in
salt is an important part of the gastric
Juice which performs such an important
function in the work of digestion, and it
is also found in the blood and muscles.
The sodium in salt is a constituent of the
bile, and is found in the blood as phos-
phate of sodium. Salt is not essential to
plant life. but is to animal life. Salt is
a tonic, and also powerful vermifuge.
and stock deprived of 1t is almost sure
to be troubled with intestinal worms of
various kinds.
In the hog pasture it is we'll to spade
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
WILL PLow ON A WAGER.

Albany Herald: AS a result OF a recent
wager Mr.. L. Simkins will spend Monday
in a field pulling the bell cords" over
some old mule. 1t seems that Mr.. Sim
kns and Sheriff +. G.. Edwards recently
got into discussion about blowing. and
IL finally resulted In Mr. Edwards betting
Mr.. Smkins 500 that he couldn't pillow
through one day just as an ordinary pillow
hand would Monday has been set as the
day for the contest. Mr.. Slmkins Is 10
start blowing al o'clock. He is to be
allowed twenty minutes for breakfast.
and an hour and a half for dinner The
place selected for the contest is an old
field on the plantation Of Mr.. +. G. Ed
wards. about a mile west Of the city. MIR.
Simkins was seen by Herald reporter
this morning and corroborated the report
that he would pillow all day Monday. He
says that he Is satisfied that he Is going
10 win the wager. and that there Is not
any back-down in him The interesting
sight OF Mr. Simkins behind the plow-
shares will, doubtless, attract many OF
his friends out to witness his efforts with
the pillow. Shortly before going 10 press
this afternoon a hack passed the Herald
Office with the following sign across the
back: 80 Cents Round Trip 10 See Sim
kins Plough In Edwards Field, Monday.
Nav o."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
FOUND BANJO IN POULTRY YARD.

Gainesville Sun: A strange discovery
was made yesterday by J. A. Goodwin,
the clever ticket agent of the Plant Sys-
tenn Mr. Goodwin is a great fancier of
poultry, and he has upon his property an
extensive poultry yard. In this yard are
ala sorts sizes and ages of chickens, in
which this young man manifests great
interest Yesterday morning, while in an
endeavor to drive one of these fowls into
a coop, he stumbled over what he sup
posed to be a decayed portion of a tree
trunk. but on closer investigation found
1t to be a magnificent leather case, but
slightly injured by exposure to weather.
Opening the case he found a fine banjo,
nickel plated drum, which must have cost
not less than $25. The instrument is
slightly worn, but is in good condition.
Its presence in the lot is a mystery, but
it is supposed that 1t was stolen and con-
cealed there.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
Fertilizer for Cotton.


Cotton is tse money crop of a large por-
ton of the Southern states, yet few crops
anywhere are so misused, says the North
Carolina Experiment Station. The great
est enemy of the cotton plant all through
the upland region where the soil is gem
orally light. deficient in lime lacking in
humus and therefore drouthy, is hunger.
The plants, II not starved outright, are
generally dwarfed and the possible max
imum yield is very rarely reached. 1t is
certain. and has been proved for large
areas. that as much as 2lz bales. or 1,250
pounds. per acre can be raised on typical
cotton soil of the upland region, yet the
average crop actually raised is less than
200 pounds per acre, without fertilizer or
manure of any kind. but with good tillage
the average yield Is less than 100 pounds
of lint per acre.
OF the three chief plant foods for cot
ton. the most important is phosphoric
acid. The next in importance is nitrogen.
then potash and lastly lime. The best
form of phosphoric acid is the so-called
acid phosphate. The best form of nitro
gen, IL only one form can be used. IL
nitrate OF soda. But Il Is better to use
a mixture of nitrate of soda and cotton
seed meal A still better way is 10 pillow
under a crop of hairy vetch, viola viii
losa, which was sown the preceding sum-
mer in standing corn or other crops. The
best plan OF all is to feed cottonseed meal
or vetch hay to good cows and apply the
manure thus made to the field. The spe-
csl reason for using nitrate of soda Is
that Il is Immediately available for the
plant. whereas the other heterogeneous
manures have to be worked over by mi
crobes IN the soil before plants can use
them. Microbes do not work fast during
the cool weather OF spring, and on this
account organic manures alone do not
furnish nitrogen as fast as the young
plants require Il.
The cotton plants, stunted At the out
Get, may never recover their vigor, or
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27

three or four inches. This top soil, how,
ever, is most thoroughly cultivated, ana
is kept clear of weeds. This method o.
cultivation gives the dust mulch which
Is great conserver of moisture. If sue"
corn cultivation doctrine is not accord
ing to your faith, make a test of It on
that patch that you consider not Fel'
promising, and perhaps you may be COW
verted.
How to Make a Good whitewash.-Tak,.
half bushel OF unslacked lime. Slake
with boiling water. Cover during Wv
process to keep In steam. Strain tp'
liquid through a fine sieve or strainy,
Then add II to a peck OF salt previous,
dissolved in warm water; three pounI5
OF ground rice boiled TO a thin paste ~.
stirred in while hot half pound OF ole'a
glue previously dissolved by soaking ~
cold water. and then by hanging over
slow FIRE IN a small pot hung In lars.
CONTINUED en- Seventh Pagel
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
pEACu suIPMENTs TO BEGIN.

Triton Gazette: The day of the luscious
and blushing peach will soon be with us
again. Growers near Triton expect to
gather a few crates this week, and by
the last of the week following shipments
will become general The crop is scarce
~ half that of last year, but the fruit
promises to be much larger, and of finer
quality. There is little doubt that, with
a good season for gathering, better prices
will be obtained throughout, and the to-
tai crop net a larger cash profit to the
growers than the phenomenal crop of last
year. 1t is estimated that the total crop
for the section tributary to Triton will be
less than fifty cars.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
MAY ENcAMP AT TYBEE.

GAINESVILLE News: The Second Regi-
ment of the Georgia State Troops may
hold their annual encampment this year
at Tybee, though it is not fully deter
mined as yet. The companies are some
what divided on the question as TO
whether they will go for their outing to
that place or to Warm Springs. Mr.. r.
e. Hightower of the Macon and Birming-
ham Railroad, was here last night, and
met with the Blues at their business
meeting, and made them special induce
ments to select Warm Spring, and make
the trip over his road. Some of the com
panies of the regiment, notably those of
Thomaston and Griffin, had already voted
in favor of going to Warm Springs, while
others have voted their preference in
favor of going to Tybee. When put to a
test vote last night the Blues voted solid
ly in favor of Tybee.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
LIBERTY COUNTY RANCH.

Liberty Herald: 1t is not generally
known among people in this county, but
Messrs j. W. and A. f. VIM have one
of the largest cattle ranches in the state.
On il they have over 1000 head of cattle
and have under fence about 5000 acres
of land while their stock roams over an
area of not less than 25,00 acres. These
gentlemen are buying cattle and lands
every time a suitable opportunity offers
and that means when the prices are at
traotive. 1t is their intention to constant
" increase their holdings and parties de-
string to sell in their locality can always
find in them buyers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
FLORIDA.

Representative Broward Of Duval coun-
ty has introduced a bill in the Legislature
authorizing the County Commissioners of
Duval county to issue 100000 of bonds to
be used in restoring the public buildings
of the county destroyed in the Jackson,
vile fire The bill has passed both
houses and now awaits the Governors
signature.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
81 10

Not one OF these elements in the form
of farmyard manure is worth as much as
if in the form of fertilizer chemicals. yet
the cost is greater. Very few farmers or
planters can by such manure deliver it
in the form and spread it properly at a
less cost than $3.50 per ton. This is mere
ly to illustrate how rough fertilizer ma
terials should be valued before purchas-
ed. OF course the manure made on the
farm is entirely different matter, as it
costs only the labor of distribution. At
the same time, keeping stock merely for
the purpose of making manure rarely or
never pays.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
HAVE NOT LYNCHEp NEGRO.

Twin-Cty News: Last Sunday night a
week ago. Mrs ]. B. Knox and her two
daughters were returning from church at
Lumber City and were followed by a ne
gro, until reaching a point where the
ladies had to walk single file, he sud-
denly seized Miss Minna, who was in
the rear She screamed, and Mrs. Knox
turned and fought the fiend, when he
fed. Suspicion was directed to Porter
Strong. who had been blowing near the
Knox residence, but he had left the
town. Saturday he returned and was ar
rested and sent to McRae that night.
Strong was bound over by Judge Davis
in a $1,000 bond and is now in Jail. Much
credit is due the people of Lumber City
for their forbearance in the matter. Miss
Knox is one of the most respected young
ladies of the town. Her father Mr.. J. b.
Knox, is away from home, in the employ
of the Garbut Lumber Company. The
family is highely esteemed and the won
der is that the negro was not summarily
lynched.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27

the butter and milk an unpleasant odor.
1t is considered unexceled as a green
feed, and will come earlier after planting
than any other. 1t is especially good for
hogs and pigs. While lnsipd in its first
stages, it grows better with age. 1t will
furnish grazing through the entire win
ter for stock. as well as salad for man.
1t delights in rich, well-prepared soil,
and will stand our severest winters. 1t
costs less as to seed than any other win
ter crop we can plant.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Aiken Recorder: An old negro man,
Tom Hill, came into Aiken yesterday with
Mr.. F. H. Boyd. from Ramseys mill, this
county, who claims to be lis years of age.
He formerly belonged to Mr.. Augustus
Lamkin of Columbia county, Georgia. who
has been dead many years. Tom has with
him letter from Mr.. James A. Lamkin
of Kiokee, that county, in which he says
he had known Tom many years. That
the negro had belonged to his father be-
fore his, Lamkin's birth, and that he was
probably born in 1886 Tom drifted 20
Aiken county a few years after the war,
and has been living here ever since.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27

Before 1t is possible to closely count the
cost of plant food, we must first plainly
understand what plant food is, says Amer
lean Gardening. The whole sum and sub
stance of this is that Plant food is the
united action of three substances, nitro
gen, potash and phosphoric acid. Notice
that 1t is their united action which con-
stituteS plant food. Nitrogen alone cannot
grow crops, nor can nitrogen and potash,
or nitrogen and phosphoric acid-all three
are needed working together Further,
these three substances must be in such
form or condition to be soluble in the
moisture of the soil. Shoe leather, for
example, contains about per cent. OF
| nitrogen, yet it is but little value as plant
food because it is insolubie and plants
cannot get hold of it. Similarly potash
in particles of granite, mica or spar is of
little vaiue. Raw phosphoric rock is also
of little practical use under average farm
ing conditions.
Having once clearly in mind just what
plant food is, we will next take up its
various FORMS The elements of plant
food nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid
lit cannot be too frequently repeatedly
nearly always exist associated with
other substances of little If any value to
growing plants. The soda of nitrate of
soda, sulphurc acid of sulphate of potash,
etc. fair examples. These mixed
forms are always used in agriculture be-
cause they are the cheapest sources of the
desired materials and are substantially
as useful as the pure substances would
be if applied to the soil.
The cost of plant food depends on two
main points-the actual cost applied to
the soil and the unavoidable waste
through improper mixing of materials. In
the common markets nitrogen costs in
one of the best forms-nitrate of soda
about Is cents per pound when delivered
on the SOIL potash also in the best form
German potash salts-costs about
cents per pound, and phosphoric acid un-
der like conditions-scid phosphate
about cents per pound. By this is
meant that these plant food elements,
bought in the form of high-grade chem
ical fertilizers, would cost as stated.
1t is very common thing for farmers
to pay too much for plant food and this
is true when farmyard manure is bought.
To illustrate, ton of average farmyard
manure contains
Ten pounds nitrogen at Is cents........H so
Ten pounds potash ait cents .......... so
Four pounds phosphoric acid at
cents ........................... ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Atlanta News: The mills Of the United
states courts IN New York do grind slow
~, but since they hove al last ordered the
hceompliees Of the Rentiemsn!y Captain
Oberlin NJ Carter back 10 Georgia for
trial, all will be forgiven
ststesboro News; Sam Jones IL the
greatest attraction that savannah mas had
Tor long time. The city should get him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
to come back next fall during the fair
He would be a drawing card.

to come back next 1all during the far
He would be a drawing card.
Fitzgerald Enterprise: Grover Cleve
lands election to the presidency of the
United States grew out of the fact that
he was Governor of New York state al
the time of the selection of a candidate By
the winning party His reelection to that
office was the result of The good record he
had made The fortune he made recently
resulted from his ownership of railroad
stock that increased vastly in value. He
is not only great statesman and a good
business man, but decidedly lucky.
Statesboro News: The summer storms
are playing havoc with the trees over the
country. man sells his trees to the tur-
pentine men at cents EACH and the
farmer loses 80 cent tree and the oper-
ator his profits, when the winds come
along.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
TIE MORMON MISSIONARY.

Camilla Clarion: The staying qualities
of the Mormon missionaries must excite
the wonder OF all who watch them. Every
day through the winters cold, summer
heat and sappy springttme the Mormon
brother with his celluloid collars and
derby hat and long black coat is with us.
What they are here for, or how much
they are getting out of it is unknown,
but one thing is certain, they are push
ing sand for all they git, and whether
they believe all the rot that their lat
est trance medium is giving them or not
they act just as though they do
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
FREE s55ss' sSEAoTs.

My newest book. "Manhness, vigor and
Health" should be in the hands of every
man, young and old. in the United States
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
HAPPENINGS IN GEORGIA, FLORIDA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Washington Gazette: Capt Cassius e.
Gillette of the Corps Engineers, L. S. A..
of Savannah, was in town Wednesday
He is the man who unearthed the mis-
deeds of Capt Oberlin NJ. Carter, who
was getting rich at the countrys expense
on work in Savannah harbor. Capt Gill
lette was here seeking options on the An
thony Shoals property, with a view of
building a large cotton factory there.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
CHARLEsToN's QUEER CUSTOMS.

Rome (Ga) Tribune: The social Gus
toms of Charleston the chief city of
South Carolina are. perhaps. the queer
est and most old-fashioned of any city
in this country. Pick up a Charleston
newspaper and you do not see any per-
sonal column. The Sunday editions do not
have a society page. Its people are so
old-fashioned that they do not have that
longing for notoriety like the people in
other cities have-like Atlanta for in
stance. We publish on another page a
sketch of the celebrated and aristocratic
St. Cecilia society of Charleston. This is
the most elaborate and interesting de-
scription OF this famous organization ever
written. The person who wrote 1t, If he,
or she, resides in Charleston, will be
snubbed for the rest of their lives by the
St. Cecilians. II is an unwritten law that
no mention of the St. Cecilia society must
ever appear in any newspaper. A young
newspaper woman of our acqua ntance a
few years ago wrote up few of the cos
tunes she saw az one of the st. Cecilia
balls. for an out-of-town newspaper. I'm
intentionally she got her Charleston rela-
tives in all kinds of social trouble, and
she will not visit Charleston again-for a
great many years at least. How queer
and old-fashioned dear old Charleston is!
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-27
FARMERS WANTED IN BEAUFORT.

Beaufort Gazette: We have been APP
preached several times in the last few
months by men who are practical farmers
as well as by townspeop.e who are inter-
ested in the welfare of the community
with the request that something be done
to induce farmers from the up-country to
settle in this section. The more the sub
ject is investigated the more promise
there seems to be in any scheme which
would bring farmers to Beaufort county.
The men who have come here from other
parts OF the state say that this section
contains a great deaf of fine farming
lands waiting only for intelligent labor
to develop IL. There surely must be a
great deal of truth in that; when one
considers that Il now supports a fairly
large population with as little labor ana
fertilizer as IL is possible 10 give and stll
call IL farming" In portions of this
county. notably about Button. farmers
have come in from Co,ieton county aud
are doing well. That section is more or
iess tributary TO Savannah and Beaufort
is benefited little by the farming there.
But there are just as good lands and just
as healthy locat ions In the islands about
here and on Port ROYAL island. Portions
OF the mainland are healthy and can sup
port a very much larger population than
is now living there. II is said that in
Colonial days as many as one hundred
carriages were standing In front Of the
Old Sheldon Church every Sunday That
means large farming population. In
the country about Sheldon and Tomotley
and on Combahee river are many fine
farms. Unfortunately for the develop
ment OF the country they are located some
distance from the railroad and the only
impression one gets from riding on the
T..
with here and there a negro cabin ana
a half-tonded field.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-20

frontier town, but in an old established
city, where our chief executives boast
should be Il can, and will protect our
people in any. and every quarter Of
my domain" much less in a thorough
fare opened by the city for the con-
venience of its people. Alas! that he
finds it possible to almost condone the
horror of Saturday nights lawless act,
OF to dare suggest an accident, when
the facts are all so clear, and the last
words of the poor old husband and
father, show so plainly how he came to
his untimely end. / do not cast any
slur on the vigilance of our noble po-
lice, possibly had one been on duty in
one part of the cemetery the deed
might have still have been committed
in another. Why. though, now that 1t
has happened, does not our Mayor Of
fer, instead of his inane suggestions,
a reward of a thousand dollars, for the
apprehension of the culprit, so that at
least he might go down in history as
making slight effort to unravel this
fearful tragedy. (Signed) F. H.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-20
DON'T NEGLECT
YOUR KIDNEYS
The Most Important Organs i'm the
Body-symptoms of Disease
and Cure--Free Advice.

The kidneys may get weak or dis
eased from a thousand and one causes;
from overwork, worry, a simple cold,
from lifting or a strain, excess, hign
living. etc.
Many of our great men die from
Bright's Disease because so many over
work themselves Other folks suffer
from Diabates. Dropsy Swelling OF the
Feet and Ankles, Rheumatism. Bad
Blood, Govt. Gravel. Inflammation OF
the Bladder, Sleeplessness. Anaemia,
Nervousness, Headache, Neuralgia,
Urine looks badly. with strong odor,
frequent desire 10 pass water, Dizzi-
ness.
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