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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
THE PAPERS AND THE FAIR.
Editors Look Forward with Pleas
ure to Their Visit.

Augusta Chronicles: The Georgia ed
itors are looking forward with pleas
ure to joint melting of the Daily and
Weekly Press Association in Savannah
next Friday. President Cabaniss and
President Coleman have called their as
sociations to meet in joint session. and
the indications are that there will be
the largest gathering of Georgia edi-
tors that has been had for years. The
State Fair will then be in full blast
in Savannah. and as this will be the
first one ever held in that city, consid-
cradle interest is being manifested in
it, Col. j. II. Estill of the Savannah
Morning News proposes to make the
visit of the editors notable. by enter
tanning them at his country home,
"Wimberley," on, the Isle of Hope, on
Friday afternoon. A delightful time is
assured to the visiting editors, for Sa-
vannah hospitality is proverbial and
Col. Estill is one OF its worthy expon-
ents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
THE FARM AND GARDEN
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRi-
CULTURIsT AND HOUSEWIFE.

1t is such, of course, where there is
a good market to take the product
This is the case usually in the vicinity
of large towns and cities, but more so
in the North than in the South. In
the South there is such multiplicity
of home gardens there is not the same
demand for vegetables in the market
that there is in the North. Even II
there is no asparagus in the home gar
den there are so many other vegetables
that can take its place it may not find
much demand from persons of small
means like it would in localities where
there are fewer gardens. There is no
nicer vegetable than asparagus, none
healthier, and none more easily
grown.
For several years it has seemed
likely that this plant was about to be
exterminated by a bacterial disease
popularity styled rust" but results
this season confirm the hope that the
disease may be checked either natural
ly or with the aid of simple remedies
before any Serious damage is done. Our
own asparagus, badly affected with rust
in 80 and SO, has given no evidence of
rusting this season-and it is now Oc-
tober.
Our beds were burnt over and well
lined each year. and it may be that
this had decided curative effect. We
will know soon whether this is true or
not.
AS to culture of asparagus, it is sim
pie enough. Being a perennial If it is
once we'll established there is little diff
Guilty in keeping it a-going and stead
lily improving for several years.
The plants can be set out any time
when they are dormant, to-wit In
the winter or early spring. One year or
two year old roots may be used to set
the beds. Perhaps the best way is to
use half of each in starting out. There
are several varieties, but the "Palmet-
to" and the "Conover" we have found
good enough for all practical purposes.
Roots can be bought for So to "a per
1000, and 5000 will set an acre. Inc
rows should be five feet apart and the
plants set twenty-four inches apart in
the row.
The land should be made as rich as
possible to start with, and there
beds during the winter. Lay off the
rows broad and deep enough to allow
the plants to be covered four inches.
Trim off all broken roots and in set
ting spread out the roots evenly in
every direction. Throw on soil and
press it firmly to them. Cover to
level and then roll. The plants will
appear very early in the spring-by
the first of April usually. The soil
should be frequently stirred to en-
courage a good growth the first sea-
son.
One-year-old plants should be allow
ed two years full growth before being
cut.
Asparagus thrives best in a soil rich
in humus, but it requires fertilizer
containing all the elements of plant
food, as much so as any other vege-
table 1t must have potash and phos-
phoric acid as we'll as nitrogen. or 1t
will not continue to thrive. When 1t
comes into bearing it allows of being
cut about two weeks not longer. 1t
| should then be allowed to grow out
and develop growth until frost.
S. A. c.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
The Corn stalk Disease.

The season when the cattle are usual
ly turned in the stalk field is close at
hand, and while this year the condi-
tions are such as to have led farmers
to cut the corn to a much greater ex-
tent than ever before, and therefore
to do measurably less stalk field feed
ing, enough of it will nevertheless be
done to make the corn stalk disease
one of the dangers to be anticipated,
says the Homestead. We are sorry to
say that an additional year of expert
ence does not seem to have advanced
the cattle growers knowledge of this
disease. We are all just about where
we were with reference to it a year
ago. so far as ability to prevent or cure
it is concerned. The only safe method
of preventing it is to cut the stalks
and feed them in that form. AS a cure
drenching with EPSON salts in half
pound does. and repeating until they
act. is recommended, but not with any
degree of confidence. In most cases
when the disease is discovered it is so
late that all treatment is useless.
The theories as to causes are just
where they used to be. The germ the
ory' propounded by DIR. Billings
twelve or thirteen years ago, has been
repeatedly disproved, at least so far
as "the Burrill bacillus" is supposed to
be the causative germ. DR.. Mayo's
hypothesis. that it is caused by eat
ing corn fodder that contains unusual
quantities of saltpeter, has not
been sustained by other investiga-
tors. That dry murrain causes frequent
deaths is undoubtedly true, but that
there is corn stalk disease" that is
quite different from dry murrain is
equally clear. The idea advanced by
many, that the disease is due to lack
of salt and water. has been met by the
fact that many cases are cited where
loss occurred when the animals had
plenty of both salt and water. The
common suggestion formerly made that
the trouble was due to eating corn
smut is overturned by the fact that
many cattle have been experimentally
fed with larger amounts of corn smut
than they were ever likely to get in a
field, without suffering any particular
disturbance from such feeding, and
also by the fact that the corn stalk
disease frequently appears in fields
that are practically clean of smut. In
fact all the theories of the disease here
tofore propounded fail to work out and
explain the cases that are found in
practice, and they are consequently
worthless. 1t is one of the diseases of
which as yet we can only say we don
know what causes it. Deaths occur in
some fields and none in others. Corn
fodder that is cut up and fed in that
form has never caused a case of stalk
disease, so far as we know. ." If one
will turn cattle into stalk fields. he
must take the risk as to results, for
no prevention is known and no cure
has been discovered for the disease
when II once attacks an animal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
THE SATURDAY NIGHT KILLING.

Waynesboro True Citizen: Again the
Saturday killing of negro by negro oc-
ours with monotonous recurrence. This
kind of happening is so regular that
we are never surprised to have to re-
cord it in the issue of our paper that
follows. This one does not differ from
the other as the facts come to us from
eye witnesses. 1t is for the usual friv-
olous quarrel and may safely be put
down as genuine case of murder for
which the county will be taxed $500 or
more to try with no prospect of COM
pensatlon in return. The facts as we
learn them, are these: One Carl Mills
was out hunting with a companion
named Bob Harrington and were in
the public road leading through the
place of Hon. +. l.. Brinson in the Six
ty-third district. Saturday last. They
met Randolph Jackson returning home
from Perkins Junction in a two-h horse
wagon. AS he drove along meeting
them. Mills took the gun from the 9TH
er hunter and raised it, pointing it at
Jackson as he sat in the wagon. Jack
son called out. don't point that gun
at me and Mr.. Brinson's mules" He
replied, What in the hell you got to
do with Brinson's mules? Damn you
I'll shoot you" Suiting the action to
the words he shot and the load enter
ed Jackson's back from which he died
in few minutes. The killer fled, and
up to this time has not been brought
TO jail. He is a young buck who will
not go very far and maybe will be
captured. Our vigilant sheriff is very
apt to land him before the next
court.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04

Mr.. w. L. Jarvis of Atlanta is at the
Pulaski.
Mr. John w Brown of Augusta is at
the Pulaski.
Mr.. E. Barnett OF Augusta is a guest
of the Pulaski.
Mr. L. Stapleton of Americas Is a
guest of the Pulaski.
Mr.. S. Greenwood of Brunswick is a
guest of the Screven.
Mr.. c. H. Warfield of Macon is a
guest of the Pulaski.
Miss w. L. Park of Sandersville is
a guest Of the Pulaski.
Mr. H. A. Ford of Gainesville is reg
istered at the Pulaski.
Mr. F. G. Turpin of Augusta is reg
istered at the De Soto.
Mr.. w E. Latimer Of Augusta is
registered at the Pulaski.
Mr.. w. B. Smith of GAINESVILLE is
registered at the Pulaski
Hon. II. Livingston Kenan Of Darien
lis registered at the Pulaski.
Mr.. S. Alexander of cambridge reg
istered yesterday at the Screven.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Grassland OF Ellen
ton, S. C., are guests of the Pulaski.
Mr.. ]. T. Hill. a prominent lawyer
OF Cordele. is registered at the Pulaski
Mr.. A. G. Sparks Of Dublin was
among the arrivals yesterday at the
Pulaski
MI and Mrs. p. l.. Lester and chill
dren Of Ocaia were among the arrivals
at the Pulaski yesterday.
Mr.. J. j. Corners and Mr.. s. l.. Rob
erte Of Barlow county were among the
arris ais Al the Sereyen yesterday.
Mrs. A. Barnett and daughter. ca
mile. will arrive on the NacoOchee to-
day. after spending the summer In the
Catskills and New York.
Senator J. Ferris Cam returned 70
Atlanta last night. He VIII b. IN sa.
yannah wednesday with the Governor
and the Legislature foD the opening o.
the state Fair.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
NEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA,
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Inman Compress Company OF
Augusta has introduced a steam road
wagon for use in hauling cotton on
the streets and from the country as
well. 1t is a huge automobile, heavily
constructed for heavy roads. and pro
PEELED by steam. In appearance 1t is
not unlike a locomotive tender, and on
the truck platform there is room for
large storage. The machine is owned
by the Inman Compress Company, and
it is intended to be used chiefly IN
hauling cotton. Tests have been made
on the country roads. With Judge Eve
and number of other officials as
guests, load of thirteen bales of cot
tor was pulled all over the city ana
over sections of the county roads. Not
the least difficulty was experienced. all
turns being easily made, and the hills
climbed without trouble. One of these,
Turpin's hill though short, is the
steepest grade in the county. The test
is considered to have been eminently
satisfactory.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
A SYRUP PLANTATION.

Messrs. NJ. A. Carlson, A. NJ. Solder
lin and Fred Reynolds Of Chicago COM
pleted last week the purchase for IS, 500
of 1.50O acres of land near Laurel Hill.
Fla, which will be converted into a
large sugar-cane plantation, with
syrup mills complete. One hundred
acres Will be planted in sugar-cane
next spring, and the acreage will be
Increased each spring until the entire
tract is under cultivation. Cultivating.
grinding and evaporating equipments
nj the latest improved pattern will be
purchased for the enterprise.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
FLORIDA.

St Augustine Record: Rev. X. W.
Cawthon, pastor elect of the Ancient
City Baptist Church, will commence
his pastorate here on the 18th OF this
month. AS a student he had d bril,-
liant career, both in Mercer College and
the Louisville Theological Seminary.
He is an eloquent preacher and an
earnest worker for the Master. He is
a young man of great promise. We re-
joice with the Ancient City Baptist
Church in securing him as pastor.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
cur TO DEATH WITH AN Az.

Jacksonville Metropolis: This morn
ing about 0 o'clock. at Mulberry Grove.
twelve miles south OF the city. there
was murder at a small house near
that place, occupied by negroes. The
principals In the tragedy were Charles
Phillips and Frank Carder. two negro
turpentlne hands. Information was
obtained from Mulberry Grove 20 the
eject that Phillips was cut VA the
breast with an ak IN the hands OF
Frank Carder, and died shortly after
The wound was inflicted. Phillips Is
from Naldosta, Ga. and Carder ii from
Tallahassee carder was taken into
CUSTODY by Isaiah Read Of Mulberry
Grove. who turned him over 10 he an
thoriues. The cause Of the Killing IA
unknown Both Phillips and carder are
strangers about Mulberry Grove ana
hite u known about them
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
A PARDON FOR ROBINSON.

Waynesboro News: Yesterday morn
ing Information was received here that
the State Pardon Board had favorably
passed upon the application for pardon
of James Robinson, a young white man
from Waynesboro. Robinson is now
serving a 15-year sentence for man
slaughter, at the state farm, at Mil
ledgeville. Up to the time of the
trouble which sent him to the peniten-
tiary young Robinson bore a good rep
utation. Every member of the Jury
which convicted Inn signed the petit
ton for his pardon. So did Judge
Brinson, the then solicitor, w. H.
Davis, and the grand jury which in
dicted him. All the members of the
family worked enthusiastically for his
pardon. His young sister, Miss Beu-
lah Robinson, has proved herself to be
her work against what seemed to be
insurmountable obstacles. Robinson
shot and killed Gilbert Ellison, a negro
preacher. just outside of his church. up
on Peace street, on April 9. 1899. 1t
was Sunday night. Robinson went to
the church, which was filed with wor-
shippers, and, according to the testi-
mony of witnesses, sent message to
Ellison that he was wanted at the
store of the Nicely Company to pre-
pare a coffin for delivery. Ellison re-
sponded. A few words passed, a pisto
was fired. The ball entered the body
of the preacher, who staggered to the
steps of his church, where he died in a
few minutes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04

"Anheuser. Busch Brewing Assn" on
the label Of a bottle OF beer you are
assured Of having the pure product of
the best brewery M the world where
highest quality b. insisted upon ana
maintained az any cost
orders promptly hlied by Henry Kol-
shorn. manager Anhfuser Busch
branch Savannah.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
FAKuRs ARE AT CHARLESTON.

News and Courier: So many men
with schemes have applied for office
room along King street that rents
have advanced and windows and alley
ways and sheds are being leased to
strangers, who expect to reap harvest
from the visitors. For the past two
weeks the office of the city assessor
has swarmed with men of wild. weird
raiment anxious to know the cost of
operating a game. The rush has set
in early but the big army of fakirs
will reach the city during the next
fortnight, and when the fair closes in
Columbia every wild man from the Mid
way there will hit the town. They are
coming in now by every train. The
visions of wealth are staggering and
few of the strange tribe now here ex-
pect to walk home. They will leave
town in palace cars. Not all of the
fakirs can be told this year by the
clothes they wear. Once the garb of
the fakir was as characteristic as the
dress of a Mormon elder. But the
smoother articles have taken to more
quiet raiment, and that is where the
public is going to be fooled. The per-
suasive voice. however, is the same
and when the exposition closes the peo-
pie of the city will never mistake a
CRATER for psalm singer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
THE JACKSON HEIRS FOUND.

Atlanta Journal: ]. R, and W. T.
Jackson, both employees of the EXPOSE
ton Cotton Mills. two Atlanta men,
are to come into fortune through the
death of their uncle. j. w. Jackson,
a retired and wealthy merchant at Bo-
lingbroke near Macon. A telegram an
nouncing his death was received by
them last night and they went at once
to Macon. Mr.. Jackson was said to
have possessed a large fortune, the
" hole of which will go to j. r. Jack
son and his brother, who are the near
est relatives. Much of the fortune ac-
oumulated by Mr.. Jackson is invested
in railroad stocks and other property.
This fact was not known at first but
was discovered by the friends in their
efforts to learn something about his
family connections. The men who will
come into the fortune of their uncle
are trusted employees in the office of
the Exposition mills. Their father was
resident of Leesburg or Lee county.
j. r. Jackson lives at 1868 Marietta
street and has a wife and one child.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04

River RepOrt-The night OF the Sa-
vannah river at Augusta at a. m.
(75th meridian time) yesterday was 80
feet, a fall of OIL foot during the pre-
ceding twenty-four hours.
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time Nov. 3, 1901, p. m,
75th meridian time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04

hogany wrapper that brought this-the
highest bid that had been made on the
local market this season, and If infor-
nation is correct, the highest that has
been reported from any market in the
Pee Dee section. When the auctioneeN
went higher and higher in his merry
song and finally rounded out one dol
lar there was great enthusiasm
among buyers, warehousemen, plant
ers and visitors. Other high prices
reached on the market yesterday were
65 "a and so cents a pound.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Florence Times TObaoeo 40 the
fiorence market yesterday sold for 81
. pound. - waF % very pretty me.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
THE OLD sECEDER CHURCH.

Washington Post: In Fairfield coun-
ty, South Carolina, is an old Seceder
Church, built of brick A massive rock
wall, granite blocks laid in cement. sur
rounds the church, and graveyard. The
church is popularity known as the "Old
Brick Church. though its founders
called it 'Ebenezer." 1t sits on an emil
hence in a beautiful grove of oak and
hickory a few hundred yards from
Kincafd's bridge over Little river. The
Confederates, when retiring before
Sherman in his march through that
part of the state. destroyed the bridge
near the church. and Sherman's men
tore up the flooring and sleepers of the
church for material to rebuild The
bridge. OF course. the church was long
ago repaired. but the following notice.
written in pencil on a facing of the
door, has been permitted to remain as
marking a bright spot and the horrors
of war, and Is plainly legible to-day:
Citizens Of This Community: Please
excuse us for defacing your house of
worship so much. 1t was absolutely
necessary to effect a crossing over the
creek, as the rebs destroyed the bridge.
A Yanke." The historic church. whose
corner stone is as old as the American
Revolution, is the place where the "se-
ceders' of the South, on May 8. 1903,
organized their synod (the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the
South, the highest ecclesiastical body
of that denomination, the centennial of
which will be celebrated in 1908, and
the event marked with a beautiful
house of worship, the edifice to be
erected at Columbia, S. c., the capital
of the state in which the synod was
organized and to be called the Cen
tennial Church of the A. r. p Synod"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
KoEsrER KILLED THE NEGRO.

Friends of George R. Rooster, whose
appointment as collector of internal
revenue is opposed because he took
part in a lynching in Lexington county
some years ago, have made state
ment in the affair. According to this
version Rooster. who is editor of the
Columbia Record. went with the mob
to report the lynching. When the ne
gro was caught he was strung to tree
and the mob was making ready to burn
him alive when Rooster protested that
II should not be done. WED like to see
you help it," said one of the leaders.
'I'u kill him first" answered Rooster,
and it is said that he whipped out a
revolver and fired. Rooster claimed to
have acted with the desire to save the
negro from slow torture. The mob, he
said, was bloodthirsty and wild for the
negro's life, but was not willing to kill
him outright. The Rooster element
claims now that he did humane act,
inasmuch as he was powerless to save
the negro.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
scREvEN's FERRY ROAD SOLD.

bought the old Screvens ferry road
and the ferry on the Savannah river.
The road was toll road and an inn
portant one, as 1t was the principal
thoroughfare leading to the river and
the city of Savannah. The owners had
asked at one time (when the county
was looking into the matter) about
$l1 900 for the property. including tho
franchise. However, after working on
the matter for some six months Super
visor Sanders closed the deal for $3.50.
The changing will be put to work
improving the road as soon as the
work at Port Royal ferry is completed.
BY a recent act of the Legislature this
ferry was turned over to the county.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04

Questions and communications rela-
tive 90 agricultural and horticultural
subjects, II addressed 10 Agri. Editor.
Drawer n. Milledgeviile. Ca. will re-
celve immediate attention.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
Notice.

We solicit articles for this depart
ment. The name of the writer should
accompany the letter or criticize. not ne
cessarily for publication. but as an
evidence OF good faith.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
LOCAL PERSONAL.

H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-04
THE WEATHER.

Forecast for Monday and Tuesday
Georgia: Rain Monday; colder in
western portion. Tuesday fair colder
in eastern portion: variable winds, be-
coming fresh northerly.
Eastern Florida Showers Monday
and Tuesday; fresh winds. mostly
north to northeast.
Western Florida: Rain and much
colder Monday. Tuesday fair, winds
becoming fresh northerly.
South Carolina: Rain Monday.
Tuesday fair and colder; fresh easterly
winds, shifting to northerly.
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah
Maximum tennneratl1re d.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-11-30

Corn STALK DISEASE. This is
A peculiar disease of the West. IL
is a diseaee OF corn. due to a fun-
gus. and horses and cattle eating
the stalk get the disease. The or
igin of this disease was discovered
by DIR. Billings. of N ebraska. with
the assistance Of DIR. Burrows, of
Illinois. II is 60 well known now
that the diseased patches can be
picked out in the corn field; 1t
doesn't spread all over the field.
II interferes with the growth OF
the corn and breaks out finally at
the junction of the leaf and stalk.
Ii is due to a vegetable parasite.
When animals are affected, in
the course OF few days the brain
becomes affected, they get celir-
ious, become pugnacious and want
to fight everything, even imaginary
objects, like man in delirium
iremens. II anything comes IN
sight they go at II, so they are
very dangerous to handle. The
trouble keeps on increasing until
they lose the power Of co-ordina-