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The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
SAVED INNOCENT MAN.

When Judge Speer called the moon
shining case of J. Randolph Phillips
of Dooley county. near the line Of
Houston, at Macon. Friday. Oscar
Cole appeared and asked to be allow
ed to plead guilty OF the offense charg-
ed against Phillips. He said he was
boarding with Phillips when the dis
tillery was being operated near the
house, and when he found that the
officers had caught up with the bust
ness he skipped out 10 Texas. When he
found that Phillips had been indicted
and was about to be tried, he scraped
enough money together to pay his way
back to Georgia to prevent the inno-
cent man from suffering for his crime
He said he was too much of a man to
allow such thing. Judge Speer ac-
cepted his plea Of guilty and sentenced
him TO one month in Jail and to pay
800. But Saturday morning at 1890
twelve hours after he was imprisoned,
Cole was released, the judge desiring
to reward him for his commendable
spirit. Phillips goes free.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16

of Atlanta alone consumes between
two and three carloads a day during
this period.
Outside of the market and keeping
qualities, we have the further ad-
vantage of being able to grow these
potatoes on land which has already
made a crop of something else. This
year We planted them after early cab
bage and turnips. The land for these
crops had been heavily MANFRED with
heterogeneous fertilizers. and after the
cabbages were off we replaced ana
worked the land down fine. 1t was not
necessary here to use ammonia on the
potatoes, there being already an
abundance of this element in the soil.
The land was of a sandy character.
and on such land potash always shows
marked effect, especially on root
crop like potatoes. We therefore only
used acid phosphate and muriate Of
potash in preparing our fertilizer, and
applied it at the rate of 800 pounds per
acre. A fertilizer for this crop on
such land should analyze about 10 per
cent. phosphoric acid and per cent.
potash. For the early potato crop the
fertilizer should contain ammonia also,
about three or four per cent. and for
the late crop, where the land is defl-
cient in this element.
We are digging our potatoes now
the 18th of November-and they are
the finest / ever saw. One of the best
hills produced from one vine ten large
potatoes weighing nearly one-half
pound each, or four and one-half
pounds for the ten. This means, with
a perfect stand, over 500 puhsels per
acre. Unfortunately for us. our stand
is very poor, owing to the exceptional
| ly wet weather in August which rotted
! the seed before it had time to sprout.
In spite of all this however, our pota-
toes are turning out close to 200 bushels
per acre. This may seem somewhat
exaggerated, but when one hill will
produce four and a half pounds of po-
tatoes, and we have a great many just
as good, you can easily figure what the
yield will be per acre.
There are thousands of acres of
sandy loan land all over the South, on
which these late potatoes can be grown
to perfection with proper attention and
1 fertilizer. l am firmly convinced that
| the time is not far distant when the
South will grow all of her Irish pota-
toes, both early and late as well.
! The potato referred to in this in
stance is not the late potato usually
known as the second crop, but a late
variety called the Lookout Mountain,
| WHICH produces out one crop III sea-
son, the seed being kept over and
planted the goth of July and the 18th
of August. The second crop of such
varieties as Early Rose, Bliss Tri-
umph, Early Ohio and others can also
be made very remunerative and de-
serves more attention from our South
ern farmers, especially for seed pur@
poses for the next spring planting.
This second crop seed is much superior
to the Northern grown stock in that
they produce fewer small potatoes. are
earlier and the vines are much more
thrifty.
Side by side in the same field this
year the Northern and Southern grown
Z seed produced potatoes which looked
like different varieties, although they
were of the same sort. Altogether, the
late Irish potato at the South furnishes
a field for enterprise worthy of the
earnest attention of our farmers.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
Late Irish Potatoes at the south.

The many and great advantages of
the late Irish potato crop South can
hardly be ovorestimaSed. says a writer
in Farm and Ranch. In the first place
potatoes dug in November will keep
perfectly all winter in barrels or boxes
In a closed house. The temperature
may go down to freezing, but II the
barrels are covered there will be little
II any danger of injury. In fact Irish
potatoes need to be kept cool. We
have kept them perfectly piled up I'M
der q shed and covered with only about
one foot Of pine straw.
This wonderful keeping quality OF
the late Irish potato enables the grow
err to market them to advantage. There
is at least six months in which to dis
pose of the crop. and the grower can
watch the market and place them
when the price is good. Another adj
vantage OF this crop Is that our South
ern home market throughout the win
ter. is the best in the country for Irish
potatoes. The price last winter 10 At
lanta ranged from T5~cents TO 81 per
bushel. while at present. owing 70
the short crop North they are bring
ing 81 40 per bushel.
The South IS large consumer OF
this vegetable. and throughout the
winter the supply has come principally
from the North and West. The city
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16

cellent canning and cooking fruit.
Pears allowed to hang too long on the
trees when they are apparently ripe
and soft will be found to have merely
a shell. about half an inch thick, OF
ripened pulp, and a large central por-
ton, either too hard to eat or filled toe
compactly with stone cells"
We always try to pick our pears as
soon as they attain their growth. and
taking them in the house, spread them
on the floor and cover them up from
the light. The more immature the
fruit is the longer it takes to ripen and
color. but we have taken half grown
fruit and in a few weeks 1t was ready
to put on the market.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
FLORIDA.

Volusia Record: immigration to
Florida is heavier than was ever
known before in the history of the
state, and no section of the state is
excepted. People are coming to Flor
ida from all sections of the country,
and they are buying lands, building
Tor themselves homes. and will en-
gage in the fruit. vegetable or other
enterprise. They come to escape the
rigors of the Northern winters and
to better their condition in life De-
Land is getting her share of the in
fiux of home-seekers and visitors; in
deed there were never so many new
people. so early in the winter, as there
are now. 1t is so all over South and
Southeast Florida.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI-
CULTURIsT AND HOUSEWIFE.
Some Things That May Be Done I'm
misunderstanding in the south.
Late Irish Potatoes-Sheep for
the south.


December-Trucking In the south.
Late Irish Potatoes-Sheep for
the south.
Certainly nothing in the way of
planting, but considerable may, and
should be done in the way of blowing.
it. Clay soil, especially, should be listed
up so as to let the freezes do some good
work upon II. Use a sharp long tongue
shovel that will throw the dirt as high
as possible. Run back and couple list,
leave eighteen inches and run back,
and so continue, and the fiuting of the
soil will be done expeditiously, and it
can be put in condition very promptly
in the spring for planting. If the land
is at all rolling, take pains to have the
burrows run on a perfect horizontal.
The first furrow must be carefully run,
and it will not be difficult to keep the
others right. A great deal of our land
is very poorly prepared for planting.
when blowing is postponed to the very
last moment possible. Much wet wealth
er or dry weather comes, occurring
along in February or, March oftentimes
puts stop to blowing and then it must
be done so hastily that it must neces-
sarily be poorly done. We have no
doubt twenty per cent. of our lands
yield 25 per cent less than they really
should, simply from being so poorly
prepared before planting.
A farmer who does his work when
not hurried, as a matter of course, does
ii better. There will be many days in
December and January probably, when
it will be too wet to pillow. 1t happens
now and then though when the pillow
can run fifteen or twenty days out of
either of these months. By all means
list up as much of the land as possible
in the manner described. The freezes
will cause it to be in friable, easily
worked condition in the spring.
Is there anything in the way of ditch
ing needed on the farm? If there is put
the work under way as soon as possible.
"Baulks" at least three feet wide
should be established at certain inter-
walls on any land that is rolling. Take
pains and get a perfect horizontal and
never afterwards pillow up the baulks.
If these had been established when the
land was first cleared, there would have
been less quilted land than there is.
These baulks, if sown down to iucerne
in the fail, would produce considerable
quantity of hay or soiling matter and
keep the soil we'll knitted together and
prove a perfect barrier to washing.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
SOUTH CAROLINA,

Columbia Record: The wholesale
dispensary is very busy these days
shipping out Christmas stock to the
dispensers all over the state. During
the past week the shipping depart
ment has averaged about 1000 cases
of the stuff every day, and the pros
poets are that this will continue up to
the 22d, which is the last day stock
will be shipped until after Christmas.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
FLORIDA SUPREME COURT.

Tallahassee. Fla. Dec. 14.-Josiah
Ferris. appellant. VS.. Orla j. Spafford,
appellee Hillsborough county: rehear-
ing denied. American, Building, Loan
and Tontine Saving Association, plain
tiff in error. VS.. White a. Knox, defend
ants in error. Orange county; rehear-
ing denied. Southern Insurance Com
pany, plaintiff in error, VS.. w. S.
Smith Tyler. defendant in error, Or
ange county; rehearing denied. B. H.
Powell, plaintiff in error. VS.. F. ].
Pons, defendant in error, Baker coun-
ty judgment affirmed. Victoria Flor
ida Phosphate Company. plaintiff in
error, VS.. Lucy T. Bradley defendant
in error, Duval county: judgment af-
flrmed. Mary Bethel. plaintiff in error,
VS.. The Jacksonville Street Railroad
Company, defendant in error, Duval
county; judgment affirmed
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
A SHERIFF BADLY TREATED.

Suwanee Democrat: A few days
ago Deputy Sheriff George Meeks was
pretty roughly treated by Ed. Ray,
a negro. who was wanted in Columbia
county for embezzlement. 1t seems the
negro took advantage of an unguarded
moment to trip the officer and to shove
him over log and fell on him. Thus
surprised and overpowered, the off,
Ger was badly beaten and bruised
about the face and chest by the ne
gro. who disarmed him and left. Raw
was afterward apprehended by Sheriff
Hawkins, who carried him before JUS
tice of the Peace Humphreys. who re-
manded him to Jail in default of $500
bail for robbery and resisting an off,
GER
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
c. VI. 1. MEN TO MEET.

The ex-cadets of the Carolina Mill
tary Institute will have a reunion in
Charleston in January. probably the
10Th of the month. Gen. NJ. L. Bon
ham, who is chairman of the commit
tee, has sent out circulars to the grad
yates of the institution calling their
attention to the affair. Gen. Bonham
has already received a number of en-
thusiastic responses and a big meet
ing is in prospect. There will be a
programme prepared which will include
addresses by the former superintendent
and by some OF the principal alumni.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16

liet can not be prescribed except by
using cut fodder.
several outbreaks have been reported
IN the past two weeks. and in a number
OF outbreaks Of supposed black-leg, DR..
rag assistant state veterinarian, has
t.Vund TINS TO be present Instead The
disease IL not Contagious and cannot
spread from one farm TO another. The
occurrence OF a few cases In a commun-
Ivy should not brighten others 70 dis.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
TO BRING BACK JAsPER's FLAG.

Columbia Star: A special committee
of the ladies of the Daughters Of the
Revolution has undertaken to bring
about the recovery of an historic en-
blem that should be among the arch
ives of South Carolina-the flag of
Sergt. Jasper of revolutionary fame.
now in the Tower of London. This
was not the flag that made him fam
Gus at Fort Moultrie, but was one
given the Second South Carolina by
Miss Elliott. which he lost his life in
defending at Savannah in 1873. Plans
have been outlined and every posi-
BILE effort will be made to secure the
return OF the famous flag to this -eoiiR-
try. The committee held an earnest
meeting in this city on Thursday aft
ernoon last at which the initial steps
were taken
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16

be devoted to a discussion of Sunday
school work and duties. ]. NJ. Green
wood of Kansas City. who is face
tiously known as the "cornbread and
huttermilk educator of the West" has
been engaged as the principal lee
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
POLITICAL COMMENT.

Dublin Courier Dispatch: Savannah
must have rubbed her rabbit foot on
Senator Steve Clay. Savannah is all
right, so is Clay.
Fitzgerald Enterprise: A North
Georgia admlrer dominates Hon. Rob
ert c. Mitchell Of Thomas for COVER
nor There will probably be North
Georgia admirers enough to bring out
South Georgia candidates enough to
assure the election of a North Georgia
man to the governorship.
Clarksville Advertiser: Rumor says
Gov. Gambler will enter the race for
Congress against Hon. f. c. Tate.
Such a move on the Governors part
would make many changes on the po-
litical checker board. and the guber-
material race would become more and
more complicated. The Governor would
have to, resign a few months before
his term expired. Clark Howell would
become Governor for unexpired term,
and then naturally a candidate for
the next term.
North Georgia Citizen; Your uncle
blue Jeans Jimmy Smith of Ogletop"
has dragged his caster into the guber-
material arena 1t would be an agri-
cultural faux pas for the people to re-
move so wealthy a farmer. railroad
owner and capitalist from the pillow
handles where. Cincinnatus like. he
lards the lean earth and produces four
or five hundred bales OF cotton and
quantities of other farm produce with
convict labor. Uncle Jimmie" lives at
home and should be allowed to stay
there.
Wrightsville Headlight: We have
been strongly inclined to Mr.. Estill
from the time he first announced his
candidacy for Governor-not simply
because he is a newspaper man, but
for other good and sufficient reasons
Col. Estill is an honorable, heightened
man,and his abilities and qualifications
for the chief executive of the state
can't be questioned. He Is a simon pure
Democrat whose record, both private
and political, Is without a blemish.
Aside from this. he is a man of fine
executive ability. who has made a
browning success of his own business
and with the same sincerity and man.
ifest interest would conduct the affairs
of state.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
WILD CATS AND RATTLEsNAKEs.

Nashville South Georgian: Messrs.
W. NJ. GrineT, Billie. Har-
mon, Lem and Ben Gaskins and Ro-
land Richardson and Jimmy Tyson
went cat hunting Monday and killed
two large wild cats and one large rat
tlesnake five feet long. They jumped
four cats in Mr.. W. NJ. Griner's woods
assure neartha house and would have
killed them all, but finding the rattle
snake at the mouth of a gopher hole
they stopped and dug him out. Strange
to say the dogs were all over the snake
at one time trying to kill it, but none
were bitten. The cats killed two OF
Jerry Tyson's geese the night before
and afr eating all they wanted they
buried their remains under the grape
arbor and pulled up a wagon load OF
leaves on them.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
SOLD WATER FOR wHIsKEY.

Pickens Sentinel: Certain Greenwood
blind tigers have received such a set
back in the last few days that it seems
to them almost impossible to get back
to a business basis at all. Those who
have been sold" are all negroes, and
the seller was a negro. but the stuff
sold was water and not the regulation
fire water. The facts are these: A week
ago. one Henry Probst.
very black specimen arrived
here from Hamlet, N. C.
He was dressed as a dead game sport
and had several big trunks as personal
baggage. He had five five gallon kegs
of mean whisky in each of these trunks.
After he had disposed of all his stock
to dealers, he refilled the kegs with
water and offered other dealers very
attractive proposition to take the bal
ance of his goods at bargain day fig
ures, as the constables We're after him.
He sold one negro three five-g gallon kegs
of water for S24. One went for g. 80,
and still another was sold to Mrs. C;il-
reath" for 81 SO. This lady is the treas
urer for a church missionary society.
ciety's money in a sure thing and make
back a good sum for the society ana
probably good thing for herself Hav-
ing sold his stock of fire water and
plain water, Henry closed his big
trunks and went back to Hamlet The
negroes did not know uatil the next
morning. Sunday. that they had hoIght
water. Their rage knew no bounds.
They had to tell how they had been
sold The missionary treasurer is in
whole lot of trouble.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
MIDWAY MEN FORM A CLUB.

News and Courier: The concession
aries on the Midway are determined
that the people of Charleston shall
know that they are therA even If they
have to transport every attraction on
the Midway to the heart of the city
in order to accomplish their purpose.
In fact, that is just exactly what they
intend to do. and the date set for the
operation is Saturday, the 21st inst.
when one of the most novel, as well
as the largest, parades ever witnessed
In Charleston will be given to mark
the day set for the formal opening of
the Midway. And every feature of that
wonderful thoroughfare will be repre-
sented. The plans are pretty thor
oughly matured already the details
being in the hands of the Midway Club
which has just been formed. and the
membership of which is made up OF
all the concessionaries on the Midway.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
RAISED GIANT POTATO.

Miami Metropolis: Mr.. D. A Smith.
who came here about six weeks ago
from Kentucky and located on the S. ].
Kelly homestead. back of Cocoanut
Grove. was in town Wednesday, exhib-
tting sweet potato which measured
AZ inches around and weighed So
pounds. OF course, this potato is what
is known as stand over" but 1t ap-
peared to be quite smooth, firm and
solid and would have made good eat
ing all right. Mr.. Smith found the
potato in the field when he first went
out TO the place and determined to
make II as large as possible and has
been applying Mapes' fertilizer liberal
ly. II Will be put on exhibition this
winter to show visitors to Dade coun-
~ that the story OF small potatoes
and few in a hill is not all true here.
So far as we know, this is the largest
potato ever grown here or elsewhere.
II II can be beat let us hear from the
locality that can do IT.
FLORIDA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
The Florida Teachers Association
will meet in ocsla. beginning Friday
night, Dec. q, and closing Monday
night following. Rates OF one and a
half cents per mile each way have
been given by the railroads and large
attendance is expected. As a consider
able attendance of others besides teach
ers Is expected, the people OF Ocala
have rented large tent for the pur-
pose capable OF seating 1000 people
Gov. Jennings will honor the teachers
with his presence and will deliver an
address. Rev Sam =. Jones will lee
ture Saturday night and preach sun
day. Sunday afternoon and night viii
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
STOLE A WIFE IN GEORGIA

DR.. Joseph Williams, alias Dr. K.
Durham. alias Dr. Colburn, is the man
arrested at Wilson last week upon
suspicion that he was with Nellie
Cropsey. 1t is charged that DIT.
Williams last August took a horse and
buggy from J. A. Butts of WadleS,
Ca. brought the turnout to Edgecombe
county, this state. and sold 1t. Butts
has recovered his property. DR.. =
Williams, it is claimed took two other
horses in Georgia and also stole his
wife He stopped one night at her ia
TIERS home. she became infatuated
with him, he told her brothers he had
Sll 900. Marriage was quickly arrang-
ed. Williams left his trunk at the
house. saying the money was in it.
After ne had gone with his pretty
bride, the trunk was opened and was
found to contain stones and rubbish.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
NEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA,
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Hon. William H. Davis of Burke Will
make the race for Senator in his dis
trict in the next campaign. An an
nouncement to this effect appears IN
the Waynesboro True-Citizen IN Ihe
shane of a card from Mr. Davis, reply
ing TO an urgent request to this ef-
feet by a committee of citizens. Mr.
Davis is wef known throughout the
entire state and his many friends out
side of Burke will welcome his pros
pective membership of the next Senate.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16

Dublin Courier Dispatch: Savannah
must have rubbed her rabbit foot on
Senator Steve Clay. Savannah is all
right, so is Clay.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-16
rhe Pomegrnnate.

Continued on Seventh Page),
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-08-22
The old strawberry bed.

A Maryland strawberry grower
says: My way of handling old straw.
berry rows, which ] wish to keep for
another year is as follows: AS soon
as they are done bearing NOW of
the tops as close as possible, and
then apply well-rotted manure, bone
meal, if l have it, and wood ashes.
This is applied when the weather is
damp. After moving I burn the
stalks and leaves. 1t is now easy to
remove all weeds and cultivate close
to the plants. This is the time to pile
on the fertilizer. Plants then start
out new growth and make a fine
bed by fall, when / cover them with
straw after the ground freezes.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-08-22
Keeping Roads in Condition.

Fred Grundy, in Farm and Preside,
tells us he has been watching road
keeper" care for ten miles of black
earth road, and he has kept it in
good condition, not by matchmaking
it or by covering it with crushed
stone, but by providing good drain
age, by tile in most places, to take
the water off, and by digging out
some of the worst places about 1s
inches deep and filling with broken
brick, tile, coal, cinders or whatever
will make firm foundation, and al
low water to drain through. Then if
the roads are rounded up to allow
the water to run off and they get
. little attention after every rain,
they are easily kept in good condi-
ton. The results are much better
and the cost much less than they
were for the annual turnout of the
district to mend, or often to make
worse the roads, the job being ex-
pected then to be done until the same
season comes around another year.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-08-22
Some Neglected Vegetables.

There are some crops seldom grown
in gardens, but which would be ap-
preciated if given trial. Okra, one
of the essentials for certain soups,
is grown very easily and with little
or no labor. Satisfy, or vegetable oys-
ter, which is seeded in the fall, and
the various peppers and garnishing
plants, will occupy but little space.
Even the peanut will prove ornamen-
tai and worthy of place. 1t should
have a little lime scattered over the
rows, which will assist it to fill out.
Even the eggplant Is absent in some
garde1A