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The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI-
CULTURIsT AND HOUSEWIFE.

The Onion for Market-Remedy for
Skin Dlsease-Broom Corn in Geor-
gia-Sheep in the South-The Mod
ern Hog, Etc.
o. D. Landing, Swainsboro, Ga,
writes: In early spring made some
inquiry relative to the culture Of broom
ccrn. l planted few rows in my gar
den, and to my surprise, made as fine as
could be grown anywhere in the state.
1 never put a plow in 1t at all.
cultivated entirely with a hoe. /
planted it too close in the rows. 1t
ought to be about three and half feet
apart, 10 to IL inches in drill Mine
in rows two and a half feet apart,
made stalks to 10 feet high, and the
brush is "a to 3S inches long and very
fine quality. 1t was planted on ordi-
nary upland and very poorly fertilized
as did not pin much faith in it. l
have shown it to some of the farmers,
but they don't seem to take much in
terest in it. They want to know the
price, and I can not tell them, as l
have never seen any quotations on
broom corn. 1 have heard all sorts of
prices, but nothing definite. 1t is one
of the easiest crops to cultivate I ever
saw. 1 cut the first crop off, and now
where it sprouted from the old roots
1t has made the second crop with brush
from IL to "a inches in length. If our
county makes an exhibit at the State
Fair I want to take it along and show
what old Emanuel county can raise.
1t is one of the best farming counties
in the state. Now. If anyone wants
sample head of the brush, if they will
send postage to cover mailing same
will gladly mail sample. 1 would like
to hear from others on the subject.
Reply: We have frequently stated in
this column that there was no difficult
ty in growing broom-corn in the South
if suitable land was used. Have
grown it several times in a small way.
The rows should be or feet apart
and plant left every II or Is inches
in the row to make fine brush. Broom
corn has sold as high as $3.50 per ton
i'll the past year or so. We have ex-
amined or 10 of the leading agricul-
tural papers on our desk and not one
quotes prices of broom corn. Will
quote 1t as soon as we find out the
market price.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
The Turpentine situation.

Iron City, Ga, Oct. 13.-Editor
Morning News: l have been watching
with some degree of interest, the pro-
ceedings of the meetings of the naval
stores operators recently held in Jack
sonville. But, from my point of view,
they have so far failed to accomplish
anything toward the betterment OF the
situation. The labor question is the
most stubborn one which to-day con-
fronts the operators. and when they
get that thoroughly under control 9TH
er matters will adjust themselves, as
they do in all other lines of commerce.
When an operator is short of hands
these days, he does not follow the old
plan of recruiting from North Caro-
lima. or some other place where the ter
ritory has been worked up, but Just
steps out a little ways, to where some
brother operator has a nice crew of
hands and steals them, leaving the
neighbor short, who, in turn, breaks
into his neighbors ranks. and so the
game goes on. How can you blame
the negro? In all probability he owes
So $l5 or $25, and is glad enough Of
the chance to get away and start on
a clean sheet with the other man, and
you are left in the lurch. Therefore,
IL every operator will put himself un-
der a 81 900 forfeit not to hire hands
from another operator, until such
hands bring with them a written
statement that they are honorably dis
charged, and owe nothing to their
former employer. this drifting OF
hands from place 10 place will be stop
ped. and man can pretty surely rely
on keeping the hands he begins a sea-
son with. and at the end OF the sea-
son won't have so many unpaid hands
accounts on his books when the sea-
son closes. Let US have some express
sions from operators along this line.
Operator.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14

Can you tell me how it is used, and
If you have ever tried any remedy
successfully against the weevil? l have
seen several remedies for keeping seed,
but they destroy the usefulness or
peas for table use. A successful rem
edy for this destructive little insect
would mean a great saving to planters.
How many bushels is a good yield
for an acre of peas. Are there any
varieties of peas that will mature by
the first of May?
about the insects on my egg plants, l
never did succeed in stopping them,
and lost about $50 plants while the
fruit was about half mature, so I cut
them all down and burned them.
Reply-For destroying weevils in bin
or barn there is nothing better than
bi-sulphide of carbon. 1t is a liquid
that can be procured at the drug store.
The way to use it is to pour it into
shallow vessels. pans or saucers and
place these upon the piles of peas Cor
other grain). The evaporating fumes
are heavy and settle downward per-
meating the mass. These fumes de-
stroy all insect life. If the peas are
shelled and placed in barrels set a
saucer of the liquid on top of the peas
and keep the barrel closed as tight as
possible. Be careful not to inhale the
fumes or to have any fire about the
building at the time. Before the dis
covery of this substance we kept our
bean and English pea seeds protected
from weevils by putting them in jars
or cans, air-tight and placing in them
a rag saturated with turpentine or
camphor. -"" v
Twenty bushels Is fine yield of peas
to the acre. The average is about 40
bushels. Now and then 40 bushels are
made on an acre. There is no variety
that will mature by the first of May
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
Weed for Name-skin Disease.

c. F. c., Lanier, Ga: We could not
identify the plant sent but can assure
you that 1t is a weed of no known
value. AS to the skin trouble of your
mule it may be one of several posi-
BILE troubles. 1t may be ring worm or
mango or erysipelas or common ecze-
ma, arising from indigestion. 1t may
be lice. The following treatment is
more or less good for all these all
ments: Mix equal parts of sulphur and
oak ashes and add some salt and keep
the mixture in the animals trough.
To a pint of water add one ounce
each of sugar-of-lead and sulphate of
zinc. and one drachm of carbolic acid.
After washing the animal apply this
solution every other day with a mop,
rubbing 1t in well for several times.
Some green food in the winter would
be helpful. The mule probably suffers
with indigestion-the main cause of all
skin diseases. Do not let the animal
bite himself after applying the solu-
tiCn.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
THE JURY MUDDLE IN FLORENCE.

Florence Times: The situation of
Florence county in regard to the jury
law is as unique as it is confusing. At
a meeting of the Florence bar this
morning, the attorneys were discussing
the validity of the law and it was dis
covered that in this county the juries
had been drawn under the old law.
Their fore if the new law is invalid,
and Judge Aldrich rules SO, it would
seem to follow that the old law stands,
and Florence will probably be the only
county to have valid jury. In this
event court can go on with it's work
without delay. While on the other
hand, if the new law is pronounced
constitutional, the old law. under which
the juries were drawn. is null and
void, and the juries will be invalid.
Truly most remarkable tangle seems
TO exist somewhere.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Wednesday afternoon Mr.. j. H.
Lawrence, Jr., living about five miles
of Central on the Keowee river sus-
tanned a painful accident by which he
lost the fingers of his right hand. Mr..
Lawrence was feeding shingle mill
when the shingles became packed about
the saw, and in pushing them away he
struck his hand against the saw, cut
ting off his fingers where they join
the hand. Mr. Lawrence lost his left
arm a few years ago at Hasting' S
saw mill on Keowee river by being
caught by belt and carried through a
hole in floor cut out for the belt to
pass from shaft on lower floor to shaft
on upper floor, his arm having to be
amputated near the shoulder.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
WANT CITY COURT OFFICES.
Both Judge Hobbs and Solicitor
Pope at Albany Have Opposition.


Albany, Ga, Oct. 13.-There is some
prospect of a scramble over the So
licitorship and judgship of the City
Court of Albany. The present incum-
bents are Judge Richard Hobbs and
Solicitor John D. Pope, and they have
made a splendid record during the last
two years. The court is said to be the
only one in Georgia which is abso-
lutely self-sustaining, annually turn
ing into the county exchequer an
amount in excess of that paid out for
its maintenance.
Hon. d. F. Crosland, present city at
torney and representative of Dougher-
ty county in the lower house of the
Legislature, has announced that he
will be an applicant for the judgeship,
and it has been rumored that another
candidate may announce. AS aspirants
for Solicitor Pope's place the names of
Col. Ed r. Jones, ex-Solicitor S. J..
Jones and Mr.. J. T. Mann are men
toned. These gentlemen have all stat
ed that they would like to have the
appointment, but it is not known just
how active a race they will make. The
Governor will make the two appoint
ments at an early date. A warm per-
sonal friendship of many years stand
ing is known to exist between himself
and Judge Hobbs.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
FLORIDA's GAME LAW.

Madison Recorder: This is the first
of the four months of the open deer
season. This season comprises the
months of October, November, Decem-
her and January. No one is allowed
to kill more than five deers in the sea-
son, under a penalty of $50 for each
deer above the limit. The open season
for turkey, quail and partridges com
prises the months of November, De-
cember. January and February. The
sale and transportation of venison and
deer hides is absolutely prohibited, but
turkey, quail and partridges may De
sold and shipped during the open sea-
son. Non-residents must pay license
of $40 for the privilege of hunting deer,
quail or partridges. The license must
be paid in every county. In case OF
violations of the game law the informer
gets half the fines imposed.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
Durability of the CataIpa.

We find the following interesting
statements about the Catalpa Speciosa,
in The Conservative:
'"The Indian tribes who dwelt in the
valley of the Wabash, or traversed this
region, sought such trees as could be
easily wrought with their rude imple-
ments, and those which were most en-
during, from which to fashion their ca
noes, and the catalpa was their favor
ite wood.
Usually those woods which are dense
and slow to mature, have great dura-
bility, while the quick growing trees
with softer wood, soon. perish. The re-
verse is the case with catalpa, its
chemical constituent being permanent
antiseptics preserve the fibres from de-
cay.
THE early white settlers in the val
ley of the Wabash We're instructed as
to the valuable qualities of the catalpa
and they made use of it in constructing
their houses, boats and stockade forts
which have endured through more than
a century. r.r
General VIM. H. Harrison often
spoke of the catalpa, and urged its cul-
tivation, since he had known of its
many valuable qualities during his
| residence at Vincennes. He had seen
this wood sound and bright more than
a century after it had been placed in
| the stockades, and he used catalpa for
| posts in his fence 80 years ago, some
| of which are still standing.
The writer procured one of these
| posts for the New Orleans exposition
| in 1885; it was sound and good for
many years additional service.
"On the line of the Evansville &,
Terre Haute railway, found a large
number of catalpa posts which were
set fully half a century ago, and are
| still in use.
| Evidences of the durability of catal-
pa wood are numerous and convincing.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
BOYS SET BARN ON FIRE.

Baxley, Ga. Oct. u.-Correspond-
ence Morning News: The barn and
stables of ]. H. Rogers, who runs a
Small turpentine business, were de-
stroyed by fire Thursday, together with
quite a lot of corn and hay, Mr.. Rog-
ers having recently gathered his crop.
Mrs. w. B. Stringfield was near the
place where the fire originated, and
states that two very small boys, Lamar
Hall and Osborne Dunn, were together
at the barn. and that she saw one of
them strike a match and set the fire.
The boys are only s or 9 years
of age.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
REBUILDING JACKSONVILLE.

Jacksonville Metropolis: Permits fsr
1922 permanent buildings have been
issued since the fire of May Sd. This
week, however has been a record
breaker, as forty-five permits have
been issued since last Monday morning.
Forty of these are for substantial
frame houses, while five were for brick
blocks. The indications are that the
architects were correct when they said
that October would lead all the other
months in the year in the matter OF
rebuilding the city. Capt. c. r. Gar
ner, president of the Jacksonville Knit
ting Mills, announces that this indus
try will resume operations on next
Monday
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14

eat up In the winter while in the
south hardly a passing thought is
given this so far as sheep are con-
cerned; and when they get to growing
rape and cabbages there for sheep feed
as they certainly will in the near flu
ture, fodder for winter will never
worry any one. Let one imagine what
great saving this will be in the mat
Ter OF wintering sheep as compared
even with where / reside, where we
nave 70 feed sheep stored fodder about
SIX months-half OF the year! Growing
sheep and wool so much cheaper in the
South, and saving so much transpor-
tation, that person must be afflicted
with myopia who cannot see the ad-
vantages Of growing sheep In the South
over that OF the North. Sheep and
wool are shipped from the West from
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14

1000 to 1900 miles. Just how FAR II u
is from the lower South to New orH pm
and Boston is not known, but winter
resort in Georgia advertises 10 hours
to New York"
1t is true that sheep cannot be grow
ION the range" in the South to so latse ~
an extent individually as in the Ia.
West, but there are opportunities
most anywhere to grow as many
one shepherd could readily handle
prominent man OF Clarendon cou,i';t.
South Carolina, writes me under IN IN
OF Sept. 3: Il hear you know ~ 90
with a little capital who wants IN 70
into the sheen business in the soutn.
/ have $50 acres OF pasture under fenoSS
and several hundred acres OF t,gbt
grass not under fence. He ana ma
CONTINUED on seventh Pags)
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
COURT WEEK IN CAMDEN.

Camden county correspondence of the
Morning News: st. Marys, Ga,
Oct. 12-Considerable business was
transacted in Camden Superior
Court this week. Mrs. Emma Peoples
was granted a total divorce from her
husband, Miles Peoples. There were 15
convictions and sentences as follows:
James Mcclure, assault with intent to
rape, years in the penitentiary; Thos.
Foreman, manslaughter, years in the
penitentiary; James Dove, wife-beat-
ing, IL months on chain-gang or $50
and cost; Nathaniel Adams, carrying
pistol concealed, IL months on chain
gang or SIS and cost; Elias Bailey, car
rying pistol concealed, months on
chain-gang or $50 and cost; Peggy Nc
Laurin, retailing whisky, IL months on
chain-gang or 500 and cost; j. T.
Highsmith, simple larceny, IL months
or chain-gang or $75 and cost; Jessie
Nightingale, riot, IL months on chain
gang or $50 and cost; Tom Nightingale.
riot, u months on chain-gang or $50
and cost; Marvin Baker, riot, II months
on chaingang or $75 and cost; Jerrie
Nightingale, riot II months on chain
gang, or $50, to include cost; John
Green, using obscene and vulgar Ian
guage, II months on chain-gang or SIS
TO include cost; samuel stewart, lar
ceny from house, II months on chain
gang or $40 to include cost: Jacob
Walker, robbery, II months on chain
gang or SIS to include cost; Wardie
Williams, robbery, Il months on chain
gang or $75 to include cost. They were
all negroes with the exception of j. T.
Highsmith.
The grand jury found 21 true bills.
They recommended that an act be
passed making it a misdemeanor to
plant any field in Camden county with
out the same is inclosed by a lawful
fence. This was done on account OF
some negroes scattered through the
country who plant without any fence
worth mentioning, and then shoot
stock for eating their crops. 1t is inn
possible to catch up with these, and
the only hope is to make them build
fences.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
INDIANS WE'RE DELIGHTED

Ringgold New South: The New
South has recently come into possess
sion of some interesting facts concern
ing the illustrious Indian chief Dick
Taylor. for whom our beautiful Tay-
lor's Ridge was named and who cnce
lived at the place now known as the ]
T. Robinson farm, near Ringgold. The
graves Of some members OF that promi-
nent Indian family are still TO be
found, they having been respected by
the succession OF farmers who have
titled the soil there Some years ago,
when Gus Henslee went from this place
10 accept position as government tel
egraph operator st Fort Gibson, l. r.,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
PULLMAN PORTER KILLED.

Charles Crutchfield, an Atlanta ne
gro, who was employed as Pullman
porter on the Big Four Railroad, was
shot and fatally wounded in Cincinnati,
o. last Monday night by a police Off
GER. Crutchen died in a Cincinnati
hospital Friday morning. The police
man who fired the shot stated that he
was demonstrating with the negro for
an insult he is alleged to have given
TO a lady on the street; that the negro
pulled a pistol, whereupon the officer
fired. Nothing is known of Crutchfield
in Atlanta, although he stated before
dying that his parents lived there.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
SHORT CROPS IN MOULTRIE.

Moultrie Observer: The warehouse
men of Moultrie say that the cotton
receipts are but little above half what
they were at this date last year. For
the last ten days the staple has been
coming in rapidly enough, but up to
that time receipts were badly off.
Ginners all through the country are
also complaining of a shorter crop than
was expected. Some of our correspond
ents have insisted for some time that
the injury TO the crop would reach
nearly so per cent. 1t seems that their
estimates viii be borne out
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14

group. which the government is es-
pecially interested in. The link be-
tween the real leaders of the labor
troubles here and the members OF the
Paterson group is a very close one
and these matters will interest him.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
FLORIDA.

BY a majority of 500 Hfllsborough
county, in which Tampa is situated, on
Tuesday last. voted to bond the county
for 100000 for the purpose of con-
structing a system of good roads
throughout the county
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
TO STOP COURT HOUSE TAX.

Tattnall Times: Judge j. X. Hines
is now preparing the papers for re-
straining order. which will be pre-
sented to Judge Evans during this
term of court, and his official sanction
will be asked for for the same. The
order is intended to stop the collector
from collecting the As cents levied for
court house purposes. The petition
which will be presented to Judge
Evans contains the names of about
fifty prominent taxpayers of the coun-
ty. This is no. the general petition
which has been circulated This will
come up in hearing for permanent re-
straining order. OF course it is not
known just what disposition Judge
Evans will make of it, but those who
are back of it say they have plenty of
legal grounds to back them up.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
FROM TELEGRAPH TO TELEPHONE
Manager Woodruff of Rome Leaves
Western Union.

Rome, Ga. Oct. 13.-Charles E.
Woodruff, for fifteen years manager
of the Western Union telegraph office
in this city, has accepted the position
of manager of the Rome Telephone Ex-
change. His brother, Frank Woodruff
will become manager of the telegraph
Office. The changes viii occur on
Nov
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
Killing Pea-weevII..

Marvin. ON, Savannah. Ga. writes.
II notice in this weeks Morning
News, in communication from Flor
ida, some mention OF bi-sulphide OF
carbon for keeping weevils out OF peas.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
COTTON SEED HOUSE BURNED.

The seed house at Norwood, on the
Georgia Railroad, belonging to the
Gate City Oil Company of Atlanta, and
connected by suction pipe to the gin
merry of w. H. Cooper, was DESTROYED
Wednesday night by fire, the fire origi-
mating from a spark from passing
engine The entire building was de-
stroyed. with $4,000 pounds of seed and
a large quantity of bagging and ties.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
NEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA,
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

BY stepping on a match in Holiday
& Co.'S store at Rochelle. H. A. Pick
ard, a member of the firm, caused a
fire which materially damaged the
stock of goods and the adjacent build
ings. The total damage is estimated
at $4,000.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14

A Matter for Congratuiation.- .-
did Pole hunter have any success on
his Arctic expedition" "Oh. yes lie
succeeded in getting back, Puck.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
HUNDREDS COMING TO THE FAIR

Americus Times Recorder: Mr.. w.
T. Christopher. representing the great
Georgia State Fair, to be held in Sa-
vannah Nov. to 16, was in Americus
yesterday, and says that the show will
be given upon a stupenduous scale,
SURPRISING in every respect any such
exposition ever before seen in Geor-
gia. Fourteen counties are going to
make displays, while the purses of
$500 offered insures the attendance or
the finest race horses ever brought
South. The State Fair at Savannah is
going to be a big thing in the way OF
exhibits and a bigger one in attend
ance as so far as we hear about every
body in this section is going, and there
should be a large number of exhibits
from the county. We grow almost
everything in this county, and some or
the finest crops in the state. Some or
our best and most energetic and en-
terprising farmers should show some
of their finest products.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14
GEN. JOHN b. GORDON MAY LOCATE
IN DADE.

Miami Metropolis: Gen. John B.
Gordon, the distinguished patriot,
statesman, soldier. lecturer and far
mer is visiting in the vicinity of Miami,
being the guest of Mr.. Thos. j. Pc
ters at his home at Little River, with
his wife and son, Maj. Hugh Gordon,
who served during the recent Spanish
American war. receiving his appoint
ment as major soon after the begin
ming of the war. Gen. Gordon is mere
for a rest prior to the beginning of his
next lecture tour in November. He Is
however so enamored with the beau
ties of our county and the delightful
climate that it is more than probable
that both he and his son, the major,
will make considerable investments ana
transfer their home to this good land.
Gen. Gordon has for years operated a
large stock and dairy farm in Geor-
gia. Both he and his son are so pleased
with Dade county that it is almost a
settled fact that they will turn their
attention to fruit growing and trucking.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-14

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