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The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
NEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA,
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Elberton Star: Renewed interest is
being manifested in the Anthony Shoals
property and in the adjacen. lands I'm
der direction of Mr.. Frank Cooley of
Washington, Ga, representing a COM
pany of capitalists, surveys are being
made on the shoals property and the
adjacent lands. The work of surveying
commenced last Wednesday morning
Mrs Sallie Thomas has sold an up
ton on her interest in the Anthony
Shoals m. perty for $50, 900 and has act
uaIly been pald $1,000 in cash TO cou-
firm the trade. Mr.. J. B. Higginboth-
am has also scld an option on 400 res
of his land at SO an acre; Mr. Il. Nj.
Rice has given an option on 946 at'eS
at over SIS an acre It is also re-
ported that Mrs ]. H. Stovall has given
an option on her 500 acres of land at
$40 an acre.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
The Ont CrOp.

While the oat crop is the third in
Importance among the grain crops of
the United States, it is the leading
grain crop in Maine, as in 1899 there
were 141, 900 acres, or six times the
acreage of any other grain crop, with
a product of about 100000 bushels, an
average of about thirty-five bushels
per acre. In that cool climate, as in
the British provinces, it is not unusual
to have a crop average about forty
pounds to the bushel, especially if on
light soil, we'll supplied with moisture,
but of samples tested at the Expert
ment Station those giving the heaviest
weight to the measured bushel did not
have as much of protein as those OF
lighter weight, so that the legal bushel
of thirty-two pounds has nearly the
same value as the bushel of forty
pounds, and in feeding they should be
given by weight rather than by meas
ure. In Southern New England we
think the oat crop more valuable TO
cut as hay than for threshing. II cut
when the grains are in the milk, they
will yield from two to three tons OF
cured hay per acre, two and half
tons being a good crop, and cut at
that stage they contain more protein
than if cut earlier or later, but not
as much of the fat and carbohydrates
as later. If intended as hay for mich
COWS or working horses, it should be
cut when the grain is in the milk.
!, The hay is also more digestible then
than later, as was proven by several
experiments at that station.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
"Country Life in Americn."

We doubt If this country is in any
wise behind any other in the quantity
and quality of its ordinary agricul-
tural literature-that specially devoted
to the more practical features of farm
or rural life.
In the past thirty years the davel-
oPment of our agricultural literature
has been so marvellous there would be
little difficulty in naming thousands
of well written volumes upon one sub
ject or another that pertains to rural
life. Indeed asvast library has accu-
mulated.
Besides this there are hundreds and
thousands of periodicals of one kind
or another conducted specially in the
interests of the farmer or the gar
dener or the fruit grower or vine
grower or sheep and hog raiser, the
cattle raiser even down to the poultry
keeper and the bee keeper ct cetera
Every department has its special
journals. There is no topic that en-
cages the interest of the man or wo-
man in the country that has not been
treated of by some qualified practical
writer.
But it must be admitted that the
artistic side of farm or rural life has
been somewhat neglected. OF course
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07

-
took up arms against him. Their bus
mess would be ruined, they said
Street car companies claimed the
right TO use crippled horses If 1t
pleased them. Railroad companies OPP
posed the portion of the act which
compelled them to unload stock every
twenty-eight hours for the purpose OF
feeding. The Jewish butcher main
"a lined that it was against their reli-
gious belief to cause the death OF
animals in any other way than by
bleeding them to death. Numerous
other people raised objections. Society
folks, just as they do now, wished
10 continue the docking of their
horses tails and using the check rein
in any way they pleased. 1t is Gu
rious history and many interesting
details are reported in the evolution
of the law, but it has outlived all OPP
position and the law of New York
has been practically adopted through
out the country, and even elsewhere
than in the United States.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
SOUTH CAROLINA.

When Andrew Kelly. alias Andrew
Jackson. was tried for stealing a
horse a tSumter. it was found that he
did not have counsel, so Mr.. H.. d.
Noise was appointed to defend him.
He was found not guilty, the judge
charging the jury to bring in such .
verdict. as the only proof of his guilt
was his own confession, which was
not altogether voluntary. Now comes
the aftermath. Mr.. Noise decided to
allow Kelly to work off his fee, so
took him home and put him to work
about the yard. Kelly was willing and
did his work well, so much so that
Mr. Noise went to bed that night well
pleased with himself. But alas and
alack the next morning il was found
that Kelly had disappeared and along
with him went a white william goat,
two turkeys and some other articles.
So far nothing has been heard from
Mr.. Kelly, and there is one sad but
wiser lawyer in the town.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO HOUSE
WIFE AND AGRICULTURIST.

ApT1l in the rden-ttOunIry LtIe
I'm America-VeIvet Beans as a
Preparatory Crop for Pecans-A
Chapter on Ducks-yarious Farm
Notes of Value.
Now that the alternating muggy
and windy days of March are gone
and the flowery, as we'll as showery,
April days are upon us-such days as
seem to rush the unfolding buds OF
tree and flower and to impel the birds
to louder and merrier song, what
delight to tread the paths of the gar
den-the Southern garden as 1T is or
should be at this season of the year.
Better still the making and caring for
that garden.
There is not so much to be seen in it
now as there will be in May and June.
There is less of luxuriance. and
perfected fruit now, but there is much
there to be enjoyed; much to claim
the steady use of garden plow and hoe
and rake and dibble.
What a busy month in the South
ern garden is April! What incessant
work from two or four sturdy arms
is demanded by the one-acre garden!
A garden of such size laid off with
due proportion of beds and walks may
be likened to a diminutive farm-an
experiment station, if you choose.
Downup garden last year from first
to last grew about forty different veg
ebable plants.
The enthusiastic amateur and
especially If he be thorough
,fe, S.a.7 RI
lily with at least three dozen useful and
desirable vegetables for the summer
culinae. Between asparagus and turnip
you will find them in any catalogue
of a first class scotsman. Shall we
name them for you? Well;
Asparagus, bean (snap), berry
STRAW Brussels sprouts, celery, car
rot, grapes, lettuce, mustard, parsnip,
pepper, satisfy, tomato, bur artichoke,
bean Cbutter), berry dew, cabbage,
cucumber egg plant horse radish leek,
okra, parsley, potato Irish squash,
turnip. Jerusalem artichoke, beets,
broccoli, corn, caulinower, endive, kale,
cantaloupe melon, onion, pea eng
lish), potato (sweeD, radish, peanuts,
spinach. sugar cane, Swiss chard.
Here are AZ vegetable plants that can
enter into the well regulated Southern
garden and more complete one could
contain ABOUT dozen more very de-
sirable plants We have not named the
several herbs-sage or thyme or cara
way or lavendar or fennel and several
others necessary to the perfect garden.
And there is rhubarb, which we made
an effort to have, but every plant died
from some cause or other.
The farmers garden may be a most
excellent one with not more than
dozen different vegetables. But every
farmer owes 1t to his family If he has
one. to have something more than COL
lards and peas and potatoes and shall
lots. There may be some farmers who
do not supply even these in abundance.
Such should turn over a new leaf
and begin afresh. "A garden" says
Lord Bacon, lis the purest of human
pleasures. 1t is a refreshment to the
spirit of man." S. A c.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
pencilaria And billion polar Grass.

These are reported to be really good
forage crops, yielding heavily on good
soil, standing drought well, and well
relished by cattle, but the prices asked
for the seed are almost too great for
the ordinary farmer to SOW them very
freely. 1t may therefore be a satisfac-
ton to some of them to learn that the
pencilaria is nothing else but the pearl
millet, sometimes. called cattail millet,
and the billion dollar grass is another
Cd acquaintance known as Japanese or
harnyard millet, and under these
names the seed can be bought very
much more cheaply The new names
are a specimen of the tricks employed
by some seedsmen to obtain much more
than a fair value for their seeds, and
such men are good ones to avoid, as
they must be ignorant or dishonest, to
ask from three to five times the price
that they would for the same seed I'M
der the old name. One agricultural
writer says it would pay to grow the
pearl millet for bedding or mulching
purposes alone. Peter Henderson claim
ed to have made three cuttings of it
in one season, amounting to fifteen
tons in all of dry hay. We would warn
our readers that none of the millets
make good hay for horses, acting inju-
riously on the kidneys, but they seem
not to have any bad effect on cattle.
A O.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
ONE OF UNCLE SAINTS MEN KILLED.

Charleston News and Courier: F.
Rooney, fireman, first-class, of the
United States cruiser Cincinnati. was
killed last night by Car No. SIS of the
ConSolidaetd Railway Company at the
corner OF Meeting ard Jackson streets.
There were no eye witnesses of the ac-
cident except Motorman Bird, who
was in charge of the car. Birds
story of the affair was to the effect
that as he was running north on Meet
ing street Rooney who was walking
south on the opposite side. ran
diagonsHy across the street to-
ward the oncoming car. Bird
says that as soon as he saw
Rooney run toward him he rang his
cor. turned off the power and
''downed brakes" as rapidly as posi-
BILE. Rooney, however, jumped to
wards the head end of the car and
by some misoalcuIation on his part
landed on the fender and was thrown
under the wheels. He was dragged
about eighty feet, the car passing en-
tirely over one leg and badly cutting
him about the face and head Rooney
who was one of the best men aboard
the cruiser, according to the story OF
the sailors, left the ship on Monday Oh
shore leave and since that time had
been missing, as all efforts to locate
his whereabouts proved unavaaling.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07

probably he constructed. What will
make the meetings particularly inter-
esting IS the fact that they will occur
during the hight of the local political
campaign. Coming at such a time,
when the administration of city affairs
will be under close scrutiny, Sam Jones
may be expected to take very prom
inent part in the discussion of munich
pal affairs. Tampa is ripe for such an
experience, and everybody will await
with the keenest interest the arrival of
the famous EVANGELIST
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
FLORIDA.

Miami Metropolis: The Messrs. East
erling Bros. the largest melon grow
chased $50 acres of lands at Cutler and
will next fall plant same in cantaloupes
and melons. These gentlemen operate
farms at Martin, Fla, Albany Ga,
Parkton, n. c., Barnwell N. c., and
Salisbury, Md They will have this
season 1000 acres in Rocky Ford can
taloupes and 500 acres in watermelons.
At Martin, Fla, they have in cultiva-
ton now $50 acres of cabbage and fif-
ty acres of Irish potatoes.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
Farmers flushing rhetr WORK.

Jasper. Fla, April 6.-The farmers
are rushing with all their energy TO
finish planting their crops. and if this
lovely spring weather continues, the
field win soon be green with a new
crop of corn and cotton.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07

Wayne County News: Col. ]. H.
Estill was in Jesup last week. He is
conducting his campaign upon high
plain, as every candidate should who
expects to fill the office of chief exec
utive of the great state of Georgia.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
THE ADVANCE IN BEEF.

valdosta Times On Tuesday the
Times printed a short article showing
the advance which has recently taken
place in the price of beef. The ad-
vance is said to be about forty per
cent, which does not include a steady
advance that has been going on for
two or three years. In some of the
cities of the North the high prices
have resulted in bringing on famine
in beef meats, only the rich being able
to pay the price which is being charged
for steaks. Hardly three years ago
Western cattle dealers were securing
this section of country for cattle of all
sorts and sizes Carload after carload
OF cattle were shipped to that section
Little scrub stock which had been al
lowed to roam the woods without care
or attention were shipped to the West
TO be looked after and finally returned
to us in refrigerator cars at four or
five times the price paid us two or
three years ago. The same attention
which has been given these cattle in
the west would have brought them out
Just as rapidly in South Georgia. The
cost of TRANSPORTATION to and from the
West has probably amounted to more
than the original cost of the cattle on
the hoofs here. And who is paying
this cost? Is it not the men who sold
them to the Western dealers? Who is
the loser when a dollar is sent West
for beef. for butter or other products
of the Kind? The man who can make
these things and does not make them
IS the loser in every transaction of the
sort. Opportunities that are not taken
advantage of will haunt us in the end
South Georgia must wake up in thu
end. South Georgia must wake up In
the matter of raising cattle as well az
other things of the kind. More grain
and hay. more pasture lands, mora
beef and stock, is what the section
needs. We talk about political prob.
lens. the money question, tariff issues
and shio-subsidies, but the important
thing for the farmers Of South Georges
to do is to lock after the side issues
these by products for therein lies the
profits in farming, which after all, is
the wealth of section
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07

Atlanta Constitution: One of the
biggest real estate deals ever made In
the city of Atlanta took place yester-
day, when Capt ]. w. English bought
from the Scott Investment Company
the property on the corner OF Ma
rietta and Peachtree streets, known as
the Norcross building, fronting So feet
and 8 inches on Marietta street ana
ITO feet on Peachtree. The sale was
negotiated through E. P. Black and the
price paid for this valuable piece OF
reality was s14500O. This price is a
practical and striking illustration Of
the rapidly increasing value of At
l9nta property. In the early fortles
the prc~erty cost about $500. In 1898
the Scott Investment Company bought
the Norcross building from the Nor
cross estate for 100000 Thus it is
that in the short space of four years
the value has gone up $4,000 The
value to-day is approximately $4,000 a
front foot.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
TO RAISE CATTLE IN FLORIDA.

st. Augustine Record: Mr.. W. b.
Cook, who has been in this city sew
erai days negotiating with Mr.. s. F.
Hodges for the purchase of a large
tract of land. left yesterday for Po-
mona, for the purpose of looking up
titles to property. Mr.. Cook. who rep
resents a syndicate of capitalists from
Chicago, has already obtained large
amount of lands lying in this and Vo-
lusia counties, and, it is said, contem-
plates further purchases, which will In
toto amount to 10000 acres. 1t is the
intention of the company he represents
to go largely into the raising of cattle
for market, and in order to obtain the
best results a superior breed of bulls
will be imported for the purpose of
crossing with the native cattle. The
company will put a large area into Gull
tivation in order to raise forage for the
stock.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07

Questions and communications rela-
tive to agricultural and horticultural
subjects, if addressed to Agri Editor,
Drawer N. Milledgeville. Ga, will re-
ceive immediate attention.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
Notice.

We solicit articles for this depart
ment. The name of the writer should
accompany the, letter or article. not ne
cessarily for publication, but as an
evidence of good faith.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07

Young Harris Thomas County News:
What about those goods roads that
Estill is going to give us when he gets
to be Governor? Good roads men of
Georgia, think of this.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07

to elevate politics and they should be
honored for it. OF course, both cannot
be elected Governor this year, but as
it appears now one of them will get
the nomination and the one who is de-
feated should not be forgotten in the
future"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
SAM JONES TO co TO TAMPA.

Tampa Tribune: The great and only
Sam Jones is coming to Tampa. For
two weeks or more. he will conduct in
this city one of his rip-roaring cam
paigns against sin in every shape. For
two weeks, there via be such a rat
ting of dry bones" as Tampa never
knew before. Thousands of people will
listen to the unique and powerful ser
mons of the famous evangelist, and
there will be a phenomenal awaken
ing such as only Sam Jones can bring
about Sam Jones will come to Tam
pa about April IS, or shortly there
after. It may be necessary to secure
q monster tent for the meetings. No
church in the city is one-third large
enough. IF tent is not practicable,
. huge temporary auditorium viii
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07
AGED STRANGER DIED SUDDENLY.

Jacksonville Times Union and Citi-
zen: The grimness of sudden death
was strikingly emphasized yesterday
in the case of Prof. NJ w. Cushman.
Venerable in years, of a kindly be-
nign count enance, the old gentleman,
who s a total stranger in the city,
Sropped dead in a little cottage at 715
West Bay street, where he stopped in
t. get out of the heat of the sun. Tel
egrams were sent last night to the
two nieces. one of whom. Mrs. Ira NJ.
Burt. lives in Liberty, Ind. and the
other. Mrs. Ella CONNER. lives in
Wabash, Ind, according to evidence
given in letters found on the body. The
old man was chatting very pleasantly
with the family when he complained
of pain in the chest, and asked to be
allowed to lie down on bed in an adj
joining room. The request was readily
granted. but he had hardly gotten on
the bed before he rolled over on the
floor and died in a few seconds. He
had stated that he was veterinary
surgeon, and had formerly travelled
with Robinson's circus.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07

North Georgia Citizen: We have the
highest personal regard for Col. Estill
as a Confederate soldier citizen and
editor, and should he be elected we
shall hasten to congratulate the people
of Georgia. He is no politician, but is
a high minded gentleman and patriot
and has contributed no little to the up
building of Georgia.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-07

The Valdosta Times observes: Both
Estill and Terrell are conducting high
toned campaigns, free from vitupera-
ton or mud singing, and both deserve
well at the hands of the people. Their
clean campaign methods are calculated
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-10-30
THE STRAWBERRY BED.
Some Suggestions ON How to Carry
the Plants Successfully Through
the Winter.

Still another inquiry comes about
the winter care of Strawberries. All
such questions are very timely just
now. The strawberry bed should he
where no water can settle during the
winter. If there is the least danger,
dig shallow channels around your
bed, and, if necessary, through it.
Now cover with such material as
you find most COMMUNICATIONS
sawdust or cut straw or compost.
The latter should be well decomposed
mixture, and it will do no harm if
there is a proportion of coal ashes
in the pile. Autumn leaves make an
excellent covering, but must not be
laid on too thickly. You can hold
them in place with the canes cut
from your raspberries. Remove
these and burn in the spring. Saw
dust is {. first rate material, especial
ly after it has been used for bedding
in horse stables. In the spring it
need not be removed, except to rake
thin on the plants and leave it in the
path. A good compost can be treat
ed in the same way. Strawberries
must not be covered so thicldy as to
hide the tips of the leaves. We are
gradually getting varieties with roots
strong enough to prevent their heav-
ing in the winter. We may be able
to entirely dispense with covering
when this evolution is carried a lit
tie further.-N. Y. Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-10-30
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

AS to Distance.-Weary Willie Con
the track)-"Say, pard, kin youse tell
me how fur it is t. tn next station?"
Busted Actor-"Sure. It's just 287, 349
cross ties and big tch."-Detroit
Free Press.
''When a man of 20 considers wom-
an, he thinks of her beauty, but at 30
he thinks of her loquacity." what
does he think at 4O?" ooh, he thinks
only of himself by that time. Indian
apolis News.
GIVE read that the first man who
ever carried an umbrella in the streets,
over hundred years ago, was
mobbed." 'By people who wanted to
be the first to borrow it, I suppose?"
London Tit-Bits.
1t Always Depends.-'Do you write
poetry?" she asked. "Well, that de-
pends," he replied. Depends on
what?" Depends. on whether you
take the evidence of my friends or the
editors" he eplied.-Chicago Post.
Accomplishments your objection to
Markley as treasurer of our loan as
sociation?" Borroughs-"H He isn't suf-
ficiently careful. He doesn't use any
Judgment at all. Why, he has loaned
me FLYER many a time. "-Philadel-
phia Press.
Martha-"I don't see what you can
have against Ella Styner. Everybody
speaks we'll of her. I'm sure that tells
greatly in her favor" Aunt Hannah
mot at all. 1t only tells well of the
people who are SO charitable as to
keep their opinions. to themselves. >
Boston Transcript.
Lovers Quarrel,-Beryl-"Cholly is
nothing if not up to date. He said to
Ethel" Sibyl-"But thought they
had quarreled." Beryl-"So they did
But he told her their quarrel was a
wireless one" Sibyl-"How did it
resemble wireless telegraphy?" Beryl
because they had words over moth
ing baltimore Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-10-30
HORTICULTURAL HINTS.

A large orchard poorly planted and
poorly tended will not produce as
good results as fewer trees well Gull
tivated.
1t is p good deal more trouble to set
trees in straight row than in a
crooked one, but they look better and
are more easily cultivated.
Many unoccupied fence corners
might he growing trees if set there.
In few years they would be a
source of beauty and comfort.
When cultivating an orchard, care
should be taken not to plant crop
that requires too deep cultivation or
too deep digging to harvest it.
Thrifty young trees are more apt
to live than the larger ones. Their
roots are smaller and more apt to
be all taken up in transplanting.
Whenever root grating is used in
the winter the plants should not be
set out in the spring unless the
CRAFTS have grown together.-Rural
World