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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03

which the fertilizers are TO be placed
should be opened out deep and wide with
a shovel pillow. After drilling I'm the fertil-
izer and mixing it with the soil by one
OF two trips In the row with scooter. list
on the row with turn ploW, three burrows
on each side. The middles can be broken
out later. At planting time place from
10 10 Is seed I'm each Hill. laying the seed
around I'm a circle. and pressing each
seed down with the finger, not deeper
than an inch. Some seed in this way will
be more likely TO escape the attacks of
insects and mice, than where they are all
dumped into one place. Some growers re-
plant every week. not waiting for the
first planting TO terminate. At all events
plant shallow. The best fertilizer for
watermelons is we'll rotted stable ma
nure with a mixture of phOsphoric acid
and potash, Drill in the manure, and on
top Of that a mixture of 400 pounds Of
acid and 100 pounds kainit per acre or at
that ratio for smaller patches, and mix
the ingredients in the Throw with scooter
plow- II the stable manure cannot be
had use 100 pounds Of cotton seed meal in
the mixture with other ingredients per
acre.
A teaspoonful of nitrate Of soda drop
ped around each hin after the plants are
up. care be taken not TO allow the fertil-
izer 10 touch the leaves of the plant, will
give a quick and rapid growth.
Cultivation Of Plants.
AS soon as the seed are well up and
stand secured, the plants should be thin
ned down 20 one vigorous plant Some
growers leave two plants to hill. and while
a greater number OF melons may result
they viii not be so large or desirable.
After the first rain after planting break
out the middles with turner's. The crop.
after the plants are up, should be worked
entirely with the cultivator. sweep or
scrape.,
Shallow culture is the plan.
Plow always from the vines. that is
never under any circumstances turn them
about for the purpose OF working.
At second blowing II would be well
enough 10 SOW a few peas broadcast near
the vines and so on until the vines have
covered the entire area. and viii not per-
nit any further working with pillow or hoe.
There are a large number Of varieties,
and II is hard to advise which melon is
the best. For shipping. the Georgia Rat
tlesnake. Kolb Gem. and Jones stand at
about the head. For the table or small
family use, the thin rind varieties such as
Seminole, Gray Jacket, Sfbley's Triumph
and Dixie are among the most desirable.
The thick rind melons should never be
used for home consumption. when the
thin rind varieties are so much superior.
HARVIE JORDAN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
State Press On the Gubematorial Campaign.

judges are to be elected by the people and
not by the legislature. No worse lobby
ing and wire pulling was ever known than
have been common in the election Of
judges by the legislature.
Sparta Ismaelite: DUPONT Guerry is &C
lively canvassing the state, in the interest
of his candidacy for the gubernatorial
nomination. He is an able man and a
good speaker, and those who give him a
patient hearing are sure to hear some
thing worth thinking about. The Ismaehte
considers him the ablest man in the field
for the Office of governor. In addition to
this, he is, distinetively. the candidate
who embodies most of the reforms needed
in the administration Of the affairs Of the
state.
jackson Economist: If one Of the can
didates for governor could induce all the
other candidates for the various offices in
Georgia, from bailiff up, who will run in
the Democratic primary to vote for him,
he would get the nomination without re-
ceiving any other vote whatever.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
Raising Mules.
Farm and Ranch

Farm and Ranch.
The mule is as necessary as a factor OF
modern warfare as soldiers. England Us
recognizing that fact and purchasing
largely in Texas and the west. True the
Britons attributed one of their defeats at
the hands of the Beers to the disorderly
conduct of their army mules. England Is
probably the first to use mules as scape-
goats, to bear in their bodies the sins Of
her generals, but in this the mules seem
to have been a failure, as the sin is still
attributed to the British officers. But as
a sure-footed and UNRELIABLE beast of bur-
den, the mule has no equal among domes-
tic animals. Armies when removed from
their base of supplies must have wagon
trains, and the wagons must have teams
For this purpose mules are pre-eminent
on account Of their patient plodding hab-
its, and adaptability to rough roads, mud
dy road, or sandy roads. And above all,
they can better than the horse Withstand
the privations of army life and the cruelty
of army teamsters. Wars inevitably BEN
eft mule raisers, but are rather tough on
the mules. But armies must have cavalry,
too. fact the British army in Africa has
recently learned, and this fact, and the
casualties of war promise to stimulate the
raising of horses as well as mules. Our
own government being engaged in an en-
terprise similar to that of the British in
South Africa, must become a large con-
sumner of both horses and mules. There
fore, the premises considered, the raisers
of these animals have cause of encour-
agement.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
TAKES ISSUE WITH SAM JONES
-. AS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

In his letter of January q, Rev. Sam p
Jones Jumps onto our common schools
with both feet
We would respectfully suggest to Bro
Jones that two other things are about as
free and common, and Of equally as ques-
tionable value, as these schools, viz, free
criticism and free advice.
The education of the masses is a matter
of the gravest Importance to all free peo-
pie. Our system OF free public schools Is
the most potent educational factor We
have. and is the outgrowth OF the broad
est patriotism, the most earnest thought,
and the most faithful work that have
marked the development of any Of our in
situations.
IL Brother Jones has worked out a bet
ter plan, millions of good people will well
come it, but abuse or unkind criticism
will accomplish no, good.
We do not claim that the system as IT
exists in Georgia is perfect, but until he
offers something better he has no right TO
destroy it.
He is pleased to divide the patrons OF
these schools into three classes:
l. Those who are taking advantage of
the best schools available.
2. Those who send their children TO
school because ii is fashionable.
3. Those who send them there because
they don't know what else to do with
them.
l. To a large number of our people the
free schools are the only ones of which
they can take advantage and the state
has wisely planned to place within their
reach instruction that is often far supe-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
BIRDS AND GERANIUMS
TREMENDOUSLY ALLIED

When any given form is the fashion,
many sides Of life are curiously affected
by 1t.
A striking instance is the heart shape,
a shape pretty, easy to make and very
adaptable.
For some years it has ragged on rings and
lockets. sachets. floral decorations, sofa
pillows. bon bonnieres and on articles in
congruOus and absurd. Cakes have al
ways run to hearts. but of late years the
prOsaic beaten biscuit takes on the like
ness of a valentine.
From causes too remote to guess, ser
penis can become the mode. Pigs, dogs,
frogs, nzzards-anything.
When one Of these breaks out ESQ to
speak,, the alert manufacturer sees his
profit in it, adapting the shape ITO his pc
culiar line, be it jewelry or soap.
Birds are now making their way into
favor.
What started as a serious effort for their
protection is working its way out in I'M
dreamed. Of effects.
In addition to Bird Days" in public
schools. articles and poems in periodical
and paper, birds now figure on picture
cards and culver on hat pins.
One of the great seedsmen for this spring
sends out a remarkably fine annual, full
of pretty colored plates. Like most sue
cessful men. quick to feel the pubic pulse
and enter into the fads of his cultured
patrons, he devotes a page to a new ge-
ranium. calling it the bird geranium and
the varieties. "Bobolink." Nightingale"
"Skylark." He gives the picture of a nest
full Of eggs and claims that his new
blooms resemble them.
While the resemblance cannot be said to
be striking the up-to-dateness of Mr..
Henderson is remarkably so.
Mrs T B. Rice, wife of the mayor of
Greensboro. Ga, sends her name for pub
LEGATION as a Bird Lover
A woman Of influence who uses that in
fiuence for good, is a blessing to any COM
munity.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
SUGGESTIONS FROM
OUR CORRESPONDENTS

rior to that obtained in private schools at
a much greater cost.
In our native state the children of its
greatest railway magnate were educated
in the public schools for the simple rea-
son that they were as good as could %
found.
In many cases schools are free to some
while others pay tuition. or free TOR q
term to all. then all pay. The advantages
are the same.
We know of one school where pupils re-,
siding in the district were admitted at
public cost Of seyenty-five cents per
month, while those from outside pald
four dollars per month for admission TO
the same classes.
Many OF the best students in that school
could not have paid the tuition.
Free schools are the most economical.
and for that reason are a blessing TO All
to whom the cost is a consideration.
q If there really are any parents VINO
send their children to school because Il
is fashionable we should thank God TOT
that one fashion!
g. If there were only the last class to
deal with. the mission OF the public school
would be a grand one, and amply repay
the whole cost We must admit that
many children are born in homes so ut
terly benighted- that their parents would
never think OF educating them II II were
not for the public schools. There are
thousands OF the most earnest, faithful
Christian men and women in the state en-
rolled as teachers in our public sehoois'
who are carrying the light Of education
into all the slums OF our cities ana the
darkest corners OF the rural districts We
are not willing to grant that any profes-
sion or calling is marked by more ear
nest conservation or a greater fidelity 10
an important trust than that Of the nor
NAL schools, the teachers Institutes or
the chautauqua meetings, and you mo
the teachers of these schools IN evidences.
seeking every opportunity to better NJ
themselves to meet the solemn RESPONSE
bilities of their high calling.
There is no investment made by the
state that brings a better return than the
money paid TO the public school teachers.
As to Brother Jones' rotten potato Illus
tration. we think out teachers have quite
as much sense as any old farmer. they
can throw out the rotten ones and keep
the good. That is the way we did when
we were a teacher, 'and the public SAID
amenr'
Yours truly,
w. A. McNEEL4.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
sl sssss ses Of GZz1z&zNM
Woman Candidate for JUDGE.

Missouri has the possibility of having
a woman as a judge.
1t is Miss Daisy Dorothy Barbee.
She is a lawyer of st. Louis, and is said
to enjoy a lucrative practice in the fed
eral, civil and criminal courts.
Miss Barbee is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for judge of the
probate court.
This is my first essay into politics"
she stated to the Post-Dispatch. Last
campaign the managers of the Democratic
canvass asked me to take the stump, but
1 refused. 1 always hated politics and did
not approve at all of women taking any
part in political controversies. / feel the
same way yet, only want to be probate
judge.
81 was going to run for justice of the
court of appeals, but II years is too long
term. The probate court is better, and
then 1 have practiced a great deal there
and know that am competent to fill the
position.
Il was in court one day and musing on
how nice il would be to be a judge. 1
recalled that no woman in the United
States was judge of anything. That even
ing 1 looked up the law and found that
my sex does not bar me from probate
Judge, judge Of the court of appeals or
justice Of the supreme court. A circuit
Judge must be a qualified voter.
"Of these l prefer the probate judge
ship because l am more familiar with the
duties, and again it permits one to attend
to private practice. I mentioned my desire
to several friends and they all Endorsed me
and have led me to believe that can
make a successful canvass"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
HON. MARTIN v GAL Vim TALKS
ABOUT HOW TO GROW CORN

time If estimates be not the rule, there
will be drawn from the acre lesson more
or less encouraging. To the wise farmer 1t
will prove to be a valuable lesson. What
have we been doing in Georgia, North
Carolina and South Carolina in the matter
of growing corn? Let us take the years
1892 and 1898 and see what each of these
states did for herself. In 1892 Georgia
made 80 s92, 900 bushels on 2,954,70S acres,
11.2 bushels per acre. In 1898 she made
q, 5S6.54S bushels on 1854, 072 acres-an aver
age of bushels per acre.
In 1892 North Carolina made 25,S74.O00
bushels on 2,4S5,O10 acres. an average Of
102 bushels per acre. In 1898 she made
340T9, 400 bushels on 2.433, 500 acres, an aver
age of IA bushels per acre.
In 1892 South Carolina made 16,7l3,0OO
bushels on 1,591,677 acres, an average of
105 bushels per acre. In 1898 she made IT,
$1,000 bushels on 1,751,9O7 acres, an aver
age of 10 bushels per acre.
Ny information is that North Carolina
farmers have been gradually but steadily
increasing the quantity of highgrade COM
mercial fertilizers applied to corn. In 1898
they reduced the acreage given to corn
by 51,41O acres, but, by the free use of
commercial fertilizers, increased the yield
over that of 1892 by s.7O5, 400 bushels. From
AN average yield of 1912 bushels per acre
she pushed up to IA bushels.
The result chronicled above is but an
earnest of what can be done in growing
corn successfully and profitably south.
Georgia and South Carolina failed to make
a showing as favorable as that Of North
Carolina.
This year these two states ought to in
augurate a reform along the line blazed
out by North Carolina
Georgia and South Carolina ought each
learn the lesson of producing larger
number Of bushels of corn per acre; this
can be accomplished through three agen-
eies; a thorough preparation of the soil;
purchasing, and planting the best seed;
applying to each measured acre. liberal
supply of a commercial fertilizer rich in
plant food-phosphorfc acid, ammonia and
potash in proper proportions, the nature
Of the soil and previous treatment being
considered.
I do not believe that the average yield
of corn per acre credited to the three
states named represent them with even
seeming accuracy. The yield per acre is
insignificant compared with that Of other
states whose soil conditions are about
the same as those of the states referred
to. Georgia, South Carolina and North
Carolina ought any time measure corn
per acre with Delaware, New Jersey and
Connecticut. But that phase of the case
aside; our people need to give larger and
more particular attention to growing corn
this year. Their every interest demands
it; a sound policy and existing conditions
require it.
Augusta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03

Every year has Its duties. but occasion
ally a year dawns upon. us the duties of
which are more specific and exacting
than those of any preceding year. That
is the condition which rules this good
year of grace, 1902.
The year just past was by eminence to
a large majority of farmers the most dis
astrous in quarter Of a century
The seasons throughout the year were
exceedingly unpropitious. We are long"
us that we have inches by inches of ex-
cessive rainfall to our credit.
We should not be dismayed by the dis
couraging events of the past. but so pitch
our crops the current year. both as to
variety and time. that. with favorable
seasons, we may find ourselves on high
ground.
Every farmer, whatever else he may
plant, ought to plant for an unusually
large crop of corn.
AS l have frequently stated, cotton is
the only farm product south which pos
sesses the dignity of collateral. This fact
remains, and it stands at the front today,
that a small corn crop and resultant emp
ty cribs materially affect the value of the
collateral. The latter loses very much OF
it's importance-to the farmer.
i received a DAY or TWO ago, from q
leading firm of cotton factors of this city
a letter in which they used this language:
1--WE commend your efforts to make our
farmers realize the Importance of giving
proper attention to that (corn) crop. The
most prosperous years our section has ex-
perienced has been when there was little
or no corn to buy. Cotton factors are Of
ten blamed for the lack of attention given
to growing corn, but this is very unjust.
You will find the factors urging their Gus
toners to raise plenty of corn, and the
farmer who has the best credit with his
factor is the one that does not have to buy
corn" ..o.
This firm, Messrs. Pope & Fleming, in
another branch of their business is offer
ing a cash prize of $50 to the farmer who
produces on a measured acre the largest
number of bushels Of corn.
1 am glad to note that in other sections
of the state similar prizes are being offer
ed. Let as many as will take advantage
Of these offers and strive intelligently and
theoretically for the mastery
I want to emphasize the wisdom Of
planting measured acres. whether there be
three or three hundred. There is too much
guess work on the average farm. Very
recently 1 heard of a farmer who directed
that twenty acres in a certain field should
be seeded to oats. The soil was prepared
and the oats broadcasted on twenty-acre
basis. Later the strip was measured and
was short just seven acres. The piece was
'sown by estimate.
A measured acre means economy in the
use of fertilizers and seed. At harvest
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
YOUTHFUL PRODIGY.
He Is connoisseur in Tobacco at the
Age Of Four.

Age Of Four.
Exchange.
A smoker Of cigars at years of age ana
a connoisseur in tobacco at 4, is the re-
markable record of Russell j. Henry, the
little son of Joseph Henry, of No. 1857
State street. Chicago. The boy has just
entered a kindergarten school, but he
knows more about fine brands OF Havana
than he does his A. B. C's, says the Mem
phis Commercial-Appeal.
He sat upon a rocking horse-today at
his home, putting a big black cigar II
like strong cigars best" he said, be
cause they taste sweeter. 1 like a pipe,
too. I've got a lot of pipes. Most Of
them 1 bought with my pennies. I don't
like cigarettes"
Russell has light hair and clear brown
eyes. His cheeks are rosy, and with the
exception of his remarkable appetite for
tobacco, he seems an ordinary child. His
parents believe he will lose his liking for
tobacco before any evil consequences re-
suit. The father consulted a physician
once and was told that there was little
danger of the child hurting himself.
II have never been a heavy smoker my
self and do not see how the youngster
could have inherited his taste for tobac-
CO." said Mr.. Henry. when he was two
years old his uncle gave him cigar and
when he began to puff some one lit the
cigar. Russell took a mOuthful of smoke,
held 1t a second and then blew 1t out,
laughing all over. Then he took another
pun. I never saw a child so well pleased
From that day on the boy has been a
smoker. He would sit in his cradle and
puff a cigar with the utmost delight and
II never made him sick"
When Russell started to the kindergart-
en- school a month ago he promised his
mother and teacher that he would stop
smoking, and since then he has been
"tapering of" on three cigars a day.
He has a collection of 800 pipes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
REGRETS TERRELL's REFUSAL
TO MEET Nh GuERRY

I am among those who regret the refu-
sal of Mr.. Terrell to meet Mr.. Guerry on
the stump. This regret is not owing to
any interest in the present campaign, but
it's effects in the education of our people.
Georgia has been declining for many
years in oratory and in an alert, popular
intelligence. The cause assigned by the
best thinkers is our one-sided politics that
does not favor public and full discussion
of the great issues of the day. Other states
have not these conditions. and the dis
cussion of the tariff. money. imperialism
and similar subjects on the stump has
greatly tended to advance their popular
intelligence. Down here we follow the dull
monotony of our ways.
The reason assigned by Mr.. Terrell is
the great one favoring the debate. Our
people need to learn self-control. Our
ipse dixit plan Of managing politics has
given a slavish feeling to the people. and
when any little interruption of the boss
rule occurs the bosses resort to bulldozing
to suppress independence.
One result of the neglect of joint discus
sion is the adoption of machine methods
to elect our rulers. The committees of the
dominant faction. the expectants of fu-
ture promotion, the beneflciaries of past
favors, the present appointees to the civil
service combine their forces and do all in
their power to prevent free and full dis
eussion of measures. We have in Georgia
an elegant Institution for guiding out Of
fice-holders, but it can scarcely be said
we have a school of statesmen.
Look at our representatives in congress!
Can it be truthfully said that since the
disappearance of Turner, Crisp and Law
son Georgia holds place in our national
legislation equal to her past history her
present Industrial progress or her future
promise? Is this not the outcome Of the
same machine methods?
Turn, now, to the oratorieal view. The
decay of the literary societies in our coll
leges has been much lamented. under
stand that a committee Of the trustees of
the university was appointed to inquire
into the facts as to other institutions.
learn that the results are about as fol-
lows: In the south, where free discussion
is deplOred and, outside of South Carolina,
tabooed, the societies have notably declin-
ed and little attention is paid to oratory
In New England and the great west
where there are two sides to each ques-
ton, and the people are not too childish
to be trusted to hear both sides presented
there has been a revival Of interest in the
debating societies.
Aside, then, from the present campaign,
the action of Mr.. Terrell is to be regret
ted. A. M. WILLIAMS.