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The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
How TO Plant.

To a correspondent who wants to
plant after oats sweet potatoes, irish
potatoes, cabbage and collards, also to
sow the balance of the field in peas ana
then cut them for hay, the Southern
Cultivator gives the following advice;
The method of preparation which is
best for one of these crops is best Tor
all of them. That method Is to break
the land fifteen inches. Harrow until
the soil is very fine for five or six
inches deep Then plant each crop as
you usually do. Bed n fiat bed for
sweet potatoes, rows three feet and
plants set sixteen to eighteen inches
apart.
Irish Potatoes-Bed fat thirty inches
between rows Open with n good
shovel pillow, drop the pieces Of potato
ten to twelve inches. Cover with two
burrows and break out as soon as they
come up, throwing dirt around the
plants. The Lookout Mountain is a
good variety, but Early Rose, Triumph,
Peerless, etc, are good. Cultivate rap
idly and shallow, and dig them when
ripe or grown. Put them in a dark,
cool place and pick out the bruised
ones. Very little covering will be
needed in your latitude. They may be
barreled after a few weeks, If care
fully picked and holes made in the bar
rels for ventilation. Store the barrels
in a dry, dark room.
Cabbages and Colards 49, Fertilize
highly for these Sow seed the last Of
August. Set plants in September or
October. Cultivate often, Stir the soil
II there is no grass.
Peas-Sow broadcast three.fourths
of a bushel or plant in drill half bushel
per acre. Whippoorwills are the best,
but others will do.
Low, fiat, hard, white, sandy land,
with white clay subsoil 49, the land
should be broken deep. Get through
the hard layer Of white clay. Harrow
It well and then put in Johnson grass
or Bermuda or alfalfa, or part in each
as suits you best. This land If treated
right will be very valuable for pasture
and haymaking.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

During one Of their college vacations
Daniel Webster and his brother re-
turned to their fathers farm. Think
ing he had right to some return for
the money he had expended on their
education, the father gave them
scythes and requested them to NOW.
Daniel made few sweeps and then
stopped to wipe his brow and rest:
What's the matter, DAM" asked
his father.
my scythe don't hang right, SIR"
His father ixed II and Dan went to
work again, but with no better sue
nass. Something was wrong with the
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
Diversified Farming,

The South is peculiarly adapted to
diversified farming. and our farmers
would reap far greater profits from
this source than from the culture of
cotton alone. The sooner this is real
lied and Southern farmers begin to
contract the acreage of cotton and in.
crease the diversified crops the sooner
will they see permanent prosperity en-.
tering their homes and Frightening
their lives with new possibilities.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
Have No Idle Land.

Land cleared of early and fall planted
crops should be at once broken and
fortified and be planted with other
crops to come in later Never let the
land lie idle and producing only weeds.
1t is wasting fertility and making
work. If not needed for other vege.
table crops, sow with COW peas or
some other fodder crop and make some
feed for the stock.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

DO not pull any fodder. but cut the
corn up at the root as soon as the ears
are glazed and dented, and set in
shocks to cure, Fodder pulling Injuries
the yield of grain and leads to the
wasting Of a large part of the crop
Nearly one-half Of the nutritlve value
OF the corn crop is in the stalk, shuck
and blades, and this ought all to be
saved and fed.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

Il don't suppose there's anything
that makes a woman more angry in
glancing over the report Of a social
function at which she considered her
self prominent guest than to find her
name left out"
Unless 1t is to find her rlvaTs name
Ieft in."-Philadelphia Press.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

down ON the ground almost as though
allowed to stand and be later trodden
down by the stock. The main object
Of the planting advised is to secure
vegetable matter to add to the soil.
This is the great need of the cotton
fields.-Southern Planter.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

Implement, and it was not long before
IL needed fixing again, when his father
said impatiently: si
wen. hang 1t to suit yourself.
Daniel with great composure HING
40, On . near Tree, and retired from tbe
neld.--Philadeiphia Timae ''
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

The scrub animals Of the South can
be improved by crossing upon them
thoroughbred males of improved
breeds, but the progression will be
SLOW and you must not be disappolnt-
ed at the receipts Of sales Of your first
crosses.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
Very Superior Rice "a Grown.

Rice is irrigated in South Carolina by
manipulating river waters through
trunks built In the bikes which protect
the low marsh lands from the rivers
The delta lands are selected with ref
erence to the possibility Of flooding
from the rivers with fresh water at
high tide, and Of draining them at low
tide. The reclamation Of these lands
necessitates the building, parallel with
the river, Of costly bikes, capable of
resisting the force of the food tide, and
also that Of the river In time Of fresh
cts. After the bikes are built the field
is divided into sections and squares by
similar banks, called "checlS" banks.
These squares contain from five to
thirty acres each, and in turn are sub
divided by bitches into bed, usually
about thirty-iive feet wide and extend
ing the length of the square. Each of
these squares has wooden trunk with
a door at each end, through which the
water is admitted to the field. The
trunks are from thirty to forty feet
long, from three to twelve feet wide,
and about sixteen inches deep, and are
built under the bikes on a level with
fae beds Of the bitches. In flooding
the field the outer door is raised and
the inner closed. As the tide rises the
water comes in through the trunk,
pushes the field door open, and passes
through the bitches to the field.
When the tide falls in the river, the
pressure Of the water in the field closes
the inner swinging door against the
muzzle Of the trunk, thus holding the
water. In draining the field this
method is reversed, the field door being
raised at low tide and the outer door
dropped. The unlimited supply of
fresh water and Its perfect control by
this system of flooding and draining
account for the superior quality Of rice
for which South Carolina is famous.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
Reign and Rain.

Mrs, Krank-"Yes, I'm fond of pets.
1 have Eve cats and four dogs that
just rule my house."
Mrs. MCCLELLAN! I've often heard
of 'reignlng cats and dogs These
must be the ones."-Philadelphla Press,
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
Netting For HimseIG

Customer-"I want fifteen yards Of
netting"
Clerk-"For mosquitoesY
Customer-"Naw, y idiot FIR my
self. TIL mosquitoes have got enough
comforts already "-Baltimor News.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

watch the weather and cut your cas-
saya stalks just ahead Of frost. Dig
the roots at your convenience. and
care for them much as you do sweet
potatoes.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02


land while Webers political services they affected mar
ROVER interests and stirred the minds
And this by no means solitary instance; contrary may be
called an expression of general law All through
ana not
occupied by the leaders
AeSandrs name not widely
Aristotle Homer has lived than Euclid
Columbus in stands although may with mora
reason claim him than any other branch Of
Is Shakespeare with his popularity all more WILDLY
Known or respected than Newton?
name of Luther than that OF Coperncus? Wv '~'
not Gaeos Of
AnseoF IL no account of the
his Victories as little could
Put yourself In the place Of intelligent
pack upon the nineteenth century Would he men
towering higher than that of Darwin? 80 -
inc presidents and kings and politicians snners of
literary goam and blowers of metaphysical bubbles
gold and banknote win then almost level little nmbed
with the xcrescences Of vanity Darwns fame VIII
rise like a pyramid '"He WIZ
Especially let the ombIon
the best Of this worlds time opportunities remember ot M M
ages roll by the poorest figure all
King OF this that the other Industry and freed T %
Aeaven OF lasting fame and honor harder for the r @
10 enter than Tor camel through eye Of neeep ~
The hope Of humanity this earth the advance o.
human MIND ninctiyey
why the name OF Benjamin Franklin in lands WHOM .
George Washington tna or
ten-American 1 "s'SVer Is forgot
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
Planting Cow Pens in Cotton Fl.,a,.


"A correspondent commenting on our
advice to sow cow peas in the cotton
held when cultivatlng the last time,
says that.we make a mistake in SO ad.
vising, as the peas will interfere with
the picking Of the crop. We differ
from our friend. There is no reason
Whatever why the peas should any
more interfere with the picking of cot.
ton than they interfere with gathering
a corn crop. In rows four feet aport
there is plenty Of room to plant a row
OF cow peas in the middle of each row
and vet leave room enough for the
pickers to work without treading down
the peas. Plant bush variety rather
than one growing long trailing vines,
and no trouble will be caused BY the
vines running on the cotton. The i'm.
portance Of securing humus in the soil
which the pea vines VIII furnish, HI in
nnitely greater than any little trouble
which the vines may cause to the pick.
ers. Even though the pickers should
tread down the peas not much harm
VIII be done, for at,the time when the
cotton is ready for picking the peas
VIII have made their growth, and they
VIII serve as good a purpose trodden
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
Why Boiling a
Potato is an Art
By Alice Dynes FeaIins, B. S.

&9@@E often hear the
boil potatoes" The truth is few this dish
Nov ery The girl who understands science that the
boil The boi
medium cooks the starch
VS%@ ato Physics has taught her ordinary pressure
water never becomes after the boiling
faene 100 degrees Centrade reached therefore
water TO remain at boiling temperature until the
cooked the vegetable She then
naky potato True without
the same result accidentally But she
cooking until the starch partly dextnized and
the result The unscntc
cooking process by adding
heevng that she thus attaining the ve
% TO break by the mechanical action Of the
ph over on the stove off
accomplished In less time Thus knowledge Of the physics
prevents fuel
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

10 Liverpool, which is the densest
ana ~. unhealthiest district in England
the population is 63,S23 to the sonars
mile. W spuare
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
His suggestion.

How can make my boarding house
more POPULAR" asked Mrs Sawedge.
you might" replied the star board
er, squaring up bit Of steak, you
might advertise 1t as furnishing all the
advantages Of gymnasium. Detroit
Free Press.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
Near to Nature,s Hsart.

Professor Bughunter-"Don't you
love the prlmeval forest, Miss Poppy
hat"
Miss Poppyhat--"Oh! OF course
Professor! But then think a park Is
much more stylish."-Puck.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
The Real Article.

''He is i true philanthropist"
"He gives great deal of advice" 4
Eyes. But he is usually ready N
accompany his advice with enough
cash to put 1t on a working basls."--
Washington Star
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

Canvasser (entering ofiice)-"I would
like to see the manager"
Proprletor-"Which one-the Office
boy or the typewriter%-Chicago
News.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

Father-"In choosing a wife, one
should never judge by appearances"
Son-"That's right. Often the pref
test girls have the least money!
Puck.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
The Eloqusnce Of seifshuess.

sorrow being essentially selfish tears
are merely the eloquence Of selashness
New York News.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

SAY, don't allus be worryln' about
yer next meall Look 1t mel I'm.
allus cheerful tlnkln' about my last
onew.-New York Journal.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

When q woman buries the matches
she allows the handle to stick M.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

An the heroes are not married but
all the married men are heroes
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
~ II II
The Praise of Science.
By Garrett p. Serviss

ENJAMIN FRANKLIN mentioned in any history of modern
times Daniel Webster In any history Of America
Ihus writes Dr. Edward Everett Hale prang some of
the great men Of country.
Consciously not be has nut into one nrepnont senono
praise of science ~
For you ask YOURSELF Why does Frankns name onnear
I'D histories which omit the WebsterT your only reply
can be- Because Fankns scientific investigations and dscov
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
She ventured.

She ventured.
She yentured ia the briny deep
A little while ago,
And yelled for murder, fire, police!- :
A crab had pinched her toe.
And though at that momentous time
Her screams were plainly heard.
Yet when lobster squeezed her waisl
She didn't say word.
--Judue
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

AFamily Treat.
"I hear you were hard hit when Won,
met Miss Cashley."
'Not half MS hard hit as l was when
| met her father"-New York World
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02
Yes, darhng!

Perhaps you'd better see about har-
ing house put ON it"-Baltimore
News.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-02

And now, George" said the blush
Ing but practical maiden, "since every
thing is settled and have consented
to share your lot"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
MISS Mia BLACK


To solve the problem as to who does
the wooing would be rather a multitude
nous undertaking. and as to whether wo-
man does the greater part would depend
on the kind of man wOoing.
Many men are like baking horses and
need some one to give them a push; and
others are like the shrinking violet which
grows unseen awaiting the hand Of some
sweet maiden to pluck it and share its
sweetness.
Now, in foreign lands, 1t isAan admitted
fact that woman, the old lady, is the chief
wooer, and woe to the girl that tries to
interfere with mama" The duchess
plants and stamps her little foot and says
her nay!
In America, 1t is always the talk of the
town, and very forward, for young lady
to be even so assuming as was Bettina
who worked so hard to win Jean in the
abb Constantin. The young man would
probably tell her ito go way back and
sit down, for he had other FISH to fry"
Naturally, though, a girl should meet a
man half way, for it encourages him and
makes hope spring up within him. A shy
look from under dusky lashes. or lin
gering hapdshake, a telephone message,
or a dance saved just for you" is some
thing a man can very rarely resist
All these rules and many others might
be said to belong to the code Of wooing.
Puck and Judge have no end of jokes
about the goth century proposals, and 1t
is always the woman who says will
your But now that the new century has
risen somewhat above the horizon, the
girls of today are not found to be so
vastly different from their sisters of the
nineteenth century. What girl would
miss the excitement and pride of having
a man on his knees before her, and would
put herself in his placer
NITA HUGHES BLACK.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
THINGS THAT NEVER DIE'

The pure the bright the beautiful.
That stirred our hearts IN youtns
IRE impulse 20 a wordless prayer,
ne dreams OF love and youth;
TIE lonriuzs after something lost
The spirits yearning cry.
The strfvfrgs after better hopes
These things can never de
ne tiraid hand stretched forth 70 aid
Al brother IN hts need.
The kindly work IN Eriefs dark hour.
That proves q friend indeed;
ne plea for mercy. softly breatnea'
when justice threatens high.
The sorrow OF q contrits heart
these things shah never die,
ne memory OF a ciasping land.
The uressure Of q kiss.
Ard an the tribes. sweet and frail.
That make NJ loves first bliss;
II with arm unchanging faitn'
nee hands have clasped. those lips have met
These things shall never de
ne cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as &c fells
The chilling want OF sympathy
We feel but never tell
The hard repuise that ehills ne near
Whose hopes were bounding highs
IN an unfzdIng record kept
These things shall never ole.
Let nothing Pass. for every hand
Must ard some work 20 cos
I.ose not q chance TO waken love
Be firm and Just and true
60 shall q light that cannon lale
Beam On thee from on ntgn.
And angel voices say 20 thee
These things shall never die go.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03

venerable contemporary, in the ranks Of
bachelorhood. Jim Nutting. Love-ma-
king with him is his breath, his life.
Married, his occupation would be gone.
The moment he entered Benedictine or
ders, he would be utterly and dejectedly,
frightfully miserable. Gle, like myself,
however, has played to crowded houses
of class b. And there are a score of 9TH
er bachelors in Atlanta uncatchable and
unsnareable because Of this same master
passion.
Now let us look at the case from the
standpoint of class A--where the man
loves the woman and she loves him. This
Is the condition ecstatic and idiotic, and
what man under such circumstances Is
capable of giving any testimony at all as
TO which did the wooing, the woman or
himself? / had once faint impression
that ! was in class A. The first time that
/ had a distinct mental conception Of this
fact, / lost consciousness because Of what
the doctors call shock" On coming to,
1 had few lucid intervals, but was de-
lrous for weeks and didn't recover until
1 received an invitation to act as an at
tendant at the girls marriage to another
man. So, therefore, as to class A I must
stand aside as an incompetent witness.
Now, briefly, word as to class c, where
the man is loved but loves not the woman
in return, alas! I avow distinctly that this
is not my class, but the majority of men
1 have known tell me that they belong
strictly in class c. Couldn't help it, you
know; women are peculiarly. Now here
the case seems to be pretty we'll made out
against the woman, as it would be but
natural to presume that If she did all the
loving she must, ergo do at least half the
wooing. But even here, think a verdict
of acquital should be brought in, for if she
does it at all, 1t is by proxy only, for my
observation is that the mother-in-law
(prospective) handles the reins and drives
the unsuspecting 90 bird into the net.
Yours in state of single helplessness,
JAMES W.. AUSTIN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
MISS ALICE BAXTER


"Is it fact that women do half the
wooing?"
The question came over the phone mer-
rily from The Journals womanly woman
editor.
''Why ask me?" was my rejoinder. I
am not expected to answer query like
that"
''Well, put it another way, If you like it
better: Should women propose in mar
risge? If not, why not?''
"Oh, dear!" was my exclamation, II am
proposing to veterans right and left to
help Daughters of the Confederacy make
money, and the effort is much against my
nature. 1 would surely draw the line at a
more serious proposition. However, I am
neither marrying nor giving in marriage.
Do excuse me and apply to an expert in
the business-pretty Mrs. -, for in
stance, who has twice made the marriage
venture"
But the voice over the phone was per-
sistent, and I gave half consent to think
about the matter
1.-The Journal wants to know why wo-
men should not propose in marriage" 1
remarked on returning to the library
where a couple sat looking into the glow
ing coals-a couple who had walked to-
gether in sweet companion ship for IS
years.
My electrical question reused the mama
to indignant rejoinder. Because 1t would
be indicate, and 1 don't think the sub
ject one for you to handle. Custom for
bids women proposing to men, and time
honored custom is likely TO be grounded
on some fundamental truth
But it had not always been the Gus
tom," observed the pater. I'm bible days
Esther proposed to Ahasueras, and made
a good trade"
And Esther was not an emancipated
woman. 1 commented, and did not live
in an emancipating age. Poor Vashti lost
the crown that Esther won, not so much
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-03
Mr.. JAMES w. AUSTIN

To the picture puzzles on the advertis-
ing page The Journal, it seems, has add
ed yet more perplexing problem. Called
as a witness who engages to speak the
truth touching this matter. 1, a bachelor
of - years standing, do testify as fol-
lows, to wit:
In the matter of heart history every
enterprising man usually finds three class
es of women:
(Class al The woman he loves who
loves him; CClass b.. The woman he loves
who does not love him; (Class CO. The
woman he does not love who loves him.
Ny negotiations have been conducted for
the most part with class b. OF the wo-
men have loved land their name is le-
gion), frankly acknowledge that l have
played the principal role in the drama of
love-making. and they but a minor part.
Indeed, no manly man would yield to the
other sex this not only ancient and in
alienable right but pleasing, delightful
and precious privilege. To do the wooing
himself is clearly the right Of the man.
Indeed. the barons were culpably negli-
gent in failing to incorporate this as one
Of the articles in that famous manuscript
they prepared for King John to sign. AT
any rate. am unalterably opposed to re-
linquishing il during my day and genera
ton. had as soon lose my right to vote
as lose my right TO WOO. l would suffer
the more by the latter loss Though my
lady might suffer much the lessO II is
the chase that is exciting whether we fol-
low the hare, the fox or the dear" The
chase Of the dear" Is in my opinion. the
"purest ray serene" Of delight and JOY
that ever ilumined the heart of a man,
and the, fascination is just as keen even
when the game escapes. 1 know of no
sensation comparable to 1t. Many a man
remains a bachelor for the pure and sim
pie reason that love-snakng is his dissi-
patton, and he simply can't quit it, can't
give 1t up. no more than a drunkard his
cup a gambler his cards. or a turfman his
horse. The most striking local illustra-
ton Of this great truth is the case of my