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The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The South Carolina Legislature at
its session just closed, adopted the
MCGOWAN resolution for the congress
sional redistricting of the state. This
plan puts each one of the states three
seaporrs in a separate district, and
now Charleston, Port Royal and
Georgetown will each have a congress
man to look out for the particular in
terests of his individual port. The new
districts are as follows: First dis
trict, Charleston, Berkeley, Colleton,
Clarendon and Dorchester. Second dis
trict, Aiken, Bamberg. Barnwell, Beau
fort, Edgefeld, Saluda and Hampton.
Third district, Pickens. Oconee, Ander-
son, Abbeville, Greenwood and New
berry. Fourth district, Laurens, Spar
tanburg, Greenville and Union. Fifth
district, Cherokee, Chester. York, Fair
field. Kershaw. Chesterfield and Ian
caster. Sixth district, Marlboro, Ma
rion, Horny, Darlington, Florence, Will
liamsburg and Georgetown. Seventh
district, Richland, Sumter, Orangeburg
and Lexington.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
TIPS ON POLITICS.

Augusta Chronicle: Mr. Guerry and
Mr.. Terrell are just at this time. piling
i'm literature in Augusta.
Mr.. Terrell is writing direct to vot-
ers, soliciting their support. Mr..
Guerry's letters come from his cam
paign manager. Mr.. Blue, al Macon.
and urge the formation of Guerry
clubs. Both of the gentlemen have
warm friends in Augusta. The number
of Estill supporters, however, is sur
prisingly large-that is to those who
have not taken the pains to inform
themselves. In a party of eight people
the other day, five of them expressed
their determination to vote for Mr.
Estill.
Icstill stock is on the rise all around,
so the papers state. No man in Geor-
gia has made friends faster than he
since he entered the race. His absolute
fairness to the other candidates in his
paper the Savannah Morning News,
has made Mr.. Estill many friends.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
Care and management of Pigs From
Memning Time 20 Market.

Nearly every one has a different way
OF caring for. and feeding hogs. 1 have
tried several different ways myself,
sas Edward Edmonson in an exchange.
l Will suppose that the pigs are good
stock and have been well cared for;
mean spring pigs. of about the last
of May, at the age of from six to nine
weeks. and as corn Is out of their reach
turn them out I'm the field and let
them get the young weeds, and when
the corn f. In good roasting ears | be-
gin TO pull and feed them. Until that
time | feed them good ration OF corn
and shorts. ! continue to pull the corn
until the pigs get large enough TO break
Il down, and II | don't want them 10
eat an they win, / take them out.
Right here Is about the hardest time
OF the year. on account Of hot dry
weather. there IN nothing green. 30 we
have 30 feed too much corn. / don't
feed them hil they VIII eat. and ! turn
them on the wheat a. early IN the fall
ns ! ean get u large enough 10 graze
on. The best combination / have ever
found is corn and something green.
have been feeding one hundred and
forty in this way tho past season, and
expect % feed about another month,
have nof fed them full feed yet hm
luff letting fhs wheat help me out
J nm increasing che feed now, aHd
Nll haYe them on fuli feed in about
THIRTY qafn fhey could have been fe4
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
Dairy Cows Must Have Protein Fo

DatFy CONNH Must nave FrOte1n FOOd
Much has been said and written in
regard to the foods strong in protein
for dairy cows. With such foods they
can be relied on for good results, but
dairymen in Maine, says the Maine
Farmer, for the winter feeds his cows
and secures best results when using
cotton seed meal and bran exclusively
with his hay folders. Another large
daryman, who is making a critical
study of these problems in his own
barns, states that with corn stover en-
silage and hay folders, only protein
meal feeds are wanted to bring a lib
eral flow of milk and keep the cows
in proper condition at the same time.
Accepting the above as sound prac-
tice, farmers should give more atten-
tion to the growing of more protein,
crops on their farms. The general effort
among dairymen now is to grow car
bonaceous crops almost exclusively.
Corn, for example, which is now receiv-
ing SO wide attention as a fodder crop,
both in the grain and in the stock, is
chiefly carbonaceous fodder material
Glover hay is a material rich in the
elements needed. 1t is a move in the
right direction that farmers are giving
clover greatly increased attention
through the agitation which has been
given it of late in our columns and
elsewhere. Peas are another fodder in
the same line both in grain and straw
Two other kinds of protein fodder
products have been brought to the pub
lie attention of late. We refer to the
sofa or soy bean and the Southern COW
pea. which is not in fact pea at all,
but rather a kind of bean. The latter
of these plants where it can be sue
cessfully grown is proving specially
rich as a protein product. Several of
the stations have been growing this
quite successfully.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
Oats i'm the SOuth-Must he Treated
Fairly.

AS a rule, fall-sown grain. especial
ly oats are not planted early enough.
If planted by the middle of October
there is time for root-expansion and to
grow enough top to protect against
freezes. But planting is not the only
difficulty I'm the way of success. Bad.
slipshod planting is generally expen-
sive planting Grain sowed broadcast
and disked or narrowed in must have
favorable seasons TO do well. and ia
vorable season will not do to depend
on. Drilling Is always better than
broadcasting. II takes less seed to
begin with, and insures a better stand
When the seed Is scattered at all
depths. from four inches TO the very
surface. can good stand be reasona-
bly, expected? Press driils put all the
seed the same depth and presses the
soil about them. 50 that every sound
seed has an equal chance 10 come up
and grow of. II Is the plants from
shallow planted seed that freeze out.
and dry out, having no depth Of root
and but lltlte top.
our esteemed cotempofary the Farm
and Ranch" give most excellent advice
in the foregoing twenty-five lines
From long experience and Ftlll
wider ObseriltiOn we know that there
are many failures every year in the
way - grain rr0ps. oats UhiFily sim
ply beC1uss ~ zoo late sowing. iYe be-
lieve in drilling, TOO. bur N s well not
% get the seeds On too deep
~ all our Formers along tne broad
bfh existing between latitude 40 and
ab, ana extending from the Atlantic to
me Weffern boundary ~ Texas could
only be fnafe ~ nnderFfand fbs few
simple rules thsf pertain 40 auaaeaHfll
FrHir culture rfwo ~ Hhlrl aff fuFr
geafcl snoYe-f1e foufh N0uid nQf
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
Protection of Strawberries.

I would rather drive two miles to
haul wiregrass hay for a mulching
and cover my strawberry plants than
to get pinestraw right alongside the
field, says the Florida Fruit Grower.
The pinestraw is stiff unyielding, can
not be made to stay on the plants as
well in a high wind, and it warps up
in the sun and pricks the knees of
the pickers. 1t is also darker colored
and holds heat more than wiregrass
hay, making a hot reflection in the
faces of the pickers and drying out
the ground worse in a drought. 1t is
more slippery and will not pack close
like wiregrass.
My way of protecting strawberry
plants is to plant three feet wide and
pile up the wiregrass mulching along
this space. Make the rows run east
and west, have the sting of mulch on
the nofth side of the row, ready to
turn 1t over toward the south onto the
row of plants. This gives it a slant
like shed roof, and the wind blowing
from the north cannot get under it.
If it was turned over from the south
side of the row northward, the wind
would easily get under the edge of it
and turn it back.
By leaving this string of covering
spread along somewhat thin, in a
COi1llHuOuS ldhcs IL pldCGu SOIlC
weeks before hand. it settles together
and you can run the tail of a hand
rake the whole length under it and
turn over ten or twelve feet at one
motion. Thus one man can accom-
plish a great deal in an hour. If
necessary, a helper can keep ahead
of him and by taking hold of the outer
end of the rake handle, assist him in
inverting the flakes of hay. Where
one has to cover and uncover so many
times as they do in North Carolina
in season, the covering will become
broken up and will have to be han
died with a rake or with a pitchfork
One of the growers in this county
made mats by putting wiregrass in
light wooden frames, made of lath.
These mats are about like mattresses,
only thinner and narrower. They can
be turned out, onto the rows of plants
or off again rapidly, but the delay is
in carrying them out of the patch
after they have been used and back
again when a cold night is. coming.
Some of them he set up on edge, form.
ing a sort of shed roof, opening t.
the south. In this way they concen-
trate the warmth of the sum- break
the cold wind from the north and
forward the blooming and ripening OF
the berries.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
Gov. White and staH Had Pleasant
Time at Charleston.

Charleston, s. c.. Feb. 2S.-Gov. AL
bert b. Bates of West Virginia. and his
staff of twenty-six colonels, many of
whom were accompanied by their
wives. left here for home this after
noon. This morning they visited Fort
Sumter. Gov. White and his party
have taken an active interest in the
exposition, which they have visited at
intervals for four days and on Satur-
day We're leading figures in the great
military parde and review. They have
received and extended many courte-
sizes here,
The report that Gov. Montague OF
Virginia and stan had left here on Fri
day was erroneous. Gov. Montague
has not been here since the adjourn
mcnt OF the Good Roads convention
over two weeks ago
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
The "seedIess watermeIonn Lis


There is a tale going the rounds of
the papers about a certain man at
Rocky Ford, Col, who has for years
been thinking and experimenting with
the view of originating a seedless
watermelon, and that he has accom-
plished it, He is said to be an ex-state
senator, and if l may judge of him
by one of the staggering members of
the Senate whom l saw at Denver last
winter, drinking and Dragging about
how he would vote against every bill
that any other political party would
offer for passage, l have little wonder
that such a newspaper lie should be
set adrift with the said ex-senator
himself as author. The whole thing is
so contradictory and utterly alb
surd that no thoughtful person ought
to be deceived by the tale. However, it
may be that some shark will be offer
ing to sell seeds" of this or some other
supposed "seedless'' watermelon In
the name of reason, how, let me ask,
could a really seedless melon be propa-
gated? Could a farmer take up vines
and keep them in the house all winter,
to be planted the next spring. Perhaps
the plan will be, to salt down or dry a
few leaves to be used instead of seeds.
Maybe the shadow of this 'seedless''
melon may be preserved in some mys-
terious way so that it will sprout the
next year: or, that it would serve for
all the years to come, would be a still
more brilliant flight of the imagination
and one equally as practical. This
story does seem TOO ridiculous for any
sensible<editor of even a political paper
to publish, yet 1 have seen it in several
rural papers, with the evident intent
of impressing it as the statement of a
fact for the readers to believe.-H. E.
Van Deman.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24

Thomasville Times -Eenterprse: Pri-
vate Estill is not allowing any grass to
grow under his feet.
Statesboro News: Estill is making
votes all over Georgia. Sometimes it
is the still SOW that drinks the slops.
Columbus Ledger: Mr.. Guerry de-
clares that Estill will carry only two
counties and he adds that he is by no
means sure that he will get these two.
There are many well-informed polti-
clans who say that Estill will carry
more counties than Guerry, so that if
they are right and Guerry is right,
things will be mighty nice and easy for
Joe Terrell.
Americus Times Recorder: Mr.. Du-
pont Guerry spoke to very small au-
dience at Statesboro Monday afternoon
and took occasion to sling mud at Col.
Estill and Hon. j. M Terrell as is
his usual custom. Query took occa-
sion to say that he was fully aware of
Col Estill's strength in that county
but that Bullock was the only county
in the state that Col. Estill would
carry unless it might be Chatham"
This is more than can be said for Mr..
Guerry, for knowing ones predict that
Rib county, where Mr. Guerry has
lived for we'll nigh twenty years, will
repudiate MIN and cast it's vote in the
convention for Terrell.
Dublin Courier-D Dispatch: The Darien
Gazette is rightly of the opinion that
Gel. Estill is one of the South's best
men AID II he is chosen Governor he
will make Georgia a splendid chief
magistrate. However, if he is defeated.
he viii not sulk, but viii be found in
the front ranks fighting for the Demo-
cratic nominee. He has always been
loyal and true and is deserving of the
highest Office within the gift OF Geor-
gians.
Thomasvllle Times Eenterprise. Joe
Terrell made his first speech OF the
campaign at Cantcn In a snow storm.
Now the question IL. did this fact mean
that Mr.. Terrell Is TO be showed under,
or his opponents? Take your choice.
Statesboro News: The Pine Forest
must be opposed 10 Estill. judged By
that picture OF him IN last weeks
issue.
The Mouitrie News believes that the
voters Of colquitt county would enjoy
ZONE campaign music from the guber-
natorinl aspifanis and promises 10 fIr-
nish good. strong local accompsni.
ipent.
The Columbus Ledger thinks ths
EpbefnatOriai candidates have not yei
warmed up 90 their work in earnest
0ui predicts vigorous times later on.
Blue lddns Poet n begins 20 ioob
- " hon. 2 ~ Eftili Msf EoinR n
hafs ths iior'f share ~ fhe Nofff
NfofEia Nefsiief on hia eide in fhs
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
FOUR KILLED IN DOoLY.

Yearwoods saw mill, three miles east
of Vienna, in Dooly county, was the
scene of a bloody tragedy Friday. The
boiler burst, instantly killing four men
and fatally wounding another. Ihe
killed are: Marshall Brown, sawyer;
Julius Allen, fireman; Henry Manuel,
laborer; Arch Self a bystander. The
boiler was blown to pieces. The bodies
of the men were hurled in the air fifty
feet. Tom Ellis still survives, but 1t is
thought he cannot recover.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
FLORIDA.

The contract for the erection of the
new county Jail at Jacksonville has
been awarded to the Pauly Jail Com
pany of st. Louis, at $25,S20 The work
is to be completed by Aug. l. The jailer
will have rooms in the front of the
building. There will also be hospital
ward and a room for surgical purposes.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
NEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA,
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Frank Stanton refers to the Wire
grass Blade poet as the Sweet Singer
of Swainsboro" and quotes him as fol-
lows:
"Simon Jones has passed away,
And gone to greater joys;
He leaves behind him yoke of steers,
Six hogs and twenty boys"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24

'"Chas. H., Savannah, Ca: We note
your remarks about not getting the
state bulletins. We are quite sure that
it is owing to some oversight that you
do not receive them. Send the direc-
tor a postal card and he will have the
error corrected.
Both the national bulletins and the
state are of value to farmers and gar
deners and we should like to see every
one get them.
Several years ago the state station
issued a bulletin upon watermelon cul-
ture. The director will send it to you
on request If there are any still on
hand.
We can not say positively but think
the department at Washington has also
issued bulletin on the same topic.
However, we will give in the next is
sue a brief chapter on watermelons.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24

Atlanta Constitution: Col. ]. +. .
Estill was in the city for an hour or so
yesterday. He was passing through and
did not stop except between trains.
Col. Estill is getting in some campaign
work in North Georgia. He has not
made any speeches yet, but is busy
getting around and meeting the people.
Col. Estill spent part of the time
while here in the Kimball House lobby,
where he met and shook hands with
number of friends. He appeared smil-
ing and happy and told them the out
look was as favorable as could be. He
expresses great confidence in the out
come of the campaign, and intends to
devote considerable time to work in
North Georgia, as he has done in the
southern part of the state.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
campaign for the nomination for Gov

Georgia Cracker: Estill is climbing
up at a rate that surprises some of
the boys. Why. he is hardly started
vet, and you had better get on to the
band wagon before it gets too crowded.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24

A. Hochgraufe, a former Dutch min
lister to Sweden, was found dead in
Pottsburg creek near the Marshall es-
tate in Duval county, Saturday morn
ing. The deceased had been missing
since Thursday afternoon and as he
had frequently made threats of self
destruction a vigorous search was
made for the body. The deceased was
q son-in-law of DIR. and Mrs. F. +.
Marshall. The Jacksonville Metrop-
oils says: Hochgraufe and his wire
came to the Marshall home from Ant
werp, Holland. last April. The day
of their arrival they were given a
splendid welcome, and the Marshall
home was lavishly decorated with rlch
and beautiful flowers, 1t being one OF
the most beautiful Florida estates.
Hochgraufe had been prominent IN
diplomatic circles in Holland, and
few years ago was Dutch minister
to Sweden, but his health necessltated
him giving up active life, so he came
TO reside at the Marshall home, near
st. Nicholas. His health, however,
did not improve, and for the past few
months he had been respondent. He
was surrounded by everything that
wealth could give, but money could
not buy health and happiness, and he
preferred death to physical sufterlng.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24

River Report-The hight of the Sa-
vannah river at Augusta, at s a. m.
(75th meridian time) yesterday, was
40 feet. fall of 05 foot during the
preceding twenty-four hours.
Observations taken at. the same mo-
rnent of time, Feb. %, 1902, D. M, 18th
meridian time:
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
rLoRIDA.s KNIGHTS OF HONOR.

The Grand Lodge of the knights of
Honor of Florida will hold three
days session in Jacksonville, beginaing
March H. The railroads have given
a low rate and a large attendance is
expected. Supreme Dictator ID. y
Biggs of Boston will be present and
Supreme Reporter Noah M. Given of st.
Louis is also expected. Public ad-
dresses will probably be delivered by
both officials.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24

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The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
THE WEATHER.

A"oi "ihs views thermometer at IL
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Morning News barometer at II
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Forecast for Monday and Tuesday:
Georgia and South Carolina: Rain
Monday, with higher temperature on
the coasts; Tuesday fair except rain
along the coast, colder in the interior;
fresh to brisk east winds.
Eastern Florida: Increasing cloudi-
ness Monday. probably rain in west
and north portions, rising temperature:
Tuesday fair; fresh to brisk southeast
winds.
Western Florida: Rain Monday;
Tuesday fair with lower temperature,
fresh winds, becoming westerly.
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah:
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
WEST vIRGINIANs GO HOME.

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Local Forecast Official.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
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Walton News and Messenger

Walton News and Messenger: The
race for Governor is beginning to
warm up. Dupont Guerry is making
speeches in South Georgia. Col Estill
Is writing letters and visiting the diff
terent sections of the state, and Joe
Terrell opened his campaign by a
speech at Canton, Cherokee county.
Saturday. 1t is given out that Col. Jim
Smith, the Oglethorpe farmer, will an
nonnce this week. and so it goes. The
people of this county are not discuss
ing the race very much and seem to
be wanting to hear the candidates
speak
Douglass Breeze: The race for Gov
ernor is between Mr.. Estill and Mr..
Terrell. Both are good men, and the
people will be we'll seruad hv oitho,.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24
GUBERNAT0RIAL COMMENT.

vate Estill is not allowing any grass to
grow under his feet.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-24

Statesboro News: Estill is making
votes all over Georgia. Sometimes it
is the still SOW that drinks the slops.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
Soldiers and Sailors Re-Union

At a meeting held Tuesday evening
the following committees were appoint
ed 10 take charge of the Soldiers and
Sailors reunion 10 be held In Yale on
September 10 and IL next
General Committee on Arrangements
-E. III. Drake. Jas. Wallace, Aaron
Windsor. Harvey Tappan and j. g.
Holden.
Finance and Entertainment-Dr. j.
b. Stevens, Fred Montney and Thos.
L. Wharton.
Soliciting Committee Il. A.
Griswold, Mrs. Harvey Tappan, Mrs. r..
III. Drake, Wallace Ballentine, III. &.
Martin and G.. &. Holden.
Reception-E. 4. fead, Mrs. +. II.
Beecher, Frank VanCamp. Mrs. Chas.
Rounds, John Hutton and Mrs. Is. Nc
Nulty.
Printing-Frank Putney and +. I.
Palmer.
AS there will be no fair nor races I'm
Yale this year, it is sincerely hoped
that the people of the village and vi
cinity will take hold of this matter
without excuses and mako IL one OF
the best occasions OF its kind. The
committees will meet at an early date
and confer together.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08

Iii Chamberlain, a brother OF the
late Grin II. Chamberlain. died at his
home in Sc. Ignace, Friday night last,
at the age OF 81 years.
Deceased will be remembered by the
early pioneers of this township, having
resided here many years ago.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08
Sunday School Picnic.

There will be a Union Sunday School
excursion and basket picnic TO Port
Huron and Pine Grove park on Thurs
day, August 2lst.
On the arrival OF the train at Port
Huron the steamer Omar ID. Conger
will bee i'm waiting 40 the Pere Mar
quette dock 90 take all who desire for
n two hours ride on the river, landing
at Pine Grove park for picnic. The
charge on the boat will be ten cents for
all over ten years of age-all under
that age going free.
The returning train will start from
Pine Grove park at 300 l.. NJ. stopping
at the Court street depot.
The fare from Yale will be 80 cents;
children half fare. All Sunday school
friends are invited 20 go.
Sunday schools from all along the
Saginaw division of the Pere Mar
quette will take part in this excursion.
The Yale expositor., 1902-08-08

Moved and supported that the above
bills be allowed and orders for the sew
eral amounts be drawn on the treasur-
er.-Carried.
Petition of a. Goheen and others
asking TO have crosswalk built opposite
Frazer street across Main street was
presented and read
Moved by Sweet, supported by Ad-
ans that the foregoing petition be re-
ferred 10 the committee on Streets and
Sidewalks.
Moved by Andreae, supported by
Sweet that DIR. w. c. Wight be ap-
pointed health officer for the ensuing
year.-Carried. =
On motion council adjourned.
w. a. Cavanagh, Clerk.