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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-04-17
DUNLAP
Special to the News.

opeClal 10 tue news.
Manager J. S. Hoffecker has returned
from New York and eastern points.
Geo. Merriman, of South Pittsburg,
attended the funeral OF his brother, Lee,
here Tuesday.
Miss Lee Byrd returned home the
last Of last week
G. C. Houts spent Monday and Tues
day down the road.
Prof Jones came in Saturday night
from Manchester.
Rev. L, S. Ewton spent Sunday at
Whitwell.
j. A. Heard spent Friday and Satur-
day in Chattanooga.
j. A. Stewart, of the firm OF Stewart
Il Alley, has returned from market
where he has been buying spring goods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Condra spent Sun.
day with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. LIS. Condra at Hicks Chapel.
B. f. Byrd, of Sequachee, is here.
Riley Ables, of Sequachee, is stop
ping with Mr. Houts in this city.
Miss Lucy Layman, of Victoria spent
several days in the city this and last
week, the guest of Miss Winnie Stew
art.
w. II. Howard has bought Sam
Welch's blacksmith shop on Walnut
st.
NJ. B. Sparks, of Chattanooga, was
here Monday night.
c. A. Phillips, of Chattanooga, spent
Monday night in the city.
d. B. Hatfield is fencing up to Ran
kin bottom below town which he bought
some time ago.
Briggs Lasater of your city, was up
here Monday night.
VIM. Naramore has moved from the
river to one Of ]. Cordells houses In
Gains Cove.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Standefer spent
Sunday with the latters parents, Mr..
and MR.. f. p Ewton, on Brush Creek.
Elder w. II. Sutton, of Sparta, will
begin a meeting at the Christian church
At Daus Sunday.
Rev. ]. d. McAllister has begun a
series Of meetings at the NJ, E, Church,
south.
On last Sunday our little city was
shocked at hearing Of two murders be-
ing committed in the county of two
prominent young men, julie Hooden-
pyle and brother, Bill having shot down
In his tracks Pat Layne, near New Hope
in the sixth district The cause of this
killing was over an old grudge they
had had for number of years, and who
had got into a shooting fray few
months back. We do not know all the
particulars as it has been reported in
two or three different ways, Two par
ties who we're with the HoOdenpyles
1T the time of the affray have been ar
rested and we hear from Sheriff w, S.
Lamb (Tuesday) whois now in the sixth
district, that he has found the parties
WuO uObluou nun budb bu0y WOulu ulOOb
him at Daus and give up and come to
town tonight, The other crime was
committed on the mountain near Gage.
Lee Merriman and Ben Hickey, two
prominent young men in that section,
get into a quarrel over some trifing
matters and got into fist and skull
tight and when Merriman, clinched
Hickey and tryed to throw him to the
ground, Hickey pulled his pistol shoot
ing Merriman in the right breast kill
him instantly, Hickey came down inn
mediately and gave up to tho sheriff.
He was bailed out until his trial next
Friday. Both were drinking. Both
crimes were committed at nearly the
same time at about two or three O'Clock
in the evening. Merriman was brought
Tuesday to to the Rankin cemetery and
his remains inferred, Rev. j, D. Meal
lister officiating,
News Reporter.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-04-17
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-04-17
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-04-17
SCHOOL TABLETS.

We still have a lot Of those tine large
pencil tablets at the old price, SC each.
Also pencils and foOlscap paper. Il
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1902-04-17
&c Best rrsserlptlon L0r Malar

Chills and Fever is bottle Of GROVES
TAsIELEss CmLL ToNIc.. IL is simply
iron aud quinine in tasteless form.
No Cure, No Pay. Price soc.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26

There are two varieties of peanuts.
the Spanish and the Pindar. The
Spanish bears the nuts in a bunch
around the stalk, while the Pindar
throws from the under side of the
vines little roots that enter the soil
and bear the nuts. Covering the bloom
will do no good. The soil should be
kept mellow until blooming begins,
when they can be left to force the root
lets into the ground. The Spanish
peanut has little vine unless the soil
is too rich, when there will be but few
nuts. Sometimes the plant will vine
and send down roots for nuts like the
Pindar, but they will be pops" or
empty shells.
The Pindar should be planted early
as it requires a long season, while the
Spanish requires only three months to
mature. The Pindar is a larger nut.
but as rich and sweet as the Spanish
variety. Both kinds do best on a sandy
soil, but will also thrive on any soil
that raises corn. They are planted in
rows two and one-half or three feet
apart. and ten or twelve inches in the
row. The vines and nuts of both kinds
are used as a stock feed in Florida
where they yield an immense crop"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26

To the Farmers Review: Nothing Of
greater interest and more Importance
occure to me at present than treat
ment of seed oats to destroy smut
We have been thoroughly successful
with the following-much easier and
pleasanter than the soaking method
and seeding with wet grain:
r. Mix one ounce of formalin with one
gallon of water for every six bushels
of oats. Spread the oats about three
inches thick and apply the liquid with
a sprinkling can as evenly as practi-
cable, and stir thoroughly; then shovel
into a snug elongated heap about three
feet deep along the center, and cover
with the oat sacks turned and shaken,
and a light blanket to complete if
needed and leave twenty four to for
ty-eight hours. Then reshovel and
heap and cover for another day or two,
when the moisture applied will be diff
fused through the mass and evapora-
ted, so as not to be perceptible. The
grain may then be sacked or stored
ready for use when wanted-P. F. Nye.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26

II. c." asks 'if onion seeds could
be sown this month with hope of
making a full crop that could be stor-
ed away for winter use"
We know of no variety of onion
that can Withstand July and August
sun of either Southern or Middle Geor-
gia The onion requires a cool eli
nate like that of New England or
the Northern States to permit of being
planted as late as May or even April
with growing season extending to
July or August.
1t is rarely the case that a good
crop of onions can be made in Middle
Georgia when the seeds are sown as
late as April the first.
There are two months especially ap-
propriate for starting this crop from
the seeds, viz, October and February.
In Southern Georgia November sown-
irg will rarely be injured by freezes,
neither will January sownings if made
in the last half of the month. 1t is
only a hard freeze of the soil just
after the plants come up that is likely
to injure the crop. Mere frost how
ever heavy, does no damage to this
hardy plant but. the heaving of the
soil will throw. them out. This can be
prevented by the use of a slight mulch
of pine straw.
Sets" are no longer used by in
telligent gardeners. A much better
crop is made, by raising plants from
seeds and there plants are set out as
soon as the hard freezes are over.
Gcod-siZed plants should be made
ready by the middle of January and
SHOULD be set out in rows 10 to IS
inches apart and 3 to 4 inches apart
in the row. If the soil is we'll prepared
with the horse pillow the crop is easily
made with the ordinary garden pillow
or wheel hoe. The most economical
way to fertilize is to apply the ferti-
lizer broadcast after the crop is set
cut and work in the fertilizer with the
wheel hoe. To make a maximum crop
of onions the rows should be IL inches
apart and a plant set every inches
in the row. OF course. when planted this
thick horse plow can not be used
for cultivation.
II the soil has been properly pre-
pared to receive the crop all that will
be necessary is to keep the grass and
weeds down and the crust of the soil
broken. With us the crop natures in
June and some varieties even earlier
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
velvet Renn Fed steers.

Fred Worth. the Tampa cattle dealer
who was here last week, is velvet
bean enthusiast and is surprised that
our cattle men are neglecting this
source of wealth when those of neigh
boring counties are making good mon
ey out of it. Mr.. Worth has bought 800
head of steers this winter TOR the Tam
pa market. He says that in the fall
200-pound is worth SO at 5 cents a
pound. Turn four steers of that size
into a velvet bean field of one acre, and
in February those steers will weigh
400 pounds each, worth at 612 cents a
pound, $25 each. 1t costs $3.50 to pro-
duce a crop of velvet beans on one
acre. Therefore it costs 621a cents to
double the weight of each steer. The
steers require no care except that they
must be watered. All that is necessary
is to leave them in the field they do
the rest. The progressive cattle men
of Marion, Lake, Orange, Volusia,
Polk, Hillsborough. DeSoto and Mana
tee are convinced of the profit in grow
ing the velvet bean, and are preparing
to plant a large acreage this summer
Elk.
What is true of the velvet bean is
likewise true of Bermuda grass and
many other plants suited for pasture
in the South. Pastoral farming GER
tainly offers grand inducements to the
landowner of any of the Southern
StaeS
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
sTATEsBORO INSTITUTE.
An Elaborate Programme Success
fully Carried Out.


Statesboro, Ga. May 25.-The COM
mencement exercises of the States
boro Normal Institute occurred here
this week. and furnished the people of
the town and vicinity with a number
Of first-class entertainments. The
commencement sermon was preached
on Sunday, May IS, by Rev. ]. S. Nc
Lemore.
Beginning with Monday, pro-
gramme was rendered each afternoon
and evening. Monday and Tuesday af-
ternoons were devoted to contests for
medals III oratory and elocution, which
were given under the direction of Miss
Celia Crimson. teacher of elocuIion.
Monday evenings entertainment was a
concert by the younger children of the
school. On Tuesday evening was pre-
scented, under the management of Mrs.
". V. Tyler, Irusic teacher. the Co.
lumbar Cantata, in which about one
hundred persons had part.
On Wednesday afternoon, Hon. Rob
ert NJ. Hitch, of Savannah. delivered to
the two literary societies an earnest
and mastery address, in which he took
occasion to urge the young people TO a
closer study of Southern history and
Southern literature. The last pro-
; cAitAilNs pldllll'-u IOi wednesday
evening, was postponed until Thurs
day evening because of rain. This en-
tertainment was a presentation of the
drama comedy David Garrick," under
the direction of Prof. Assay, who for a
number of years was on the stage as
an actor.
Following the play, the medals in Cr-
atcry and elocution were delivered Fy
Mr.. Hinton Booth to the winners in
those respective contests. The former
was aW arded to Mr.. Cecil w. Brannen,
and the other to Miss Lula Donaldson.
The music during the exercises was
furnished by the S. N. 1 band and or
chcstra.
All the entertainments were largely
attended, and were highly creditable. to
teachers and pupils. The people of the
town are justly proud of the school.
Under the wise management of Presi-
dent ]. H. O'Quinn. a most successful
year has passed. The enrolment of
pupils was between 400 and 500
With the securing of the services Of
Prof. S. D. Seckinger and Miss Rosa
Averitt as additional members of the
faculty for next year, the school has
excellent prospect for still greater
success. All the present teachers have
been reelected to fill their same posi-
tions, and will all most probably return
at the September opening.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
THE wAYcRoss ODD FELLOWS.
Good Delegation VIII Go to Atlanta
This Week.

Waycross. Ga. May 24.-The second
quarterly conference for Trinity
Church was held Friday night. and
the following delegates were elected to.
the district conference; c. C. Buchan-
an, b. H. Thomas, j. r Strickland,
John A. Lott and L. NJ. Cason. d.
w. Folsom and John w. Adams were
added to the board of stewards.
The Representatives from the Way
cross lodge of odd Fellows to the
Grand Lodge encampment at Atlanta
are ]. T. MCGEE. George f. Dixon and
c. H. Ficken. ]. A. Jones represents
the encampment Dietz No. 81 and
Hon. John w Bennett goes in his ca
paclty as grand warden of the Grand
Lodge. Mrs. George F. Dixon goes as
the representative from the Rebekah
Lodge here to the Rebekah State As
sembly, and Mrs. w. f. Eaton. secre-
tary, will also attend. Odd Fellowship
in Waycross is flourishing. There are
over $50 members of the order here.
Prof Z. A. Pound, superintendent
of the Waycross public schools, lee
tured at the opera house Friday night
on Robert E. Lee" He was fire.
quently interrupted with applause. He
lectured under the auspices of the
Daughters of the Confederacy.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST To HOUSE
WIFE AND AGRICULTURIST.

Moisture Necessary for Strawber-
ries-On the Cultivation of Onions.
Sugar Cane and Cnssnvn-The VaI-
May is the month for strawberries in
this section OF the country. Three
years out of five May is a dry month,
and it is not oftener than one year
out of four that rains happen just right
to make a perfect crop of berries.
Therefore it is only those who can
provide an artificial supply of water
that need hope to make strawberry Gull
ture a great success. Though mulch
ing can be made in some measure to
counteract the bad effects of dry
weather it is not sufficiently effective
to be relied on by those who would
make money crop of this little fruit.
Our dry uplands do not AFFORD a
proper soil for its best growth without
the use of an abundance of fertilizers
and plenty of water.
Moist bottom land that is well drain
ed and that does not overflow is the
proper place to grow strawberries in
the absence of an artificial supply of
water.
To most growers of this fruit the in
tensiye plan of culture must recon-
mend itself, viz: Beds laid out not
more than four feet wide with a ditch
two feet dug out between the beds
and with a depth of IS to 20 inches.
These bitches, which are used as walks
mir nd
should be lightly filled in with trash
of some kind and also during the
blooming season should be filled with
water al least once a week.
On each bed three rows of plants
should be set and the plants set twelve
to fourteen inches apart in the row.
With the use of pillow 1t requires
very little time to lay off a half acre
into beds. Even if one has no means
of irrigation this bed plan has an adj
vantage over the ordinary bed plan
of culture. If the trenches are filled
with straw and other light refuse
supply of moisture is retained much
longer after a hard rain than on ordi-
nary level land. A very hard rain will
fill these trenches with water and the
vegetable matter in them Will retard
the evaporation of moisture for a con-
siderable time This moisture is de-
HeCIbQ IOWdIuS lI6 DGQS anu SOpGACS
the roots of the plants with steady
supply of it that will frequently carry
them through a drought of several
weeks.
For only about eight weeks at most
is it necessary to provide a steady sup
ply of moisture. AS soon as the plants
begin their new growth in early April
all cultivation should stop and a light
mulch of straw be supplied around the
plants to keep the fruit from contact
with the soil
berry growing be made a perfect sat
isfaction 1t only needs to have the
right variety of berry to make it so
when thus grown. A good berry on
we'll prepared soil and then water, wa
ter, water.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
Food Value of Vegetables.

Among vegetables. lima beans have
the highest food value, containing 80
per cent of nutrients, says the Sat
urday Evening Post. Sweet potatoes
come next, with 90 per cent; green
peas next, with % per cent; white po-
tatoes next, with q per cent, and
string beans next, with 13 per cent.
Green sweet corn has 10 per cent. of
nutrients, beets, II per cent; turnips
II per cent; cabbage. caulif1ower and
spinach, per cent; turnips, egg plant
and lettuce, I per cent; tomatoes and
asparagus, 6 per cent, and cucumbers,
per cent. Dry beans or rice are about
the most economical foods one can buy,
containing as they do IS per cent of
solid nutrient. Fish has always been
very high food value. in fact, is very
nearly as nutritious as chicken or tur-
key. A pound or eggs, on the other
hand, yields only half as much nour-
ishment as a pound of lean beef, not
withstanding a we'll known popular
theory.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
Healthy onion Plants.

To prevent damping off or similar
troubles from killing onion seedlings
know of no better plan than growing
these plants in a layer of clear, sharp
new sand as we get it here along the
riverside. This sand-bed, however, is
only about an inch deep, and rests on
a bed of old compost or well-rotted ma
nure. Both bulb and stalk of each
plant touch nothing but the clear sand,
which is presumably free from infec-
ton. The roots, however, soon go
down into the rich compost beneath
the sand, and there find an abundance
of plant-food to make most rapid
and strong growth. In transplanting
the greater portion of the roots below
the sand are removed, not for fear of
disease, but for easier and more con-
venient transplanting.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26

A young farmer planted corn and his
first planting was destroyed by cut
worms. A second planting was ruined
by a food but he planted the field a
third time and harvested the best crop
of corn that was grown in that section.
Will not stop now to consider how
much of his success was due to work.
ing the land three times in preparing
it for the last crop but say, we admire
his spunk in not giving up at the sec
ond failure. The man who can change
defeat into victory will succeed finally.
If his third crop had been destroyed
and it had been too late to replant with
corn, such a man would have prob
ably tried another crop and found it
quite as profitable as the corn crop.
Others might have given up in despair
and grown nothing.
We have pressed this sentiment,
Never despair" upon our farmers
and truckers many times in the past
twenty years. We have seen June cot
ton outyield that planted in April.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
The Cowpea.

The cowpea in the South as a for
age plant and fertilizer corresponds
to the red clover of the North, says
the Stockman. In feeding value for
stock cowpea hay exceeds that of red
clover some fifteen per cent, while its
yield per acre in the North is some If
teen per cent. less, but has the ad-
vantage of maturing in four or five
months, according to variety. Many
farmers in Texas have learned the val
ue of the Cowpea and have found a
very cheap and economical method in
raising it. 1t is planted between the
corn rows at the laying by of the corn,
ana thus a crop of corn and peas is
grown in the same season on the same
land.
The fertilizing value of one acre of
cowpeas turned under at the proper
time is about $3.50. The amount of
protein or muscle forming elements in
cowpea hay exceeds that of clover some
fifteen per cent. and the same excess
in carbohydrates or heat producing ele-
ments. The cowpea gathers its nitro
gen from the atmosphere. which is de-
posted in small nodules on the roots
OF the plants. TITS lime, potash and
phosphoric acid it pumps from the soil.
the roots extending deep into the sub
soil and gathering these elements of
plant food from sources not reached by
ordinary cereals and root crops II is
a great pulverizer OF clay soils and
supplies abundant humus in sandy
land. Soils deficient in potash and
phosphoric acid require these elements
of plant food supplied TO them 10 obtain
the best results.
When intended for fodder the cow
pea should be cut when the first pods
are formed. and In curing the vines
should not be allowed 10 get too dry.
They can be stored green enough 20
save the leaves II layers OF straw are
placed between layers Of peavine fod-
der. II designed for fertilizer exelu-
sively the plants should be allowed 20
remain on the ground until perfectly
dry. II the crop IL heavy turning un-
der may BE- facilitated BY firat going
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
An Interesting viii Cnse.

Columbia. S. c.. May 25.-Master u
Equity ]. ]. Bennett. of Spartanouts,
is engaged in taking evidence IN a..
unusual case. AS there are eighty W..
nesses ii will consume several ia y,
of the coming week. The late III sdi
$. Snoddy willed his properly, it,,
acres OF valuable land, to Mrs. Sa a.
Frye. Now Mrs. Annie Anderson va
half sister of Dr. Snoddy, Mrs. Lhui
A;aye and Mrs. Theresa Roebuck, re-
latives, are contending against ".
disposition Of the property on ~
grounds that the deceased had ~
right 70 make such a will, but -
mentally incompetent at the time '''
document was framed.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
Some Soil Fncts.

Horticulture is the art of making
plants grow to their best development
by means of removing, so far as pos
sible. all opposing forces. says Prof
Roberts in American Gardening. In
other words. the plant is placed in a
position of fighting its battle under
the most favorable conditions possible.
In state of nature there are thou
sand and one natural influences which
battle against the perfect development
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
FLORIDA SCHOOLS CLOSING.
commandments the order of tn"
Day Throughout the state.

commandments the order of the
Day Throughout the State.
Tallahassee. Fla, May 25.-College
commandments are daily being held
throughout the Stat.
The Platonic Debating Society Fri
day night arranged for its commence
ment-week debate and Hon. John L.
Nicely. Jr.. was elected by the society
10 deliver its annual address.
The Supreme Court Justices will be
requested to act as judges in debating
the question. Resolved, That the
United States should reaffirm and
maintain the doctrine that govern
ments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed.
At the same time they will award the
gold medal given by Colonel John S.
Winthrop for the best debates.
The Oly1npian Athletic Association at
the State College is getting in shape
10 do some excellent work IN athletic
fields.
Governor Jennings and family have
returned from a two weeks trip 70
Cuba
The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
A SHOOTING Az FLORENCE.

]. r. Cobb was shot down on the
street at Florence Saturday by Ed
ward S. Halves, superintendent of
waterworks. The shooting caused
much excitement. But one of three or
four shots fired at Cobb took effect
He is not dangerously wounded. The
ball entered the groin. just missing the
abdominal cavity and thermal artery
in its downward couse. Halves i'm
mediately surrendered to the sheriff,
and was released later on $500 bond.
The shooting was the result of a diff
Guilty between the parties. when blows
followed the exchange of insults Cobb
had driven over tools left in the street,
an action which the waterworks men
resented. When Halves was going to
dinner Cobb. armed with a buggy
whip. met him on a side street with
the evident intention of horsewhipping
him. Cobb says he was shot before
he could use the whip, which broke in
his hands. Halves is understood TO
claim that he was struck before he
fired. also that Cobb was concealed
behind a tree waiting for him to pass.