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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29
GINSENG IN MICHIGAN.

What do the farmers of Georgia
think of a crop, an easily cared-for
crop, that brings $4,000 year on one
third of an acre? That sounds some
thing like a fairy tale, doesn't it? And
yet we are assured by the Niles. Mich,
correspondent of the Chicago Record
Herald that the sum named is what
a farmer in that section of the name
of Langworthy gets a year from his
one-third acre patch of ginseng. He
gives a lot of attention to 1t, as one
would naturally be expected to do in
the case of such a vegetable gold
mine; yet it is stated that ginseng is
very hardy plant, requiring no ex-
ceptional knowledge for its cultivation
or preparation for market. Mr.. Lang
worthy grows his ginseng from seed.
The growth is rather slow, the plant
requiring five years to come to per-
lection; but freezing weather does not
hurt'it, and once it has got it's growth
it is probably the most profitable crop
that can be cultivated. The dried roots
are worth SIS to $40 per pound.
The market for the root is in the Far
East. In China ginseng is regarded as
a sovereign remedy for just about all
the ills that flesh is .heir to, notwith-
standing the physicians of Europe and
America have so far failed to discover
any valuable medical properties in It.
STILL the Chinese must and will have
it, at whatever cost, often paying many
| times its weight in silver for the root.
| They use it for Indigestion, fever, chol-
| era, the plague, or whatever other ILL
ness may befall them. Since the Chi
nese raise very little of this universal
| panacea themselves, they must get
their supplies from foreign countries,
hence the great value of It, The amount
shipped from the United States an
nually is about 100000 pounds but it
could be quadrupled without seriously
affecting the price.
Ginseng grows wild in the highlands
of the Blue Ridge, though in not great
quantities. Why should not some of
our Georgia farmers investigate the
matter of its cultivation? If they could
do only half or a quarter, as we'll as
the Michigan man referred to above
they would find it a very profitable
crop; one well worth waiting four or
five years to realize on. We regret that
our stock of information respecting
ginseng is small, but the state depart
ment of agriculture, or the national
department, would no doubt be able ia
supply directions to those desirine
them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29

THE NJ, D., VI, ST. r., AND IT.
The formidable array OF initials at
the top of this article stands for the
Manitoba, Dakotas. Minneapolis, St
Paul. Chicago and Underwater Railroad.
a new and great trunk line thought
/ out by that dauntless railroad path
| finder, Col. Boone, who has thought out
probably a greater mileage of new
railroads than any other man in the
country. From what we can gather OF
/ the scheme, 1t is TO be primarily for
the benefit of Charleston, though a
/ spur will run out from the main line
| at Winnsboro, S. c., to Southport, N.
c., in order that Charleston may not
be literally swamped under the flood
of grain to pour in from the mighty
wheat fields of the Northwest. The
company is to be incorporated with a
capital Of S125, 600 900. Double tracks
are to be laid all the way from Mani
toba to Charleston, and at least S25,-
900. 900 will be set aside for belt lines
and terminals in Chicago and at tide
water AS the principal tidewater out
let of this line Charleston ought to
get at least one-third of the appropri-
alton for belt lines and terminals; say,
in round numbers, $500 900. That
ought to cover all Hungry Neck, from
Remleys Point to Hilliardsville, with
tracks and docks and elevators.
If our memory serves US correctly.
it was not long since the purpose of
Col. Boone to bring his railroad across
the Blue Ridge at Rabun Gap, and
thence down the valley of the Savan-
nah river to the city of Savannah. But
all that has been changed. He writes:
"As the Southern Railway combine
will occupy Rabun Gap, l will change
plans and go from Knoxville, Tenn,
via Greenville. S. c., Union, Wins
boro and Columbia to Charleston"
That, of course, leaves Savannah away
off to one side. But we are generous
and will not lay one straw in the way
of Charleston being thus made the
oceans gateway for Manitoba and the
Dakotas and securing eight and half
millions for terminals. We rejoice that
she has so good and munificent a friend
DIS vi. DOOIlS " ldJ S0Sh AANACS III
lap. And that he will lay them there,
if Charleston desires it, Col Boone
himself affirms. whenever Charles
ton stands ready to cooperate" he
writes to the News and Courier Il
will come for conference, at my own
expense" There is an earnest of his
sincerity of purpose and disinterested-
one cent of expense money. All he re-
quires is that she shall cooperate"
in a manner commensurate with the
benefits she will receive. 1t seems,
therefore, to be up to- Charleston to
take steps to get into touch with Mani
tnha.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29
A BISHOP ON TEMPERANCE.

There Is no more earnest and sim
cere worker in the cause of temper
ance than Bishop Potter. of the Epis-
copal diocese of New York. His pro-
fessIon. his cloth. his religion, all oper-
! ate to make him, a temperance ad-
! vocate. He recognizes the existence
of the liquor evil, and nothing would
be more gratifying to him than to
| see that evil brought under control
Yet he takes a broad-minded view of
the question. He does not believe in
State prohibition. He knows the fu-
tility of attempting to inculcate morals
by physical force. In delivering his
charge before the Diocesan Conven-
ton In New York city the other day
he unhesitatingly declared that vast
amount of the temperance agitation
now carried on was tainted with false
hood and necessarily futile. AS be-
tween the system sought to be forced
upon unwilling people by the prohibit
tionists, and the saloons, he could find
much to commend in the saloons
The saloon, he said constitutes, in a
sense, the club room of the laboring
man where some social intercourse
and a break in the monotony of the
laborers hum-dru life may be Sc
cured: and for this club feature the
prohibitionists offer no substitute. The
severest critics of the saloons, he said.
were those who never patronized them
and knew nothing about them of their
own personal knowledge. Wherever
state prohibition has been tried it
had proved failure, because the re-
formers viewed the problem narrow
mindedly and sought to tear down
rather than create.
The point to which we desire to call
especial attention, however. is not the
foregoing, but the Bishops assertion
that the very best method of controll
ing the liquor evil is by local option
local self-government. A legislature
composed in large majority of country |
members should not set itself up as
the judge of what is best for the city, |
for the reason that the country MEM
bers are not perfectly familiar with |
city A law that will suit a country |
district is frequently totally unsuited |
to the needs of populous community. |
When arbitrary laws are forced upon
a community, the inevitable result |
is that the laws are not only violated |
but fall into contempt. For his own
part, the Bishop said, he has such |
confidence in the good sense of the
people that he would be perfectly will
ing to leave every question, not only |
that of the liquor traffic but of Sun
day observance as WELL to the vote |
of the community involved, resting
perfectly satisfied that every -hallowed
interest would be protected. He is
for f-government-local option.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29
PERSONAL.

Congressman Gambler of Mississippi
takes active interest in religious mat
tiers. He has spoken from several
Washington pulpits and while at home
during the summer holds revival meet
lgs. sytA SsTE EEfHl<1
Brig. Gen. Frank S. Nickerson, the
only man in New England who went
into the Civil War a private and came
out a brigadier general, has just cele-
brated his seventy-sixth birthday at
Cambridge Mass.
James Oliver, a much respected cit
izen of Burlingame. Kan. died there
a few days ago. In his youth he was a
school teacher in-New York and Jay
Gould was one of, his pupils. When the
latter died an adventures laid claim
to part of his fortune on the ground
that she had been married to him while
he was a young surveyor. Letters in
Mr.. divers possession disproved the
woman's claim and led to a confession
that she had attempted blackmail.
The morning after the ARRAY which
resulted in his brothers death Stuyve-
SAINT Fish was giving such information
as he could to some reporters in New
York. One of them attempted to take
a snapshot of Mr.. Fish. The latter, an
gered at the bad taste displayed, de-
nOunced the newspaper man and
smashed his camera, saying in effect;
Tell your manager. that if he will send
bill for the camera 1 will pay it,
and il he will call in person 1 will see
that he is soundly thrashed."
Woodrow Wilson, the new presi-
dent of Princeton University. perform
ed his first official duty the other day
by addressing the entering class. He
| urged them to enter the university with
a proper appreciation of the true spirit
of scholarly brotherhood. He declared
that his ideal was the rounded scholar,
who must necessarily be a gentleman
| He had synfpa thy, he said, with the
manly sport and the social intercourse
of Undergraduate life. as well as with
| the academic work
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29

The New York Times asked several
citizens the conundrum about the saw
ing boy who united the bundle and put
away the paper and string, and the boy
who cut the string with his knife and
threw away the paper. but had the
goods in place for the managers in
spection in about a minute. while the
saving boy was half an hour late.
Which boy got the job? Here are some
of the opinions:
Commissioner of Accounts William
Hepburn Russell, being asked for
solution, said:
1.-THE boy who got the job was the
boy with dash; but If the boy threw
the string and the wrapping paper on
the floor and not in the waste basket.
which should be in every %eli-regulat-
ed office, he ought to have been put on
the street at once"
President Jacob A. Cantor, Borough
of Manhattan said:
"Tidiness is the one requisite neces-
sary in a boy. The boy who ul.tied the
package carefully was given the posi-
ton for many reasons"
City Clerk Joseph Scully said:
THE careful boy should be given the
position"
Senator N. A. Elsberg said:
IF the person seeking a boy had a
little store. and where there was sell
dom rush, he would choose the care
full, methodical lad. But in great bus
mess house, where time is money, the
boy with jack-knife would be sele cted
in the large majority Of cases"
John Campbell, knit goods mer-
chant of Blocker street, said
The tendency of the times is to save
In mir tbo
hustle secured the job. He would with
me-"
II. H. Childers, ex-Assistant Corpora-
ton Counsel, said:
Much would depend upon the tenn
permanent of the employer. 1 read the
editorial in The Times, and it Impress
ed me so strongly that 1 put the ques-
ton to my business associates and en-
ployes. ALI agreed that in the long run
the methods of the careful boy would
succeed"
F. E. Johnson of the American Spe-
cialty Company said:
IF were selecting the boy, 1 should
decide in favor of the lad who exer-
cised care, caution and tidiness. You
know the story of the tortoise and the
hare. 1t is quite applicable in this
case"
J. P. Caddagan, President of the
Il decide in favor of the lad who
wasted no time. Time is money. and
the boy who saves his employer time.
makes money for him."
George w. Wanamaker Deputy Uni
ted States Appraiser, said:
ITO the busy man in any branch Of
business time is of great value. For
that reason / believe the hustler got
the place"
Col. George w. Dunn. Chairman Of
the Republican State Committee. said :.
THE fellow with the jack-knife got
the place If the intending EMPLOYER
was constituted like the very large
day"
Col. Reuben l.. Fox, Secretary of the
Republican State Committee, said.
The question seems an easy one IN
answer, but circumstances would gov
ern very largely In a majority Of
cases the hustling boy would be Sc
lected."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29
working on an accumulation.

Fare" exclaimed the conductor ot
the Wentworth avenue car. holding out
his hand for the money. says the Chi
cago Tribune.
The passenger with the newspaper
under his nose took a 5 cent piece out
of his pocket and handed 1t over with
out looking up.
The conductor inspected the coin and
passed it back.
What's the matter with it?" asked
the passenger.
Nothing much. It's N. G. That's all"
The passenger looked at it.
so it is" he said Il don't know
where 1 got it-probably from some
other conductor"
He threw it out of the window and
resumed his reading.
"Farei" said the conductor. with
some impatience.
Sure enough. I forgot"
Fishing in his pocket again he
brought out dime, which he handed
ovaT.
The conductor inspected the dime.
Then he handed it back
whats the matter with that one?"
"Snide-a little snider than the other
one Fare"
The passenger looked at the coin.
ut does seem to be- he said.
And he threw the dime out of the
window and picked up his paper again.
"Fare!"
20. yes. 1 forgot
This time he fished out a quarter,
which he gave to the conductor.
1t was returned to him.
whats wrong now?" he demanded.
Look at that quarter yourself"
He did so.
Its a wretched counterfeit" he de-
cided, after a brief inspection.
Out of the window it went.
Il can't stand here all day." vocifer-
ated the conductor. Haven't you any
good money about ycu?'
II don't know" replied the passen-
ger, obviously. 'I'l see"
He took out his pocketbook, opened
it, and produced $40 bill.
"Is that all right
YES" the conductor said. That's
good, but 1 can't change it. Haven't
you something smaller?"
And he handed it back.
Absent mindedly the passenger was
about to throw his good money after
the bad, but checked himself just in
time.
NO" he said. That's all the money
I've gotc'
Once more he turned his attention to
the newspaper.
Look here!" angrily spoke the con-
ductor. Il can't carry you for nothing.
Fay your fare or get off,
whereabouts are WEI"
ARCHER avenue"
"Well, that's where 1 want to get off,
anyhow. Stop the car
II don't know" said the conductor,
as he rang the bell. but 1 ought to
hold you and turn you over to the po-
lice"
What for?''
Passing counterfeit money"
81 didn't pass any"
'Well for having it in your possess
sion"
at wouldn't do you any good. l
haven't anything in my possession but
good money. Good day"
And he stepped off the car.
The conductor didn't say a word to
anybody till the car had gone another
mile.
Then he spoke.
Darn him" he said. He f1imfamm-
ed me! 1 rung up his bad nickel!''
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Central of
Georgia Railway Company Annual
Meeting.
Special Notices-Announceme Mrs.
Emma j. Millar; Ship Notice, William
son g. Rauers, Agents; Ship Notice,
Strachan & Co., Consignees; Annual
Meeting Stockholders United Hydraul-
&c Cotton Press Company; Bill of
Fare, Union Station Restaurant.
Amusements-"On the Quiet" To-
morrow, Matinee and Night, at the
Theater.
Putting Furniture in Your Home
Lindsay & Morgan.
Shoes-J. K. Orr Shoe Company.
Specials for a Few Days-The s. w.
Branch Company.
Beers-Pabst Beer; A. B. C. Beer.
Washing Powder-Pearline.
Uneeda Biscuit-National Biscuit
Company.
Medical-Dr. Hathaway Company;
'WFights Indian Vegetable Pills.
Cheap Column Advertisements--Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29
CATTLE IN THE SOUTH.

"In the Southern states especially"
says the Philadelphia Record there
is strong inducement for men to go
into the business of cattle raising on a
scale to rival the far West" And that
is true. In this section it is probably
not practicable for us to have ranches
of tens of thousands of acres, as they
have on the Western plains: but
these enormous establishments are not
necessary for successful cattle raising
in the South. We can do the business
on a smaller, Individual scale and make
more money out of it. In the place
of a few cattle kings" monopolizing
the best grazing lands, we can have
q considerable number of independent
farmers, with greater or less herds all
contributing to the beef supply and
drawing money from the beef market;
and with a large number of farmers
engaged in the business we should have
more general prosperity from our cat
tie than is enjoyed in the West, where
the profits are taken by few men or
corporations.
Lumbermen are rapidly clearing the
A considerable proportion of these
lands are being taken up in farms, but
by far the larger acreage remains idle,
awaiting development. The lands are
well watered, and the grass on them
remains green practically the year
could be made as fine grazing lands as
could be desired On many of them
| there are perpetually green cane
brakes, where cattle are wintered with
out the feeding of a pound of fodder.
These, however. could not be depended
upon in a regular stock raising bust
ness. 1t would be necessary to feed a
| little in winter; but the time such
feeding would be necessary is very
short as compared with the time West
ern cattle must be kept housed and
fed. We should, as mater of fact be
able to raise fine beef cattle in South
Georgia at a lower cost than they car
do it in Kansas and Nebraska. We
| have better climate an abundance OF
water and plenty of cheap, rich
grass-bearing land. All that we really
need is the enterprise and pluck to take
hold of the business in a business-l like
way. If we would do this, we would
not only quickly quit keeping oul
| packing and smoke-houses In the West
but would raise our own beef and hav,
| a surplus to sell to less favored sec.
lions of the country.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29

The Chicago police the other day
broke up what is believed to have been
a matrimonial trust" Several matri-
monial agencies were found having
similar photographs of handsome
young women" and "well-to-do young
men" who were alleged to desire life
partners. These agents would send
photographs to impressionable men and
women, upon the payment of certain
fees, and would manage by various de-
vices 10 get money from the foolish
persons who answered their corre-
spondence and thought they were on
the highway 10 happy matrlmony and
a fortune. There is probably no fool
so foolish as the fool who wants 10
get married through an advertising
agency; which fact these Chicago
sharpers seem 70 have worked for a
considerable sum Of money.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29

a North Side boy. 1--WE years OF age.
who had recently become the brother
81 another little hoy, vas sent 10 the
grocery the other day 10 get some loaf
sugar says the Chicago Record Her
aid. ~ mistake the grocer gave him
Rfanplated, and the boy was sent back
- have II changed.
How % you like your new brother gp
ashfa iht Rfocer 40 be Was weighing
oui he fiEht kind ~ sugar
"oh. ! don't Ike him very much 20 a..
biile feli0B anfafl "a. eIe cf4ns IA ~.
fiWe ~
WY. don't you change blfa th..
- Fou g. fbs s0Raff"
we aau'f rhauea hia n,,. t.......
wrgf uaee nlm fhfss dsya
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29

Our dispatches day or two ago con-
tanned the information that King Ed
ward would probably invite President
Roosevelt to become an honorary coll
onel of British regiment. Article I.
section 9, subdivision of the Constitu-
tion of the United States reads; mo
title of nobility shall be granted by
the United States, and no person hold
ing any office of profit and trust under
them shall without the consent of
Congress. accept any present, emolu-
ment, office or title of any kind what
ever. from any prince king, or foreign
state" This would seem to cut Col.
Roosevelt out of the opportunity for
wearing a Eritish uniform, even If he
desired to do so.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29

Probably one of the best explana-
tions of the Presidents hurt that has
yet found its way into the public prints
is by DR.. Bernays Of st. Louis. DR..
Bernays is a surgeon of international
note. He says that IL the surgeons
the Presidents leg, then it must have
been that the thing worrying him was
a simple blister. A blister under or
binary circumstances, would require
very little attention; but where a
political blister" is to be treated, there
must OF course be several surgeons and
a lot OF fuss.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29

u fs not wise for our Democratic
newspaper contemporaries TO CROW too
Justify over the downfall OF Senator
Plat 81 New York. Mr.. Plat has been
defeated before. but IN some manner
or other he has always managed 70
turn defeat 10 his own advantage. hp-
parenuy Coy. Odell has had bis weg
in the New York Republican CONVEX
tiOn, bui 81 would bot be surprising a.
after meters become settled sgaiu, q
should be found lhet i'lat Is stt8 f0e
boss and 81 nrmly inueuehea iD pveef
- fFer before
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29

The Tenth congressional district Of
North Carolina is said TO be the only
one in that state with re-
spect TO which the Democrats
have any doubts. For the reason
that they have doubts, they have ask
ed Gov. Aycock to stump the district in
the interest Of the Democratic candi-
date. oddly enough, the Tenth IL one
Of the "whitsst" districts IN the state.
II is situated IN the northwest
ern corner Of tbs state, in the mountain
section. aDd there are probably not 800
negroes, Of both sexes. IN the district
IN many Of the townships there II not
a black faoe 10 b. seen. end negroes
are nos b. b. found in any numbers en-
eopf in fhe towns along the railroad
hnes' The climate IL aH fins az any iu
tne world bur Is does moi seen ~ Rp-
kf@a ~ negf9 inluasfatigr,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29

Fred Funston il a very bold man.
BE says fbe ab0lisbing o. the eantesn
feature ~ the army posts has been
attended sltb s}J results. But shat
does Funstog know about So lis iH
merely "a officer ~ fhs army END 81
command u thf Department ~ thf
o0ioraeo. Why Hb9vla hls eplnloa
count egaiasi fbs opinions ~ hanafs9f
81 fefDfmtfs Nho hrfe ueAef lN soc
army bui afterrheseaf sBgn ~ sBgat
A0n "a SHOULD " rpaY
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-29
CoLLINsyILLE LINE.

WAN NTOUHuS anu Dale 4AVe.0
Beginning at 500 a. m, cars leave
Bolton and OFT streets every Is min
utes; returning, cars leave Estill ave-
nue. and Waters road at 6:07 a. m. and
with cars on Thunderbolt line. Be-
ginning at 900 p. M. cars run every 80
minutes until 1900 o'clock
Through cars are operated between
Market and Thunderbolt via Collins
Vile and Dale avenue as follows:
Lv Market. Lv. Thunderboik,
6:45 a. m. 7:so a. m.
6:45 p. m. 1880 D, M