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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02

The Louisiana Experiment Station
is doing a good work in testing this
matter. A recent bulletin says
There is a general belief that South
ern-grown seed is inferior to more
Northern seed. Experiments have
therefore been undertaken at the sta
ton and sub-stations to determine the
truth of the matter. Tests have been
conducted now for four years with a
large number of vegetables, which
show that, in the main, nearly all va
rieties of homegrown vegetable seed
are equal, and in some instances SUI
perior, to Northern-grown seed, owing
to the dampness of the climate, mex
perience, weevils, etc. The following
crops gave as good results with home
grown seed as with Northern-grow
and in some instances better: Bush
beans lima beans, pole beans, gar
den beets caulifiowers, carrots, cucum-
bers, eggplant sweet corn, endive,
lettuce, muskmelons, watermelons,
mustard, okra, onions, peppers, pota-
toes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, rad
ishes, spinach, squa shes, pumpkins
and turnips. No success has been at
tanned in raising home grown cabbage
seed.
Tests of varieties of vegetables were
MADE at the same time. In ADDITION TO
tests of the vegetables mentioned
above, the following were grown: Ar
tichokes, asparagus, Brussels sprouts,
broccoli, kale, kohl-rabi. leeks, shallots,
parsley Chinese cabbage and large
number of Japanese vegetables, OBJ
tanned from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Tests were also made of the follow
ing varieties of fruits: Apples, pears,
peaches, plums, figs, oranges mulber
ries, raspberries blackberries, dewber-
ries, strawberries, goumi and jujube.
OF the forty-five varieties of apples
grown, Rhodes Orange, Moultrie,
Killa giskie Yates, Shockley and Pear
or Palmer bore large crops that kept
we'll. At Audubon Park sand pears
were the only ones that succeeded. At
Baton Rouge forty-Six varieties were
grown, of which the lie Conte bore
large crop. From present experience
it is not possible to recommend the
most suitable varieties of pears for
Louisiana. Peaches were not success
at Audubon Park The Peento type
have been destroyed by frost each year
at Baton Rouge and have therefore
been discarded. Of the other varieties
grown, liberia has proven the most
productive. Some of the varieties rec
commended for culture at Calhoun are
Triumph, Champion, Smock, Crosby,
Troth, Early, Austen, Late, etc. Plum
growing has not been a success at any
of the stations. The goumi bushes
planted at the stations bear enormous
crops of fruit each year. They also
rank high as an ornamental shrub.
The jujube produced it's first crop of
fruit in 1899. and is still growing we'll
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02
Soil HuInnN.

The most important question the
farmer has to deal with to-day regard
ing the maintenance or resotring fer
tility of the soil is "soil humus," SAYS
the Farmers Review. At the annual
meeting of the Experimental Union in
1900 Prof l. p. Roberts of Cornell Uni
versity stated that the soils of our con-
tinent contained sufficient plant food
for the production of from 300 to 800
crops, yet to-day we find out farms
already becoming less productive sim
ply because this fertility is an unaVail-
able or lockedup condition, and the
successful farmer is the one that is
finding the key for working the best
combination. The time has been when
most every farmer who prided himself
on doing proper work piled his manure
III the yard at least once, and often
more. The more it heated the better
work he thought he was doing, when
in reality all the good ne did was to
Kill the weed seeds, andtit was WON
derfully expensive method. Every day
that his manure heap steamed he was
losing the very best fertility it contain
ed, and that was only part of the loss
for 1t has been ascertained that the
rotting of the vegetable matter in the
soil is the great secret OF unlocking
the plant food, and especially that
which is the most difficult to unlock,
the mineral plant food" so he not
only lost fertility by fermenting in the
heap, but also lost the power to I'M
lock what is in the soil.
Increases Moisture.-This is not the
only advantage of putting plenty of
vegetable matter in our soils, as it has
wonderful effect upon the water
holding capacity of our soils. A piece
of land, part of which had been
cropped for years. until it was about
exhausted of it's humus content, was
tested for moisture. Another part of
the same soil which had only two
crops taken from it was sampled for
moisture. The atmospheric conditions
OF each was the same, yet that which
was rich in humus contained one and
one-half quarts of water per cubic foot
more than the other. These same
soils, when wet to the same extent
and exposed to the sun for ten hours.
the one rich in humus contained a
quart more moisture per cubs foot
We see by this that the amount of
humus in our soils plays a very i'm
portant part as to it's water holding
capacity When we remember that
all plant foot in the soil must become
soluble in water, and that such food
is taken into the plant only through
the moisture that is in the soil, we
realize the Importance of anything in
our soils that will increase its water
holding content.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02
SYRUP IN SUMTER.
Fifty Acres of Cane to be Planted
by Capt. BngIey.

Americas, Ca. Feb. 1.-Syrup-mak-
ing in this section of Georgia is going
to be given an impetus this year by
Capt. H. c. Bagley, one of the
wealthiest and most extensive farmers
in the state, who will thus plant fifty
acres this spring Well selected new
ground will be utilized, and the utmost
care exercised in growing the cane.
Capt. Bagley will install the most i'm
proved steam power mill, evaporators,
etc, with a daily capacity of fifteen
barrels syrup. The entire product
will be put in Theoretically sealed one
gallon tin cans, and thus he will find
market for his excellent syrup in
every state in the Union. Capt. Bag
ley will employ the most scientific
means in the manufacture of this
product. and feels assured of profita-
Bile reluts. He is the moving spirit of
the Bagley-Gober Orchard Company,
just organized here with a capital of
100000 and now engaged in planting
100000 peach trees in what will be the
largest single orchard in Georgia. His
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02
SHEATS AND WASHINGTON.
Interview With superintendent of
Public Instruction of Florida.

Public Instruction of Florida.
Tallahassee, Fla. Feb. 1.-The press
Of Florida generally is criticising Mr..
Sheats, superintendent of education,
for inviting Booker Washington to
talk in Florida at this time.
The Morning News representative
called on Supt. Sheats, and after dis
cussing an editorial which recently ap-
peared in a Gainesville paper on the
subject, asked him for an express on
of his views. He said:
Il think it would be best to pay no
attention to the attacks, better to ig-
more them entirely. especially if one
does not wish his name to be banded
about in the newspapers.
II invited Washington to deliver an
address at Gainesville some time dur
ing the conference between the Nat
ional Education Board of New York
and the county superintendent of
Florida. He will make that ad Ire IS,
and the white people can attend if they
want to.
Booker Washington, the leading ne
gro of the South, is doing a great work
to educate his race on industrial lines
His Gainesville talk is expected to be
vi tAls me ana II VIII De emlnently
proper for him to speak at the time
and place set for him.
II invited Washington to speak in
Gainesville weeks before the Roosevelt
episode. His address is not a part of
the proceedings of the conference. He
will speak at night, not as one of the
participants in the conference, for the
simple purpose of giving his views on
the important subject of educating the
negro.
Washington expects to be received
and entertained by his race while in
Gainesville"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02
BIRTHDAYS OF LEE AND DAVIS
May Be Especially Marked in
schools of Columbus.

Columbus, Ga, Feb. alderman
L. A. Camp. a prominent member of
Camp Benning. U. C. ", is to intro
duce in the City Council a resolution
requesting the trustees of the Colum-
bus Public Schools to set apart the
birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jeffer-
son Davis for the special study of
Southern history throughout the
schools.
For some time this sentiment has
been gaining strength here and the
recent lecture of Thomas E. Watson in
this city has showed the prevailing ig-
norance, even among Southern boys
and girls, as to the real history of the
South, and has so moved Columbus
people that in all probability, Alder
man Camps resolution will be adopt
ed by Council. thus making the re-
quest official.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02
Items of Interest.
The south's Cotton Crop for 10000

The Department of Agriculture gives
its estimates" as follows, value them
as you may: Total bales, 10,417 900, of
an average weight of 400 pounds.
Number of acres planted in cotton,
27,114,10S, a reduction of 764,224 acres
on last year. Reduced to lint cotton
this gives Sill, S7O,O2S pounds, or an
average of 1855 pounds per acre. If
true, this shows considerable improve
ment in soil and methods of cultiva-
ton over what it was some years ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02

fOlsonJ, NO. Z, Ca
tarrh These books should be in the
hands of every person afflicted, as DR.
Hathaway, the author, is recognized as
the best authority and expert in the
United States on these diseases Write
or send for the book you want to-day.
and II will be sent you free. sealed.
Address j. Newton Hathaway. NJ. D.,
25A Bryan street. Savannah. Go
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02
Movable Pig Pens

There is no reason in or excuse for
| having permanent pig pens when it is
| just as easy to have them otherwise
| and when there are so many adj
vantages on the side of movable ones
! Whatever the materials, they should be
made on top of the ground, so that
they may be moved length as soon
as it becomes offensive. With four
short skds or four lengths of small
round wood two men or one man with
mule can move the heaviest pen of
the ordinary size in a few minutes.
After moving the old plat should be
lined and leveled and the grass al
lowed to take possession. A quarter or
half acre with movable pig pens should
in the course of a year become enOr-
mously rich. With ordinary care hog
pens need never become offensive or a
danger to health, however near the
dwelling.
Food should never be thrown on the
ground. A latticed trough and rack
are easily provided. The watering
trough should slide in and out of a
suitable opening at one end so that it
can be readily kept clean.
Let the good work go on! Pigs in
clover, pigs in grass, pigs in pens
any way so we have pigs, and plenty
of them Let every small farmer have
if nothing mOre-his pen and his pig
perhaps two of them-and see how
many pounds of pork can be made in
twelve months out of twenty-five or
fifty pounds of pig. Let there be ever
so many Compound porkers aspiring for
local praise and notice next year. I'm
doubtedly we can in this way raise a
very fair proportion of the necessary
home supply of meat that we have
heretofore been accustomed to buy
from the West. Why not?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02

vast farming interests are within two
miles of Americas, and an erstwhile
cotton field of 1000 acres is being
transformed into orchards, canefields
and gardens.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02

To judge from the advertisements in
the swine papers one might conclude
that it was only the Poland-China that
was worth anything. They seem Ito
be all the 60" But there are other
good breeds either to raise pure on
cross good selected native sows with.
The old Berkshire is not likely to be
discarded altogether by Southern farm
ers, and there's the Durde-Jerseys. too.
a good hog. We wonder how many Ches-
tiers there are in Georgia to-day! Are
any of our readers breeding them?
The last report of the Bureau of
Animal Industry credits Georgia with
1,424,000 hogs. with the low valuation
of only $2577 900, or less than 81 a
head. Evidently our hogs average
poorly. The little over a million OF
hogs credited to Pennsylvania at the
same time were valued at near six
millions of dollars. A hog is not hog
apparently.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-02
Two Valuable Remedies In the
Stable

Are alum and tincture of aconite. Both
are in a way specifics for two COM
mon ailments-founder and collie.
A tablespoonful of powdered alum
given morning and afternoon for a
week will almost invariably cure
founder. In several doses it is a cure
for lampass and indigestion.
There are not many cases of collie
In horse or mule that twenty-five to
forty drops of aconite will not cure
with one dose. For a small animal
twenty-five drops; for a large one,
forty drops. A second dose thirty min
utes later may sometimes be necessary,
but only rarely. Remember this. They
are worth $50 to any stableman.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
BET ON THE SEX OF HIS CHILD
Proves to Be Boy Which Enches the Parent and Saves
Him From Bankruptcy.

From betting bottles of beer. he got
to betting cases of wine. suits of cloth
ing, trips to Europe, dinners for fifty
and finally money. Yesterday he bet
IS, 900 automobile and then went home
to await developments. He kept a
close account of all his wagers in big
book. Had a girl arrived. he would
have been bankrupt. but it was boy
that hove in sight today.
Hermann has employed a big team
ing concern and constable to make
the rounds and collect his bets, which
mount far into the thousands of dol
lars.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
GENERAL STAFF
OPENS WITH A ROW
First Formal Meeting of Adj
visory Council Marked by
Wrangle.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The GLOBE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 15.-The
inauguration Of the general staff OF
the army today was marked by a live
ly row in the first formal meeting OF
the general council, which acts in an
advisory capacity to the staff. The
meeting was called to discuss some OF
the preliminary work of the staff, and
was held in Gen. Corbin's Office behind
locked doors. The members of the
council present were Gems. Young, Cor
bin. Randolph and Carter, Coils. Crowd
er and Mckenzie and Maj. Beach.
1t is known that serious differences
of opinion developed, and that much
harsh language was used among high
officials, who, 1T was stated by Secre-
tary Root in his advocacy of the gen.
eral staff plan, would constitute a
harmonious brotherhood" One Of the
officers, in private conversation, de-
scribed the meeting as "a regular hair
pulling match 1t is suspected that
some of the officers brought about a
fresh outburst of the Corbin-C Carter
feud with the idea of making it un-
pleasant for Gen. Carter and forcing
him out of the general staff as soon
as possible
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

PANAMA, Colombia, Aug. 15.-Let-
tiers received from Bogota say that up
to Aug. 10 the Panama canal commit
tee had held only one meeting, on ac-
count of the disgust Of members at
the conduct of Senator Perez y Soto.
who insisted upon recalling the treaty
at the first meeting. Senator Oba1dia,
a warm supporter of the treaty, has
had several conferences with President
Marroquin and United States Minister
Beaupre, and, Notwithstanding their
efforts, the committee could not be in
duced to report in favor Of ratification.
Amendments have been offered which
seem to meet the approval of twenty
senators out of twenty-four.
Both the house of representatives
and the senate are deeply impressed
with the persistent rumors which
reach Bogota of the possibility of a
movement for the secession Of the
isthmus in case the treaty is not rati-
fed. The fear Of this appears to con-
stitute the only chance for favorable
action on the treaty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
IN MoNAsTIR ALONE.
Bulgarian Premier Thinks Insurrec'
ton Will Not Spread.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Aug. 15-Premier
Patroff has just returned from. visit
to the Macedonian frontier, where 1t
touches the district of Dubnitza, and
he takes a somewhat optimistic view
of the situation in Macedonia. He be-
lieves that the outbreak will be con-
fined to the vilayet OF Monastir. where
the Turks will probably suppress the
insurrection.
Regarding the reports that Bulgaria
was responsible for the outbreak, he
pointed out that the center of the dis
turbed area is nearly 200 miles from
the Bulgarian frontier and is separated
from it by a country largely inhabited
by Turks. Consequently, he said, 1t is
foolish to say that the movement is
aided by bands from Bulgaria and to
suggest that the arms of the insur-
gents came from Bulgaria.
He asserted that the guns used by
the insurrectionists are all of French
manufacture and that most Of them
We're bought from Turkish officers and
men, who, receiving no pay, had re-
sorted to the sale of their guns and
ammunition to obtain money.
The insurrection, he declared. was
entirely national Macedonian move
ment, organized by the Macedonian
internal committee, which in itself was
proof of the shocking condition Of af-
fairs due to the eXcesses Of Turkish
soldiers who, on the pretext of search
ing for arms, entered Macedonian vii
lagos to plunder and destroy.
The situation In the unhappy viii
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
REAL LIFE DEVELOPS
"a HUMAN CHAIN"
BY This Means Three Chicago Men
Save Two Others From Drowning.

Special to The Globe.
CHICAGO, Aug. ia thrilling dou-
BILE rescue, modelled after the melo-
drama in which three red-shirted min
ers make of themselves "a human
chain" for the escape of the heroina
was enacted in earnest on the banks of
the Chicago river today.
The "chain" was composed of Police
man Murphy. L. w. Kohn and Pete
Gerner. The rescued were Patrick
O'Brien, who tried to drown himself,
and David Simons, who tried to pre-
vent him. The Van Buren street bridge
furnished the scenic background as
well as the gallery, from which scores
of spectators watched the struggle
O'Brien sprang over the railing OF
the bridge into the river. Simons saw
him and leaped in after him. The res
cuer struck the water in such way as
to be knocked breathless, and it was
evident that he, too,T would need assist
ance. Here the chain was formed and
the two men were soon brought to
land
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Aug. Is. =
Disclosures made through special
agents who have gone to the Indian
territory and Oklahoma indicate that
the scandals in official life there will
be more extensive in proportion to the
number of persons involved than those
in the postoffice department. Special
reports on file indicate that the lead
ing officials Of the interior department
and department of justice have be-
come interested in various companies
for the purpose of buying Indian lands
at ridieulousIy low figures and selling
them at their actual value. Members
of the Dawes commission are said to
be implicated in the alleged efforts TO
fleece the Indians, as also are several
district attorneys of the department of
justice.
The value of the land in question is
several hundred million dollars. In the
Creek nation alone the 10000 Indians
have 100 acres each, while the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw country the In
dian allotments are for $50 acres each.
Most of this land is agricultural and
much of it is easily worth SIS to $40 an
acre.
Calls Them "Trust" Companies.
Mr.. Brosius. special agent OF the
interior department, has submitted q
report to Secretary Hitchcock review
ing in an exhaust tive way the organiza-
ton Of the various trust" companies
formed to gobble the indian lands. and
mentions the names of all the United
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
ESCAPES A GRAVE
IN RIVERS DEPTHS
Patrick F. Barry Falls From
Bridge and Is Rescued by
Two of j. j. HiIl Crew.

Patrick F. Barry, 306 West George
street, had a strenuous fight for his
life in the Mississippi last evening, and
was rescued in midstream as he was
about to sink from exhaustion, after
having swum over five hundred feet
with the current.
Barry was crossing the river on the
Chicago Great Western draw bridge
and when he reached the middle of
the structure, hearing the sound of an
engine passing along the tracks on the
river bank, suddenly jumped to one
side, thinking that the train was ap-
preaching from behind him. In step
ping over the timbers he stumbled, and
before he could regain his balance he
had fallen head foremost into the river.
With the desperation Of a drowning
man Barry struggled in the water:
The current being swift at the point
where he went down he could not
strike for the bank, but devoted his
strength to keeping his head above the
water, yelling for help at the top of
his voice His cries were heard by the
crowds on the shore and number of
people on board the excursion steamer
J. J. Hill, which was moored at the
landing.
Seeing the mans peril, Swan Carl
son, fireman of-the ]. ]. Hill, and Will
liam Stewart. deck hand, lowered one
of the small boats of the steamer and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

States officials who have stock in them.
Guy p. Cobb, who was internal reve-
nue. inspector for Indian territory, is
the largest stock holder In the Tribal
Development company, of Tishomingo.
In this same company is e. Pliny Sop
er, United States district attorney for
the northern district of Indian terri
tory. Soper is the vice president of the
company. The government pays Soper
$4,000 a year to represent it, and he is
one of the men who has always been
consulted in Indian affairs II. is known
that several months ago, when the ru-
mors about irregularities in Indian ter
ritory were first mentioned in the
newspapers, Attorney General Knox
telegraphed for Soper to come to
Washington. AT that time 1t was stated
that Soper's resignation would not be
accepted and that he must confront
any charges which might be brought
against him.
Where Tams Comes In.
Gov. Mosley, of the Chickasaw Ma
ton, is a stockholder of an important
company, and Tams Bixby, of Mime
sofa, chairman of the Dawes commits
sion, is the vice president and leading
stockholder in the Muscogee Title and
Trust company, which does large
land business. J. George Wright, an
Indian inspector, who has complete
charge of the Indian bureaus AFFAIRS
for the territory, is a member or an
other trust company, and the report
also alleges that Thomas B. Needles, of
Illinois, who was formerly member
of the state legislature and who has
been mentioned for several high offices
i'm that state, is vice president and di-
rector of the international Banking
Trust company, and that Charles
Davidson, of Vinita, clerk of the United