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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09

The grippe has me now; so l. nave
leisure. but you must make due allow
ance if my mind wanders.
/ have been thinking much lately
of the question of farm renting or
leasing. Perhaps | can express my
thoughts, and they may help others.
In the first place, ! am bitterly
opposed to the ordinary yearly crop
renting. To that system more than
any other one thing, think, is due
the poverty of both land and people
over large sections of our country.
No man can do much good anywhere
unless he feels a permanent interest
in his home and surroundings. He
cannot afford to improve the land or
building if he has no assurance OF oc-
cupying them but a few months.
Neither can the landlord afford to I'M
prove them if he does not know who
his next tenant will be, nor how good
returns he will give him for his in
vestment.
I cannot conceive of any more mis-
cradle class of citizens (unless it be
the very poor in our large cities)
than the average crop renter, moving
about from pillar to post, shelterlng
his family and what miserable stock
he may have in such novels as he
can find available until he can make
his "e=sp."
NJ - ooo,,,o +o ,,oo fbot 1oD1
owner and tenant should always be
partners in business-just as mer-
chants and manufacturers are: each
working for the others advantage as
he works for his own. Naturally this
cannot be done under the one-year
system, nor very readily under the
crop-sharing system.
Under such conditions as we know,
the tenant generally has to sell off
his share to provide for his family,
and too often the landlord sells his
also, thus taking the entire crop from
the land and putting nothing back
but what commercial fertilizer Is
used.
1t seems to me that far better ar
rangement is for the parties to enter
partnership on a share basis thus !:
Suppose the tenant is to receive one
third and everything furnished. APP
praise the stock and equipment on the
farm at a fair valuation, charging
one-third of same to the tenant. Then
if additional stock is purchased to
feed, charge One-third of that to him.
Let him produce all he can of such
crops as are required to feed the
stock or for market, but do not divide
the crops. Feed as much as possible
on the place, returning the manure
to the land. When stock or crops are
ready for market let them be sold and
the proceeds of sale divided. From
the sale of stock purchased to feed,
deduct from tenants share of re-
turns his share of purchase price, Civ
ing him his share of the gain-thus
making it to his personal advantage
to buy stock judiciously and feed
carefully.
Let it be understood that he must
keep the number and value of breed
ing and work stock up to the original
appraisement, all other increase from
them being divided when sold on same
terms as stock purchased, save that
tenant is not chargeable with one
third of their cost, as he has raised
them.
When final settlement is made. o.
partnership dissolved the stock n,
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09

Your neighbors need The ProgreSS-
slve Farmer. Tell them of the 2V-
cent offer.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09
WHITE cLOvER-NEGLECTED
CROP.

A Little Care Would Enable ANY farm-
er to Have Magnificent Fields Yield
ing the Richest Pasturage and Insur-
inq the Finest Milk and Honey.
Messrs. Editors: - This clover
grows naturally and readily in the
Eastern part of North Carolina, and
is now seen here and there in green
patches at the foot of trees, along
fences and in other places away
from the well-trodden highways. 1t
is believed by some that it will not
flourish in light soil, but observa-
ton proves that it will grow where
ever grass grows; and that with due
cultivation it makes excellent pas
turage and amply repays the pains
bestowed on it by greatly enriching
and rejuvenating the soil.
It is distinctly different from red
clover, which has a long tap-root,
and has also a rank top-growth as
much as three feet high on rich
ground; and, in consequence, takes
much from the soil. But the small,
fibrous rootlets of the white clover
form a close in at from one to two
inches thick, part of which annually
DECAYS and goes toward the enrich
ment of the soil From three to five
years it makes the best of pasturage
for all kinds of stock. At the same
time, by silent, natural processes 1T
both rests and fertilizes the ground.
All crops following a white clover
fallow are sure to be good with ordi-
nary seasons.
About fifty years ago two intelli-
gent and progressive young planters
living on the Albemarle Sound few
miles from the historic town of
Edenton, observed that this clover
was an indigenous growth on their
plantations. They reasoned that it
ought, therefore, with cultivation to
make good pasturage. They accord
ingly began saving seed from the
volunteer growth, and so they gradu-
ally set large part of their available
land in the clover. In three years
they had the finest pastures and best
stock in the county.
The writer once visited one of
these planters in the month of May.
A dense growth of the clover, about
knee-high and free from weeds, COW
cred one of the largest fields. The
white blossom was like fresh snow
fall, and it's fragrance filled the air;
the murmur of myriads of bees gath
ering honey charmed the ear with its
music. Horses, mules, horned cattle
and hogs were contentedly grazing.
The best of butter, the NEST beau
tiful honey, were products of the
clover. The stock were the admira-
ton of the neighborhood. Lands
worn by two hundred years. cultiva-
tion on the old system were restored
and made productive, and were pro-
ducing excellent crops of wheat, oats,
corn, cotton, sweet potatoes and tur-
nfps. Then the clover seed found
ready market at $40 per bushel. They
were trodden out by horses or mules
on smooth, hard ground prepared
for the purpose. and were afterward
carefully winnowed from dirt and
chaff by being run through fan.
Of course, these planters used 9TH
er fertilizers, such as Peruvian guano
in moderation, offal from their fish
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09

What these and other planters fol
lowing their lead accomplished in
this direction, can be done elsewhere
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09

Messrs. Editors Can never get
time to write while am able to work.
The grippe has me now; so l. have
leisure. but you must make due allow
ance if my mind wanders.
/ have been thinking much lately
of the question of farm renting or
leasing. Perhaps l can express my
thoughts, and they may help others.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27
THE STATE ROAD.

There are three propositions in the
Legislature to dispose of the State
Road-to sell, lease for SO years and to
extend. The Brunswick Journal is op-
posed to the sale of the State Road, as
also our State Railroad Commissioner
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, and they ad-
vance the following argument not to
sell:
1.-The Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis Railroad Company now has the
State Road leased at the annual rental
of Al per centum on valuation of
10,OOO,O0O-the upset price put upon
it in the bill of Mr.. Conner of Barlow
for the sale of the road.
"The N. G. and St. L. system is con-
trolled by the Louisville and Nashville
authorities, and their system in turn
is now controlled as an integral part of
The Atlantic Coast Line system. In
this combination the State Road is not
accounted an Improbable or undesir-
able factor. On the contrary, it is the
main trunk line from the T.. and Ms.
Atlanta allied connections, via Chatta-
nooga and Nashville to st. Louis and
the Great West. The building of the
acknowledgement line by no whit
diminishes the need for and profitable
employment of the State Road as a
necessary integar of the system with
which it is now incorporated The
geography of the system shows visibly
that there can be no division of traffic
between the State Road and the At
lanta- Knoxville-C Cincinnati stem.
Last year the 1897 miles of the L.
and O. earned surplus of $3,6Ss,17
1.-The 4,177 miles of the Atlantic
Coast Line earned surplus of 81, 1885,
1914.
1.-The l,201 miles of the N. C. and st.
L. earned surplus of 1868, 126.
THE three earned on 9.075 miles of
roads total surplus of 1924 ,691, or
an average of over $9OS per mile
'The 1873 miles of the State Road not
only earned all its operating and fixed
charges, but averaged with the whole
system in surplus earnings. In that
case the State Road paid its operating
expenses and then its $4,000 lease
money, plus $123,44S surplus, or the
total net sum of $s43, 448."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27
ALWAYS YOUR FRIEND.

Your home paper never loses interest
in you. To this, possibly, you have not
given a thought. No matter if you like
the newspaper man or if he likes you,
he publishes a paper for the people and
allows no personal matters of petty
spites to interfere with his news gath
ering. He may meet you as stranger,
yet along with his best friends, chron-
icles your success and your sorrows
wherever you may be, and those who
would otherwise forget you are thus
reminded of your existence by an ar
ticle in your home paper. Others may
deceive and defraud you, but your
home paper never forgets you. Pos.
sibly you do not deserve decent treat
ment by the paper, but you get it just
the same. and if it should at any time
say things to cause embarrassment
study moment and see if it has not al
various times said nice things of you Of
which you fail to give it it.-Pratt.
vile Progress,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27
ON ONE ACRE.

Samuel Cheeks, of Glenn county,
Calf, is heralded as the man VINO
has lived on single acre of land
for thirty years, and not only
made comfortable support for
himself and wife, but was able to
save an average of $500 a year be-
sides. 1t was done by irrigation
and intensive farming. A Penn
sylvanian is about to follow this
example On an acre of land in
Colorado, and is confident of sue
cess, by utilizing every foot of
space, as is done by professional
gardeners. The Spokesman-Re-
view insists that the same can be
done in many parts of the State
of Washington, with favorable To-
cation and climate. If this be-
comes general and many tind all
the land they want is an acre, the
awful spectre of an overcrowded
world that can't feed it's popula-
ton, will disappear. There would
be more than enough land for all
if one acre only satisfied many.
Even "the little farm we'll titled"
was supposed to require a number
of acres, and will have to yield it's
fame to the tiny tracts above des-
cribed.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27
SANFORD KILLS WRIGHT.

Mr.. Vincent T. Sanford, former tax
collector of Floyd county, killed Mr..
George Wright, ticket agent for the
Southern Railway at Rome, on We'd
nesday of last week. Sanford met
Wright on the streets of Rome and
fired both barrels of double barrelled
shot gun, loaded with buckshot, into
the heart of Wright, killing him in
stantly. Sanford claims that Wright
had ruined his home. Wright was a
young man about % years old and
stood high in the esteem of the people.
He was married and leaves a wife and
child. Sandford was arrested and
placed in jail.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27
THE NEW BOX
BOARD FACTORY
Starts Up and is Now Fill
ing Orders Right
Along.

On last Monday the new Box Board
Factory machinery began to move and
! turned out it's first box board at the
! Marietta Paper Mill. This plant has
been fifteen months under construc-
ton. 1t took ten months to build the
magnificent machinery and five months
to get the building ready and the ma
chinery put up.
1t extends the entire length of tbs
main building, and is as pretty a sight
as one need to want to see in machin-
cry in motion. The machinery was
made to special order by Black &
Clawson, of Hamilton, O., and requires
800 horse power to propel it. The
| capacity is twenty tons or 40, 900 pounds
of board every "a hours. 1t requires
eleven beaters to supply it with pulp.
1t is the only box board factory in
the South, and there is none finer in
the United States. The product turned
out is first class.
Besides this box board plant the Ma
rietta Paper Mill has the finest paper
manufacturing plant in the South. 1t
manufactures book, news, parchment
and MANILA paper, and finds ready
sale. The capacity is forty thousand
pounds every "a hours, making $4,000
pounds of manufactured product turned
out every "a hours. Two magnificent
engines propel the machinery of 200
horse power
In connection Herewith reservoirs
have been built to catch all the waste
water which will be used over again,
From this there will be a great saving
of pulp that has been going to waste.
This is the most complete paper mill
anywhere and covers twelve acres of
ground in buildings. There has been
about $500, 900 spent in remod cling the
buildings, putting in new machinery,
etc, and with the paper mill, box
plant, waterworks and electric light
plant there is represented capital of
about 100000.
Mr.. M. NJ. Sessions, the indefatigable
President and Treasurer, has accom-
plished wonders in the work done, and
it would astonish our citizens to go
through this immense plant from top
to bottom and see the vast amount of
whirling machinery therein. Mr.. E..
G. Powers is Vice President, and Mr..
Geo. Fl. Sessions. Secretary. and Mr.. j..
N. Squires, Superintendent.
With few more such men in Mari
eta as these gentlemen, Marietta
would take stride forward that would
be immeasureable. May great success
crown their efforts.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27
THE WAY TO BUILD A CITY.

The papers are giving suggestions 10
their readers how to build city. The
Macon Telegraph has the following,
which the readers of the Marietta Jour
nal may not be averse to reading, and
find profitable:
"Only the shoulder to- shoulder pol
icy ever succeeds in keeping munich
pality on rising ground. Jealousy,
back-biting, greed of office, retard
They do not promote. Many city has
failed of it's promise because the citi-
zens were lacking in civic pride and
were unable to agree upon any propo-
sition for the common good.
THAT community is the happier and
more prosperous, the people of which
subordinate their personal views TO the
general opinion. properly ascertained
There is way to complain, to protest,
to plead, and to argue, without abso-
lutely knocking over the whole milk
pail. A progressive policy is always
better than policy of negation or re-
sistance, having no other ground than
envy, distrust or dislike Of others.
1.-The cities which grow the more
rapidly are those where the optimistic
spirit is prevalent and where there is
frankness, candor, good will and help
fulness upon the part of all-the COM
mon good being the only objective
The man who croaks out of mere spleen
is deterrent factor and he should be
eliminated, if it be possible to do so.
There can be no communal ardor with
cut common agreement. This does not
imply that there should be assent to
wastefulness or extravaganza on the
part of those in control. The main
consideration is unification on all prop
ositions involving the community's
good"
Now, that is what we need to push
Marietta along.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27
Local News Overflow.

Mrs. Charles Daniel and little daugh-
ter, Frances, of Atlanta, are visiting
Mrs Sid Garwood
Mr. John w. Lewis. ST., of S. S Co, of
Charleston. arrived here Monday from
New York where he has been the guest
of the company with which he holds a
responsible position. He speaks in the
highest terms of the line from every
standpoint he will be here until Sun
day next,
The people who pack peaches don't
want any peaches in their'n. They will
tell you, every one of them, that they
never touch a peach that the sight of
them from morning till night, day in
and day out, has turned them against
even the finest specimens. Same way
with dealers in ice cream, cakes and
confectionery.
Through w. NJ. Webb, the farm of
E. N. Davenport was last Saturday sold
to T. H. McCleskey. 1t win be remem-
bered that Mr.. McCleskey sold his farm
in the Mars Hill settlement last fall
and moved to Texas. His Georgia
friends will be glad to know that he
will return to Acworth about Christ.
mas and move on the Davenport prop
erty. This farm contains 270 acreas
and we understand was sold for $500.
-Acworth Post.
TWENTY THIRD GEORGIA REGIMENT
REUNIoN.-Che reunion of the Twenty
third Georgia Regiment, which was to
have been held at Gainesville on the
second Wednesday of August, has been
changed, and Will be held at Carriers
vile on the first Wednesday and second
day of August. The reunion of the
First and Sixth Georgia regiments will
| be held at Gainesville on the same day
and date. Reduced rates on w. & A.
railroad from Atlanta. Dalton, Rome
and intermediate points.
w. l.. SELMAN, Pres.
j. w. BENNETT, Sec.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27
SIOKENING SHIVERING FITS

of Ague and Malaria, can be relieved
and cured with Electric Bitters. This
is pure, tonic medicine OF especial
benefit in malaria, for it exerts true
curative influence on the disease, driv-
ing it entirely out of the system. 1t is
much to be preferred to Quinine, hay
ing none of this drugs bad after. effects.
E. S. Munday, Henrietta, Tex, writes
My brother was very low with malar-
ial fever and jaundice, till he took
electric bitters, which saved his life.
At J. w. Legg & Co.'s drug store /;
price Soc, guaranteed
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

About all tho telephone lines
have been built within the past
twenty-five years. The lines of
the Bell system include 100000
miles of wire, reaching 10000
cities, towns and villages. And
yet it is thought the work of con-
structlon is in It's infancy, Gil
matte conditions, mountain ranges
and rivers are no longer impassi-
BILE barriers.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

1t is said that President Roose-
Welt may commission Gen. Leon
ard Wood to undertake the SAM
tary reclamation of the Isthmus
of Panama. General Wood has
been awarded, by President Roose-
Welt at least, the chief and almost
the entire credit for cleaning up
Cuba, and he is held to be a won
der at that sort of work. Here is
a chance for the president to prove
his metal and to Justify all the
eulogies that he has passed upon
his friend. If General Wood can
make the isthmus healthy and
work upon the canal one round of
joyful industry, he is a great man
and deserves what the president
has done for him. Let us see If
he can do it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

A boiler of the United States
gunboat Bennington, lying in the
harbor at San Diego, Calf, ex-
ploded, killing 80 men and wound
ing 80. The vessel was wrecked
and was beached to save her from
sinking.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

The house general judiciary
committee has reported favorably,
by a unanimous vote, the bill
amending section 500 of the Code,
SO as to make it a misdemeanor
for any person to offer or be con-
cerned directly or indirectly, in
the buying or selling of votes in
any election, or to contribute
money for such purpose. The bill
makes a party guilty of such a
crime a competent witness against
others.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

A bill has been introduced in
the Senate of Georgia which pro-
poses to make all life insurance
policies with surrender values tax
able for the full amount of such
surrender value.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

According to State School Com
missioner Merritt's report to the
Legislature, the school statistics
in Georgia for 1904 show that the
school population was 7I2, 900.
The number of pupils attending
school was 400, 103. OF these,
290,865 were white children and
20O,238 were negroes. The num-
Der of teachers was 10,360. OF
these 6,951 were white and 3.4OO
negroes. The number of school
houses in the State was I 1886. Of
these 4,S77 were for whites and
1850 for negroes. The total value
of. the white school houses is $4,-
BAT ,274, while the negro school
houses are valued at $567,870,
making a total of $4,010, 144.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

The simple life should show in
clothes and actions, and not sim
ply in your face. Self-satisfie6
simplicity can be seen in the face
of all IDIOT,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

The American liner Haverford
arrived at Philadelphia the other
day with 100 babies aboard. 1t
was said to have been a strenuous
passage. Imagine being on ship
with 100 of them and nowhere to
go but overheard. Remarkable to
relate, no report was made of
anyone's having adopted the alter
native.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

The Governor has appointed
Hon, Thos. G Hudson, of Schley,
as Commissioner of Agriculture to
succeed Mr. Stevens. Mr.. Hud-
son is a farmer and will make all
excellent head of the Agricultural
Department of Georgia, The APP
pointment is q good one and will
give Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

Half the ill-feeling in the world
could be smoothed out by few
words of explanation, but if on
the one side the offender will not
say, "Have I done anything
wrong? If SO, I'm sorry the
breach will go on widening until
it is irreparable.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

Senator Wares bill to return
the selection of judges to the gov
srnor is another pIoof of wisdom
of the men who made our consti-
tuition. Judicial offices should
never be the footballs of local
and partisan politics Good strong
lawyers would accept an appoint
ment from a governor who would
not scramble for the office at the
polls. Brunswick Journal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1905-07-27

Now, when they take q drink at
the Piedmont bar they call it
contributing to charity .''-Grif-
fin News.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-04-14
The SAVINGS of the PeonIe.

The total deposits in all the saw
lngs banks In the world, according to
the latest available statistics, amount
ed to $10,5OO, 100000, contributed by
S2,640,000 depositors. OF this total
the United States shows aggregate
deposits of $4,000, 179, 900, credited to
100000 depositors. These figures
indicate that the United States, with
less than 91a per cent. Of the total
population considered, contributes
over 20 per cent. OF the total savings
deposits rec6ded.
These figures help to explain the
remarkable manner in which the re-
cent large bond issues have been alb
sorbed. 1t has been estimated that
more than $1,000, 100000 of bonds are
annually purchased by the investing
public in the United States. The
savings banks and the insurance
companies are the heaviest purchas-
ers of bonds, but there are estimate !
to be nearly 100000 persons in the
United States who have an annual
surplus to invest-New York Com.
morpia1