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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-31

| | wanted to become Independent and
get out of doors; was offered $1,000.
year if | would return to my desk
/ | told my former employer | couldn't
| do it.
ances in the city say of me one day
in passing my place and do you know
sometimes little thing will influence
mans whole life-One man said,
what is Terry doing out here? He
can never succeed" The other an
swered. 81 know he will succeed if
he sticks to it, That determined me-
l said l would not go back to the
office. that 1 would succeed with my
farm before l left it; | wasn't born
on a farm, and | didn't like farming.
but it all seemed to be a series of
happen SOS. and l was bound to sue
ceeded and then go back to town if |
wanted to.
Tn five or six years We began 10
be pretty well satisfied with this ro-
tation. the growing of clover regular
ly. tiIling little deeper every year,
increasing the depth. and the results
increased accordingly.
Briefly let me tell you how this
clover growing and this tillage in
creased the fertility of the land
BY growing the crops as we did we
were supplying the land with all the
nitrogen it needed. and what is the
Use of buying nitrogen when you can
get it for nothing?
DID YOU EVER NOTICE
how the roots of the red clover grow?
The big root grows down through the
soil; the grass roots seek the surface;
your clover does not There are about
as many little roots in an acre of
clover as there are in grass, but they
are not in the same place; the big
root extends down through the soil
i'm the clover. and the little ones eX-
tend ont from it-maybe five six or
eight feet: your wheat and oats and
timothy feed near the surface: the
clover feeds deep; it cannot feed on
the surface soil
1t takes a good deal Of potash to
grow timothy. Where does clover get
potash? Down deep. and it is pumped
up to the surface; clover has the abil-
ity to pump it up: even i'm clay sub
soil there is plenty of potash that is
available. Your wheat and corn can
not go down after it any more than
they '-''' get the Nitrogen out of the
air; so you see how wonderfully these
crops help each other; drawing the
nitrogen out of the air. and pumping
the mineral matter up and bringing
them together and making them rich
to grow crops. There is fertility ND
above and fertility down below. and
w p getting it right along We
have made the land as rich as I'VE
needed it. There have been hundreds.
and l don't know but thousands. of
men from all over the Union during
the last twenty-five years come to
our farm to see these things. Pretty
soon after we began to raise these
crops, along in 1SS1-2-3-4. one day we
had forty men come to our farm so
great was the excitement. They could
not believe their own eyes.
PROFESSOR ROBERTS
of Cornell came and it made me good
and glad when 1 saw him, for l knew
some of the things he had said about
the farming we were doing running
the soil, and all that He wouldn't
say much. hut he went around and
looked at everything. 1 showed him
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-31

the second crop of clover above OuT
knees as we walked through 1T;
then showed him some land we had
not touched He asked a few ques
tons and went back home. | imagine
he said something like this: TERRY
has been carrying on something we
don't understand: and there is some
thing i'm the idea after ALL He com
menced that experiment In tillage al
ithaca and it has practically revolu-
tionized tillage in New York. PrOfes
sOr Roberts took samples of soil from
all over the state from average farms
and this is what an analysis showed
in the first twelve inches of soil on IN
acre of land: 1900 nitrogen, 6.3OO
phOsphOric acid. twenty-fOur thousand
potash.
Well now. with all this fertility in
the soil. what are we buying fertilizers
for?
I went to the first institute i'm Wis
consin they ever held there. was
telling them what l believed to be
true about the clover business. I sat
down beside Professor Henry-he and
Professor Roberts were the first an
thOrities i'm the country on such sub
jects-and I was young them said
to him. ''Tell me what you think of
what l have said tonight He re
piled. 81 believe. as farmer, you are
right. but as scientific man l dare
not say so in public"
THOSE THINGS HAVE ALL PROV
EN- OUT.
beyond question. but not until we have
I,r- Il
there are hundreds and thousands of
farmers all over this land that l could
take You to who have worked out
these methods. some of them even
better than I have done. You can't
do it in one year. or five: it is a plan
and a system which Won must com
mence and stick to. and each year You
will notice the increase
You must not sell off your products
you must save ali the manure. drain
land that needs it. follow out the plan
of growing clover once in four years
then follow out the line of tillage |
have told You of, and there is no
trouble at all in eight or ten years to
double the fertility of any land.
FORMER WORTHLESS FARM
WON PRIZE.
OF course. as | have said. there are
many things that have helped rs. that
l haven't the time to speak of in con
nectiOn with this subject. l have
simply brought out the two greatest
things in my mind. the clover growing
ard Il e tillage. We save every dror
of manure too. With the knowledge
l have. | could take land as we bought
and in six years bring it up to the
state of cultivation it did reach in
twelve. | say these things because |
want You to know there can he no
question about 1.-THE truth of it.
Out State Board of Agriculture.
after examining into the matter by
lending men to look it over, gave us
the first prize of $50 for the best and
most perfectly managed little farm in
OhiO-and only thirteen years from
the time we started on land that was
almost worthless. Do you wonder
then that l am willing to leave my
home where we have everything that
heart can wish for. and go around
and tell others how to do just the
same thing? I like to talk to the
young men; would go most anywhere
to talk to a few hundred young men
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-01-31
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June. when | sOwed Hungarian grass
seed. By that time | had the soil in
as good condition as | could get it
with the implements | had. The own
er complained bitterly; he said l was
running the ground, and that nothing
would ever grow on it again, and that
it would all blow away l had made it
so fine.
TILLAGE MADE THE CROPS.
1 wish you could have seen that
crop. l never saw anything like it.
it stood about three and One-half or
five feet high. and as thick as it could
grow. I remember that hay was
scarce that year, and brought SIS a
ton. I thought 1 did pretty we'll I
figured 1 got about $40 an acre for
the land. and paid s.. I didn't know
how to farm. but 1 kept on thinking.
The next year l had some ground
ready to plOw for corn; l wanted to
put the same tillage on it and began
as early as | could. This land. re
member, was not worth much of any
thing. 1 kept working it for two
months. The neighbOrs planted their
corn and it came up and was two or
three inches high before / put my seed
in; they said there was no use for me
to plant so late. it wouldn't amount to
anything. and would simply waste the
land and my time. But / wanted to
get the same results that I had with
the Hungarian grass. and l didn't
know how | was going to get them. but
1 was going to do the best I could 1
q nc
considered by every one as wonderful.
That was my first work in tillage.
CLOVER TILLAGE AND DRAIN
AGE.
Those two things came along to-
gether; that clover that brought me
more hay per acre and better and in
creased fertility; this tillage that had
Increased the fertility of the soil. l
said to myself. ''Isn't it possible in
some way i'm working along this line
to increase the fertility of this land.
the whole farm. and make it pro-
ductive%' and then I didn't care how
soon l left it wasn't able to get
away from it until | succeeded So
l began to change around gradually
We had bought nine cows l sold
eight of them So I could experiment
1T was dangerous. but l was bound
to try it.
We changed the land around and
got our fields into shape so we could
have three cultivated fields about
equal, and there had to be some drain
ing done. l laid every tile with nv
own hands; 1 had to work long DAYS.
and all day in the rain. when other
farmers said it was too bad weather
to work. Drains had to be put in:
instead of spending money on clothes
we bought he I'll with it AMI We
also went in debt for it. Every bit of
manure was saved, both liquid and
solid. to be used as topdressing to
make the clover grow. We used it as
far as it would reach to help the
rl""er start. also Ised SHAW for the
same purpose; we grew hay, clover
potatoes and wheat in regular rota-
ton. The clover was good to get the
fertility to grow the potatoes, and
the tillage for the potatoes to make
the wheat grow. and so on
THAT WAS MY IDEA.
and l was bound to try it l was
getting $1,000 a year at a desk in
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BIT OFF MANS LIP.
Serious Charge Laid Against 8 Young
 Negro.

Demopolis, July 4.--(Special)- )-Wiil Steinback, young negro, visited the lone cabin of an old darky named Alon- 20 Ward some time about midnight Sunday night, and it Is charged. break ing down the door, made an attack up- on the old man. The young negro got his teeth on the under lip of his ad- versary biting it off. The officers were called and Chief Mopnier and Police man Raley soon had the young negro in custody. His trial before Mayor Ely resulted in his being bound over to await action by the grand jury. The officers are confident they have crim- inal In the person of the prisoner and even suspect him of having been an actor in the recent double murder Of the negro women in this city as his cabin is near the scene of this horrible crime.
 The Holiness meeting in progress in the court house in Linden is reported to be creating much interest. It Is be- ing conducted by Rev. and Mrs. Wood.
 The death of Mrs. M. A. Maxwell, an aged lady, occurred yesterday after noon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. I. G, Chisholm, on Washington street The remains were carried to Tuscaloo- sa today for burial. The deceased had been a helpless invalid for many months previous to her death.
 The Fourth was observed in a very quiet manner in Demopolis. The post office and all business places remain ed closed all day. The colored people had a big barbecue, ball game and AancH
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large number of citizens of the coun-
 ty asking that an election be held to
 determine whether or not Tuscaloosa
 county should continue the dispensary,
 Jrdge J. c. Brown has issued an or
 der calling an election for the goth of
 September to settle this matter. The Woodmen of the World held theiy annual basket picnic at River view today, and an enormous crowd
 was out to enjoy the day and cele- tc the glorious fourth in this fash lon. There were numerous contests. dancing, music, boating and amuse- ment3 of all kinds fo- those attendin g and altogether the day was one of great pleasure and profit to the hosts
 and the guests. There wns also de- liRhtful picnic given by the residents at Holt and quite crowd from Tusca-
 loosa were up there to spend the day
 Gen c. D. Johnston in response to an invitation addressed the Holt people in the morning. and after dinner M. T.. ormond delivered a most enjoyable ad- dress,
 Yesterday the rectory property of the Episcopal Church was sole at auc- tion. The property was divided into three lots. The first with the house on 1t was bought by E, N. c. Snow for S4.600; the lot west of the build ing was bought by D. B. Robertson for S1,201: and the lot south of the build ing by " F. Fitts for SLIP. All of these lots are conveniently located and in very attractive part of town. The Episcopalians will begin at an early date the building of new rectory and an addition to their church.
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ADVICE TO ARIZONA
ROOSEVELT URGES VOTE FOR
 JOINT STATEHOOD.
Says It May Be Years Before People Of The Territory Are Again Prof- fered An Opportunity For
 Admitfanee.

Chicago July IA dispatch to The Tribune from Tuscon, Arizona, says:
 President Roosevelt is so anxious for Arizona to become a State that ne friend, Mary A. Rogers. urging the people to vote to be admitted with New Mexico. The President says that he believes If the opportunity IS not seized it may be many years oe1ore the opportunity may be had again.
 President Roosevelt's letter. whicn was received yesterday, reads:
 The White House, Washington June
 27.
 Mark A. Rogers. Secretary Arizona
 Statehood Association. Tuscon, Ari~
 My earnest hope is that the people of the territory of Arizona in their wisdom will decide to enter the union as part of the great State Of Arizona. No man can foretell what will happen in the future. But 1t is my true be- lief that if the people of Arizona let this chance go by they will have 10 wait many years before the chance again offers itself, and even then IL probably will be only on the present terms-that is. on the condition of be- ing joined with New Mexico.
 "If the people of Arizona come Tn now they will achieve what every self respecting American ought to wish 10 achieve--that is, the right of self gov
  fered them--and what in my opinion is proffered on the only proper ana permissible terms = they condemn themselves to an indefinite continu- ance of a condition of tutelage.
 T have a peculiar affection for the people of the four territories. which, under the act of Congress I have just signed, now have the opportunity to enter as two States into our federal union. Their territories are filled with men and women of the stamp for which I grew to feel so hearty re- gard and respect during the years that I myself lived and worked on the great plains and in the Rocky Mountains: "It was from these four territories that I raised the regiment in which l took part in the Cuban campaign. "Assuredly under no circumstances would I advise the people of these territories to do any thing that con- sidered to be against either theif l moral or their material well being. l | feel that for them now to refuse to come into the union as States would be at the best mere folly.
 "Very wisely the people of Okla homa and Indian Territory and. be- | lieve the people of the New Mexico also. have abandoned an attitude which l forbade their thus assuming the great privileges and responsibilities of full American citizenship. I cannot ex- press too heartily my hope that the people of Arizona, exercising their so- | Der second thought. will come to look at the matter in the same light. Theodore Roosevelt"
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MRS. MAXWELL DEAD.
Taken Back to Tuscaloosa for Burial
 Other News.

Taken Back to Tuscaloosa for Burial
 Other News.
 Tuscaloosa, July 4.-(Special) )-News was received here yesterday Of the death of Mrs. Mary Maxwell. for long time a resident or this place. Mrs, Maxwell died In DemopOlis, and her body arrived here today.
 At a party at a negro cabin on Will liam Ryan's plantation Saturday night Paul Carson shot and seriously wound ed his aunt, Elvira Carson. It seems that he was shooting at another wom- an, but missed her and shot his aunt
 Yesterday there occurred marriage of two Tuscaloosa people in Birming- ham, the contracting parties being MT. Alfred Brellinger and Mrs. Ida Ralph of this city. MT, Rrellinger is me- chanical engineer who has been res ident of Tuscaloosa some time, and Mrs Ralph is the widow of MT. J. Q. Ralph, who was for a long time prominent citizen of Tuscaloosa The couple returned to Tuscaloosa yester- day afternoon.
 protracted meeting began at the Baptist Chapel on Southside Sunday evening and Is now making very in- teresting progress. The pastor, Rev. NJ B. Stamps, Is being assisted in the conduct of the meeting by Rev. J. P. Gable. an able minister from Bes- semer
 In response to, petition signed by
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McKENNA BEFORE CARAVAN.
Detective Whom Thaw Hired to Shadow
 StandfOrd White.

StAuuLVEu WM1tC
 New York. July 4.-John E. McKen- na, head of a detective agency and said to have been employed by Harry Kendall Thaw to trace Stanford White, the architect, whom he shot. was one of the first witnesses examined yester- day by Assistant District Attorney Garvan. When he reached the crim- final courts building, he had with him copies of the reports made by his agen- cy to Thaw. These reports were turn ed over to MT. Garvan and, will. be- yond doubt, be used when the Thaw case comes to trial.
 The testimony of McKenna Is regard ed by the State as being of great im- portance. It is reported that 1t cor roborates the story told by Paul l.. Bergoff, the detective employed by White, 1t Is said, to shadow the men of Thaw's party. Bergoff said before he was called on to give his state- ment before the Assistant District Att torncy that he was ready to go on the witness stand and prove that White was not the kind of man he has been painted.
 L. w Rorke. ex-superintendent of the business conducted by McKenna, was examined further by MT. Garvan. Rorke Is authority for the statement that Thaw was unfairly dealt with.
 Other detectives than McKenna were examined yesterday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-05
WON BY THE GERMAN.
LaPrOyence Badly worsted in Race
 Aeroam Atlantic.


 New York. July 4-The second east ward transatlantic race between the Hamburg American Deutschland ana the French line steamer LaProvcnce ended this morning with decisive victory in favor of the German boat.
 The Deutschland was reported l4O miles southwest of Browhead at o'clock yesterday afternoon and was reported passing Eddystone light house at the entrance of Plymouth harbor at 6:Ss a. m, today. Her time of passage from New York to Plymouth Is five days fourteen hours and nine minutes, at an average speed of 2s.o1 miles per hour. The distance covered was S.- 093 miles.
 LaProvence was reported by wire less telegraph when the vessel was l50 miles south of Browhead at 10 past s o'clock this morning.
 The Deutschland for Plymouth, Cher bourg and Hamburg, cleared Sandy Hook bar at ii o'clock a. m., Thursday, June 20, and LaProvence for Havre. followed an hour and fourteen minutes later Allowing for this difference in time, the Deutchland beats LaPro- vence nearly eleven hours against the four hours claimed by the French steamer on the previous race.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-05
MEDICos WERE HAPPY.
Jolly Time At Bibb County Session Of
 U1oef0rs


 Centreville. July 4.-(special )-The midsummer meeting of the Bibb County Medical Society held at this place last night was quite a success. Many members of the society were present and quite a number of guests. A number of interesting and instruc- tive papers were read.
 After the business meeting ad- journed the doctors and their invited guests repaired to the banquet hall where covers were laid for seventy persons. Many ladies were present which served as an inspiration to those who responded to the toasts as- signed them.
 Dr. J. Felix Jenkins of Piper. acted as toastmaster and presided with grace and ease. The occasion was one of the most delightful in the history of Centreville.
 The Fourth of July was generally observed here and 1t was a beautiful day. Good rains have fallen in this section during this week and the farmers and other persons were in fine shape to enjoy the day. The Jury term of the county court was in session here on Monday an6 Tuesday of this week. A number oi cases were tried. Two defendantt were sent to hard labor. but most oi those convicted confessed judgmen for the fine and cost in their cases The juries did not seem disposed tt convict persons charged with violating l the prohibition law.
 On Friday of this week Dr. R. M | Cunningham, candidate for Governor will speak at Haysop church, in thi' county. He will also speak at Bloc | ton on Thursday right.
 About o'clock Sunday morning Bot Perry, a negro, was shot in a genera melee winding up a crap game. Wher Bob found that he was shot in th' foot instead of the head he was surt l he would die and his yells could hav' l been heard several miles. The doc | tors say that he will recover.
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A POPULAR LAMENT.
Where Would Society be if One Wa
 Judged for the sins Of Others.

Where Would Society be if One Was Judged for the Sins of others.
 70, I tried one of those hair tonics sometime ago and 1t never did me a bit of good That's what many people are say ing today when they refuse Herpicide trial
 It would be as sensible to say q never travel on railroad because I often see collisions mentioned in the papers"
 Newbro's Herpicide Is specially made to destroy the germ that is living on the roots of your hair.
 That is why it is so exceedinhly eff1- cacious-it is there for the sole pur- pose of ridding the hair of this para site growt after which the hair grows as nature intended.
 Sold by leading druggists. Send 100 in stamps for sample to The Herpicide CO. Detroit. Mich. E. G. Fowler. spec ial agent
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DECATURs HAD JOLLY DAY.
Pnrade With Floats Followed B!
 Speeches and Baseball.

Speeches and Baseball.
 Decatun July 4-(Special. )-Exer- cises appropriate to the day were held here under the auspices of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics today. It was the most successful eel ebration ever witnessed in the Deca- turs. At 10 o'clock this morning a parade nearly a mile in length with floats illustrating the various business and manufacturing interests of the Decaturs moved through both cities.
 At noon speeches wero delivered by William B. Bankhead of Jasper. Dr. J. A. B. Lovett of Russellville. Rich- ard H. Clarke of Mobile.
 The speakers were introduced by Mayor Samuel Blackwell of New De- catur.
 In the afternoon the Elkton. Tenn. ball club defeated Decatur in a game of base ball by a score of to 1.
 Tonight there was an elaborate fire works display and a grand ball was had
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-05
ERNEST DUNLAP DEAD.
Made Long Fight But Lost in End,
 Rurfed at Greensboro.

Made Long F1Bmt but LOst An Ehu,
 Buried at Greensboro.
 Greensboro, July 4.-(SpeciaD-Er- nest Dunlap of Blocton. died after an illness of two years with consumption, and was buried here with Masonic honors yesterday.
 MT. Dunlap was about forty years of age and had been for some months in Denver. Col, hoping the climate would prove beneficial to his health.
 The funeral services were conducted at the Episcopal Church. The Masonic lodge here attending in a body. aug mented by several visiting Masons from Tuscaloosa and Decatur. Relatives from Eutaw and other adjacent places attended also. Among the relatives was Judge Oliver of Tuscaloosa.
 Deceased was a devoted member Of the Episcopal Church. He married Miss Bessie Waller. daughter of R. B. Waller, who. with three small daugh- ters survives him.
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TooI- Overdose of Lauduanum

Kansas City, July 4.-John LUCK wood died here today from the effects of a dose of laudanum taken during the night. It is not known whether he Intended to kill himself or drank too much of the drug by mistake. He was in the habit of taking the drug. Lock- wood was a lawyer and an inventor His father was the Mayor of San Anto- niO. Texas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-05
SOCIALISTS OF GEORGIA.
Put Out Full state Ticket After Turn
 Down by Pops.

Down by Pops.
 Atlanta, Ga, July 1.-The Socialists of Georgia, assembled In State con- vention here toda yafter extending an unheeded invitation looking to a union of interests to the Populist State Con vention, nominated full State ticket headed by J. B. Osborne, of Atlanta, for governor, The other places on the ticket were filled by the following nominations:
 Secretary of State-Dr. George H. Ehrhorne. Augusta.
 Comptroller-Max Wilke, Atlanta. Treasurer-F. P. Branch, Augusta. School Commissioner-Mrs NJ. A. Thomas. Augusta.
 Attorney General-J. Allen Mette, Augusta.
 Commissioner of Agriculture to be appointed by the Executive Commit tee.
 MT. Osborne, who heads the ticket, is blind and Is known as an orator of unusual ability.