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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

and better disposition or the com
forts Of life.
1t would be ungracious to say that
all this is due to the influence OF men
from the North, and it would be I'M
true as well as ungracious; but it is
nevertheless a fact that the ideas
which dominated in the old days
were not adapted to the best use OF
Southern resources and opportunities
for development, and that these old
ideas had to surrender to new and
better plans and methods before the
South which is now rapidly develop
ing could be possible One of the
strongest forces in the new movement
is the stream Of Northern blood and
capital which has flowed into the
beautiful Southern land since the
days of reconstruction. And I repeat,
because it cannot be said with too
much emphasis, that Georgia knows
this, appreciates it, and wants more of
it.
These are facts which may be prop
erly taken into consideration by North
ern people who are looking for homes.
They are quite as important as soil,
climate and markets. In this connec-
ton. ! am tempted to make a final
quotation from Mr.. Hunt, because II
has an important bearing upon the
social life of the region and is dis
tinetly in line with my own observe.
ton
1.-THE caste instinct is always resi-
dent in the brain of the white man,
North or South, be he Catholic Prot
estant or Quaker In the North, this
finds expression in social distinction
based on the possession of wealth and
culture. South, the caste instinct
finds so much greater differences in
inherent civilization, in the white |
race, against inherent barbarism in |
the black race, that the caste senti- |
ment justifies itself in dividing the
white from the black Hence, there |
exists fuller democracy among all |
white people in the South than else
where. Here, minor social differences
are annulled by the one great caste |
This condition gives freer |
play to altruistic social usage among |
the white. people here than In other
parts Of our country"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

the South was not making the mogt OF
lts possibilities In cotton culture, and
so proceeded to make q thorough
study OF the most valuable plant the
earth has ever produced" as he puts
To Double the Cotton Crop.
His EFFORT has been to md a hybrid
plant, between the long staple which
Is raised successfully only on the
coast and the less valuable upland
cotton, which can be probably pro-
dueed in Middle Georgia BY patient
esPerimentation, in cooperation with
the Department of Agriculture, he has
made great progress in this direction
and is gradually evolving a cotton
plant which promises to bring q much
higher average return than the far
mer has realized in the past. This is
the sort Of work which few men have
the patience to do, but which confers
its benefits upon all when once ac-
complished. 1t is a wonderful thing
TO lift an entire industry, and thus
to elevate the standard OF living for
tens OF thousands OF families-more
wonderful, far, than building a rail-
road or cotton mill, as | have said.
What he has done with live stock
and cotton, Mr.. Hunt has also done
with fruit culture. He has taken the
lead in planting orchards, and In DEM
onstrating what varieties of peaches.
apples and pears are best suited to the |
soil and climate and to the markets
open to the Georgia farmers. He has
done the same with grapes and ber-
ries, and thus again achieved results
which have benefited other growers
as much as himself. In the course |
OF his studies he has visited the most
famous fruit-growing and wine-pro-
dOcing districts Of the world, includ- |
Ing those in California and in France
and has necessarily become a man Of |
science In this way he has made the
acquaintance OF the foremost scien-
lists OF the world and on the occasion
OF Herbert Spencer's visit to the Unit
ed States he was the only man out
side the ranks of professional scien-
lists invited to meet the worlds
greatest thinker. Incidentally, 1t may
be mentioned that he is an enthusi-
astic collector of Indian antiquities,
and that his search for rare speci.
mems has carried him all over the
United States and Mexico, and even
TO distant islands of the Pacific.
No Antagonism to Northern Men.
Although 1t goes without saying
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20
GOTHAM'S STREET CARS.
THE GREAT SUB FAY OF NEW
FORK ALWAYS CROWDED FOR
STANDING ROOM.

Forty Million Dollar System Proves
Entirely Inadequate TO Transport
Crowds.-Need for an Additional
System.
New Nork's underground street rail-
way, the Subway, has been in full op-
Grafton just about year and ahalf. The
relief which this SAC. 900 system was
expected to give the elevated roads
and surface lines has proved made.
quate to meet the needs Of the increas.
ing fraflc. Within a month from the
day the first subway train carrying
paying passengers made the trip from
City Hall to Harlem. the crush on the
elevated and surface cars during the
rush hours was as great as ever.
Owing to the peculiar elongated form
OF the city, the bulk of the traffic trav-
els north and south. 1t was estimated
that the subway would relieve the
north and south daily rush by $4,000.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

climbers 10 secure the pet bird afforded
much amusement and considerable ex-
citement to a crowd of hundreds OF
on-lookers. The fact that the mistress
of the bird had offered large reward
for his safe return spurred over score
OF men OF all conditions OF life to cap
ture the feathered truant.
Polly, escaping from his cage, made
a Decline for one OF the trees near the
Treasury Department building, and sat
| there looking around, gorgeous bit
of green and red. The fun commenced
when rather corpulent individual es-
sayed to climb the tree and secure the
bird. "Isben" is an accomplished
talker. and as he few to the next tree
he called out very distinctly may!
nay" A colored youth climbed tree
number two, and, after nearly breaking
his neck through the rotteness Of a
limb, succeeded in getting within about
two feet of "Isben."
Put salt on his TAIL said wag in
the crowd The youth showed his apti-
tude for going after birds that roasted
high, such, for instance, as chickens,
but he was not used to the flying kind,
and Just as he reached for "Isben"
telegraph pole. At this point there sal.
lied forth Walter Perry, who claims
to be the best coon hunter in Alabama,
and scrambled up the pole in record
time. Then with stout wire, crooked
at the end, he hooked Polls leg, and
vast fluttering ensued, with yell of
triumph from Walter. The crowd
cheered, but "Isben" had apparently
been lariated before, for he quickly dis
engaged himself and with a cheerful
hee-haw! few away about block and
alighted in large cottonwood tree.
Send for Santos Dumont and his
air-ship, piped up one of the crowd;
then "A telegraph messenger boy. three
or four colored men, jacktar from
the Navy Yard. and college athlete
climbed trees and poles to secure the
reward. The parrot kept up more or
less continuous conversation with his
would-be captors, but it was noticed
that his remarks were OF quite proper
nature, hot air" being the most OBJ
jectionable.
After flying around sightseeing for
an hour or so. .'Isben" few into tree
near a police station
''Tsben," when last seen. was roost. I
ing In the branches OF big elm tree,
apparently asleep. One old and very |
black darkey remarked, confldentially,
to companion, 'Lijah, when 1t gifts (
real dark, sure will ketch dat bird.
case | argues dat no bird, whether he
parrot or whatsoever, can see man
oh my color on sure dark night.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20
"Isben,, lowed LiberfY.

An accomplished poll-parrot, known
as "Isben," belonging to well known
member OF Washington society, es-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

In the states Of the Middle West
there is still large trade In the pelta
OF muskrats. skulks, racoons. pos
sums. foxes, minks and weasels
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

Paris spends 100000. a year to
keep her trees in order, and to plant
new ones. Every street of a certain
width is entitled to row of trees on
either side, while every street Of
certain greater width has a double
row.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

Senator Depsw has the longest biog-
raphy In the Congressional Directory.
Tim Sullivan Of New York has the
shortest
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

Great quantities of salt Is still taken
from the Dead Sea. 1t is very ancient
industry.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

Express trains in Russia seldom at
tain a greater speed than twenty-five
miles an hour.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20
! Science suppIants Chance.

This prosperity Is due in large part
to the extent and value of natural re
sources. but 1t is also largely due to
the new methods which have been in
troduced in recent years. Beginning
with the farmer and going on through
she line OF Industrial factors men are
working in the light of science in
stead OF depending on chance. What
Mr.. Hunt has done in connection with
live stock, cotton culture and fruit
growing, everybody is doing to some
extent They are getting the aid or
State and National Governments, and
thus asserting their control over the
forces OF nature in way which APP
proaches ever nearer to perfection.
This means less waste. more efficiency
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

that the North has not sent many
men down South who have accom-
plished as much In raising the eco
nomic standard as benjamin w. Hunt
has done, il Is none the less true that
Southern cities and towns, and par
ticularly Atlanta, are full OF Northern
men who are injecting new spirit
into the life of the region. And 1t
lis vastly creditable to the native stock
that they welcome enterprising men
from north of Mason and Dixon's
Line and glory in their achievements
liz they are less proud of the new
conner than of the old-timer they GER
tainly conceal the fact. The truth
seems to be that the whole community
ID permeated by the spirit of enter
prise which these Northern men have
brought. and It seems to be reflected
In the buildings, the stores, the no.
tells, and In the faces and bearing of
the people themselves.
The population Of Atlanta and its
Immediate suburbs Is now probably
about 100000 and is rapidly growing,
lat least twice as rapidly as the pop
ulation of the United States, But its
business, as evidenced by bank clear
ings and postal receipts, IS growing
much faster than its population.
This business. is largely In the form
OF manufacturing although the whole
sale trade is also expanding to enor-
nous proportions. The growth of
railway. telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS naturally keeps pace with trade,
manufacture and population All this
requires constant activity In building
operations and the employment of an
increasing army of labor. In other
words, Atlanta, and the great State
of Georgia OF which It is the metrop.
oils, are enjoying an era of extraor-
dinarv prosperity.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

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a HOSE of New subways.

To relieve the elevated roads. sur.
face lines and subway OF New York
City itself, nineteen new Eubways have
been proposed Greater speed OF q
larger number Of trains or he s'Ls"
and subway Is Impossible wltaout dan
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-20

the South was MOI making the most Of
its possibilities in cotton culture, and
so proceeded to make a thorough
study OF the most valuable plant the
earth has ever produced" as he puts
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-06-09
GEN. oEveNs' STATUE.
Monument to Civil War Hero to De
Unvsilsd in Worcester, Aass.,
on July Z.

PlanP for the erection Of the Gen.
Charles Devens statue. which II to b
placed In front OF the county court
house In Lincoln square. at Worcester.
Mass. are rapidly being completed by
the Devens statue commission. July
= has been selected as the date for
the unwilling OF the statue and it,
formal transfer from the commission
to the county. The only reason for q
change in the date will be the nom
completion of the casting in time for
the exercises to take place ON indie
pendence day.
The first active move for the Devors
statue was the passage Of the act by
the legislature on February IL, 1902, au-
thortztng the Devens memorial statue
commission to collect funds from indI-
divuals and towns in Worcester cuun-
~ for the purpose OF erecting q memo
rial to the couniy's soldier-statesman-
1urist.
In November. 1903. the commission
accepted the sketch Of the complete
statue as submitted by the scuiptorA
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-06-09
COW PEAS.
Being Adapted to Northern Growth
and Proving q Good Crop for
Making Hay.

We would advise most Of our read.
ers to make . study Of COW peas. for
on many Of our farms they will be
found available. Cow peas are amons
the most interesting farm plants that
We have. This vas until quite re-
eentiy considered . plant adapted to
the United States south Of the Ohio
river. but within . few years COW
PEAS have bsen raised a. far north
- Michigan and wisconsia. They
haze ripened seed q far north A.
Madison. They make . good crop for
plovinG under when the aoil Il DEF.
eient In humus and needs some green
manure. They have . large leafy top.
A man must choose. however, the
variety suited for bis purpose. II he
intends to plow them under he must
use . non-running variety. a. the
long vines OF the running varieties
cannot be easily piowed under, for
obvious reasons.
The COW pea makes q good hay. but
must be cut early or the leaves will
fall Oh. A. . hay crop It IL being
displaced BY the soy bean. South Of
central lllinols COW peas may be
grown much more successfully than
north OF that point. where the frosss
cosa' early. To those Wishing 10 20
Into the details Of COW PEA growing.
the Farmers' Review suggests the
nend'ns to your state experiment. sta.
ton for their literature on the grow.
i-S OF CIV peas In your state. Every
't;ts hes its peculiar coalitions and
tie use that can Be- made Of the COW
pee n oes state b not the same A. the
sse that can Be made Of II II another
STATE.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-06-09
THE ceTTYsvRo GUN.
4 Piece Of Rhode Island ARTILLERY
Which Performed Coed serv-
ice in War.

The state OF Rhode Island has now
as a treasured relic \ cannon which
belonged to Battery B, First r I. L.
A.. and q resolution Is before the
general assembly authorizing the ap-
preparation Of $500 for the erection Of
tablet on the Gettysburg battlefield
to mark the place where the gun was
last in action. On the tablet will be
placed the name OF Alfred G. Gard.
ner, whose hand placed the shot In
the muzzle and sealed II with his
blood"
The battery, better known a. Hax.
Yards, belonged TO the Artillery bri.
gade. Second corps. with its captain
commanding the brigade and Lieut..
T. Frederick Brown commanding the
battery. Al Gettysburg the battery
lost one ofiicer and ak men killed
and one ofYicer and IS men wounded.
and the nve batteries of the brigade
were so shattered that they had to be
consolidated into three During the
fiertest Of the hight William Jones was
No. l and Alfred G. Gardner No. : At
the piece. Gardner was In the act OF
taking the shot from No. 5, over the
wheel. when he was struck by q
rebel shell. which tore on his arm
and shoulder end then struck the muz.
Gle OF the gre and exploded. instant.
ly killing Jones' Gardner lived for q
very few minutes. sergt Albert
Straight was in command of the
piece. and ran to Gardner. who took
from his pocket his Bible. and. hand.
ing II TO Sefgt. Straight. said: Give
this to my wife. and tell her I died
happy" Sefgt- Straight then turned
TO the gun and tried 10 force down
the shot which Gardner had placed In
the muxzle. but owing 10 the bruised
condition II would not 60 down In
spite Of sergt. StraiGht's posnding II
with an AZ. As the gun cooled II
gripped the shot In the muzzie as In
q wise.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-06-09
JUST LIKE JIM.
How Simple Hearted Mother Thought
She Sent Pair Of Socks to Her
Boy By Telegraph.

During the var. says the Hartxell
tGa.) SUM-. when the militia were
about Savannah. an old lady who had
= iS.year-old son down there. went to
the depot At Greensboro with q pair
Of wool socks which she wanted sent
to her bold soldier boy" by telegraph.
Some men were walking about the de.
pot. One Of them told her to walk
into the once and he would hang the
socks on the wire and In . few min.
u,rs she would hear from Jim. The
u.sn pulled Oh his dirty. weii.woru
socks. and putting on the new ones
hung the old ones on the wire. asd
vent In aad told the old lady Jim
had received the socks and sent back
the old ones. which were hanging on
the wire. The delighted old lady
raised her spectacles. saw the old
socks. and requested the man to take
them down. renarkinE In . voice full
Of pride and tenderuess:
Jus like Jim-he always wus .
keerfui. savin' boy: and he has sent
his old socka back for his nanny TO
farm 'em-0od bless him." And In
turn. We asy God bless all such inao.
cent. tsndss.hsssted moshsss q Jim's
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-06-09

and these leaves open out. many Of
them have 4 row Of elongated holes
across the blade. where the beetle has
punctured 1t while II was rolled up.
Beetles feed with the head downward.
one species Is. parvulus) has been
reported from Maryland and Ne
oraska as seriously iniuring blue.
grass. Another Is. robustus) has
been known to breed In the roots Of
corn. Native food plants Of this
genus are the grasses. rushes and
sedges.
Where land has recently been brok.
en- from swamp or marshes. the Prai-
RE Farmer recommends that II is wise
to plant At drst some other crop than
corn. such as nax or potatoes. Fall
blowing Of infested land will tend to
drive the beetles to other fields.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-06-09

Calling attention TO the fidelity OF
the telegraph operators In San Fran.
cisco. where they kept their heads
and stuck IN their keys iii driven ou,
by the flames. the New York Sun has
this TO say: Fix the eyes Of the
community on a man In ofhcial place
and he will acorn his own safety. Give
the obscure man something 10 DO that
calls for greater activity than usual
and he will seldom fail 10 come W to
what Is expected Of him. Exceptional.
~ DARING deeds done BY our Aremsn
and policemen are often the result OF
the spirit Of the service. though Il 10
possibly less 20 In their case than In
tb.! q =. soldier or the sailor Who
il Of emulation ali compact !, In,
wolves no reflection on the soldier. the
sailor or those who, In other ranks
Of life. practice the military virtues Of
discipline and obedience 10 say that
the man Who. 10 great peril. Eoes %
doing his ordinary duty. with NO hope
Of applause. honors or Individual dis.
tinction. 10 a. heroic ~ any hero
TIM, Is Why Ne ask you TO take OF
your hat TO the telegraph operators In
San Francisco"
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-06-09
THE JOURNAL
MONTH VISTA . COLORADO.
What Money I. Doing.

There are even In these days . good
many families In the United States
who ind II possible TO do . certain
amount Of moderately high thinking
and still cultivate some Of the graces
Of life. They may be obliged to live
simply, says Scribner's, and yet may
not need To use up all their vitality
In manual labor. True. they must
walk when others ride. they must take
thought TO their apparel. that 1t be
presentable at small cost. and when
they entertain their friends they must
Z 1t simply. But they have time to
Sad books and they have money to
educate their children. Of,ener than
not they are persons whose family
traditions incline them to fastidious-
ness In social matters. They and their
forebears have been accustomed not
only TO well-bred. but interesting peo-
pie and have kept In touch with what
was going on in the world: In short.
they have a taste for the best society.
Twenty-Five years ago there was no
reason why they shouldn't maintain
their inherited or acquired right TO II.
but the tendency on the part OF GER
tain OF their fellow citizens to what
has been characterized as tho habit
OF getting rich" has changed all that
II is not only that the accumulation
OF colossal fortunes restricts the imam
cial chances OF the moderately ambi-
tious majority. but 1t deprives them
Of some innocent and legitimate com.
forts and pleasures TO which they
think themselves reasonably entitled.
by increasing SO tremendously the cost
Of living with the standard Of luxury
Is raised In proportion. This. to be
sure, Is an old cry. but to the impe-
eunious majority It does not cease to
be a live Issue.
Yet one cannot ind fault with the
people who have made money for
wanting to spend It; one cannot be
surprised II their ideas are crude and
II they fail TO appreciate . refined sim.
plicity. Most OF US spend all the
money we can AFFORD and We should
not thank anyone who should presume
10 dictate TO US N to what We ought
10 buy with 1t. The very rich do not
In the least intend to make life hard
for the rest OF the world. In fact.
from their kind hearted desire to give
pleasure we get some singularly bad
results. such as. for instance. the poor
girl With rich tastes. who. although
che need not always be = Lily Bart.
yet Is always In an unnatural and de.
moraiizinE position: and the young
man who goes to the dogs In his effort
TO keep up the pace with his rich
mates.