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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15
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Charcoal, let US repeat. is good for
the hogs.
Plow under the clover crop in the
orchard.
Powdered charcoal for the little
chicks.
The trap nest Identifies the profit
able hens
The lousy hog cannot thrive and
lay on fat.
Glover chaff is fine for the chickens
to scratch in.
Sour feed is not good for poultry, ex-
cept sour milk.
Self-respect is the beginning of re-
spect for others.
Lime will help soils which have a
tendency to bake hard.
Diversified farming needs dairying
to secure the best results.
The man who keeps scrub COWS is
on the way to the poor farm.
The heavy mixer is sure to be
hearty eater. Feed the brute.
Grits and oyster shells should be
before the fowls all the time.
A pure-bred dairy sire should be at
the head of every dairy herd.
The neglected poultry are the poul-
try which will not return profit.
The fineness of wool grown by a
sheep is not increased by high feed
ing.
Milk is a splendid reproducing
food. and should be fed literally when
possible.
Fruit and poultry sound good and
are good combination where proper
ly managed
Use skim milk instead of water in
making the mash and see how the
hens will lay.
The food of the growing horse must
be rich in the elements that make
muscle and bone.
Do not mate pullets under ten
months old, and then only with an old
er and vigorous male
In picking the broilers for sale be
sure and do not let the best of your
early winter layers 60
To have success the dairyman must
Mt his work to the conditions of the
rsace in which he lives
The age at which hogs should be
sattened for market depends much
upon the market demands
Land can be increased in value by
be done by stock raising and rotation
of crops.
Rear the heifer calves from the
most profitable of your COWS, and you
Will have begun the work of improv-
ing your herd.
Reciprocity on the farm is a good
thing. Give your best care to the
their best by you.
1t does not require pedigree to fill
the milk pail. The value of the COW
is largely determined by what she
puts into the pail
There should be no farm that does
can't be grown try COW peas or some
other pod bearing plant.
A grade bull has a mixed ancestry,
and for this reason his progeny will
partake of the different qualities,
good, bad or Indifferent
Hay and fodder should be fed aft
er the milk has been removed from
the barn to avoid the dust which is
caused by handling such feed.
Some farming districts are menaced
by the yellow peril-the mustard
plant Sulphate of iron in form of
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

The difference between soil
that has a packed and hard surface
and one that has been properly culti-
waited may be shown by loaf and
granulated sugar. Take a lump of
loaf sugar and hold one end so that 1t
touches the surface of a cup of wa.
tetr and instantly the whole lump is
moistened. Put enough granulated
sugar on a fine screen 50 that the
highest point of the mass will equal
in height the length of lump of
sugar Now, hold the screen SO that
the lower surface of the sugar just
touches the liquid. 1t will be found
that the water rises slowly and not
until some of the sugar is dissolved
will 1t reach the top of the mass.
This demonstration illustrates fairly
well the movement of water in the
soil and it shows very clearly one
of the reasons why the soil should
be cultivated often. especially during
dry season.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15
TOWN HELPS.

1t is easy TO estimate the business
Importance of place by the appear.
ance of its stores. Dingy, dirty ap-
pearing business places always give a
bad impression and are generally indi-
catlye of the character of the business
men of the town.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

Good newspapers are important fac
tors in building of towns. Well filed
advertising pages, as well as local
news pages speak for the prosperity
of place and makes an impression
upon the readers that assist the town
to greater prosperity.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

Each town should have a good pub
be held or entertainments given. If
such a hall be erected by private en-
terprise If rightly managed can be
made a profitable Investment in the
average small town.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-08-15

Quite often when towns are organ
lied the matter of providing for public
parks is overlooked. Every town is a
city in embryo. No one can prophesy
how great it may become in time. 1t
is well to look into the future and to
set aside grounds that may be used
for park purposes. 1t has been the
experiments of many cities that the
park question is a troublesome one
when not looked after in ample time.
There is nothing that makes the city
more attractive or is such blessing
to its people as n cozy park where
they may meet for recreation during
the warmer months of the year.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
GOOD PATERNALISM

HV HERE is one feature of the So
called paternalism of the Aus
Il tralian form of government that
has proved so successful in practical
trial that it has become general It
has to do with orphaned or abandoned
children. Under its methods there may
be said to be- no orphans in Australia.
AS soon as a child loses its natural
protectors it is taken by police officer
to the home of some respectable
woman, who looks up all the necessary
data to present the case to the chill
dren's council in the children's court,
where the facts are recorded and the
child legally committed to the care OF
the council. With this order and in
formation the council selects a home
for the child among the farming popu-
lation. The child is instructed in his
rights, and that the state pays a cer-
tain annual stipend for his keep and
care till he is 1S years old. Sometimes
it is necessary to. change the home of
the child several times before a suit
able one is found, personal antipa-
thies of child and foster parents being
considered.
The child is taught to do certain
work, and is sent to school. The school
teacher and the local constable are re-
quired to report regularly to the chill
dren's council anything wrong in the
child or it's foster parents. The local
physician is required to attend to the
child and report his condition of health
regularly.
At his thirteenth year the child is
hired out to his foster parents and
works for them till he is 1S years old,
beginning at "a cents per week and
board and clothes and rising to $1.44
per week as he comes of age. Three
fourths Of his wages until he is 16 is
deposited in the Postal Savings bank
in his name, and when he is of age 1t is
paid to him under the advice and
direction of the council.
Such a system has been on trial in
Australia for thirty years, and has
been found to be excellent for the child
and a sure feeder for the labor market
Results have proved decidedly that the
method has many advantages over the
raising of children in institutions. Il
is now conceded that children come
out of institutions poorly Nequippet
mentally, morally and physically FOL
the battle with the world.
1t is plain to be seen that the con
stant paternal supervision of the STATE
is the key to success, and without i
there could be nothing but cruelty ant
misuse of the children If they fell int
bad hands. The same is true Of Ameri
can institutions
| DR.. Bayard Holmes, in commenting
on the Australian system in the Ameri
lean Medical Journal. remarks that thu
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
The cAR-eARN DANCE

Tho lemon wagon rumbled by today
And dropped me off sour one-are sou ~, o-
/ went and gave the boss cooney o GU.
About the Car-Rarn Kick-what did ne ssay
Back to your platform, Clarence hsh' ai'1
,,ns1a gay Tho iocund fares nor think upon
The iarxs of Harry Lehr or Bath House John
For they are 1T and you are still on pay
- s,,,,-nrancinr all night long.
90 sn,,s',,o carconductors and their queens.
Clad In their laughing to JON .ne III th
That makes the Car-Barn luio'ioA
.s neanS nea' 7 had a brainstorm just last trip
Wien I took Pansy's fare from GIL the oiip'
At midnight, when. got a. gasp gas lust nv to lamp
And see the Creamy Charles do the va.hp
And swing their Fancy Floras an II. lunch
/ piped my Pansy in amohs s ~. ~ with ,he
and asked her would she mix IL "i' s
pvo,,,dn't she like to join me in stamp
She sa w me first and stopped me WIN p
- noot a loop with Gill the Grip;
T1.N, gaW I5irirv Smith and Handsome HANK she
heeieun ~ dossv hunks she took skip,
VIZ ~, time the German tune professor spleleu'
1,,,t nix with me the lghtsome TOE sne sp,uS i,,
As Caesar said TO Cassius, oucni ~ s'u"s'
.,., was a pretty lusty clout
Tbo2 cbonned me off with Pansy-don't you
fret' ,,,,ta a blaze inside my garret yet,
IA asI the Dipper Corps can't put Il out
ai,, Anu az ~ ,-r,r's a pretty >ricky tout
i1rS TISder the old rag-rug for him. you Det'i
When l put on my Navajo and get
one license to unloose my soui anu s"ou''
Perbaps he thinks I'm old Molasses & Freight, ..
s,detracxed at Poked Pond and nileo with
,y, ,4i,,r T., NC, sor congress to appropriate
The nuggets draped around me IN festoons.
wait IN ticket Pansy. then / guess
Slow Freight will switch to honeymoon Elk
pressl
ftrrono .srhe Love Sonnets Of Car Con-
ductor." by wallace Irwin. In Success Maga-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
Population of Los Angeles 100000
TREE PLANTING

" HE average tourist. arriving in Los
Angeles for the first time, expect
II ing to see so much in the way of
trees, flowers, fruit, ETC., is surprised
at the dearth of the former in many
parts of the city. 1t is fact that the
curse Of telegraph poles has wrought
havoc with tree planting and tree cul-
ture on our streets through the resi-
dence district, but this is soon to be
thing of the past, and tree planting
may now safely be planned without
taking into consideration the presence
of the unsightly pole.
En- route to Los Angeles a great
many come through Salt Lake City,
where tree planting was obligatory
long before telegraph poles were used,
and the one great distinguishing fea-
ture of beauty in that city is the long
rows of trees of mature growth that
line all the wide streets in all direc-
tions to the city limits. In the old
days of Mormon supremacy in city
matters the street cutters were con-
duits for water direct from the noun
tain canyons, and trees were not only
planted with care, but were religiously
tended with care, and the result today
is one of the most valuable assets that
city has. The trees of Salt Lake City
streets are the one feature that saves
them from conveying a sense of mo-
notony to the eye, which their great
width and cleanliness could not other
wise compensate.
In Los Angeles all things, material
and sentimental. warrant the planting
and care of trees in all the many miles
of the residence district, and the pres
ent is a good time to begin. We have
show places many, and some streets
well lined with trees. but one standing
at any crossing will fail to find con-
tinuous outrageous vista in any direc-
ton. Our many miles of cement side
walks invite tree planting, and the en-
hanced value of real estate through
this means should cause it to be gen.
orally done, if only on the low plane of
dollars and cents; but when we come
to the high plane Of esthetic and scenic
beauty it becomes a duty on all who
own a foot of frontage.
The beauty of uniformity in class of
trees should also be observed, as it
was in the planting years in Salt Lake.
to the end that great and uneven
breaks may not be in evidence when
the trees have gained growth. The
propaganda of shade tree planting is
good viewed from any standpoint, and
especially from the point of its esthetic
and educative effects on the young.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
THE COAL MINERS


A CCORDING to oHcial labor union
n reports only 10000 union members
"A. now remain in labor organization
district in Pennsylvania which contains
fully $4,000 miners The cause of this
remarkable and significant detection is
explained in several ways, the outcome
of the Scranton convention in 1906 be-
Dlng considered an important one.
What is to be the result of this con-
dition in labor union affairs is a trying
problem just now. For years the labor
ing man clung to the idea that a bet
terment of his condition lay in union
ism. After all these years of strife,
bloodshed and poverty through timed
strikes is he disillusioned? Must he
return to the long. heart breaking
hours small pay and lack of educa-
tion for his children. to a condition of
former hopeless plodding, or will he
turn to some new method not now de-
veloped? Is Mitchell a failure as a
labor leader? In view of conditions
now obtaining in the great coal mining
regions it seems he is; and not that he
has failed to do all man could do
under the circumstances, but because
there is evidently something more
needed than present day unionism
offers
In the great strike of 1905, President
Mitchell promised, if the men would
rally to his support, to obtain all the
concessions they sought, and after
vigorous campaign lasting over months
he brought the membership of the
union up to its high water mark, and
then ordered the strike. Late in 1905
a proposition to the operators involv-
ing all the claims of the men was
made, and coldly turned down by them
Mitchell ordered the men out, and the
Scranton convention was the result.
The history of that convention is we'll
known; how the debate dragged along
for days, the mems chances dwindling
every day, and the final outcome of
utter failure.
The thousands Of union men were
stunned at the result, and wholesale
desertions from the unions followed,
till now there are scores of 'locals"
which cannot muster a quorum. What
will be the next development in this
cause? Attempts are being made to
the locals by lowering
the initiation fees, but in the face of
the Scranton failure the men are dis
pirited Nand look suspiciously at fur
ther union effort.
In all of this there is a great and
grave lesson, which teaches the vast
difference between rights under the
law and advantages through unionism.
The former may patiently be wrought
for under the aegis of supporting
public opinion, while the latter, no
matter in what tempting disguise. is
sure, sooner or later, to lead to defeat.
These men had a claim for undoubted
rights, to which their leaders added
and lost both. What will
the union coal miners do now?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
FUNNYGRAPHS

"A woman who tries to look like a man is a
fool, annc,nced Mr.. Jawback.
I should say she Is" said Mrs. j., looking
And even though she agreed with him, he
didn't like it. somehow.-Cleveland Leader
I'm surprised that you should be SO inter-
ested in watching those silly dudes"
Force of habit. l guess. I'm president OF
a real estate improvement society"
'Well?'
Press.
Josiah" said Mrs. Chugwater. wiping her
srectacles, baseball must be an awful cruel
game. This paper says a man named Smith
was pounded all over the lot. And 1 guess 1t
must have been true, for 1t says that in the
next inning he died on second base. Chicago
Tribune.
Josh NJ. A. Long-I tell you. trusts are ge.-
tins TO be terrible things in this country.
Goetz Dunn-Sure thing. Why, there's that
outrageous. He won't sell a single share of
it.-Florlda Times Union.
''see here said the lady, you told me that
work would cost me slS and here you've sent
Yes m," replied the carpenter; ''you see,
when came to think the thing over afterwar.l
was afraid maybe you'd be superstitous
Gee Whit said the nervous passenger,
''you only just missed that man back there
Yes, l know 1t; and that's the second I've
missed this morning, confound it, returned
the chauffeur Indignantly Must be sorne-
tfmg wrong with the steering gear."-The
Chaparral.
Mrs. Lapsling was explaining the nature OF
the injury sustained by Johnny when he fell
of the back porch.
'It's e wonder he ever went through 1t
alive" Ats said. THE doctor says he came
mighty near fracturing his juxtaposition. You
know, that's the bone next to the medallion
obligato."-Chicago Tribune.
why you playing hookey7"
80 pail whip me-"
$50 your pa will whip you?"
yep; he always gives me half doIla:
| after he licks me."-Houston Post.
Br'er Johnson wuz a honeyl
| You hear him. late en- soon:
| Somebody raise de money.
| Please God, Ill raise de tune!"
Atlanta Constitution.
He tells me he has never lost CASE
| BAH"
HAS he?'
mo; but the moliycoddle never pleads any
thing but the unwrltten law."-Pittsburs
Post
| when you sold me this watch" said the
mild-mannered man. you said It would woss
| like a charm. p.
well.'' replied the jeweler
well, suppose you sell me charm now
| perhaps that will work like watch. "-Phila-
delphia Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
THE HARTMAN CULT

"T HEN the wise Israelite wrote:
WV For as he thinketh in his heart
w so is he" 1t is just possible he
had in mind the E. H Hartman of his
day, so truly does the man of our
day, who runs railroads to make
them pay dividends" match up with
the rich man of old.
The nation was recently distraught,
so the corporations affirmed, because
of the work of the "big stick" and
Everything is going to ruin" They
cried from the housetops till conserv-
ative men felt forced to sit up and
look conditions over lest there might
be truth in the cry.
Now comes E. H. Hartman, fresh
from his western vacation-but any
thing but "fresh" from any other cause
and hands out the following gem to
a, waiting public: IT found the atti-
tude of people of money in the west to
be one of uncertainty. There is more
money in the country than we believe
but it is being withheld from free cir
culation because of some apparent feaI
or apprehension. think securities have
gone very much below what they
should have gone under any circum-
stances"
This is a case of Hobson's choice
which does credit to e. H. Harriman'i
growing popularity as humorist
Money is plentiful, but the people hest
tate to invest because of some appar'
ent fear or apprehension" and those
who roost on the corporation fences
will read the ''big stick into that ut
terance, and that is what E. H. Harri
man meant they should do; but thos'
who know the crucifying power of thu
mob and graft rule dominant for 81
llong in San Francisco will see that a
the cause of the "fear and apprehen
sion' and r. H. Hartman will b.
saved from repetition of the Roose
veltian ''liar" episode.
Just how, when and where e. II
Hartman learned all these things, ant
the great public all about him neve
heard of them is peculiar to the Har
riman methods, but when it comes t.
the why, the people are there in force
Mr.. Hartman must be in the publi
Ieye and must do business at the sam
time. and seeing the good effects of tn
Irumpus raised by the stock gambler
at the "big stick" process and wishing
Ito continue it, he deliberately defame
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15

DIR. Powers suggestion to extermi-
nate the rats in Los Angeles is wise
one. 1t would be we'll if persistent
campaign against these animals were
carried out all the year around. All
good citizens will cooperate with the
board of health in its efforts to keep
Los Angeles a clean and sanitary city.
In the quarter inhabited by Japanese
and Chinese the inspectors meet with
most opposition. There ought to be
some way whereby the police could
work with the health department in
the enforcement of the laws. Every
city with a foreign population which is
largely composed of Asiatics has more
or less difficulty in keeping the quar-
ter clean. japanese restaurant keepers
have given more trouble than any other
class. The laws seem to be adequate,
but the observance rests largely with
the people. determination of vermin
will greatly aid the health officers. Kill
the rats!
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15
WELLMAN EXPEDITION

VII ALTER WELLMAN of the Chi
w cago Record-Herald expedition
~ abandoned his intention of sail
ing over $50 miles of ice to the pole,
and gives as his reason therefor that
continued strong northerly gales made
it impossible for the ship to make head
way.
While it is an open question if the
game is worth the candle, it cannot be
denied that Wellman has shown per-
sistency and determination worthy of
his cause Assailed bitterly from the
very sources to which other men on
similar undertakings look for sympa-
thy and support; handicapped with a
method wholly untried and prema-
turely condemned in the public mind;
cut off by stinging ridicule from that
great stay of other men, the sentiment
Of national pride in his work; lacking
the support of scientific or corporate
scholarship in any form, he has stood
at his post awaiting the one chance
of fair weather to make an attempt,
the while fully conscious that failure
either in going or staying-would bring
additional ridicule on his name and
undertaking, and never answered a
word to his detractors; and this means
true grit and courage.
The Herald is not champion of
polar exploration. and certainly not of
the Wellman proposition, but it is
champion Of those who do all that in
them lies, even though they fail. Well
man returning beaten by adverse cir
cumstances is far nobler than Wellman
being brought back-dead or alive
after foolhardy attempt made in the
face of universal ridicule, and with no
higher aim than to circumvent that
ridicule.
Nothing succeeds like success" and
it's congener, nothing fails like fail
ure," are the current but cruel man.
dates of our humanity, and the busy
world takes cognizance of mems lives
and achievements only by their cold
measure, but the civilized human hear!
can and does go beyond these barbar-
Gus edicts and finds true courage in
the most disastrous failure. and high
manhood in the grasp Of adversely, ano
cheerfulIy bears witness thereto. Well.
man failed to go, for the same reasons
for which Peary failed to go. Why
rfdicule Wellman and laud Peary?