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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
Mr.. B. II. Turner. GAINESVILLE. Ga.
Dear Sir.

Mr. B. II. Turner. GAINESVILLE, Ga.
Dear Sir:
l regret to say that it is impossible for
US to make an analysis of your soils at
the present time for the simple reason
that we have not had the funds with
which to equip and operate a chemical
laboratory. We hope funds will be pro-
vided by legislative enactment at no dis
tant date for this purpose, and that we
can undertake a systematic investigation
OF the different soil types occurring
throughout the state for the benefit OF
those who cultivate the land
We do not think there is anything more
important which could be undertaken as
that would give up definite information
on which to proceed. 1t is true that a
soil analysis only indicates the total
amount of plant food. and not the
amount that is available, but with this
information in hand it is easier to make
deductions and suggestions for the tiller
Of the soil than can otherwise be done.
Ordinary bottom land will need little
nitrogen. II your corn makes plenty oil
stalk we would suggest that you use,
say 10-4 acid and potash mixture at the
rate of 800 to 400 pounds per acre. If you
are not making enough stalk on this land,
2-lO-4 would probably answer better.
For hillside land that is of a reddish col
or, a 2-1O-4 or a 3-10-4 for corn used al
the rate of 500 pounds per acre should
answer very well. the per cent of ni-
trogen used to be determined by the
character of stalk this land ordinarily
grows and with which you are no doubt
familiar.
The gray land to which you refer with
red clay subsoil may be of a sandy ma
ture. though you do not state this in
your letter. II it is of a more sandy
character than the other land and you
intend to devote ii to cotton, 1t would
probably be well to increase the per cent
of potash somewhat. For this land we
would suggest that you use 3-1O-4 MKT
ure at the rate of 500 pounds per acre.
These are high-grade goods and in order
for you to obtain the best results there
from, you should pillow and prepare your
land very thoroughly, and cultivate late
into the season so as to conserve mois-
ture and stimulate the movement of soil
water containing plant food through the
crop as long as possible. You should also
use well-selected seed and put the crop
in with care. We think the amount of
fertilizer suggested may be applied with
where you use cotton seed meal as the
nitrogen carrier. If you find that your
crop is not making a sufficiently rapid
growth as the season advances, you might
use a top dressing of nitrate of soda
at the rate of 70 to $50 pounds per acre.
We are inclined TO think that you will
find nitrate of soda unnecessary with the
amount of fertilizer suggested.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13

ST. PAUL, Minn.-One million bales OF
cotton to be moved from Mobile,
Ala, to Yokohama. Japan.
This is Jim Hills giant contract this
year-one of the greatest transportation
tasks ever undertaken.
The landing of the contract marks a
new era for the south, for the northwest
and Japan.
1t means a new market for the south,
more work for the railroad men and
across the country. and mammoth in
crease in Japan's new cotton industry.
And for the wizard of the north-griz-
zled Jim Hill-it means another daring
adventure added to his record.
One million bales-that means $4,000
900 pounds of cotton to be carried half
way around the world. Hercules tabled
seven tasks would be child's play beside
this.
If the Washington monument was as
broad and deep as the Singer building,
or the Metropolitan Life, or the biggest
office building I'm the world, it would
look like a two-story tin ship alongside
this pile of cotton.
That half billion pounds of cotton piled
in heap would compare favorably with
the Rock of Gibraltar.
Made into bed sheets it would provide
two seven foot bed sheets-Texas size, s
feet by 1-2-for every man, woman and
child in United States and its possessions,
France. Germany, Russia and Italy.
over 100, 100000 people. black, white, red,
yellow and brown, could sleep well nights
under single cotton sheets made of the
cotton in Jim Halls big contract.
Or make it into strips 50 feet wide, and
it would cover a roadway leading twice
around the world.
A great white highway from the north
pole around TO the south pole and back,
and another one crossing 1t and betting,
the world at the eauator-this is the cot
ton in the gigantic contract.
bales of cotton would make a train 165
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13

wire and swinging it around three sides
of the next lot. Where the lot is of con-
siderable size you may desire to have the
wire in two or three pieces to facilitate
handling. If you are going into the bust
ness of raising hogs on an extensive
scale, we would of course build perma-
nent fences around the lots, using woven
wire and boards at the bottom. The wire
should run somewhat under the ground,
and the posts used should be very heavy.
We believe every person should have per-
manent hog lots, but for temporary work
we know of nothing better than the plan
suggested, and we have tried quite a
number.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13

Forcing a Crop Of Cotton

" A. n. Lafayette. Ca. writes:
have some red land 1 want TO put In cot
ton this year I planted this land TO cot
ton the 18th day of May last year. I used
80 pounds OF 2-IO-2 guano per acre and
gathered 80 pounds Of seed cotton. This
year i am thinking OF using 800 pounds
OF "A per cent acid phosphate and 800
pounds Of 4-l0-4 guano and plant thirty
days carrier Do you think this would be
ADVISABLE
Three hundred pounds Of a 2-lo-2 fer
tflizer contain about pounds OF nitrogen,
% pounds Of phosphOric acid and pounds
OF potash. You viii thus see that you
did not apply a large amount OF two OF
the essential elements OF plant food to
your land While we regard acid phos-
phate as necessary for Fastening ma
turity and the perfection Of the seed. we
believe that your proposed application
would be a little out OF proportion, and
that II would be better for you TO use a
larger amount OF the 4-l0-4. rather than 900
pounds OF 4-l0-4 and 800 pounds OF "a per
cent acid phosphate. -Four hundred pounds
Of 4-le-4 for instance. would provide is
pounds OF nitrogen. "a pounds OF phos-
phoric acid and rs pounds of potash This
We think would more nearly supply the
plant food elements in the proportion re-
quired by the cotton crop than the use
OF the formula you suggest.
The early planting OF cotton is desirable.
as a rule. but planting before the ground
IS sufficiently warm 10 cause termination
and q rapid growth OF the plants after
they come up Is not advisable, I'm our
judgment. The plants become stunted
during a cold spell and are much more
subject to disease than where they are
planted under son and temperate condi-
lions that will enable the seed TO germi-
nate quickly and grow on rapidly. This
r. a point we think worthy Of the careful
consideration OF every farmer who Is in
terested in the cultivation OF cotton. There
Is nothing gained. in our Judgment. by
20 replant.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13

miles long.
When the eaboose of this train pulled
out of the yards at Mobile, the engine
would have passed New Orleans. historic
Donaldson. and within sight of the spires
of Baton Rouge.
As the caboose left the Great Northern
yards at st. Paul. the engineer would be
looking out on the prairies of Dakota.
And when the train drew into the dock
yards at Seattle, the end of it would be
Extending up over the Cascade mountains.
and down the valley. half way across ths
state OF Washington.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13

LYONS, n. Y, April 10.-Mrs. Georgia
ALLYN Sampson, whom a jury last night
acquitted of the charge of numbering her
husband, Harry Sampson, nephew OF the
late Admiral Sampson, made the follow
ing statement today before leaving for
her home at Macedonia:
at stood it for my father and mother.
Dear, dear father; never knew before
what a fathers love meant. I know
would be acquitted when the trial came,
and was contented to wait.
Girl-Wife's Story
. where was when Harry was shot?
Well. / will tell you all I can. On the
Saturday before Harry's death had been
to Rochester all the afternoon. When
came home / left my good clothes in the
east room upstairs. I came down in the
morning and Harry was still wrangling
I was excited and don't remember what
was said. Father told me to go upstairs
and keep still. l was hurt and went
away.
81 first went into the east room upstairs
and stood by the window. / saw father
drive out of the yard. I put away the
clothes / had worn to Rochester and went
into the front room. 1t was there heard
the outcry. II was about O'Clock. ran
down stairs as fast as 1 could and saw
Harry lying on the floor.
"He could not speak to me. You know
the rest
81 Am Innocent
'T am innocent of any wrong in eonnec-
ton with my husbands death. l never
wronged him in my life. 1 shaved for
him. raised chickens TO help him, raked
hay with him to save expenses, and I
loved him more than my life His mem
DRY is as dear to me today as anything
have left on earth.
cit almost broke my heart to see my
father and mother put to the grief of this
trial My dear mother was too i'll to
stand it. She is the dearest mother in
the world.
81 have not thought of any plans for
the future. I shall remain with my
father and mother as long as they want
me to. Later 1 may visit my sister and
aunt in Chicago.
TinkIebaugh and Mr.. Hamn, Justice Rich.
Sheriff Collins and his family, and my rel
atives who stood so Loyalty by me. Also
I thank the newspaper men for their kind
ness. Mr.. Gnbert's treatment of me was
fair. although he was severe. He only did
his duty as he saw it. / have no malice
toward anyone.
'I never dreamed that / would be ac-
cused of my husbands death until Mr..
Hamilton testified at the inquest and
everyone pointed at me. 1 am afraid Of
gun.
Loyal TO Husband
I'm conclusion, please let me say that
the reports that I was disloyal to my hus-
band are not true. The great grief of the
trial after the agony any girl would feel
on seeing a sick mother on a witness
he kF L.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
POET SWINBURNE
YIELDS TO DEATH

LONDON, April 1O.-Algernon Charles
Swinburne. the poet and essayist. died
this morning. He had been suffering with
influence which developed into pneumo-
mia.
Algernon Charles Swinburne was born
in London. April >. 1887. his father being
Admiral Swinburne and his mother, Lady
Henrietta. daughter of the third earl Of
Ashburnham. He was, educated in
France and England, and as a poet he
was especially wen known for his facile
metrical invention. He was a bachelor
and lived at The Pines, Putney.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
ATE WILD TURNIPS
WAS SOON A CORPSE

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. April 10.-Ho-
mer Skinner, II years old, son of Ernest
Skinner, died here last evening as re-
suit of eating wild turnips and his ten
year-old sister is seriously III and not ex-
pected to live. The children were dig
ging horse radish when they ate the
roofs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
/. A FTNE KIDNEY REMEDY

Mr.. A. S. Hitchcock Clothing dealer),
s6s Carrier building. East Hampton. Conn,
says IL any reader afflicted with kidney
or bladder trouble will write to him he
will direct them to the splendid home
remedy he 80 successfully used. He is
glad to do this and does not wish you to
send him money.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
JIM HILLS GIANT JOB

y One million bales of cotton from
y Alabama to Japan.
y VIII go by rail to Seattle. then
y by the Hill steamships.
y Would make pile of cotton big
. ger than. the biggest office build
y ing.
. Nearly as large a pile as the
y Rock of Gibraltar.
y Would make bed sheets for
y TO0.0o0.000 people.
y Or cover a 5O-foot roadway twice
y around the world-at the equator
y and the poles.
y Would fill a train of big cars
y 165 miles long.
y This is a train reaching from
. Mobile, IS miles past New Orleans.
y Or from ST. Paul clear across
y Minnesota. is
= Or from half way across wash
. ington state to Seattle.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
POULTRY.

HIGHEST OCALJTY-s. c. Rhode Island
Reds, s. C~-white Leghorn. buff Orpngtons.
white Wyandottes. white and barred Plymouth
Pekin Ducks eggs $50 per IL: Mammoth
bronze turkey eggs 81 80 per 9. Catalogue free.
hermitage Poultry Farm, Route IL, Hender-
sonville Tenn.
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Various kinds Of temporary fences may
be made for hog pastures. Some prefer
a hurdle made Of boards. and If you wish
information relative to this form of fence,
we shall be glad to furnish It. We are
using what we regard as a cheaper and
more satisfactory substitute for any of
the temporary fances we have seen. It
consists Of woven wire fencing 81 inches
high, though some may prefer to have il
IS inches. A heavy grade OF wire should
be used. Next secure slaves, preferably
OF hard wood, about FIVE feet long
Young locusts would be very satisfactory
to use for this purpose. Six inches of
the stave should project above the top
OF the wire. and the lower end should be
sharpened so as 20 drive readily into the
ground. These slaves are secured by
staples to the wire. and where only a
small pasture. say one-quarter Of an acre
is to be fenced. the wire is stretched and
held in position by driving the slaves
into the ground. Then as you usually lay
down crops for grazing in a series OF ad-
joining lots. IL is comparatively simple
matter to fence a new section by simply
drawing cut the slaves, rolling up the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
Corn siIage for Horses

correspondent wishes to know the
value of corn silage for horses.
We have not published any bulletins on
feeding silage 70 horses. though we have
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
Adopting Fertilizers to Soil Needs

Adopting FertIIILerS 10 SOL NeeuS
b. NJ. T., GAINESVILLE, Ca, writes: 1 am
very anxious to use this year on a ten
horse farm the right kind of commercial
fertilizer Can you tell me where 1 can
get an analysis of four different kinds of
soil made, and suggestions as to formula
for each, and the amount to use?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
Movable Fences for Hog Pastures

]. c. b, Marion, Ala. writes: I would
like to have your advice as to the best
kind of movable fence to build around a
hog pasture, and how it may be con-
structed?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13

Jim Hills 100000 Bales of
Cotton Will Fill Train I05 Miles
Long.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-13
Seeds and Plants

FOR sALE-Cotton seed Several hundred
bushels Layton Improved. S.0O per bushel
fob. Austell. Ga. Joel Hurt. Atlanta, Ca.
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Loyal TO Husband

I'm conclusion, please let me say that
the reports that I was disloyal to my hus-
band are not true. The great grief of the
trial after the agony any girl would feel
on seeing a sick mother on a witness
stand for her sake. was the attempt made
to blacken my character"
Mrs. Sampson was trembling percepti-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-10-14
TRYING 10 ALDIuCHiIE TENAs.

There vas a great tariff contro-
vcrsy in congress this year says
Mr. Bryan, and the result was that
the discussion ended in the hnmil-
iating situation Of the reform repnb-
Leans contending for a real revision
of the tariff, while the democrats
were quarrcling among themselves
over protection for the industries of
their own districts That was the
situation, summed up briefly, and
none can gainsay it. There We're
enough insurgent republicans TO have
assisted the democrats in passing
any kind of a tariff revision bill
they might have proposed, but, alas
and alack, for every insurgent re-
publican there were two insurSent
democrats conspiring and trading
with the "standpatters. Even old
Brother Cannon and his despotic
rules were sustained from defeat by
democratic votes. And the PROPOSE
ton now is to Aldrichize Texas under
the guise of protecting its raw ma
terial Beeville Bee
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department work, and of the growth
Of parsonage and supply departments
wer not only instructive but brought
out discussions from the members
on ways and means in every field of
our organization.
Our pastors able sermon on Sun
day in the special Home Mission SER
vice touched upon the growth and
extension of our work and the merits
of the Kentucky Mountain school
which will receive the week of pray
Or donations throughout Southern
Methodism. This amounted to about
$31 from our society A further do
nation was made on Sunday toward
the Ward Memorial Fund which
amounted to about $40.
PRESS SUPERINTENDENT.
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requirements NJ culture has greatly
modified the curriculum ~ our
higher institutions Of learning so
that In some Of them, at least the
student aho wisely elects his course
may secure q degree representing a
partial return for the time and labor
expended the whole atmosphere Of
these institutions Is siill redoleut Of
mcdiavalism While only about four
per cont Of tho pupils who enter our
public schools become professional
men or women, the whole system Of
education Is planned ~ prepare for
tho professional lie Many OF our
western states provide twenty years
Of free training to make a doctor, but
not one day TO make a good farmer,
bricklayer, mason or carpenter.
Unfortunately this impracticable,
oue-sided. narrow education Is not
confined 70 the colleges and univer-
stiles. but Is handed down TO the
hlgh SCHOOLS anu thIouEH 'utiH w
the grammar and primary grades.
The whole curriculum of the public
schools is arranged to meet the col
Iege professors standard for on
trance to a college, and even then
many colleges will not admit the
high school graduate. The pressure
from the outside has compelled the
pedagogues to add a few practical
subjects to the common school
course of instruction, which il Is the
fashion to call "fTills and feathers,
but they have taken nothing Off,
There is still the everlasting grind
iof languages and mathematics. The
curriculum has been overloaded so
that only the children with hydroce-
phalic heads and myopic eyes can
accomplish the tasks set for them
| Alfred Rufus Baker, NJ. D., in the
| Designer for November.
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WHY SALNES FAIL TO
CURE ECZEMA.
They Clog the Porcs-Only Liquid
Can Reach the Inner skin.

Since the old-fashioned theory of
curing eczema through the blood
has been given up by scientists,
many different salves have been
tried for skin diseases. But it has
been found that these salves only
clog the pores aud can not penetrate
to the inner skin below the epider-
mis- where the eczema germs are
lodged.
This-the quality of penetrating
probably explains the tremendous
success OF the only standard liquid
eczema cure, oil of wintergreen as
compounded in d. y. D. Prescription
After ten years of Gu after cure,
the worlds LEADING 81 FL specialists
have accepted thi, .s me true eczema
cure.
We ourselves do not hesitate to
recommend d. d. d. Prescription at
500 bottle, but for the benefit
of those who have never tried the
prescription. we arranged with the
ID d. d. Laboratories of Chicago fol
a special large trial bottle at p
cents on special offer now. Thi.
/ first hottie ought to convince every
sufferer. and. at any rate. it vii
surely take away the itch at once. B
w. Fearis. druggist, WaXahachie
Tevas 165-169-171
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Home Mission society.

In accordance with the observances
of the Home Mission society, quite
a number of Home Mission women
kept the week of prayer beginning
Monday. October 4th.
All who attended felt an increased
interest in our work and a spiritual
uplifting that only renewed conse-
Grafton can attain.
The programs containing informa-
ton of the Sue Bennett Memorial
school at London, Ky: OF our new
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is distinctly good Has ho not, M
decd. played @ piemy paft' Man has
not sot single star in the firma-
mapi. nor shaped a single mountain
range upon earth About All that he
hrs done d. 10 find the North Pole
and earn a living IN the way OF
building cities and railroads on The
ground furnished TO bits hands He
hasn't added an atom to the founda-
ton upon which his works rest, his
efforts being supcrlaUvely suporfi-
cial But what has Cathorinc's sex
done except invent beau-catch"rs'
Dallas News
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The National Midgets played tn cir
opening game with West End We'd
nesday, defeating them by the score
of 20 to 0. The feature of the game
was Crisler for the Midgets and Sin
gleton for West End. The Midgets
up we'll for their first game,
the back field. The game
for Saturday with Ennis was can
celed and instead the Midgets go to
Lancaster to play Speers' third team.
The lineup for the teams are as fol-
lows:
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AS TO "AIDING BRYAN

The position of Speaker Cannon
and the arbitrary police he repre-
SCENTS have never seemed more vui-
nerable than when the speaker, in
his Iowa speech, challenged the re-
publicanism of Senator Cummins.
Senator Dolliver and the Iowa repre-
sentatives who voted against the
tariff bill, and accused them of Civ
ing aid to Mr.. Bryan.
The insurgents are the only re
pubIicans who kept the party faith.
They are insurgents only in their
dissent from the dictatioD of the spe-
cial interest organization of con-
gress. They are exactly in line with
their party at large, with its prom
Uses and with the pledges of its
leader in IT, presidential campaign.
And as to aiding MIR, Bryan, such
charge is audacious effrontery at
the hands of Speaker Cannon. The
only aid given to the democratic
party in the extra session was the
big boost involved in the betrayal
of the republican party Cannon and
Aldrich and their blind or culpable
followers did far more for the de-
mocracy in that session than the
democratic members did. If the re,
publican house majority is lost il
next years elections it will not be
the fault OF the insurgents, but OF
the reactionists The uncertain seat,
are all occupied by Cannon men,
Kansas City Star
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Now that Catherine has warbled,
we hope she feels better "Why do
men wait on women? 1t must be adj
mitted, painful though it be, that the
hidden cause is mans insignificant
role in the structure of the universe, ="
writes Catherine ID. Groth in Har-
per's Weekly. Taken for granted
the axiom that man as man has alb
solutely no right to exist, his only
claim to life lies in his power OF be-
ing agreeable 10 woman and Of serv-
ing her. If he does not do this he Is
useless and unnecesss ry. "--Waxa-
hachie Light. Mans insignificant
role IN the structure of the universe"
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The democratic platform adopted
by the Bailey convention at fort
Worth, when the senator was elected
delegate to Denver, seems to have
been a little side play, which it was
not intended should count.
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This much may be said TO the
credit OF George Clark, the little
giant of other days knowing he
cannot be elected governor he has
refused TO enter the race at the so
icitauon of few over-zealous
friends