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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

If you should ever happen in the neigh
borhood of Hickory Level, Carroll coun-
tS. and strike a man whose name you
didn't know, call him Allen. Nine times
out of ten you will be right.
Last month the Allen family held re-
union. Roosevelt should have witnessed
1t. There were nine brothers and sisters
present. together with lis of their chill
dren and grandchildren. Only 20 of the
grandchildren found it impossible to at
tend, and their absence was almost COM
pensated by IS sturdy great-grandchil-
dren.
Taken all in all. the Allen stock has
proved itself prolific reasonably.
In the smaller group shown in the ae-
companying pictures are the nine brothers
and sisters, the offspring of Larkin A.
Allen, who came as bold pioneer to
Georgia from old Lincoln county. N. c.,
back in the early years OF the last CEN
fury His forebears had originally hailed
from IL LAND, the land o. mirth and hope
and so many other good things. Prior to
Larkin's advent in Georgia, one Jona-
than Mostiller, also of North Carolina,
had come with his good wife into Carroll
county, and having hewn road six miles
through the primeval forest, built him d
home, such as belonged to that hardy and
picturesque era. With the Mostillers had
come a beautiful girl, kinswoman OF
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

theirs, named Miss Martha Arney. Ger
many had been their native home.
THE BEGINNING.
Providence so shaped affairs that one
day Larkin and Martha met. 1t was an
old-fashioned love match. The house you
see in the larger group picture is the one
they built when they were married. 1t Is
now the home of their youngest son, who
subsequently cut away it's upper story.
That is where the big reunion was held
last August Friday the 18th.
One of the brothers is Z. NJ Allen, Of
Atlanta, 101 Power street.
I'VE spent weeks beforehand" said he,
writing to all the grandchildren to get
them together at the old home place.
Some people are superstitious about FRI
day, the 18th, but I'll declare I never
knew a happier or more suspicious day.
We opened the occasion with hymn
called The Great Reunion Then my
brother, w NJ Allen. the oldest one of
us, read the Scriptures from the fourth
chapter of John. He presided. A. w.
Allen next led in prayer, and there were
short speeches by a number of the grand
children. We had dinner such as you
can find only in the country--barbecued
meats of all sorts, turkey, chicken, pies.
cakes and custards, preserves, and water
melon and ice cream. The grandchildren
had come from places hundreds of miles
away, for they are now scattered all over
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
QUERIES ANSWERED
THE CATTLE TICK


T. F. B.. Augusta, Ga, writes: 1 would
Ike all the information you can give me
in regard TO the cattle tick.
The cattle tick is found in nearly all
parts Of Georgia, though there are
few counties that are free OF this pest.
II constitutes one Of the great obstacles
TO the development Of animal industries
in this state. other counties can be
freed by the establishment of a system
attic quarantine. The federal authori-
ties are ready and willing to cooperate
with she state in this matter Up to this
time there has been no funds appropriSr
ted by the state for the work. 1t is con-
servatively estimated that the cattle tick
causes an actual loss to the southern
states Of 100000 year. This loss is
in part made up through the death Of live
stock as a result of tick infestation, the
reduction in quality of the grade of cat
tie which can survive its attack. and to
the fact that the cattle can only be ship
ped out at certain seasons of the year.
But for the cattle tick. animal husbandry
could be developed in the south on as
comprehensive a scale as anywhere else
because the natural conditions are so IA
vorable. much more so than in the great
ranching sections Of the far west.
While there are five species of ticks
found on cattle in the south, there is only
one-The North American Texas fever
CBoOphilus AnnuslatusJ which is of any
concern TO the live stock breeder. The
question of tick eradication has been in
vestigated more or less carefully for
many years past, and il was thought at
first that animals could be inoculted
with defibrinated blood from an animal
infected with the disease and made i'm
mune forever from the tick. Unfortu-
nately. however, immunized animals do
not seem TO transmit the power of re-
sistance TO their offspring. For this and
other reasons the practice can not be re-
garded as very satisfactory, and through
a study OF the life history of the animal
an attempt was next made to find out
a means OF controlling and eradicating it.
This has been accomplished in recent
years and the method of forever
destroying the tick is so simple that il
is surprising that more progress has not
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

experiments indicating as a whole that
hogs would just about hold ther own on
alfalfa
GRAIN, GRASS AND ALFALFA, RA-
TIONS FED AT UTAH STATIONS.
gain of LOT pounds made. Where the hogs
en- per 100 lbs. gain, 40.
Grain and pasture, average daily gain,
III; food eaten per 100 lbs. gain. S.S5.
Corn and alfalfa. average daily gain.
In; food eaten per 100 lbs. gain. 400.
Wheat and alfalfa, average daily gain.
80; food eaten per 100 lbs. gain. 3.76
Alfalfa pasture. but little more than
maintained.
RAPE AND ADJUNCTs
In certain experiments made at the
Virginia station II appeared that rape in
a luxuriant condition was a maintenance
ration for brood sows. At the Alabama
station where rape and corn meal were
fed the gain per head per day amounted
to Sc Of a pound, showing that cheap
gains can be made from this combination.
In Wisconsin rape was fed with two parts
OF corn and one part of midlings and a
gain Of 1.O7 pound made. Where the hogs
were grazed on clover with the same
grain ration a gain OF / pound per head
per day was made At the same station
hogs fed grain and middIings made a gain
OF II pound per head per day. Another
lot similarly fed but allowed TO Craze on
rape made a gain of IS pound per head
per day. which il is plain to see would
effect a considerable saving in the grain
where a large number of hogs are ham
died.
RATIONS FED OF RAPE AND AID
JUNCTS.
Virginia. rape. but little more than
maintained.
Alabama, corn meal and rape, average
daily gain, sc; food eaten per 100 pounds,
gain. 2e0.
Wisconsin, corn 2. middlings /, rape, av-
erage daily gain, 1.e7; food eaten Der 100
pounds, gain. S.62. Corn 2. middlings /,
rape. clover. average daily gain, 100; food
eaten per 700 pounds gain. $50. Corn meal
and middlings, equal parts, average daily
gain, II: food eaten per 100 pounds. gain.
4.s7. Corn meal and middlings. equal
parts, and rape. average daily gain, IS;
food eaten per 100 pounds gain. 40.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

the SOUTH"
The nine brothers and sisters, however.
all live near Hickory Level within foul
or five miles of each other. They are
among the most thrifty, well-to-do and
progressive citizens of that section of ths
state and are known far and wide for Sht
steadfastness with which tsey stand b5
each other.
Here are their names: Mrs, j. o. Ste
vens, a. years old; Mrs. M. D. Powell -
years old: Mrs. s. NJ. Baslkin, 81 years old,
Mrs. A. Z, Spake. 81; ]. L. B. Allen, -
w. W. Allen, 50: z. NJ. Allen, 81.
There was one attendant at this famous
reunion as interesting as any OF the fam
lily. 1t was the hale looking gander which
you geo In the bottom row of the Target
group This venerable bird is q yeart
old He was raised from tiny gosline
by Mrs Larkin Allen, who has now been
dead 16 years. Her grandchildren remem-
Der that she often plucked him eaca
spring to replenish her feather beds. II
is said that once the gander disappeareo
from the Allen farm and was gone fol
four years IN a dense swamp along the
banks of the adjacent Tallapoosa river
The tradition is that there he mated Wit
a crane Cthe crane and goose are close
kind and reared a strange brood, few
survivors of which occasionally SURPRISE
the neighbors to this day. One morning
the old gander came waddling home again
and there he is now as healthy and cheer
fll as though he had just Matched
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

been made
Briefly described. the life history OF the
tick is as follows:
The fully enEcrged female, which you
have no doubt observed on animals In
yocr pastures drops TO the ground and
deposits something like 5000 eggs. The
number OF egs and tEe time required to
deposit them vary with the food and
temperature. In the summer sometimes
more than 5000 may be deposited in a
few days. Eggs laid in the summer
hatch IN from 20 to 80 days; those depos-
tied in the fall and winter may not hatch
until the following spring, say in March
CT April On ha:ching the ticks are
called seed ticks, and you have no doubt
collected some OF them upon your person
In walking through a pasture or wood
lot. These seed ticks possess great Vi
tally and may remain in the pasture
as long as two months in the summer and
six months in the winter without perish
ing. They collect OF grass, weeds and
shru5s and await the passing OF some
animal to which they may attach. On
getting on to a COW they soon attach
themselves and begin their parasitic life.
A large number Of these pIcks draw tre-
mendously on the vitality OF the animal,
or so reduce it's vitality as to retard its
growth and make It of little value to
the owner. From this II will be seen
that the female ticks. during the egg-lay-
ing period. and the young ticks prior to
attaching to animals are to be found on
the ground Of pasture fields and not on
animals. Their development from seed
ticks depends on their attaching them
selves 10 an animal. II becomes easily
possible to place infested with animals
upon tick free areas during late Novem-
Der. December and January and let the
ticks drop off after engort1ment, and run
no risk OF reinfestation as the eggs do
not hatch under the prevailing temper
atures Of these months. 1t is also evil
dent that IL animals are kept off of pas
lures for a year, that the ticks will starve
TO death. and hence by a system of pas
ture rotation. the land may be cleared of
this pest in a comparatively short time
and at a minimum cost.
Now that the life history Of the animal
is known, all that is neeGed to dissent
nate knowledge with regard to it into
every section of the state, and have the
state appropriate sufficient FUNDS to CO.
operate In the most active and efficient
manner with the u. s. department of ag-
riculture and clear the commonwealth
forever Of this abominable pest
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
An Ominous Outlook

"Oh, l don't want to go sailing" wall
ed little Willie. when the rest of the
excursion party was about to board the
yacht. II won't go sailin'r'
But WILLIE said his papa, you want
ed to go so much before. What's the
matter2 Are you afraid OF the water?'
mo, amt 'fraid of the water" protest.
ed Willie. But amt goin."
"Then, what's the matter with you,
child2 Come along
No." protested Willie, tearfully. Amt
goin'. Uncle Tommy said there was such
a spanlSin' breeze. baltimore American,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
A Word to Cotton
Growers in the SoutE

Editor Journal: Texas made more tran iiyn.
600 boIes OF Gotten last year and viii nank
less Than 100000 this year. Excessive rah
ami intense heat and dTouth have greatly re
dhced the cotton crop I'm other states.
The North Texas Commercial association, heif
in Dallas. Tex. uIees the entire south 20 hoh
c1tton for better prices. Ills is the prop1
and sensible thing to do. Let all who ar
Connected 10 lave money store their cottoa u
insured warehouses. and they car get $50 pe
Dale on their cotton.
let ali others keep their cotton off the mar
ket until the mills will have 10 begin spinnlIf
the future paper cotton and this crop can %
marketed from Is tn 20 cents per pound.
The producers need this Price. and It wous
he a healthy lesson &c those who sell cdtt0l
before they make IT. ard those who sell ans
mover make any cotton. This mode OF aefioi
will drive cotton to the 20-cent mark
RulIcchyrle Ga A. j. sAELSuS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

it makes a very good quality and yield of
hay.
In the south the best thing to grow for
pasture purposes in the winter when
Bermuda grass and Burr clover can not
be had would be hairy vetch and some
of the winter cereals. which may be
out for hay. Cowpeas and sorghum can
also be used advantageously and viii
make larger and more certain fields, and
help to enrich the soil because of the
legume employed
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
STATE OFFICERS TO KNOW
OF WHISKY SHIPMENTS

FORT SMITH. Ark, Sept. 4.-Judge
Bourland, in the state chancery court
has decided that railroads carrying liquor
into dry territory must hold the ship
ment Sc hours at destination before de-
livering to the consignee and must notify
the state officers before delivery.
The decision was in a suit by the prose-
cutting attorney seeking an Injunction &c
prevent the Kansas City Southern rail-
road from carrying liquor from Fort
Smith to Scott county, Ark.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
One Kind of Hypocrite

Little Willie-Say, pa, what Is a hypo-
critic?
publicly thanks the Lord for his sue
cess. then gets mao every time anybody
insinuates that he isn't mainly respon-
sible for 1t himself.--Chicago Daily News.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07


Among the best varieties of grasses
and clovers for cultivation in this sec
ton of the south are Bermuda grass and
Burr clover, the Burr clover to be seed
ed on the Bermuda sod early in the
fall. 1t will spring up and grow during
the winter, and thus helps to make a
pasture that is available for grazing prac-
tically all the year around. In some
sections of the south tall oat grass, or
chard grass and red top do very WELL
The red top is best adapted to moist
bottom lands; the orchard grass does
fairly well in semi-shaded pastures,
while the tall oat grass is as hardy as
any of the cultivated grasses which
have seen tested i'm this section of the
country. 1t is difficult to establish per-
manent pastures of these grasses this
far south, however. owing to the hot
summer sun which seems to be too
strong for most grasses save Bermuda
This remarkable grass grows and thrives
under Temperatures adverse to other
grasses. and will furnish as much grazing
in proportion as a good blue grass sod
1t is probably not quite so nutritious
as blue grass, but it's virtues are not
appreciated as they should be. We
could hardly regard 1t as a first-class
hay making grass because It tends to fall
down and spread along the ground by
means of short-jointed runners which
root at every joint, but on rich lands
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

this communication, will prove to be
lump of purest leaven.
Respectfully.
MARTIN V. CALVIN. Director.
Experiment, Ga, Aug. 81, 1903.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

GRASSES AND. CLovERs FOR GEoR-
GIA.
II. F., Shenandoah, Iowa, writes: We
would appreciate any information you
can give us as to what varieties of
grass and clover to grow for permanent
pasture and hay in Georgia.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07
SYMPTOMS OF HOG CHOLERA

]. p. c.. Canton, Ga. writes; AS
there are not enough pigs in this sec
ton to go around, good many farm
ers are buying shoats from the Union
Stock Yards in Atlanta These pigs
usually have a cough, and probably two
thirds of them die in a short time. Can
you tell me what is the trouble with
them, and is there a cure for it?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-07

T. F. B., Augusta, Ga, writes: l would
ike all the information you can give me
in regard TO the cattle tick.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24
Millionaire Women Lead Strike.

New York.-Miss Anna Morgan
daughter of J. PierpOnt Morgan, and
Mrs. o. II. P. Belmont, mistress OF
millions, appeared Monday as duly au
thorized labor leaders, charged with
the responsibility Of directing the
strike of the 10000 girl shirt-waisl
conference with officers of the union
decided on definite plan of cam
Daign which, they believe, Will result
in victory for the strikers. They will
provide legal defense for all members
Of the union who are arrested while
doing picket duty.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24
SORE EYES CURED.
EysDaiIs and Lids Became Terribly
lnhamed-Was Unable to Go About
All Other Treatments Failed, But
Cuticura Proved Successful.

"About two years ago my eyes got
In such a condition that l was unable
to go about. They were terribly in.
famed, both the balls and lids. l
tried home remedies without relief.
Then I decided to go to our family
physician, but he didn't help them.
Then l tried two more of our most
prominent physicians, but my eyes
grew continually worse. At this time
friend of mine advised me to try
Cuticura Ointment, and after using it
about one week my eyes were con-
siderably improved, and in two weeks
they were almost well. They have
never given me any trouble since and
am now sixty-five years old. shall
always praise Cuticura. G. B. Halsey,
Mouth of Wilson, Va, Apr. 4, 1908"
Potter Drug Chem. Corp. Solo Props. Boston
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
WILL FIGHT PiNCHOT'S
CHARGES.
PRESIDENT HAS AGREED
ALLEGATIONS OF CLAWS AND
OTHERS WILL BE FULLY
PRCBED.

Washington.-Pre President TAFT Mon.
day yielded to the demand of both
Secretary Ballinser and his critics for
a public investigation OF he whole
subject matter underlying The So
called Ballinger-Pinchot controversy.
Ballinger Monday afternoon served
upon the President virtually an ulti-
matum to the effect that such an in
yestigaion was indeed the price of his
remaining in the cabinet. lie made it
clear to the President that he was no
longer willing to sit silent in his office
in the Interior Department and wait
for the thing to blow over
Taft, it is said, reluctantly admitted
the disappointment of his hope that
the country a large would accept as
final his own vindication OF Jalliuger
in his dismissal of the charge brought
against the secretary of the interior
by l.. r. CLAWS, the former special
agent of the land office. and his con
Clusion that the investigator demand
ed by both sides in this matter was
inevitable.
Ballinger's attitude in this matter
has the support Of leading Rcpub-
iicans in both branches of Congress
senators and representative - who
feel that, entirely apart from the mer-
its of the controversy itself, a tester
ing sore of this character must poison
the whole system of the party in
power and that it is high time TO re-
sort to the lance.
These leaders, determined that a
cleansing OF this wound is necessary,
have not hesitated to go to the White
house and impress their views upon
| President Taft. Conferences of a con.
| fidential character, in which members
of the cabinet, party leaders in both
| houses of Congress, and the President
| himself have participated, have been
/ held during the last few days. They
| eliminated Monday when Secretary
| Ballinger, Attorney General Wicker
sham and Postmaster General Hitch
cock met in Wickersham's office and
| proceeded thence to the White house
where the matter was laid before the
| President.
Ballinger told the President. it is
said, that the situation had become in
| tolerable to him, and that though the
constant charges against him had
come from irresponsible persons, he
could no longer sit supnely by, and il
justice to himself he felt compelled tc
insist upon an investigation.
The President was given to under
stand that Ballinger's demand carried
with it the Endorsement of both Sec
| retaries Wickersham and Hitchcock
II is known that he has the sympathy
also of other members of the cabinet
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24
Important to rAoti1erS.

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, q safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Signature neaap seS ofGsHzzzzu
In Use For Over 30 Years.
n The Kind You Have Always Bought.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24
This country is contributing largel1

This country is contributing largely
to the Christmas cheer of the old
world. From December 1st to 18th
outgoing steamships from New York
carried money orders amounting to
S7524, ,963.4l-an increase of $685..
1856 over the sum sent last year.
Edhem Pasha, commander of the
Turkish forces in the Greco-Turkish
war in 1897, died at Cairo on the 18th
inst
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24
Perhaps So.

"Your wife does not appear to be
satisfied
"She ought to be, she always has
her own way. Oughtn't she be salts
fed when ! always let her have her
own way without opposition?"
shed be better satisfied with it if
she had to fight for it,
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24
Half Million for Health.

Philadelphia. 49, Announcement is
made by the trustees OF the University
OF Pennsylvania that Henry Phipps
900 to be used in the campaign against
tuberculosis. The plans for new hos.
pital for this purpose are being drawn
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24
More Land Withdrawn.

Washington.-ln aid of proposed
legislation affecting phosphate lands
1870 acres have been Withdrawn in
Utah and 37,47i acres temporarily
withdrawn in Colorado in aid of iegis
lation affecting petroleum deposits.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24
Just Like Him.

y Howell-Do you think that Dr. Row
ell will make much of record in the
legislature?
Powell-Sure; the first thing he
will try to do will be to perform an
operation on the foot of the calendar.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24

ALIENS LUNG BALSAM
has been used successfully for years for
coughs, colds and bronchitis. Everybody should
know about it. 1t is simple, safe and sure.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24

have lived to know that the great
secret of human happiness is this
never suffer your energies to stagnate
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24
For the Reciprocation of Christmas

remembrances or purchasing your own
gifts buy Waterman's Ideal Fountain
Pen. Known to both givers and receivers
to be the only satisfactory and lasting
pen. Gold pens exchanged until satsfac-
tory. Avoid limitations and substitutes.
Try this pen at any of the best dealers.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-12-24

You can't blame the man who has
got his winters coal in for feeling
just little better than the rest of
the neighborhood