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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-07

Land without population is q wilder
ness. and population without land Is
mob"
In this terse aphorism James J. Hin
begins his article In the November
Worlds Work on what We Must Do
to be Fed" in which he sounds q ma
tional warning that the United States
Is face to face with the problem Of pro-
viding food for the 2o0.000,ooo Of pop
ulation which will inhabit this country
in 1850.
"A prosperous agricultural interest
- to q nation what good digestion
10 to q man." continues Mr.. Hill, de-
ciaring that the farm Is the basis of all
industry. From these simple truisms
Mr.. Hill says that America must diSni-
~ agriculture and place the farmer
drst among the national producers or
reap disaster. want. and ruin in the
century on which we have entered
Must Develop Agriculture.
In the following words Mr.. Hill
states the relation that must maintain
between agriculture and other indus
tries:
..The soil ID, the only resource that
renews itself continually after having
produced value do not wish to be-
little the Importance Of manufacture
or Its relative value In general growth
But for many years this country has
made the mistake OF unduly assisting
manufactures, commerce, and other ac-
tiyities that center In cities, at the ex-
pense of the farm.
Tho result is a neglected system OF
agriculture and the decline of the farm
Ing interest But all these other ac-
tivities are founded upon the agricul-
turaI growth OF the nation and must
continue to depend upon, It Every
manufacturer. every merchant, every
business man, and every good citizen
Is deeply interested In maintaining
the growth and development OF our
agricultural resources.
MI. Hill quotes at length from the
writings OF Samuel Johnson to show
that he predicted for England and Eu-
rope what has befalIen 1t, II 1t neglect
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the ignorant 1t presaged the crack OF
doom, the beginning of the rolling up
of the heavens like scroll.
There yet live those who saw the
rain of FIRE and VINO can describe how
In every countryside the uniearned
people sought the fields and passed the
night In agony of fear, with prayer
and suppiication. TO the faithful 1t
was night of terror, to those whom
hope had abandoned night Of
frenzy OF wild excess.
Such scenes were repeated. with va
riations according to the nature OF the
population, all the way from Nova
Scotia to the Gulf OF Mexico. 1t spoke
well for the moral fiber of the several
communities that their terror sought
a religious awakening. for 1t was in
the era of the great unrest, the period
of the great unsettling. out of which
arose SO many new religions. that fe-
yer of new faiths.
If such 1t was among the ignorant
far otherwise among the learned
From the star rain OF 1888 dates the
beginning of all intelligence of these
recurring phenomena. The astFonom-
ers, not mad nor undevout. but Keen
in their zeal to cary on the ooserVa-
lions to whatever end might come
for then they had no knowledge one
whit above the multitude praying In
the fields with dervish nowlings-
ten first found the key to the riddle
of these visitations from the universe
beyond our worlds husk OF air.
To their trained eyes these rowing
streaks of light were not haphazard
tractry upon the dome of night. Each
ball Of fire followed course all It's
own. Their tracks seemed aimed at
every spot in the bounding horizon.
some even were seen to mount up
ward to the zenith and beyond upon
the distant, vaulted slope. Patiently
the observers laid down upon the ce-
lestial chart each track as they were
able to pick 1t from the tangle or
criss- cross, embroidery of light.
The Manning of the Leonids.
Thus IN patient record did they ar
rive at the great discovery, fundamen-
tai TO ali later knowledge. Projecting
each track upon the chart as It was
determined by the well known stars
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spot at the same time. 1t is the earther
which bears the brunt; the earthen
pots come not back from the cistern
where the iron pot is filling. The comet
has been shattered and the meteor
shower is it's survival. The earth has
been seen to tear through such mass
as a comet may be considered to pos
sess; II has been seen to disrupt It,
At first In the early existence of this
degradation phase the disintegrated
cometary nucleus Is the brilliant on
the ring; at the time appointed for the
comet the vein of meteors shows some
few of its fragments flashing into fit-
full brilliance as the outer envelope or
our atmosphere. But each pebble that
once was a comet is tiny unit OF
the system; 1t must obey the funda-
mental law OF revolution: even as the
greatest OF the planets 1t is subject
In its minuteness to the laws of per-
turbation. and perturbation acting
counter to velocity along the orbit
means drag.
Inevitably the drag dots the orbit
with Iaggard pebbles; in slow lapse
of long time the brilliant creates the
ring in which 1t is set AS time goes
on the ring becomes first complete,
then more evenly spaced, until at last
the brilliant vanlshes, the setting has
absorbed the gem.
To the slow and Inevitable change
is added the suddenness OF collision, a
brief accomplishment of what would
otherwise be more slowly done. AS
we have already seen. Leverier found
the solar historw of the leonid rain
TO begin in the capture of a comet ac-
complisned by the enormous influence
of remote Uranus in the year 1875 of
our era. At that, or at some later
period the parent comet was in collis-
ion with some one of the greater plan
cts.
It's substance was rent to pieces and
the meteor gem was set upon its orbit.
In 1888 and In 1856 the earth tore
through the nucleus of the fragments.
Some few It burned and destroyed by
the friction engendered In its atmo-
sphere: only few. for the estimate
Of 100000 is less than the counting OF
the veriest pinch Of sand.
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to 81 apiece. according 70 the size. ana
the skin OF baby alligator IL worth
q quarter Of q dollar. II the reptile
was very long in its life and the skin
10 tender, 1t sells for IS or $40 foot
The teeth are worth from 50 to 81
pound. Before aliigafors began to get
scarce there were about $4,000 skins
sold annually In the United States. and
at one time there were q number OF
alligator tanneries In various cities
OF the country. The skins are utilized
for shoes, satchels. pocketbooks, card
cases and other fancies. An alligator
farmer in Florida has an incubatiug
farm for raising and selling baby alli-
gators to many who prefer them to
chameleons for watch charms.
Any ono who has the time and fancy
can make money by training these
reptiles IL taken before they are too
old. An Arkansas genius trained a
herd to shoot the cnutes at Hot
Springs, and visitors to that resort
paid money to see their tricks when
they were stingy about other things.
A negro on the Braxos River. In Texas.
rugged up an old ferryboat that was
propelled by these creatures. They
were SO arranged that they turned the
wheels. Alligator eggs when fresh
are regarded by some as a delicacy.
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zenship Another element must be in
troduced into the educational system.
To direct the minds OF the young to
work upon the land as an honorable
and desirable career. and to prepare for
them work when they return there
good citizenship and national security.
To raise the productivity of our 'soiis5o
per cent would be an increase greater
In value than the entire volume Of
our foreign trade.
These results can be brought about
only by general understanding and
practice of agriculture as modern
science and experiment would explain
1t: by such instruction as we now
give In our, technical schools and insti-
tutes for the trades.
IF could have my way. should
build a couple of war ships year
less Perhaps one would do. ! would
take that s5.0oo.00o or 100000 year
and start at least 1000 agricultural
schools in the United States at 5000
year each, in the shape of model
farms. This model farm would be
simply a tract OF land conforming in
size, soil treatment, crop selection and
rotation, and methods Of cultivation to
modern agricultural methods.
Its purpose would be to furnish to
all its neighborhood q working model
for common instruction. Cultivating
perhaps from forty to sixty acres, It.
could exhibit on that area the
advantage tillage which the small
farm makes possible; of seed spe-
cially chosen and tested by experiment
at agricultural college farms: of proper
fertilization, stock raising, alienation
of crops,S and the whole scientific and
improved system OF cultivation. seed
ing, harvesting. ana marketing. The
farmers OF q county could see, must
see, as they passed its borders how
their daily labors might bring increas-
ed and improved results
The example could not fail to I'M
press itself upon an industry sbecom-,
ing each year more conscious of It's
defects and its needs. As fast as H.
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the sun, and broke II into q swarm
OF cosmic gravel.
The word gravel is used advisedly.
yet II can be no more than an esti-
mate based upon the brief Visibility
of an object which In Its very essence
can never become tangible. and. there
fore. ponderable. No smallest mass
from periodic meteor shower has
ever come to earth In such a way as
to be identified beyond all per-adven-
ture of doubt. The astronomical rec
ords afford but two instances in which
objects comings to earth from outer
space might be suspected of COM
mon origin with synchronous displays
OF meteor rains.
MeteOrs Like Little Pebbles.
The former of these was a bolide
which came to earth in France on APP
ril 4, COS, shower Of lyraIds stimuli
taneously attracting to the heavens
the wondering gaze of the people OF
western Europe. OF this hot visitant
the Saxon Chronicle records that one
OF the eyewitnesses cast water upon
It, which was raised in steam with a
great noise of boiling"
The later instance was observed at
Mazapil. In Mexico, during the Aniro-
mede rain of November 81, 1885. That
which was described as a ball of fire
struck the ground. and when cool
was found to be a piece of iron
Weighing eight pounds, and contain
ing nodules of graphite. These two
bodies came into reach during a dis
play of shooting stars. But they. lack
observation concerning their radiant
point; Therefore there is no ground for
assoclating them with the simultane-
Gus phenomenon.
"a l.. H.
accepted as the measure of the COM
ponents of the periodic shower mete-
ors. Only slightly larger is the esti-
mate made by DR.. tombstone stoney in
his address to the British association
upon the leonids of 1891.
1.-THE meteors themselves" he said
''are probably little pebbles. the larger
about an ounce. or prhaps two ounces.
in weight, and spaced In the densest
part of the swarm at intervals of one
or two miles asunder every way The
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To countless others IL assigned q
perturbation, drag destined to
spread them evenly along the orbit.
The shower OF 1899 showed tne loss: II
Is compueted that in less than two cen
turtles tina gem viii have vanished in
the evenly dotted eclipse. IT has been
figured out that in the point OF the
comets orbit which is soon to be
crossed there exists such q closeness Of
distribution of the icy pebbles as "a
AFFORD this year q considerable dis
play.
This cometary theory OF explanation
was not reached without a struggle.
In the early days of thought. wheH
the earth was the center of revolving
pettiness. 1t was sought to find
tellurio origin for these phenomen&
not then perceived to be periodic.
When this theory failed to give sat.
isfaction recourse was had to theory
that in some sudden way the vapors o.
the upper sky were agglomerated: AZ
soon as they became ponderabie theg
were subject to the forces OF gravita.
tions and inevitably fell. But no one
was able to account for the power
which acted in this sudden creation
of penderable man from floating gas.
Next the moon was sought out. The
telescopes showed pitted mountain
peaks 4uBe CE4NoKSs At oAtSC biAG AbSe
gained ground that the volcanoes or
the satellite were bombarding the
planet.
The ballfstics were computed. 1t
was established that IL an object could
be elected from the moon with an In
itial velocity of 5000 feet in q second
it would reach the earth's atmosphere
with velocity OF $4,000 feet. Yet to
correspond with the measured velocity
at the earth would call for fourteen
times the minimum velocity OF projec-
ton at the lunar surface. No suck
power could be discovered as active
upon the dead surface which we see
Out In our Southwest remains un-
solved the greatest problem. whetaef
OF meteorites or rain OF shooting stars
a vast cavity for which the explains
ton has been offered that its rending
OF the earth's crust marks the impact
Of some celestial proteetiaAn
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athwart which 1t moved. extending
each track backward against Its direc-
ton of motion, IT was found that the
area OF general. intersection cores
pond most closely with the point In
the remoter heavens marked by the
star Zeta. .Leonis. The radiant point
had been found and deiimited in space.
Henceforth this November star shower
was to be known as the Leonids. the
lion cubs This was the beginning of
the science of the shooting stars, and
II dates from 1888. science calmly at
work in the tumult Of world turn
ed upside down.
The next preceding shower has an
Initial Importance bearing up this dis
covery of the radiant point. In the
early morning of November IL. 1873, at
Cumana, Humboldt had witnessed q
fire storm In the skies. and with his
wide backward gave he reached the
conclusion that these meteors OBJ
served a period and that the study Of
the records of the past could be made
to discover the length of the period.
Three times In every century the Mo-
vember skies have set the stage for
the great pyrotechnics of the heav-
ems.
A greatfdisplay was recorded when
Ibrahim, the second OF the Aglabids,
lay dying before Cosenza, ana avail
ing the coming of Sheitan to take
him to. the punishment of his many
cruel deeds. All night Tong the rain
Of stars. the torrent OF meteors.
brought terror to the faithful of one
faith whose monarch lay dying. terror
to the faithful OF an older faith cow
ering behind their city walls. This
was the night of October 10, 902.
From this date 1t is easy to reckon
the slow periodic change: the node
advances II 1-2 degrees in 1000 years.
That was 1000 years ago.
A second thousand years backward
into time bounds the history of the
lions cubs as the world knows his
tory. Leverrier has computed that IT
was no longer ago than A. D. 12e that
Uranus exercised its mighty attrac-
ton upon q comet Grant through out
ter space. chained It to an elliptical
and recurring orbit Of years about
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-07

The stars are due to fall on tine
nights of Nov. 12-14. fixture In the
CELESTIAL schedule of events. There
IS, says The Washington Post, secu-
lar change in the period of this par
ticuIar display, a slow movement along
the calendar. but 1t is only in the
progress OF many years that the al
teration of the period amounts to so
much as may be measured by single
night. Last years display Axes the
date for this year for many years to
come.
The November meteors will scarcely
be at their best this year. In fact. the
earth cuts their orbit at perhaps its
most sparsely studded spot. This
shower has a period roughly corre-
spending to the generations of human
life, roughly computed as three to the
century The last great display was
due in 1893, but Vt was a disappoint-
ment when compared with former
manifestations Of this periodic maxi
mum.
This wear the earth crosses the orbit
Of this belt of minuscule members of
the solar system at a point ten years
away from the maximum density, about
a third of the circuit of that orbit.
The prospects. therefore, are that the
display will not approach anything like
the briIliance that from time to time
has been observed. On. the other
hand, the exhibition, chiefly in the
early morning hours OF Nov. IA, should
far exceed the count Of the wander
ing stars which blaze for a moment
almost every night. silent flights of
cold incandescence.
The penultimate display was a great
show in the skies. 1t was spread over
three wears, the peak of its magnifi-
cence IN 1866. heavy fall in 1857. and
what might be called a smart shower
even In 1868.
Stella Rain OF 1898.
But In 1888 rain of the heavens was
most astounding. The eastern sta
board was most advantageously sit
uated for observation on the night of
Nov. 1918. The stars fell as fast and
thick as fakes Of snow on a winter
day. Professor Olmsted reckoned
that 100000 cleaning trains were vts-
shie IN the course OF nine hours. To-
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who desires all to be prosperous In
order that he may prosper with tSem
the Importance and growing necessity
of taking such, care OF our public do
main as shall preserve the remnant Of
IT for the use OF generations yet un-
born.
"such close and careful cultivation
as will yield the highest proft per acre
can best be given to land when 1t Is
cultivated in comparatively small farm.
The greater the number of prosperous
farmers, the greater will be the pros
perity Of every business man. 1t takes
more labor to earn the same proht
from, tract too large to be TILED
thoroughly.
'.Ten farmers, each cultivating from
forty to 100 acres at the outside. with
the most approved methods. supple
mented where necessary by irrigation.
can each earn q proht equal to that
taken from two to three times the
same erea by sloyenly tillage. Ten
farmers instead Of one increase the ag-
Eregate volume of trade with the mer-
chants Of the community and add In
the same, rate to the general pros
perfty.
.our Agriculture will take place
midway between the miniature garden
farms OF Japan and the vast estates OF
countries that still support landed
gentry. II IL far better that 1t should
be SO. The farm life of the future will
have many advantages-some OF them
already beginning to be realized--over
the isolation OF an earlier day. because
the multiplication OF smaller. farms has
begun to bring good roads. schools
near neigh bors, farm telephones,
churches. libraries. improved mail faci-
titles and social environment which
is Impossible where farms are 50 big
that homes are far removed from one
another.
Farm. school for Every County
This country has from the begfnn-
ing established and maintained q COM
mon school system on the sound prin-
ciple that edncation ID essential to q
right, discharge Of the duties Of citi-
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NOTIcE


In the District Court Of the United
States for the Eastern Division of
the Southern District of Georgia
In the matter of J. W. Crosby, Bank
rupt.-In Bankruptcy.
To The creditors Of ]. w. Crosby
OF Brunswick in the county Of GIynn,
said district, bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of June, 1909, the said ]. w.
Crosby was duly adjudged bankrupt
and that the first meeting of his cred
itors viii be held at Brunswick, Geor-
gia. on the 23d day Of June. 1909. at
10 o'clock in the forenoon, at which
time the said creditors may attend,
prove their claims. appoint a trustee,
examine the bankrupt and transact
such other business as may properly
come before said meeting.
At Brunswick. Georgia, this 18th
day Of June, 1909. Max Isaac,
U. S. Referee.
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sagRIFF's SALE.

Georgia. -Glynn County.
VIII be sold, on the first Tuesday in
July next, at public cutlery. at the
courthouse door in said county, with
in the legal hours of sale. to the
highest bidder for cash. the following
real estate: The southern hair OF Old
Town water lot No. forty seven (+7)
in the city Of Brunswick In said conn-
ty, said southern half of sail lot
fronting east As feet on Bay street
and running 70 the west with a uni
form width of i5 feet to Ogielospe
Bay; said property levied on 81 the
property Of the Parker Henser En-
glneering Co. to satisfy an execution
Issued from the city court OF Bru1s-
wick in and for said county IN favor
Of Il. 3. Schuler against said Parker
Hensel Engineering Co.: said prop
erty being in the possession of said
Parker HeHseI Engineering Co
This June 18th, 1902
VIM H. Berrle.
Sheriff City Court OF Brunswick
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sHERlFF's SALE.

Georgia.-G County
win be sold before the court house
door Of said county on the first Tues
day IN July, 1909. between the legal
hours Of sale, all of the following de-
scribed property, to-wit: All Of that
certain stock of merchandise consist
ing Of staple and fancy groceries.
green groceries, vegetables, etc, CT
gars, tobaecos; also the entire stock
Of fresh and smoked meats, sausages,
country products and poultry: all CT
the fixtures and furnishings, butcher
supplies, tools, one iron safe, Office
furniture and one delivery wagon;
IN short the entire business as now
stored and contained on the first floor
Of the Wright building corner of New
castle and Monk streets, in the city
Of Brunswick, said county Said prop
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LEGAL AovERTIsEMENTs.


erty being levied upon and to be sold
as the property Of Albert Arnheiter
and Charles Arnheiter under and by
virtue Of a mortgage execution is
sued out Of the superior court OF said
county in favor Of Mrs. Augusta Arm
heiter, indiyidua ally and as executrix
Of the last will and testament of Chris
Arnheiter against said defendants, as
said property consits Of articles diff
fcult and expensive to TRANSPORT same
will be sold without carrying and ex-
posing same at the courthouse door,
but prospective purchasers may ex-
anime the same prior to sale on ap-
piication to the undersigned.
This June Il, 1909.
Vim. n. 5errie, Sheriff.
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LEGAL ApvERrrsEMEnrs.
shEHIFF,s sAlFs

VIII be sold before the court house
door in the city of Brunswick, Glynn
county, Georgia. during the legal
hours Of sale on the first Tuesday in
July next, the following described
property. to-wit: The Southern I-9 Of
Old Town lot No. 347 lying and being
in the city Of Brunswick, Ca. Levied
on as the property Of r E Cslnan un-
der and by virtue Of a tax ifa issued
by II. J. Read, tax collector Of Glynn
county, against r. E. Calnan, for taxes
due state and county for the year
1908. Taxes, $4717 and cost
Also at the same tine and place
the western half OF New Town lot
No. 1869 and Improvements thereon
lying and being in the city OF Bruins
wick, Ga. Levied on as the property
Of estate Of J. r. Dlnard under and
by virtue of tax fla issued by H. ].
Read, tax collector OF Glynn county,
against estate of J, r. billiard for
taxes due the state and county for
the year 19os. Taxes, s49.5S and cost.
Also at the same time and place
1926 Of an acre in the north western
ccrner Of section Z OF the Wells
tract and Improvements thereon, lev
led on as the property Of J. D. Sparks,
trustee for wife and children. under
and by virtue Of a fla issued by H.
j Read tax collector Of Glynu county.
against J. D. Sparks. trustee for wife
and children, for taxes due the state
and county for the year 1908 Taxes,
$51.0s and cost
Also at the same time and place,
the western one-half Of Old Town
lot Nc. 22s and improvements thereon,
lying am being in the city OF Bruns-
wick, Ga. Levied on as the property
Of J. d. Sparks under and by virtue
Of tax fifa issued by H. J. Read, tax
collector Of Glynn county. against J.
D. Sparks for taxes due the state
and county for the year 1903. Taxes.
tS0l4 and cost.
June 10th, 1909. VIM. H. 5errie,
Sheriff, Glynn County.