The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16
from the northwest and pay big price

from the northwest and pay big price for it.
 Stock Raising.
 Coming to stock raising Dr. Knapp said that no farming is successful unless food supplies are raised for ourselves and our animals. He said that we can easily pro- duce the good old bacon hog-"a streak of lean and a streak of fat''-cheaper than it can be done in the northwest and that the pork to be eaten is southern pork. 'rhe 400 or 800 pound hog. which has been raised without exercise and under the fattening process, is not fit for a man to put into his stomach"
 He declared that the people of the south pay from 300 to 500 per cent more for a number of things than they can be pro- ouced Tor, and used can of sweet po- tatoes which retails at 15 cents 10 prove his statement. The potatoes in the can can be raised for about 1 cent He ad- Vised all people who are sufferers from rheumatism to get them good garden, raise vegetables the year round and eat plenty of them. This after he had said that on his farm when he had sick COW he turned her out to grass and noth- ing else, and when one of his horses got the rheumatism he gave him grass.
 He declared that we must make the ne- gro raise his own provisions including meat. instead of furnishing him with them year after year. He asked the adoption of the slogans Buy less and sell more" and "Go to town with a full wagon and return with an empty one" He said the farmers were in position to furnish the money for all the manufac- turers. own all the banks and be the whole push.' and they should take ad- vantage of their opportunities
 He said that the southern farmer could make all the feed necessary for making the best beef. the best pork, the best butter, milk and cheese. chickens and eggs. Your biggest profit lies In stock farming. Raise cotton, corn and hay, put your idle lands in pasture, and produce stock. Turn your stock into milk, butter. cheese, beef and pork and you'll be more prosperous"
 pr. Knapp Is accompanied by M. V. Richards, land and industrial agent of the southern railway, and other officials of that road. MT. Richards is the one who promoted the tour.
 Wood Pulp Process.
 Col. Benjamin A. Saylor of Piedmont, who controls the big turpentine plant at that place, is working for the perfec- ton Of process under which the fine wood pulp after the turpentine has been extrcted from it, can be converted into paper and if the present experiments along that line are successful Calhoun county is more than likely to have one or the two paper mills in the south. It Is said that he has just patented the process by which this end will be achieved ana the making of paper will begin about May l. The turpentine stii will be en- larged so that it's total capacity will be Io0 gallons per day and 1t is estimated that lo tons of paper also will be made daily. The paper manufacturers have been puzzled for a long time over a substitute for spruce wood from which to make paper and Colonel Saylor will not only make fortune on his discovery but Solve national problem if success full.
 Coroner Investigates Case.
 Coroner J. L. Murphy returned yester- day from Piedmont, where he had been called to investigate the mysterious death or an old negress by the name of liar riett Shelton by cremation Thursday evening about o'clock No inquest was held, as such proceedings were deemed improper at tue time. Tho case is a mysterious one and 1t appears that fur ther Investigation might be we'll It seems that the negress was very old and was confined to her bed by an attack of sickness and shortly after her husband, Dave Shelton, had left the house it caught fire and burned down before any assistance could be given the old woman. Suspicion at first pointed to the old man, but Coroner Murphy says there was little evidence to sustain this conclusion and the suppostion is that as soon as he left the house Aunt liar rient did something herself to set it on fire and was unable to summon help. Another mystery about the affair is that after the charred remains of the old darky were gotten from the debris brass tack was found sticking in one of her eyes, this being accounted for on the theory that in falling down one of the pictures pulled tack. out of the wall which lodged in her eye. The whole affair Is mysterious, to say the least. A local physician had paid her a visit only short time before the fire and her husband said he had wrapped the cover around her nicely before he left the house to go to a neighbours for some thing.
 Harrison Is Improving. George M. Harrison 77 years old. who was run down one day this week by the work car of the Anniston Electric and Gas company, is reported to be im- proving steadily. No bones were broken in the accident but the age of the old gentleman is telling in his slow recovery from the shock. The motorman in charge says he gave plenty of warning of the approach of the car, but the victim is & little deaf and the accident is explained