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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14

cotton seed meal, nitrate of soda and
muriate Of potash. Please advise in
what proportions to use this and if IT
would be safe to leave out the ac1d.
1t is mistake to conclude that ACID
phosphate is of no benefit as a fertili-
ger on Georgia lands. There may pos
sibly be a few areas where its use is
not so essential, but on nine-tenths of
the land acid phosphate will be found
very beneficial. for phosphorus is one of
the elements in which our soils appear
to be somewhat deficient Many OF
them are markedly deficient. OF course
you understand that. our chemical sur
vey of the state has not made much
progress yet, and therefore. any state
ments made relative ito, the condition OF
our soils at this time must be more or
less of a tentative character.
It is possible that there is some con-
fusion in your mind relative to acid
phosphate and floats, the latter being
the material from which acid phosphate
is made and is known as phosphate
bearing rock. The rock is ground up
very finely and treated with an equal
bulk of sulphuric acid of certain
strength and the acid phosphate of COM
merce obtained. This phosphate car
ries about 16 per cent of available phos-
floats has been used with advantage on
soils containing an abundance of veg
etable matter. Most of eur Georgia
soils are deficient in this respect ana
the returns from the use of floats are
somewhat problematical as yet, We are
investigating this matter very carefully
but do not feel that we can offer an
opinion of much value at this time con-
corning the relative merits of floats
and acid phosphate. We are disposed
to think that where a farmer needs a
quickly available supply of phosphorus
and his soils are low in vegetable mat
ter and lime that he will find acid phos-
plate the most desirable form of this
essential element of plant food to util-
ize. On sandy loamy soils underla1d
with clay, you should find about g.
"a very satisfactory for cotton. If
your cotton shows any tendency 70
rust increase the potash to five or SIX
per cent. A formula made up of cotton
seed meal nitrate of soda, muriate of
potash and acid phosphate should prove
very satisfactory indeed. You may pre-
pare such a formula without serious
difficulty by mixing together the follow
ing ingredients in the proportions suS-
gested: LOO pounds of Is per cent acid
phosphate, 500 pounds of cotton seed
meal containing at least els per cent
of nitrogen, 200 pounds of nitrate OF
soda. and 100 pounds of muriate OF
potash. This formula will only total
/ $50 pounds, and if you desire to use
the exact percentages indicated, you
should add enough earth to bring rne
weight up to 1000 pounds.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14
NEW YORK THUGS HOLD UP
RICH TAR HEEL PLANTER
Aaron Moore Is Robbed of His
Money and JeWeIry Valued
at $4,000
tspecial Dispatch to Nc Journal.l

Especial Dispatch to The Journal)
CHARLOTTE, N. c., May 1O.--A spe-
cial from New York to the Chronicle to-
day says:
Aaron Moore, a wealthy North Caro-
lima planter, AZ years old, who came to
town several days ago, was held up and
robbed of money and jewelry amounting
TO $4,000 early Thursday morning by a
pair Of masked thugs, who entered a
room on the ground floor of house in
West 45th street, near Eighth avenue
where the southerner had been intro
duced by newly acquired male acquaint-
ancs to several women and an alleged
opium layout.
The victim was quick to rush from
the scene and get the police busy. He
found his way to the West 47th street
police station and told the story OF
the hold-up The lieutenant on the
desk put detectives on the case and
they soon rounded up three men and
two women. The hold-up pair managed
to keep out of reach
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14

mula containing a larger per cent of
potash better for most soils devoted 70
corn. We would - disposed to recon-
mend a 9-3-4 Er reference to an 1922
or a 1929 Cotton seed meal will make
a good basis for a 9-3-4 formula as II
supplies the nitrogen in the organic
form, and yet it will become quickly
enough available to meet the needs OF
the crop. On land such as you descriD%
we would be disposed to put most Of
as much as 200 pounds may be reserv-
sadly soils, but not often on clay lands.
ed and used as a side application 1t
should be put on relatively early in
the growing season. however, and web
mixed into the soil by means of a cu1-
tivator. Use 400 pounds under the drill
row and 200 pounds as suggested.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14

TOXIC, May 11.-During a debate in
the Japanese congress on a dill To per-
nit young men and women to attend po-
htical meetings, the promoter of the
measure argued that the admission of
women to politics would not mean neg
lect of domestic duties or quarrels be-
tween husbands and wives. The women
of Japan were in no way, heNdeclared,
like the 'impudent hussies of Europe and
America" a declaration that was receiv-
ed with prolonged applause The women
of Japan. in his opinion, were docile and
temperate.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14
SOCIALISTS ARRESTED
FOR STREET SPEAKING

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May 11.-Deter-
mination of the formal attitude of the
Socialist party toward the Industrial
Workers of the World will be reached in
the Socialists national convention in this
city beginning tomorrow.
1t was represented to the committee
that Socialists as well as industrial
workers in San Diego had been arrested
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14
WOMEN ARE HUSSIES,
ACCORDING TO THESE JAPANESE

Despite all these telling arguments tht
house rejected the bill. simultaneously
with this discussion, attention is calles
to the sensation created in feminine cir
cles by the presentation of japanese
translation of Ibsen's "a Dolls House.
The sorrows of Nora have awakened Thu
sympathy of innumerable Noras through
out Japan.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14
= POlhiLl Is Elected

Especial Dispatch to The Journal.l
LAGRANGE, Ga, May 1O.-Superin-
tendent R. G. Polhill, of the Hawkins
Vile schools, has been selected from
list of about so applicants to be the new
principal of the LAGRANGE High school,
vice Prof. j. F. Robertson, resigned, to
accept the presidency of the Southern
Female college.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14
BETTER THAN SPANKING

Spanking does not cure children of
bed-wetting. There is a constitutional
cause for this trouble. Mrs NJ. Sum-
mers, Box 327, South Bend. Ind, will
send free to any mother her successful
home treatment, with full instructions.
Send no money, but write her today ii
your children trouble you in this way.
Don't blame the child; the chances are
it can't help it. This treatment also
cures adults and aged people troubled
with urine difficulties by day or night.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14
NO DANGER OF DRYING
UP THE GREAT LAKES
(By Associated Press. }

CHICAGO, May 10-W. X Kavanaugh,
president of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf deep
Waterway association, in a statement
here last night, declared that the level
in the great lakes has not been lowered
by the drainage canal and need not be
even though a 14-foot channel to the
gulf is adopted
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14

A number of progressive and illus
trious judges who have nothing to fest
from it have come out in favor Of thu
recall ~
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14
PLANTING CORN ON A oNE-HoRsB
FARM

L. r. S., Winder, Ga, writes: I have
some branch bottom land that I wish
to plant in corn, and wish to turn it
with a one-horse turner as hav comfy
one horse, and plant in the water fur
row. l am going to use $50 to 800
pounds of fertilizer to the acre. How
far apart should 1 drop the seed in
the drill? 1 have my rows from four
to four and a half feet apart. Which
is the best fertilizer to use, an S-2-2
or a 1922? When should the fertili-
ger be applied, at planting time or
later?
With only one horse it is still advis-
able to break the land as well as you
possibly can before seeding to corn.
A thorough blowing of the surface will
be advisable, and of course, if you pre-
fer to plant in the water furrow, there
is no objection to that In our expert
ence planting corn on bottom land has
led us to feel that level planting is an
acceptable practice. We would be in
clined to plant in the water furrow on
sandy soils, but not often on clay londs.
good seed bed is half the battle in
producing any crop; therefore, even
though you are handicapped by having
only one horse spare no effort to put
the land IN SOOu COHulttOH AOI pldHlllS.
Lay your rows off four feet apart, and
unless the ground is unusually rich, we
think you will find a prolific variety
satisfactory Put the corn about Is
inches apart in the drill row, and il
will be thick enough to prevent SUCK
ering, and etill produce good ears I'M
less seasonal conditio are extremely
unfavorable. OF course, we figure that
you will cultivate the corn thoroughly
to preserve a dust mulch as late into
the season as possible when we advise
you to plant as thick as has been lsug-
gested. We think you will find for
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-05-14
MERITS OF ACID PHOSPHATE.

O. b. NJ, Soperton, Ca. writes: ]
have been informed that acid phosphate
is of no benefit to land as a fertilizer,
and would like your opinion in regard
10 leaving II out of my fertilizer this
year. Ny land is sandy loan with un-
DERIVING clay and some pebbles. 1t is
in a good state of cultivation and win
make from two-thirds to a bale of cot
ton to the acre. / am thinking OF us
ing ammonia and potash derived from
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
THE PASSING OF CAFE MARTIN

NEW YORK, May 11.-"Exit Cafe
Martin" With more than 1000 mourn
ers" drowning their grief in laughing
water, amid the solemn and impress
sive measure of the turkey trot, the
famous old eating place at Broadway
and Twenty-sixth street fioated out If
existence somewhere about daylight
this morning Floated is the only word
that accurately describes the passing
OF the establishment, which rode to
oblivion on the tidal wave OF wine
During its existence, first as Del
monico's and later under the manage
ment of John b. Martin, the building
has had many a hectic evening, but
they were all somber, dull AFFAIRS com
pared with last nights reyel.
There was a sprinkling OF men and
women well known in society, but
most Of those present were persons
whose ancestors missed the first trip
of the Mayflower by several hours. All
admitted that they were bohemians,
and many Of them started in to prove
1t by giving exhibitions of glass blow.
ing. From the liquid standpoint the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
MARRY, OR GET OUT, GIRLS
ULTIMATUM TO BACHELORS

took any active steps to end the condi
zion about which the girls had com
planned. The parish priest was asked
for his opinion; he rallied Pat and
Mike and Con about their failure to dc
their duty; he pointed out to then
what a fine choice of pretty girls was
before them and said it was a shame
for such sturdy, good looking young
fellows to leave such rare blossoms OF
young womanhood unplucked Finally
the District Council took action. II
passed resolution giving the sixty
nine bachelors three months in which
to find wives, the penalty for dis,
obedience being the immediate loss OF
their cottages. Some of the bachelors
say they will accept Punishment rather
than matrimony, but others have be-
come more thoughtful and the good
priest is looking forward to perform.
ing an unusual number of wedding
ceremonies this summer. The girls of
Dunshaughlin are a rarely pretty lot,
perfect specimens of the purest Irish
type of beauty. They hav been
brought up by their mothers with the
one idea of ruling little home of their
own and rearing a large family of fine
children. Looking at their photo
graphs, one cannot help wondering at
the poor taste OF those sixty-nine bach
elors, who thus far have preferred to
live alone. doing their own washing
and cooking and homework and mend
ing, to sharing their cottages with
these bright, intelligent, pretty girls.
The photographs of some of the bach
elors have also been published, and it
must be said that they all look like
men who ought to be proud to have
any girls regard them with favor.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

There have been so many disputes
as to whether the Titanic sank to the
bottom of the ocean or only to a depth
of a few hundred feet, that the Scien-
tific American deems it necessary to
settle the question with the assertion
1.-THE Titanic is on the bottom" and
an explanation of why this is certain.
There is, 1t says, a commonly erro-
neous supposition that the density of
the water is far greater at the bottom
than at the surface. Density" 1t
continues, lis here confused with pres
sure. The pressure increases enor-
mou'sly as we descend, amounting to
considerably over 5000 pounds per
square foot at depth of 100 feet. Div
ers sometimes work at depths OF as
much as $50 feet, where the pressure
is half again as much, 1888 rs pounds
to be exact. When provided with spe.
cial armored diving suits, divers have
operated at considerably greater
depths; but nothing approaching the
depth at which the Titanic now lies
This depth is given at 1000 fathoms,
which is considerably over two miles,
and the pressure amounts to three
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
e5zhl0 LIl2S R
,Ak.aLkLES PIlaII

Draining nerve and muse c and con
testing every inch until the fortunate
pilot was safely on the Jacobs ladder
and ascending the ships side,
At night and in thick weather the
pilots played all kinds OF tricks on
each other. The law required that
the pilot boats, in addition to their
regular lights, should carry a white
light at the masthead. Every pilot
boat, regardlesI OF the law, also car
ried barrel at the masthead and into
this barrel the white light WIS usually
dropped. Running lights were cover
ed with canvas and thus, without
lights, the boats cruised to and fro,
each endeavoring to dodge the other.
But there was another side to the
business. 1t not infrequentiy hap
pened that a pilot boat would be seen
on her station at the c'ose of a day
end then disappear forever, victim
with all on board to some larger
craft that had cut her down. Pilot
boats too, were lost in gales that
swept the coast. Now and then pilots
would be drowned alongside of the
vessels they were trying to board. The
sea took it's toll and it showed no
mercy
one of the most remarkable wrecks
was that Of the Virginia pilot schooner
Antelope. Caught off Cape Henry IN
2 Northeaster the little boat was strip
ped of sail and driven in on the shoals
man after man being swept from her
deck until but one remained.
Just before the schooner struck the
beach he went below and drew the,
hatch. When the schooner struck
she was grRsped by mighty breaker
rolled over and over, her masts were
broken off short and she was piled, al
most high and dry, upon the shore. The
man in the schooner although having
been hurtled about like a pea in a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

remain of shore a week or ten days al
a time without even sighting sail
and return to port with water and pro
visions exhausted.
With the pilots the law Of the sur
viva OF the fittest was applied with
all the rigor that even tie sea itself
enforcC3. 1t was case Of to the
victor belonged the spoils. The mo-
ment a sail or smudge OF smoke was
seen on the horizon every pilot boat
started for it.
1t mattered little 10 the men on the
opposing boats what the weather might
be. The more wind the better while
mountainous seas we're entirely dis
regarded. The first man to reach
the vessel would get her. Every Bit
of sail that cou'd be carried Yves
swung on, the pilot boats were driven
for all they were worth. Under press
of sail the little craft would lay al
most on their beam ends, water would
run a foot deep in the lee scuppers
while over their windward bows the
crests of waves would come in solid
cataracts.
In such races it was not uncommon
to lose sails, masts and even members
Of the crews, yet, it was these very
races that led to the developing OF the
fast sailing schooners and gave to the
pilot boats the reputation of being the
swiftest craft afoat.
1t is said on good authority that it
was the lines of a famous Maryland
pilot boat. the Henry Clay hat were
adopted for the hull of the old cup
winner America.
Nor was it in gales OF wind alone
that the pilots raced. When there
was not a whisper of wind and the wa.
ter was az smooth as a dancing floor
the sight of a distant sail splIrred the
men to take to their small boats and
row, often as much as ten miles,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

Tax the bachelors has been the
cry in many States, and in some places
bills imposing such a tax have been
introduced. But it remained for the
girls of a town in Ireland to solve
the bachelor problem, so far as their
own town was concerned. A certain
Miss Bridget Brannagan started il. She
wrote to the District Council of Duns-
hauglin, County Meath, that the girls
considered there were too many un-
married men in the district, and point
ed out that this was not due to any
lack of eligible young women. The
members of the Council discussed the
matter graYely, seriously and all con-
fessed that the complaint of Miss
Brannagan was well founded. The
subject became the absorbing topic of
discussion in the little town. The
girls-or many of them-confessed
that they had no aversion to marriage
and that if they remained single it
was not their fault. The bachelors
were counted; there were sixty-nine
of them, all too many for small Irish
town. The men were spoken to and
reasoned with, but they did not at
first take the situation at all seriously.
One said with laugh that If he must
wed he would; another said he was al
ways thinking about it, but had not
yet been able to make up his mind.
others were iocularly defiant. Mean
while the girls stood at their cottage
doors and smiled and joked among
themselves about the stir that Miss
Brannagan's letter had caused. The
sixty-nine bachelors looked up a bit
more attentively when the colleens
smiled at them, but not one Of them
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
ULSTER

The following anti-Home Rule poem
entitled ULSTER" has been contribute
to the London Morning Post" by MI
Rudyard Kipling:
The dark eleventh hour
Draws on and sees US sold
To every evil power
We fought against of old
Rebellion, rapine. hate,
Oppression, wrong and greed
Are loos'd to rule our Fate
BY England's act and deed.
The faith in which we stand,
The laws we make and guard,
Our honor, lives and land
Are given for reward
To murder done by night,
To treason taught by day,
To folly, sloth and spite
And we are thrust away.
We asked no more than leave
To reap where we had sown,
Through good and i'll to cleave
To our own flag and throne.
Now England's shot and steel
Beneath that flag must show
How loyal hearts should kneel
To England's oldest foe.
Believe. we dare not boast,
Believe, we do not fear
We stand to pay the cost
In all that men hold dear.
What answer from the North?
One law, one land, one throne.
If England drive us forth =.
We shall not fall alone.
We know war Is prepared
On every peaceful home;
We know Hell is declared
For such as serve not Rome,
The terror threats and dread,
In market, hearth and field,
We know when all is said
We perish il we yield.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

racket surpassed all the previous
splashes held in this vicinity. Most of
those present had Tiffany thirsts, and
as the result the popping of corks
sounded like hail on a tin roof. A
table-to-table canvass failed to dis
close anything that resembled water,
even remotely. Not drop OF il was
drunk during the night,
Toward the end of the dinner many
OF the men became sentimental, and,
seeking out Martin, insisted on weep
lag all over him. Unable to catch up
with the basis, some OF the more sym.
pathetic men threw their arms around
the walters. Others cried in their
coffee at the thought OF leaving the
pace. Someone started the game of
taking knives, forks, salt and pepper
cellars and match-holders as souve.
mis-. They put these articles N their
pockets, and, when they met in COLI.
sion, 1t sounded like a glass chandelier
hitting the floor.
II was In the Cafe Martin en- the
night of June 25. 1906, that the world.
famous Thaw tragedy had its incep-
tloR.
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of the sea, Injured TO just such expert
ences. are again below and lost in
! slumber.
! Nor do the pilots ever hesitate to
90 to vessels in distress and rarely do
they FAX for salvage. They are well
satisfied if they get a new hawser and
I a letter Of thanks from the owners and
underwriters, coupled with the thanks
Of the rescued.
The pilot begins life at the very
bottom when he enters the service as
an apprentice. To him falls all OF
the work Of common sailor, besides
which he has to learn every foot of
the bottom Of his station This knowl-
edge is gained by sounding with lead
line and many weary, weary hours are
spent in swinging a hunk Of lead on
marked rope, calling out the depths
and comparing the results of his ex-
perience with the regular charts.
! Then there are landmarks he must
learn, courses to be remembered I'M
I'll, theoretically, he can take a vessel
anywhere. Upon having served his
apprenticeship he is given his first
branch, emitting him to take a vessel
Of light draft, though, in the mean
time, he will have made numbers OF
trips with some of the regular men.
After having served as first branch
man for a definite period, or until
there is a vacancy by death or retire.
ment, he becomes a full-hedged pilot
and is entitled to buy share in the
business by taking out shares proper
Tomato to the number Of men in the
association.
The associations shares always have
a good cash value and many a pilot,
deciding to go ashore, has sold out and
found tidy sum to help him enter
some other sphere of life. While in
the service pilots work on the share
and-share-alike basis. All money Is
put in a common fund, the expenses
are deducted and what is left over is
divided equally every month. This.
makes their income uncer-
tain, and it is but fair to say that, in
OF the hardships they
endure and the risks they run, their
is altogether too small.
Besides taking vessels in and out of
port the pilots cooperate with national
and state quarantine officers, signal
stations for the completion of news for
the mar time exchanges and with the
photographic office. They are, in fact.
1 cog in the wheels OF commerce which
nsures smooth running to maritime
and its various interests.