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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11

with the production OF an appetizing
and nutritious food material, it must
be regarded as one of the Souths
most useful trees.
Among the nut trees, whether in
digenous or exotic, it stands with few
equals and no superior In quality it
is unsurpassed, and am happy to
say that it is coming to its own, its
own place, and no mean place at that,
in the development Of the rural wealth
of the Southern States At the pres
ent time we import $5,471, 1865 worth
of nuts: we export $685. worth
Our exports Of nuts are confined to
walnuts, peanuts and pecans. The
export trade in nuts from the United
States must increases bound to in.
crease-zand when it has assumed
any considerable proportions, ven
ture to say, the pecan will surpass all
other tree nuts in the number Of
pounds sent from our shores. But
that time is some distance off. We
do not yet promise enough to supply
our own needs, and the better grades
of nuts are unknown to the nut con
Stunning public.
AS yet the pecan industry is young,
very young; it has not yet reached its
majority as cosmopolitan horti-
cultural industry in its possible range
of cultivation, but already forces are
at work which augur well for the flu
ture, among which. the attention
which it is receiving from Expert
ment Station workers and the organi-
patton of the National Nut Growers
Association, are noteworthy.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11

the owner, Mrs. Ramsey, is said to
have declined. as she would not know
how to profitably and safely invest
such large amount
But the offer for the Gunnels grove
Of eleven acres is even better,
This latter grove is now thirteen
years old and consists largely Of
seeding trees. The nuts are the
largest and finest grown in this sec
ton Of Georgia, and the annual crop
is worth $1,000 to $1,000.
Americas dealers handle small
portion Of her crop and would glad
" get more, such is the demand for
the nuts here.
! Mrs. Gunnels has an assured income
from her eleven acres, as the trees
will produce ever larger crops as
they grow older.
Albany Weekly Herald, Feb. rs, 1910
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
HIGH PRICES TO sE HAD
Professor Vim. A. Taylor (pomoloslst
u. s. Dept. Agrl, Washington, o.
D. before the National Nut Grow
ers' Association, at Norfolk, Va,
October last, said:

/ want to call attention to the
large number Of very suggestive
points which Professor Hume brought
to our notice in his very interesting
and very profitable talk. | want, al
SO, to emphasize the fact that. there
are two important standpoints from
which pecan varieties must be COM
mercially considered One is the pro
duction Of large, easily cracked table
pecans, which will be cracked at the
BANQUET table, the diner table of the
home. or beside the fire in the dwell
ings of the wellto-do. For these pc
cans high prices are to be had, and
doubtless always will be had. They
represent an entirely different pro-
duct from, and do not compare with
the staple product for the great mass
Of the people. From what we know
Of the tendencies In other lines OF nut
culture, and in all lines, practically
Of fruit culture. there will continue
to be a special demand for nuts Fl
this character at high prices.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
BETTER THAN BONDS OF SAY,
INGs BANKS.
pr. j. j. Taylor, editor, in the Medical
Council for May, IN an article en-
titled "PractIcal investments" Says:

AS to the kind Of nuts most profit
able to grow, location, soil and eli
mate are determining factors. In the
Southern States the pecan is the most
promising. Throughout the middle
and Northern States the chestnut
seems to be the most promising for
financial reward from the nuts them
selves. DR.. Robert 7, Morris, OF New
York, the well-known surgeon, is an
enthusiast in the culture Of the shell
bark hickory. and read paper on the
subject before the meeting Of the Ma
tional Nut Growers Association at
Jamestown, Va, last August. How
ever, having the disadvantages Of liv-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
ELEMENT or SAFETY uNRiv-
ALED.
From the Nut Grower, official organ
National Nut Growers Association.

Investors demand security and must
be convinced that the collateral Of
fered is safe and sufficient before
they will put out their money at a
low rate Of interest. Just in proper
ton as the risk increases does the
rate Of interest increase, until the
matter becomes speculation. Conf
dence is the reason why well con-
Quoted banking institutions are able
to assemble large sums for which
they pay but small interest. The
time seems to be coming when .
well managed pecan orchard will se
recognized as affording the ideal or
gilt-edged security for loans or bond
issue as we'll as direct investment
The more closely proposition Of
this kind Is exc mined. the better
it appears in all important particu'
lars. The element of safety Is I'M
rivaled, its value increases for years
instead Of deteriorating, It is exempt
from industrial fluctuation and Is nsr-
manent enough to suit the longest
lived individual as well as his chill
dren, "even unto the third and fourth
generation"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11

The premium on life insurance
policy of $4,000 invested in Pecan
Grove will soon earn annually an
amount equal to the face of the policy
and the annual increase. Parents and
guardians Of children will find in this
industry safety and surety Of annual
income throughout life. which can be
reached by no other investments. In
vestigations will furnish proof Of all
we have said of the valuable indus
try the value of which is beyond the
figures we have yet stated in the
public prints.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11

Nut culture promises to open one
Of the great new fields in hcrticul-
ture, and 1t is closely related to for
estry questions because so many
kinds Of nut trees are valuable for
their timber. Conservative business
men sometimes confine all their In
vestments to convertible securities,
and nut raising presents field in
which we can exchange back and forth
between timber values and nut values,
both securities being of such nature
that they are readily disposed Of in
the market
/ believe, further, that nut trees are
largely to take the place Of the use
less trees, which are at present plant.
ed for decorative purpose Ia public
and private grounds. The reason for
this belief is, because, there are no
more beautiful trees than those to
be found in the nut bearing group. ls
there, for instance, a more stately Of
more inspiring tree in the world than
the pecan, which will grow from New
Orleans to Boston, and which rears
its head a hundred and fifty feet into
the heavens with a corresponding
spread, and with the grace Of an elmf
We have in America at least twenty
five kinds Of nut bearing trees that
are notable for their beauty as we'll
ais fer their value.
Hickories belong exclusively to
North America. So far as we at pres
emit know, there are eleven species
and many varieties. At the present
time the pecan is perhaps the most
valuable member Of the group.
More than two hundred dollars has
been paid for the crop Of single
pecan tree in single year. The tree
reaches it's greatest degree Of devei-
opment in the Gulf States. The de-
mand for cultivated pecans is so much
in excess Of the supply that the high
est priced nuts Of the species do not
even get so far as the New Yea
market.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
ONE TREE YIELDS 500 POUNDS

The Packer, N. Y. November 2, 1907:
The most famous and profitable
pecan tree in Texas is owned by ?.
B. McCoury, and is situated in the
Colorado River Valley in San Saba
county. This tree is giant in size
and its pecans are large and Of per-
feet shape. This tree has given
phenomenal yield Of $50 pounds, which
were sold for so cents per pound, or
total of $3.50. Mr.. McCoury was Of
fered $3.50 for the crop as it stood
on the tree, but he declined to sell
at that price, knowing that he could
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
$50, 10000 REFUSED FOR ELEVEN
ACRES or PEcANs.
Another Valuable Pecan Orchard
Heard From in Southwest Georgia,
This One Being in Terrell County.

Americas Times-Recorder:
Mrs. G. w Gunnels, Of Terrell, from
whose pecan grove of eleven acres
the finest nuts sold in Americas and
other markets nearby are grown, has
recently declined cash offer Of
twenty thousand dollars for her
grove, or very nearly two thousand
per acre.
This is the top price offered for a
pecan orchard, and evidences the
value of few acres planted in trees
of this variety.
The Times-Recorder published re
Gently the offer of 100000 for a grove
of eighty acres in Lee County, which
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
SETTER THAN LIFE INSURANCE
VIM. Nelson, at meeting of the
Louisiana horticultural Society, in
1907.

am glad that, as a member of this
Society, it has been allotted to me,
among others, to say something about
pecan growing.
For twenty-five or more years /
have been specially interested in it,
and have long been convinced that
pecan trees will pay large profits on
any money invested in planting them
Stop making it necessary to pay life
insurance presidents 100000 a year
to take care of your surplus, money.
Remember that every tree planted on
the land adds to the selling price of
that land. This selling price rises
regularly at an increasing ratio as
the years go by. But, if ! am not
greatly mistaken, you will not be will
ing to sell at any price after your
trees come in bearing.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11

to convince the public that by far
the larger per cent Of this supply
could be produced at home with far
greater profit than the grower can
hope to realize from the cultivation
Of apples, pears, peaches or small
fruits. The prospects in nut growing
are enticing, the field is wide and
we should see that it is properly cul-
tivated.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11

Botanically the pecan (Hicorla Pc
CAM belongs to the hickory family.
The tree is one Of the largest Of the
forest, growing from IS to 40 feet
high, with wide spreading branches
and symmetrical domelike top. The
leaves are compound. The flowers
are Of two sorts on the same tree,
staminate and pistillate. The nuts
are generally obIong and vary IN
weight from Is to 100 per pound. The
shells are relatively thin and much
more easily cracked than those Of the
common hickory nut
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
From the Nut Grower, February 1908

France and Germany export large
quantities of walnuts to this country.
If the home demand for pecans is
ever supplied we can send this SUI
perior nut not only to France and
germany but to all the world. No
pessimistic views as to overproduc-
ton should deter any sensible person
from planting pecans.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11

Throughout the region where it may
be grown no fruit tree is worthy of
more serious consideration than the
pecan Combining as it does all the
requisites of an excellent shade tree
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
The Nut Grower.

One Of the substantial reasons for
planting a nut orchard is that you can
have a regular and ample support
from it. This is very reassuring
when one feels like retiring from ac-
tive business life.
There is a wide range in habit and
growth of nut trees. In size they run
I'll the way from the six foot hazel
bush to the monarch walnut, and, as
to longevity, from the ten years Of
an almond to the centuries of the
pecan.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
PECAN INDUSTRY YOUNG.

Prof, H. Harold Hume, in paper
read before the Convention Of As-
ricuIturaI Commissioners at Rich
mond, Va.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11

gather the nuts himself and realize
greater profit. The nuts have in
past years Sold as high as IS cents
per pound
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
DEMAND FOR CULTIVATED
PEcANs

From an address delivered At the
sportsmen's Show Of the Forest,
Fish and Game Society Of America,
BY Dr.. Robert 7. Morris, New York
City.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
orchard and Garden.

Orchard and Garden.
Nut growing for profit win grow in
to a mighty industry, and become one
of the most important branches Of
horticulture. It canOt help it The
orchard and Garden is too patrio=
tic to see the large annual impoTta-
tons of nuts of all kinds into this
country without making every effort
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
EXPERT OPINIONS.

ON THE VALUE OF A PECAN
GROVE AS AN INVESTMENT;
ITS SAFETY CERTAINTY, AND
PRoDUcTvENEss or LARGE
RETURNS.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11
SAFETY AND CERTAINTY.

From the Atlanta Georgia. journal,
One Of the largest daily newspapers
In the South recently advocated the
profitableness of pecan culture In
the following terse and truthful
manner:
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1913-09-11

PECAN BELONGS TO HICKORY
FAMILY.
U. s. Dept. Agriculture. FarmsrS sul-
IetIn No. 1874.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07
WEATHER FORECAST.

ARIZONA-Fair Tuesday. Wednes-
day slowly rising temperature.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07
MILLIONS FOR
BETTER ROADS
Measured by Sums Appropri-
ated by States for Road
Improvement 1912 Has
Been Notable
AUTO is sTIMULANT

The year Just closed has been a
notable one from the view point Of
good road enthusiasts in many a.
rections. Il would be noteworthy II
there were nothing else to record
than the action OF many states in
making liberal roads appropriations.
New York tops the list with the $50
cocoon bond issue added TO its pre-
Nious appropriation OF an equal
amount Pennsylvania follows with
proposed S50.000.000 appropriation
which there is assurance VIII be faY-
oTably acted upon by its state legis-
lature. In California an $4,000, 900
bond issue is now being expended N
Maine the S2.O00.000 cond issue has
been authorized. TO be met hy auto
mobile fees. smaller appropriations In
other states, an point 10 a vast bet
terment in road conditions in the next
few years The defeat OF the $780, O0,-
GOO bond issue IN Ohio Is the only dis
cOuraging feature OF the year. and
even this. say Ohio good 70 ads adyo-
Gates 5 certain 20 be reCOnsidereC On
the near future.
OF the many conventions held arr-
ing the year. two are especially note
worthy The American Road Con
gress at Atlantic City. y T. brought
together road builders and road users
in enthusiastic cooperation Most i'm
pCrtant. however, was the first Fed.
eral Aid Good Roads convention call
ed BY the American Automobile as.
sociation and held in Washington. D.
C., in January and out OF which have
already come results far-reaching aud
which give promise OF greater things
at no distant day.
The federal aid sentiment and the
good roads enthusiasm stimulated and
Crystallized by the A. A. A.. with the
agricultural business and highway as
sCciations cooperating have spread
throughout the United States. 50 that
the beginning of 1913 has spread
throughout the United States, so that
the beginning OF 1913 finds the ques-
ton 20 he not one OF whether the
government should spend national
funds upon roads, but as TO the form
which such appropriations should take.
On this point another noteworthy
event Of the year was the action #
the A. A. A. al lis annual meeting in
placing itself squarely on record Ia
yUring the construction OF system of
national roads and opposed to scat
tering and piecemeal distribution of
government funds,
Even though there is little likeli-
hood OF the present congress takiag
any important action on the subject
Of federal aid, the joint committee
is busily engaged collecting data ami
information upon which to base its
report All but one OF the members
of the Joint committee have either
been reelected TO the house, or their
continuance in the senate is assured.
The governors of ali the states have
been called upon for detailed infor-
nation as TO highway conditions in
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07
SEVERE BLOW DEALT
TO STATES RIGHTS
Supreme Court Favors r. Rs.
and Express Compan-
les in Decision

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Jan. G.
The powers Of states over railroads
and express companies suffered a
hard blow today when the supreme
court held mat STAGE the passage OF
the Carmack amendment TO the inter
state commerce law in 1906 states
ceased TO have the right to annual
contracts between railroads and ship
icrs, limiting the liability OF loss in
interstate shipments. Another seri,
Gus blow was delivered TO the loss
liability when the court held that
states. since the passage of the inter
state commerce acts. particularly the
Hepburn law OF 1896. had 40 power
to penalize railroads for failure 70
furnish cars for interstate shipments.
In this connection the court de-
clared unconstitutional the Minnesota
reciprocal demurrage law, authoriz-
ing the recovery by shippers of one
dollar a cay for every day during
which the railroad failed 20 furnish a
cssT for The removal OF freight
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07
CLEARING HOUSE IS
TERMED A MONOPOLY
Salt lake Association Is De
scribed Before Money
Trust Probers

WASHINGTON. ID. G.. Jan. 6.-Op-
erations OF the Clearing House as
ISOLATION in salt i4akt and the con
troversy with the National Copper
bank. OF that city, were explained
10 the money trust" investigating
committee in the house TODAY Five
Salt Lake bankers testified
W. w Armstrong. president OF the
National CnpDer prnk recornted the
circumstances which resulted in the
separation OF his bank fror the clear.
ing house. lie said that the Copper
National declined TO ABIDE by the rule
adopted By the clearing house. for
bidding banks 10 pay interest on open
or checking accounts. eight other
members of the clearing house dis
solved the association ard immediate
" formed u new one " the con
stitution including a rule which the
Copper National objected too. The
Copper National declined TO sub
scribe TO the rule or TO enter the neN
association and. Armstrong said, IL
cost his bank So. 600 a year extra 20
operate outside OF tue clearing
house. He asserted that the Salt
Lake Clearing House rules regulates
the rates and Interest to be charged
in practically every transaction be-
tween a bank and It's clients, and en-
deayored 10 argue that ii is an asso-
citation in restraint OF trace. usurp-
ing the functions of the officers Of
banks
W. s. Mccormick and three other
members Of the association said that
Armstrong stated the facts very
much as they occurred, but that they
disagreed with his view as TO the
ethics OF the situation, maintaining
that the association was acting with
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07
.PHOAIx NOW HAS
A SUIT OF CUSTER
Precinct Officers in Capital
City Refuse TO Vacate and
Attorney Starts Case

PHOENIX. Jan. 40 Dust jus
tices OF the Peace c. W. Johnstone
and r. p. Parker. whose Office unde.
the new law. became vacant on New
Years day. a suit entitled Frank h.
Lyman. County Attorney Maricopa
County. Upon Information Of Theo-
dore +. Powers. Relator Versus c.
W. tombstone and p. p. Parker, Re
spcndents was filed in the superior
court yesterday.
II is alleged that tombstone and
Parker were elected az the regular
election for territorial and county Of
hcers ia November. 1908. ana that
they assumed Office January !, 1909
that al The first regular session of the
state legislature law was passed au-
thorizing the county board of super
yisors TO redistrict the Justices pre-
cincts on September ]. 1912: that all
Offices OF the old justices of the peace
terminated on January /. 1913
i IS further alleged tiAt John
stone and Parker refused TO turn over
the books and dookets OF the Office
10 the newly appointed justice r. T..
Powers. when he made formal demand
on January ,. 1913.
The hearing OF the case win prob
ably be taken up Immediately as it
is understood that the old justices.
as well as the new officials. want the
matter Settled The chief contention
OF the old precilct officers is that the
law passed by the legislature. prcvid-
ing that the supervisors of each coun-
" should appoint new officers the
first of January 1913. is unconstitn-
tiUnal they base their contention on
the ground that the constitution says
all officers shall hold till their sue
cessors are elected and qualified
The claim is made that tbs takes out
Of the hands OF the legislature tbs
right 70 declare any Office vacant
BOT there Is another phase to the
controversy This is that the same
law directed the supervisors to re
arrange the boundaries Of precincts
Ae first day NJ September, 1912. Some
claim that when those boundaries
were rearranged the Old precincts
went ont Of existence and new ones
we're created; therefore the offers
nwly appointed are for new precincts
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07
lRD|CT PATTON FOR
CORNER IN COTTON
Conspiracy Charged Against
Men Who Sought TO
Manipulate Market

WASHINGTON. d. C.. Jan g.
the supreme court of the United
States laid down TO-DAY a far reach
ing principle that corners" in inter
state commodities. such as articles
OF clothing and food are in violation
of the Sherman antitrust Law.
This was held so far as the SheT
man law is concerned in the indict,
nent by the New York federal court
OF James Patton, Eugene G. Scales
Frank II. Hayne. and William p
Brown, for conspiring TO run an al.
legged cotton corner, as valid.
The case against them was sent
back for trial or other proceedings.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07

their respectatiye states. and nforma-
tion is also being gathered from high
way departments and other sources.
As result the 63rd congress. when
its comes into existence on March (,
1919, will have before il volume OF
information on the subject OF good
roads never before available. and
which viii be of vast service in form
ulating policy of feseral aid.
The second federal aid convention,
20 be held in Washington simultane-
ously with the beginnings oil the new
congress. will bring the organized mo-
florists, the farmers, and the business
men who VIII be represented there
into closer cooperation with congress
on this matter. and undoubtedly VIII
result in speedy action along federal
aid lines.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07
FREEDOM FOR INDIANS
SAYS SECY. FISHER

Ccon'ir ned from Page u
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07
TAFT GIVEN MEDAL.
Championship Of Jewish People
Against Russia is Recognized

WASHINGTON. d. c., Jan, g.
President Taft adds to his collection
OF decorations today a gold medal,
presented to him for his champion
ship Of the Jewish cause in the recent
diplomatic embroglio with Russia
which resulted in the abrogation o.
the treaty OF 1892 with that country.
me medal Is a gift OF B'Nai Birth. o.
the constitutional executive commit
tee which is meeting here.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07

and they save the lives OF many chill
drcE
Push on Education
Educational opportunities must be
taken 60 thousands of Indian chill
drcn not yet in school industrial i'm
pulse and opportunity must be given
20 Indians Who do not now value
their possessions: a chance has to be
extended TO thousands of Indian fam
lies for living in sanitary homes
SAYS the report. Only in this way" it
is declared can the day of the In
dams emancipation from national
guardianship be sped, and the obligs-
ton that is upon Us OF affording the
Indians the same opportunities. rights
and privileges as other Americans be
discharged
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-01-07

RARE INDEED are the opportunities to buy
snch garments as these a. a price like this.
They iHciuGe the seasons best styles and
represent the very best values we've ever Of
fsred made Of Zeheiinss Chev.ots and cas-
siTers in navy and handsome gray and tan
miAlures. $50 - sazag vino for SIS -