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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-17
WARNING AGAINST
SOWING ALFALFA
FARMER SAYS IF YOU WANT ALL
KINDS OF TROUBLE ON FARM,
DO NOT SOW ALFALFA UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
(From the Oklee, Mimi, Herald.)

" VII TIC OhISS, MILL, f16Tdlu.J
The following clipping has been sent
us by farmer subscriber:
If you don't want lots of trouble,
don't SOW alfalfa. Along in the middle
of June, when the corn needed cult
walton the most, we had to stop and
cut the darned alfalfa. 1t was in bloom,
three feet high. We had to haul in
twenty loads of hay off of it.
In July the folks in town invited US
to spend week attending chautauqua.
I suppose they were glad when they
got my postcard announcing that we
could not come, because we had to cut
that blamed alfalfa patch again. Gee,
but it was hot hauling in that hay
Worse still, I was fool enough to go
to work and SOW five more bushels Of
alfalfa seed. The only rest I'll get
hereafter from hauling in alfalfa will
be on rainy days.
1t got rain again in September and
about the first thing | knew that darn
ed alfalfa was three feet high and all
in bloom; it had to have another hair
cut.
Then Barnum & Bailey's circus came
to town and darned my buttons if [
didn't have to miss that circus for the
first time in forty years. l got mad,
and then turned the pigs, COWS and
calves into it; and still the blamed
stuff kept growing to beat the cars.
They could not keep it down, they got
fat on it.
But still this alfalfa hay that we
sweat so cuttin' and sackin' makes
mighty fine stufin' for the COWS these
cold ground hog days. Every thing on
the place eats it except the hired girl,
and she amt been here long.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-17
SI|MTER BOYS ARE GIVEN PRIZES
IN RAISING GRAIN And COTTON
Annual Exhibit Club in Americas Friday
great Success-CarIyIe Profit Of
From Three
ners in he Contest Show Fine ResuItes.

Mr.. j. F. Jackson, of the agricul-
tural department of the Central of
Georgia Railway Co., attended the eX-
hibit here yesterday, and awarded Mr..
Buchanan the fine pure-bred Berk-
shire pig offered by the railway COM
pany to winners in every Boys Corn
club in Georgia and Alabama. Mr.. Bu-
chanan also won the Berkshire prize
pig here last year, each pig being val.
ued at $25. This award is made by
the company in four crop contests.
Other Prize Winners.
First Premium: Robert Mcneil, TO:
GAS bushels, showing a net profit Of
5000. Prize, scholarship oshort
course in the State College of Agri-
culture at Athens; value, 500. This
prize was offered by the four Americas
banks.
Second Premium: Douglas Freeman,
for 56.08 bushels, showing net profit
of 5000. Prize, Gee Whizz cultivator,
valued at $3.50, and given by the Shelf
field Co of AmericuS
Third Premium: Leroy Grant, for
42.3 bushels, showing net profit of
$32.1O. Prize, Pair of Walk-Over
shoes, given by the Rylander Shoe
Co.
Fourth Premium: John Ed Peel,
for 1873 bushels, showing net profit of
$2O.4O. Prize, Hat, worth 81, pre-
sented by S. L. Stills.
Fifth Premium: Harrison Walters,
for 1880 bushels, showing net profit
of $14.26. Prize, Mulch harrow, worth
$3.50, presented by ]. w, Harris &
Co.
Sixth Premium: Oscar Carter, for
42.3 bushels, showing net profit Of
$3.50. Prize, boys cap, presented b.,
Charles L. Ansley.
Fine Bulls for Clubs.
Mr.. Jackson announced that the Cen
trail railway would soon receive from
the bluegrass region another ship
ment of pure-bred Shorthorn bulls for
presentation to corn clubs, coming up
to the requirements laid down hereto
fore. The pure-bred bulls cost the
company $125 each, and are given abb
lutely free to Boys Corn clubs to the
end of encouraging the raising of fine
cattle on the farms in Georgia and
Alabama.
Both Mr.. Jackson and Mr.. Oliver
were greatly pleased with this latest
exhibit of the Boys Corn club of Sum
ter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-17
Agent Oliver in Charge.

]. G. oliver, district agent for farm
demonstration work in southwestern
Georgia, had charge of the exhibit
and made a minute inspection of eacn
individual display. Statements were
rendered by club members relative to
cost of cultivating his acre, the yield
therefrom in bushels and net profit
Each exhibit was carefully inspected
and the award of prizes made upon the
basis of net results.
The seven prize winners in this
contest were Carlyle Buchanan, Rob-
ert Mcneil, Douglas Freeman, Leroy
Grant, John Ed Peel, Harrison Wal
tiers and Oscar Carter, in the order
named. Carlyle Buchanan was the
only exhibitor in the -four crops" con-
test, and was, to that extent, in a diff
ferent class from the zone acre. con-
testants.
Buchanan Wins Railway Prize
Young Buchanan made an exhibit of
corn from one acre, hay from one acre
and cotton from one, the fourth crop
-oats-being eliminated this year. His
bill of costs for producing the three
crops included rent of land, SIS; pre-
paration, $3.50; seeds, 1878; fertil-
izers, 5000; cultivation, $685.; har-
vesting crops, SLIT; total Of
$70.42. His three crops netted him
as follows:
Corn-6S.82 bushels, worth. .$6S.82
Seed cotton-2,O54 lbs, worth. ... 61.62
Dry Hay-2,700 lbs, worth 49,. $3.50
His net profit from the three acres,
therefore, deducting expenses Of $70.42,
was $S7.52, fine profit, indeed, from
three acres of corn, hay and cotton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-17
EUROPE NOW CALLING FOR
CARTRIDGES MADE IN U. S.
Ammunition Industry Leads All Others
as a Result of Deadly Fighting
BY European Armies.

NEW YORK, Oct. 17-With millions
of soldiers in Europe shooting hun
dreds of cartridges each a day, thous-
ands of rapid-fire guns using while in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO, May 16.-Addition of Kan
sas to the region threatened with serious
crop losses from Hession fly had consid-
cradle to do today with q swift rally in
wheat. At one time May delivery showed
&c advance The market closed unsettled,
q above last night. Other speculative ar
ticles, too. all made a net gain-corn. IA
y to Y; oats. sab to Z. and provisions
2tsto ~. ST.
Salna and Ottawa counties in Kansas
formed specifically the new territory
where the Hessian ny pest was said to be
at work on wheat. Damage
already was estimated at 80 per cent.
experts in Missouri who had
heretofore minimized the injury from the
insect plague were today conceding that
more harm had been done than was pre-
viously acknowledged, 80 per cent being
mentioned at several points Illinois
complaints abated but little. If at all.
Shorts in May wheat received the hard
est twist during the general advance in
prices. Profit taking, however, gave that
option the widest reaction at the finish.
Realizing sales near the close and tenn
porary weakness early on account OF
rains southwest afforded the only breath
ing spots for the bears.
Although favorable weather for plant
ing acted as a check on bulls in corn, that
cereal responded to the advance OF wheat.
Besides Argentine dispatches indicated
that excessive heat was increasing the
losses which had been inflicted by con-
tinual rains. Receipts for the week here.
compared with the corresponding part OF
the season. were the smallest in years.
Oats Joined in the f1rmness developed
by other grains Crop prospects IN CEN
trail and southern Illinois and in Indiana
were represented as being less bright.
Provisions rose with hogs and corn.
Business, though, was only moderate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. May 16-In an advance
today which carried new crop positions
INTO new high ground for the season. the
cotton market displayed pronounced
activity in which buying for southern
account was conspicuous feature at
tending reports of further excessive
rains and bad crop prospects in Texas
The market closed firm at q to 10
higher and only little under top for
the day.
\ surprisingly firm Liverpool market
attributed to covering and the removal
Of hedges in response to reports that
1000 bales of cotton had been destroyed
by fire at Galveston. started the buying
movement on this side. First prices
showed advances Of . to TO- The ad-
vance received further impulse from
hullish weather dispatches. notably from
Texas. where it was still raining, with a
prospect that unsettled and showery
conditions would prevail over Sunday.
With the advance there also came a
general increase of outside buying and
IN active covering movement. particu-
Iarly in new crops by Wall street inter
eSts. Liverpool and local shorts were
leading buyers of the old crops
Unsettled and showery weather in the
western belt and generally fair condi-
tons i'll the eastern were contained in
the official forecasts. On the advance
May reached IL cents. while all new
crops but January crossed the 1o-cent
level. Bulls contended that a few days
more of such weather would start a
bull campaign of considerable proper
lions. but on the other hand II was
believed that any return TO favorable
conditions would result in quite sharp
setback.
Coffop \tYfuras cloSad Nrp,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
FOREST FIRES ROB sou.
Destruction of Humus Presents
Lasting Injury to Agriculture.

A definite relation between the amount
OF humus, or vegetable matter, i'll tlte
soil and it's crop-producing power NJ
shown by yields Of corn is given n
figures just issued by the Department
Of Agriculture. The department. there.
fore, advocates the use Of various
methods to introduce the required humus
into the soil.
Experts of the forest service state that
the soils of the whole country, and par
ticularly of the south, have lost and are
losing immense amounts of this source
of soil fertility through forest fires. which
apparently do little immediate damage.
but rob the soil of Accommodations OF
humus. In many parts of the south land
is being cleared for farming. and where
such forest land has not been burned
there is a large percentage of vegetable
matter which provides considerable FER
tility and a good texture. Moreover. this
soil has a greater capacity to absorb and
retain moisture, and thus is less likely
to be washed and quilted under heavy
rains. For these reasons, leaving out OF
account the damage to standing timber.
the department. authorities are agreed
that fire should be rigidly kept out OF
woodlands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17

this was proved to be the coat of Ippolito
Aldobrandini afterward Pope Clement
VIII. Before this discovery-the dish
decoration displays the history of tho
Emperor Titus-it had been dfscerned than
in the panel showing Titus at the feast Of
the sacred bull of Apis the gorgeous
beast had emblazoned on his side tho
badge of the order of the Crescent, foun9-
ed by Rene. Due dAnjou. in 14H. q
which the knights were chiefly Florent.Ge
mobiles. 1t could then be historically ess
tablished that Cellini executed the dlah
with the ever. alas, mssing) for one OF
these knights, about 1545. after his return
from France. where he left his naughty
pupil Ascanio, who might otherwise have
helped him. at the court of Francis j.
The four panels of this wonderful dist.
1is4 inches in diameter. show the siege
and sack of Jerusalem. Titus at Meit-
phiS; the Triumph at Rome OF Titus anu
his father vespasian; and, fourthly. ti,r
dedication festival at the Colosseum on its
completion, a veritable anticipation of the
cinema i'll silver. Clement VIII. noble
F'lorentine himself. must have envied this
masterpiece when the knight of the
Crescent owned il, and doubtless acquired
it his elevation to "A cardinalate ln
1855, fourteen years after Cellini s death.
In the Triumph panel should be noted the
spoils of the Temple of Jerusalem, borne
aloft in the conqueror chariot, including
the sacred candlestick. Where is this
amazing relic now, and where is the
golden table? We know that much of the
Roman spoil went down In trireme to
the bottom of the sea. 1t is well. The
imagination boggles over the prospect of
an art sale where these lost treasures
would reappear.
Emphasis has been laid on these two
wonders. There will be many other pieces
to tempt collectors among this lost-and-
found silver, such as n Charles III owl
form vase and cover. 1875; two bottles
and shoppers OF the same date; 1861
taxa OF the College of Physicians; two
George L jardinieres with the arms VI
Sir Robert Walpole and his wife, Cath
crime Shorter, granddaughter of Lord
Mayor Sir John Shorter; a Nicholas
Sprimont centerpiece with the arms oi
the second earl; and a 1870 Gabrie!
Sheath wine-cistern. weighing 651 ounces,
which. however. does not compare with
that bath Of a wine-cooler four feet long
dated 1851. and weighing 1000 ouncss
belonging to the Duke of Rutland. Ths
Ashburnham sale should, indeed. dwarf
the magnificent Dunn-Gardner. disperAAl
Of 1892. Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
COFFEE MARKET.

NEW YORK. May 1s.-The coffee
market was inactive today. but main
tanned a steady undertone, due to favor
able cables and absence of local pres
sure. The opening was steady. 2 to 5
higher: close steady, / to net higher.
Sales. ALSO bags. May. S5S; July. ST. !;
September. $50; October. s.97; Deem
br 9.12: January, 9.1s; March. $50.
Spot quiet: Rio No. Z, Sz; Santos No.
a. l1ss. Mild quiet: Cordova, 121aa16
nominal.
Havre and Hamburg unchanged to u
higher. Rio unchanged. Brazilian re-
ceipts 10000 bags: Jundiahy. 5000.
Santos cables quiet and unchanged:
futures, % to IS higher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

but firm. $0Ae''
Cornmeal-Firm.
Rye-Firm
Barley-Steady
Wheat--Spot firm; No. hard winter
1-o5A G; !. +. New York; No 2 red 1861
c. l. 4 to arrive; No 1 northern Duluth
Lay and No. 1 northern Manitoha
l.O4h I. o. b. ahoat. Futures advanced
on reports that the hessian fly was doing
carnage IN Kansas. May, i.o4sl: Julv
30 5-16; September, 93h.
Corn-Spot frm No. 3 YELLOW sox
C. !. +. to arrive. e'@
Oats-Spot steady.
Hay-Steady
Hops-Quiet
Hides-Steady
Leather-Firm
Pork-Steady
Beef-Quiet
Cut meats-Steady.
quiet e'"pou''o'
Tallow-Quiet
Cotton seed oil--Firm; prime summer
TENDER. 1856 ''''' sep-
Wool-Steady.
Rosin-Quiet
46k "ei''"e odrreis'
Rice-Quiet.
Molasses-Quiet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
Woman Is School Trustee.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERsTOwN, Md, May 16.-At the
suggestion of the board of school COM
missioners for Washington county pa
irons of the public schools Of Williams
port held meeting and elected three
trustees-Cyrus D. Bell, William H.
Beard and Mrs J. William Lefever. Mrs
Lefever, who is the wife of a well
known citizen of Williamsport. is a
high school graduate and a former school
teacher, and is the first woman school
trustee in the state Of Maryland. The
plan of having one female trustee for
each school is along the line Of effort to
improve school conditions in Washington
county and to remove the system as
far as possible from politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17

NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. La. May 16.-Prices
in the local cotton market today moved
up IT points on August and 10 to II
points on all other positions. Every
condition affecting the market was of
builish character. Liverpool came in at
31s English points improvement and with
a continued full line Of spot sales while
the demand for spinnable cotton on this
side was undiminished in volume with
buyers willing to make concessions.
There was very little Improvement in
the weather position in the greater por-
ton OF the belt. These influences COM
bined to develop a renewal Of interest in
the long side of the market and free buy
ing sent prices up with fair degree OF
steadiness throughout the day.
Cotton futures closed steady. May,
1923: July. 1896; August. 70; October
i2.ol; December. uOo, January. l20l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
BOSTON. May 10.

CHICAGO, May 1e-Hogs-Receipts.
G, 900 head; strong. Bulk of sales. s.45a
$50: light. S.3Oa8.55: mixed. S25aS. b5 /;
heavy, s.05as.521s; rough. s.O5aS.l5; pigs.
Relationships, 900 head; steady.
Beeyes 7.40as35: steers. 7.10a8.20;
stockers and feeders. e.40as:60; cows
and heifers, 3.75as.70; calves. 7.50a10.75.
shesp-Receipts. 5000 head: steady.
sheen 5.s5a62O: yearltngs. 6.00a7.25;
lambs 6.25as.45; spring. 6.50as.75.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
TREASURY STATEMENT.

The conditions Of the United States
Treasury at the beginning of business
yesterday was: Net balance in general
fund, $72.445.13o; total receipts Friday,
s2.14S.560; total payments Friday. So
3S2.979
The deficit this fiscal year is s40.446,-
83s. against surplus of s2,895.701 last
year. exclusive of Panama canal and
public debt transactions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK, May 16-Cotton goods
markets today were less steady with
more business reported on print cloths
and convertib1es. Iarns showed an i'm
provement in inquiries. Mems wear
prices were hardening and some num-
bers of dress goods were advanced.
Burlaps were dull Linens were in bet
ter demand at slightly lower prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17

Oliver J. Lee has been elected IN
structor in astronomy at the Cniver-
sity of Chicago.
The imperial bureau of entomology.
conducted under the auspices of the
British colonial office. is becoming one
Of the British empire. especially on &C
count Of it's work in connection with
disease-carrying insects. All the British
colonies contribute to the expense OF
the bureaus work. and share in it's
benefits Last year the main work was
collecting and collating of the laws and
regulations relating to injurious in
sects in force in various parts of the
insects were received by the bureau, of
which $4,000 were blood-sucking insects.
An urgent problem now pending is to
safeguard India from the importation
tingency threatened by the shifting Of
trade routes that will follow the open
ing Of the Panama canal. It is believed
that yellow fever has already appeared
survey has just been carried out in
Hongkong.
The biological work of the University
of Utah will be taken to a mountain
laboratory during the summer months.
The mounted skeleton Of the Ameri-
man mammoth which has for many
years been exhibited in the museum of
Chicago Academy of Sciences has been
transferred to the Field Museum of
Natural History.
DR.. f. r. Clark. associate in anatomy
at Johns Hopkins University. has ac-
cepted an appointment to the chair of
anatomy in the University of Missouri.
DR.. Leverett D. Bristol has left SYRIA
cuse University to take charge of the
North Dakota state laboratory.
DIR. H. Merkel, professor of path
illogical anatomy at Erlangen. has been
called to Munich.
DR.. Adrian Won Maanen of the Mount
Wilson observatory. is visiting his
home in Holland. He will return to
Mount Wilson in July.
There are more than three thousand
variable stars discovered. They are
far distant suns that at constant in
tervals of few days or weeks that
grow suddenly much brighter than
usual. The star Algoe, that is now
being so intently studied by as
tronomers. is tho most generally
known example of this kind. This great
sun radiates eighty times the light of
our own sun, but at the interval passes
between 1t and our own system and
partially hides 1T from us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
Why We Worry.
From the Atlantic Mag.zine.

TIE
Worry. when you come to analyze It.
is not a social vice. We worry chiefly
over those things which concern the
me- Show me that what impends will
leave my bank account intact, my
health unimpaired. my friends and fam
lily out, and any further tormenting So
licitude that I may feel is frankly
academic. I may still take thought
and use preventive measures, but 1
cease. as II by magic, to worry over
the outcome. On the contrary, I can
now work for the accomplishment of
my object better than ever before. For
most worry is not only an arch form
of selfshness. but 1t Is the great in
hibitor of action. We say. II am wor-
ried"; we mean, Il fear for myself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
Values Follow Line of Least
Resistance, When Europe
Is Heavy Seller.
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
KEEPS TRADERS CHEERFUL
Prospect of Abundant Crops Gives
Wall Street a Chance for
Optimism.

NEW YORK. May 16.-The most direct
Influence brought to bear upon the stock
market today was from abroad. London
reported selling there by Paris. which in
turn was attributed to unsatisfactory
financial conditions in Russia. American
stocks were depressed sharply in Lon
don. Speculation here was lifeless, and
at the opening the list followed the line
OF at least resistance by easing off to
about the level reached in the English
market At the lower range a better
demand arose and the decline was quick
~ Cancelled. The movement thereafter
was narrow and variable. with ma iority
OF slight losses at the end.
Sentiment was cheerful The weekly
trade reviews reflected this spirit, which
is pased more upon expectation than
upon visible Improvement In some
branches of business, it was said. dis
lihct petterment was evident, but changes
We're slow. Continued favorable weather
for the growing crops and the strength
OF the investment position indicated by
the ready absorption of stock and bond
ISSUES also supported bullish opinion.
Inc bank statement did not come up
70 expectations. Large cash gain had
been predicted, but the amount shown
in the actual table was less than 81 ono :
900. ''''i S''VV''
ne loan expansion of So 7o3OO1 re-
iected the large syndicate operations of
the week. The surplus reserve fell off
py nearly So.0000OO.
trading in bonds was quiet. The
course oil prices was irregular Some
strength appeared in Rock Island COL
iaterais. Total sales of bonds, 500 600.
lnted States Is registered advanced IL
ON call on the week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17

ers of the notes to agree to one years
extension of time. the company offering
to pay per cent instead Of the existing
rate Of per cent, and promising also
extra security against the obligation. 1t
is believed that not more than 80 per
cent of the holders will agree to this plan.
How the rehabilitation of the road can
be accomplished without a receivership
and reorganization is not clear to the
financial district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
On the Watch.
From Pearson's Weekly.

From Pearson weekly.
An old Scotch lady was noticed by her
minister TO fall asleep every time he
preached. while when young men from
st. Andrews University acted as substi-
tutes for him she remained awake and
was most attentive. The minister one
day demanded an explanation OF her con-
duct and she replied: "Weel, meenister.
/ ken the word of God is safe in your
hand, but when the young fellows from
st. Andrews come along It takes me al
my time to watch them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17
Wonderful Cellini Dish,

When Christie's experts lifted the Gel
lini dish from the Ashburnham chest they
could not believe their eyes. "A dainty
dish to set before a king" was weak
exclamation of admiration. OF course,
there was no signature. but, as the late
Mr. Woods used to say about an unsigned
picture. Cant You see. man, that it is
signed all over by genius?" "Cellini'
seemed to be written all over this Won
derful dish. in which hundreds Of minute
ly fooled figures in low relief prevailed.
leaving no space apparently untitled. Yet
at length, in the corner of a panel, tiny
cardinal coat-of-arms was found by one
with an eagle eye. After much research
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-17

Buried beneath tons Of dirt when the
sides of the ditch in which they were
working caved in, Antoine Mellor. fifty
five years old, was suffocated and VIII
liam H. Blondell was badly injured yes
terday afternoon, near the Sydenham
Hospital in Baltimore.