The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 02, 1902, Image 3
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THE END OF HIS Tfp
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The President Sent From tlosjial
on a Stretch:r.
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Unexp cted and4.brupt Close at
Indianapolis?Dctors Feared Blood
Poisorinj.
I Indiana is. hi., Special.?President
Roc*, v *rrn trip came to
an untimely end 1 this city Wednesday.
He was f?xl to be suffering
from a swellinwfn the left log, between
the kncclsd the ankle, which
required surgical attention.
.""-id instead f being taken to the
train to conrine Ms journey to Fort
Wajr..- and Milaukce, he was conveve
) to St. Virent s Hospital, where
he was operatecc:1. The operation occioek
and lasted only
a short 'title. Turn he was taken to a
private roim in .{*.?* hospital to rest.
After taking a light luncheon at 7:30
p. m.. he was conveyed on a stretcher
to his train, which had been backed
up. 011 a "V" near the hospital, and at
? 50 o'clock the trrin left for Washm>
Jn.coa. The first L :imation that anyI
thiny was wrong <: ne in the form of
rumors to the great crowd, which was
patently waiting i. ar the Columbia
Club and the soldiers' and sailors'
mcr.umcnt for the President to appear.
It was about 2:30 o'clock, half
an hour after the : ime set for the
\ President to leave ,_ie city, that a few
favored ones in the crowd received intimations
that the President was sick
and the rest of the trip would be
ate.udcned. These statements were as
promptly denied, as fast as they
# gained currency, but soon the rumors
J beaan to take on a more serious char
Lp .acter.
^ "The President has burst a blood
vessel." was a whisper that went
.around among the police officers and
soldiers.
"This cannot be true," and others,
"for the President is in the corridor
conversing with Senator Fairbanks."
Then it was said that the President
was sick, that he had fainted, and
finally a rumor was started that he
had been shot These rumors, however.
did not appear to reach the
crowd. A half hour or more passed,
and finally it was noticed that a
movement of some kind was on. The
President's carriage stood in front of
the entrance of the club with Colonel
Wilson, the Governor's private secretary.
inside, holding the large bunch
of American Beauty roses that had
been given the President in the hall.
The soldiers of the National Guard
were drawn up along the street just
In the rear The Secret Service men
and the lccal police and detectives
crowded the sidewalks in front of the
' club, keeping back the people. The
command was given to "make room"
and a path was cleared from the club
entrance to the carriage, and. as if in
answer to the rumors cf his illness,
the President accompanied by Senator
Fairbanks with a quick and sturdy
gai:.. cami down the steps of the club
and hastily entered the carriage Colonel
Wilson got out and Senator Fairbanks.
Secretary Cortelyou and Governor
Durbin took seats in the carriage
with the President The carriage
started immediately for St. Vincent
Hospital. Though the carriage
was closed, the crowds on the streets
cheered. At the hospital the President
alighted, and walked with Senator
Fairbanks and Governor Durbin up
Py the steps of the hospital. A squad of
it police formed a cordon about the
Y ^ building.
After the President entered the operating
room he sat down and waited
for instruction from the physicians
and surgeons, watching their preparations
with keen interest.
I "I am flu'fnllr enrrv T oannnf pnn
tinuc my Western trip." said he "Can't
you lot me go ahead with it after this
thing is over?"
Several o! the surgeons turned to
him and one said: "It is my opinion
that you would be very indiscreet to
continue cn your feet, as would be
necessary in your spcechmaking trip,
mfter your operation. This is by no
L means a serious thing and there is absolutely
no danger of serious consequences
from it. if you are careful and
stay off your feet until the trouble is
over. But you should by all means, Mr.
President discontinue your trip."
"Very well. then, it will have to be
that way," said the President, resignedly.
n The operation was begun without delay.
The pain caused the President to
mutter several times in a low voice,
but he said nothing that was distinct
except, to ask for a glass of water before
the needle had been removed. After
the operation was over, he made
several laughing remarks. After being
taken to an upper room from the operating
table the President was served
wiin a uftui luauueuu ana cnauea
pleasantly to those in the room. He
made several kind remarks to the attending
nurses about the trouble he
was causing, and shifted his position
I several times nervously.
I At 7:40 p. m., a white blanket was
1 thrown around him and he was placed
R on the hospital stretcher and escorted
R by a company of infantry, was carried
B / to the car, a block away, by four negro
mm pcrrters from the train. The swelling of
the President's leg. which made an
^R operation necessary, was occasioned by
|B a bruise he received at the time of the
BB trolley car^went at Pittsfield. Mass.
Besides^^^Bnjured in the face and
^R across President at that
time UDon the inner
H^R part between the ankle
and ^^^^^^^karacteristically he
^^^R pa' ignoring it as
BB not
weeks he
began to
his
fl^^HNBHH^HRjH^HBBBtestern trip, he
HB^B^HHHRHH^B^R^Bjexamine
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was decided that In order to avoid the
possibility of blood poisoning, it would
be best to have an operation performed.
The President was very much averse
to anything of the kind, but nevertheless.
when Logansport had been reached.
he had been prevailed on to deliver
the tariff speech, which had been prepared
for delivery at Milwaukee, and
which was regarded as one of the most
important of his proposed speeches for
the West. At Logansport, Senator Bcv
eridge boarded the train and alter a
consultation with him it was decided
that he should summon several of the
best physicians of Indianapolis to mc-et
the President. When the train pulled
into the station, the doctors wore there
r.r.d they were taken by the Senator
immediately into the President's car.
Whfn the President arose to greet the
padty. and also when he- arose to make
address, it was noticed by those near
him that he stood with ail his weight
on his right leg. and the posture seemed
so awkward and so much like a
pose that it caused comment. When the
President was taken to the Columbia
Club for luncheon, he was made the
subject of a serious consultation by
tho physicians. His leg was bared and
the swelling examined. After a considerable
time the doctors reached h verdict.
Said Dr. Oliver:
"In order to avoid possible blood
poisoning setting in, it will be necessary
ror tne President to submit to a
slight operation," and to this view all
the oth'. r concurred. The President
wished to postpone it until he reached
Washington, but the physicians again
proved obdurate. They gave it as their
opinion that the bruise could not be
trilled with, in its present condition
and that no one could afford, under
al! the circumstances, to take any
chances in postponing the needed surgical
attention.
At the conclusion of the operation
the physicians authorized tho following
statement: "As a result of the thraumal'r-m
(bru'se) received in the trolley
accident "at Plttafteld, Mass., there was
found to be a circumscribed collection
of perfectly pure serum in the middle
third of the left anterior tibial region,
the sac containing about two ounces,
I which was removed."
NEWSY CLEANINGS.
Russia is to issue a $21,200,000 gold
loan at five per cent.
A freight tunnel is to be bored
through Bunker Hill.
A company in California is building
j an electric line to transmit power 250
. miles.
A grand canal is being planned for
Taris by Sidney Watkins, an American
engineer.
The British exhibit at the St. I.ouis
Fair will be confined to education and
| the line arts.
The London Lancet wants the British
authorities at establish a Bureau of
Public Health.
Americans arc to start a factory at
Glasgow to supply American golf balls
to British players. ,
Fifty thousand tons of steel rails
just oruereu in L.auan?.:>i:iic are supposed
to be for America.
The Swiss postal system is to be
taken as a mode] in the reorganization
of the Japanese postoliice.
There is a small active volcano in
! Santa Barbara County, California,
! from which issue smoke uud steam.
United States Counsel Daniel S. KidI
dor reports that there is a good held
j for tlie automobile trade in Algiers..
The Paris Municipal Council has
passed a resolution urging the French
Government to abolish capital punishment.
Mississippi had twenty-two legal(
i hangings this year. During the same
period there were four lyuehings in
the State.
The budget of the New York Board
of Education for IbOii calls for the expenditure
of $21,&)1,135.08 for schools,
an iucrease of more than $2,000,000
nvor l-i?t vi'.ir'a osHniflfps
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The Animal Rescue League of Bos!
ton has taken charge of over 5UU0
homeless dogs and cats during the
last year, and either found homes for
them or chloroformed them.
LABOR WORLD. _
The Barbers' Union iu Memphis was
Drst organized iu 1857.
Telegraphers at San Francisco, Cal.,
have organized a uuiou.
C.'as men have been granted their
request for increased pay at Oakland,
Cal.
A satisfactory settlement of the machinists'
strike at Dcnison, Texas, has
been reached.
The strike at Florence. Italy, has
completely ended. The metal workers
have resumed work.
Butchers, bakers and coachmen in
Havana, Cuba, won their demauds for
nine hours at per day.
A voluntary increase of ten per cent.
lias been made in the wages or the
'longshoremen generally at Tacoiun.
Wash.
Metal polishers and brass workers (
have decided to inaugurate a general
campaign for a uiur hour day all over
the country. ,
Among 000.000 laborers in Belgium i
there are 8-V'OO men. 23,000 women
and 13,000 children under sixteen who
work more than eleven hours a day. i
Sixteen thousand sheep-shearers in '
West South Wales are on a strike, and ]
the (.government refuses to exercise its '
power toward compulsory arbitration.
At the recent session of the Trades ,
Congress at London, England, British (
I trades unions by a vote of 901,000 to
303,000 decided against a proposition ]
for compulsory arbitration. i
Lancashire, England, miners have
agreed to levy themselves Is. Id. a 1
year toward the support of the local 1
hospitals. The amount is to be deduct- '
ed from wages, by mutual agreement.
State Factory Inspector Duke, of |
Wisconsin, recently made a thorough ,
inspection in Milwaukee, and as a re- j
suit over 200 children under age were (
removed faom the various factories |
where they were employed.
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If you- want to force your heirs into i
bankruptcy and clear old acoreSirnak^ I
ypur wM open to contest.?Baltinore <
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Rllf ADP'S IFTTFD
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tie Gets Communication From a Far
Away Admirer
WHO ENJOYS KIS PHILOSOPHY
Bill Then Proceeds to Moralize on a
Number of Things That Strike Ills
Fancy.
"Keokuk, Iowa. Special.?Major
Charles H. Smith, Cartersville, Ga.?
Dear Sir: For several years past I
have been reading your letters. I like
very much your writings about the
home life, the everyday events and
the many little incidents of your experience,
looking backward over a
long and busy career.
"Although a stranger, of opposite
politics and with many different views
of life, still your words have interested
me and have so many times touched
my heart that I want to write to
you my appreciation. I wish you could
visit Iowa?go over it from the Mississippi
to the Missouri river and
meet the people of a republican state.
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I UU WUU1U, 11U uuuu'l, ouikvu j win
writings about the 'northerners.' You
would find as warmhearted and generous
a people as you have in Georgia.
"You would find a people that average
in intelligence with any people
on earth. If you could interview the
fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters or
wives of those who had fallen in the
war of the rebellion, you would not
find bitter resentment; you would not
find that these men. who had given
their lives, had done so with any
hatred toward their southern brethren,
but you would find that the great reason
for their sacrifice was in the
cause of the union of all parts of this
great country and liberty for all humanity.
This is northern sentiment,
and God, who rules wisely, ordered
that the result should be as it is.
"It is certainly a great curse to
have so many illiterate, low-lived negroes
in your state; but how true it
says 'the sins of the fathers shall be
visited upon the children unto the
third and fourth generations.' To my
mind, the forefathers' of Georgia
sinned in purchasing and owning
slaves, and now their children's children
suiter the consequences.
"I trust you will receive these
words as they are meant, with the
greatest kindness and good will, and
I wish you many more years of happiness
with your good wife, children
and grandchildren, and further hope
that 'Bill Arp'6 Letter' will continue
to visit us for very many years to
come."
That is a good letter. A good man
wrote it. I could neighbor with h:m
and his folks and never say a word to
give them offense. But I would teach
them something they do not knowteach
them gently line upon line,
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IJUl'Cpi U|JJU V i* 11?>V
and there a little. Now, here is a gentleman
of more than ordinary intelligence
and education who does not
know that the sin of slavery began in
New England among his forefathers?
not ours?and from there was gradually
crowded southward until It got
to Georgia, and that Georgia was the
first state to prohibit their importation.
See Appleton's Cyclopedia (Slavery
and the Slave Trade). He does
not know that long after New England
and New York had abolished slavery
their merchantmen continued to
trade with Africa and sold their cargoes
secretly along the coast and
never did but one reach Georgia and
that one, "The Wanderer." was
seized and confiscated and its officers
arrested. "The Wanderer" was
built at Eastport, in Maine, was
equipped as a slaver in New York and
officered there and a crew employed.
He does not know that Judge Story
chief justice of the United States su
1 1 f ~ Tlrvr,
preme court, wnen piesiiuus m u?joton
in 1834, charged the grand jury
that although Massachusetts had
freed their slaves, yet the slave trade
with Africa was still going on and
Boston merchants and Boston Christians
were steeped to their eyebrows
in its infamy. He does not know that
wh*n our national existence began the
feeling against slavery was stronger
in the southern states than in the
northern. Georgia was the first to prohibit
it, but later on the prohibition
was repealed. New England carried
on the traffic until 1845?and is doing
it yet if they can find a market, and
can get the rum to pay for them. The
last record of a slaver caught in the
act was in 1861 off the coast of Madagascar,
and it was an Eastport vessel.
The slave trade with Africa was
for more than a century a favorite
and popular venture with our English
ancestors. King James II and King
Charles II and Queen Elizabeth all
had stock in it and though Wilberforce
and others had laws passed to
suppress it, they could not do it. New
England and old England secretly
carried it on (see Appleton) long after
slavery was abolished in the colonies.
They could afTord to lose half
their vessels and still make money.
No. no. ray friend. If slavery was a
sin at all. which I deny, it was not our
sin. nor that of our fathers, nor were
we cursed with so many illiterate,
low-lived negroes as you suppose. Our
slaves were not educated in books as
they were in manners and morals and
inrtiiRtrv and mark vou. there was not
i heinous crime committed by them
from the Potomac to the Rio Grande.
We did not have a chaingang nor a
?onvict in all of the land and now
there are 4.400 in the state of Georgia.
Who is responsible for that? General
Henry R. Jackson said in the great
address he delivered in Atlanta in
ISS1: "During the four years of war.
when our men were far away from
home and their wives snd daughters
had no protectors but their slaves,
there was not an outrage committed
in all the southland. Where does history
present a like development of
loyalty? Does it not speak volumes for
the humanity of the master and the
devotion of the slave? If I had power
to indulge my emotional nature I
would erect somewhere in tjie center
)f this southland a shaft whigi should
rise above all monuments and strike
the sfctfs withes sublime head and
?n it J Weld ijferibe, 'Teftbe loyalty
testates
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during the years "62, '63 and '64.'"
But this will do tor the first lesson
to ray friend. It may lake some time?
weeks or months?for us to harmonize,
and we will not until we get
tnc iacis siraigni, du^ i Know inai ne
is a gentleman and I think more of
Iowa and her people since I received
his letter.
But my friend is lamentably ignorant
about the condition of our negroes
before the war and their condition
now. I must resent any slanders
upon our slaves. They were not lowlived.
They were affectionate and
loyal. I believe that our family servants
would have died for mv wife
or for me or our children. They were
born hers and expected to die hers.
Tip was my trusted servant during
the war and was twice :aptured and
twice escaped, the last time swimming
the Coosa river in the night. But
I have done for this time, for I am not
well and the doctor says I must not
strain my mind.?Bill Arp in Atlanta
Constitution.
The Davie Poplar.
Chapel Hill. Special.?The Davie
poplar, which, during the summer, was
reported as being blown down in a
storm, is still standing. It is, however,
badly mutilated; the top part
was blown completely ofT. leaving a
large hollow showing one-third of the
j way down the trunk. Only three
i boughs now remain on it. but it still
I stands proudly erect. The Davie pop'
lnr is always one of the first things
! pointed out on the campus and there
! .are many who will regret its unj
fortunate mishnn.
THE NATIONAL CAME.
The Chicago League Club has released
Fiteber Rhoades.
McGraw talks of giving Fitcher Bob
1 Blewltt another try-out.
Pitcliers Evans and Donovan have
re-signed with Brooklyn for next seasou.
The New York players have presented
a gold watch to Groundkeeper Murphy.
Isbell. of Chicago, has played twenty-eight
games this season without an
eiTor.
MeGrnw looks at the Idea of an
American League team in New York
as a joke.
The wonderful "Oy" Y'oung has
turned down a ?5000 offer from the
Boston League Club.
Utility man Thoney returned to
Cleveland after a three-day engagement
with Baltimore.
Harry Dolan has been hitting in
great shape for Brooklyn. In thirty
games he made forty-six hits.
Manager .loo Kelley confirms the report
that Pitcher Harper has signed
with Cincinnati for next vear.
Carey, the Washington first baseman,
has made only eight errors this season,
which is a wonderful performance.
Those close to American League affairs
say all the clubs will make money
this season except Baltimore and Detroit.
Brooklyn has signed Pitcher Garvin
for balance of season, and if his work ,
is acceptable he will be offered a con- ;
tract fov next season.
Pitcher Jade Taylor has been playing j
Ihird base for Chicago in r manner to i
indicate that he may be another Wal- j
lace. who. at one jump, quit pitching j
and became a star inflelder.
Cleveland's challenge to the Cincin- !
natl Beds for a scrips lor the Ohio |
championship will not be accepted, |
ays Manager Joe Kelley. His reason i
I is that his men do not care to play such
I i series.
SPORTING BREVITIES.
Alfred Shrubb ran four miles at London
in 10m. 2(5 4-os., establishing n new
amateur world's record.
Hoatliorblooin made a new jumping
record of seven feet live inches at the
Rryn Mawr (Pa.) Horse Show.
Marcus Hurley and E. F. Root ran
a dead lieat from*scratch in the mile
'cycle handicap at Vails burg, X. J.
r'cLewcc & Co.. who have been par1
iieiiiarly fortunate this year ou the
' turf, announce their retirement from
racing.
C. K. G. Billings has offered a $.">OoO
gold cup for a series of trotting races
to wagon, the horses to be driven by
amateur reiusmen.
I'he Kentucky Court of Appeals has
sustained the injun tion preventing the
fight between McGoveru and "Young
Corbett" at Louisville.
E. E. Smathers issued a sweeping
cliallenge to trot his horse, Lord Derby,
against any horse iu training, John A.
McKerron preferred, but Creseus not
barred, for a blue ribbon or any sum
of money up to *25,000 a side.
re.inb I ?!?.
X lilliiv X U1IU1 O J_/l? IkV.'P/.M' t?UlJ lUi'
Speculation Stakes at Gravesend, New
York City, and L. V. Bell Is credited
with being ?00,000 richer by the victory
of his horse, G. Whittier. winner
of the opening event of the day.
Scbouckuak, an Eskimo, is the latest
addition to the Carlisle Indian footliall
squad. He comes front the Aleutian
Islands, and is said to he one of the
toughest ineu on the Carlisle gridiron.
Coach Glenn Warner will ultimately
use him as centre man.
Alexander Winton, of Cleveland,
Ohio, broke all former records of seifmoving
vehicles by covering with his
famous American made tlyer, the Bullet,
one mile in 1 minute and 2V4 seconds
and ten miles in 10 minutes and
50 seconds. The laurels of France,
hitherto the queen of automobile making
countries, are ours.
Senator Hoar's New House.
Senator Hoar has bought a house on
Connecticut avenue, Washington, a
three-story brick structure of a dozen
rooms. He borrowed the $18,000 which
it cost, but hopes to make a profit by
selling before long. He and Mrs. Hoar ,
have boarded for thirty-three years in
Washington hotels. Much disappointment
is felt in the capital because
Senator Clark does not intend to build
a residency on the site of the old
Stewart castlo which he purchi*ed
some time ago. Finishing touches are
being put to his splendid heme in New*
York, and it is said the senator will
foot build again outside Montana.
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SOUTHERN *
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TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PL ANTE,
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Method* of Removing Stmn|>?. | I
Trees vary greatly as to the form of j?
their roots. Some, like the hickory, j <
black gum and white oak. have tap- j i
roots. In some cases the trunks hold j
their full sir.e to a distance of several i
feet under the ground. The tap-roots i
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8TCMP WITH TAP F.OOT. I
penetrate the soil deeply, even though
they subdivide under the ground. '
Stumps of this character permit of (
free cultivation around them. In plow- 1
ing new ground the plowman is surprised
to find with what case he may
pass some stumps, while it is necessary
for him to bear his plow out of the
ground or light his way through a maze
of roots as be approaches stumps of
another species. The difference in
roots is what makes the difference in
trees' ability to stand storms. The
maw ho full nt im-rnntpd trees.
but the hickory, black gum and white
oak stand erect, resisting the force .of
the wind and ravages of time, until
age has caused them to decay and
crumble back to earth. Such stumps,
though easy to cultivate, are "hard to <
remove, whether by means of the axe, I
machinery or explosives. Therefore, in '
clearing land covered with such i
tumps, It is not unusual to turn the <
land Into a pasture and permit the '
atumps to rot out.
There are trees with a semi-tap-root I
system, such as we show in our second ?
Illustration. The roots strike downward
at a considerable angle, but
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8TUMP WITH SEMI-TAP BOOT. 1
branch In ?very direction. Among the 1
trees that have this form of root we 1
mention pines, poplars and chestnuts. *
It is said that in the Eastern States :
trees havine this kind of roots largely 1
predominate. A Government report '
says: "Xot only does this class ineiude f
the largest number of trees, but also 1
the greatest number of species/' 1
Stumps of this character are not so s
difficult to remove as are those with *
single tap-roots. On the other hand, it 1
is much more difficult to plow or culti- 1
vate among them. Removing them Is,
however, a difficult task.
Trees with lateral root systems are .
much less numerous than are the otb- ,
crs mentioned. We illustrate a stump ?
STDMI- WITH LATERAL BOdf.
with lateral roots. In this class be- j
long the elm, soft maple, locust, clog- j
wood and alder. Plowing among this t
class of stumps is exceedingly diflcult,
as most of the roots lie just under the }
surface and in the way of the plow, j
On the other hand, stumps of this char- ?
acter Ae comparatively easy to rc- t
move. They are accessible to the axe, $
and can also be removed by machinery t
or explosives. s
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Catil*i on a Cotton Farm. I
The Texas Farm and Ranch we'', raid <
recently (remarking, by the way, that |
when that paper says "cattle'' n also j
means sheep and all other domestic! \
animals): j t
The question whether leof cattle can ! t
be profitably grown on a cotton farm I 0
admits of but one answer, and tha.: is I *
they car, by planting pasture and tor-' i;
age crops instead of cotton, and the;
beeves will pay far better than the cot- j
ton. There is no reason why cotton ;
farms may not profitably be converted j t
into stock farms, except that many | v
fanners know of no other money crop j ^
except cotton, and have never tried to! 1
know. In the shackles of heredity bent \ t(
and lifelcag habit, they do not try to f
Miscellaneous natter. I
Emile Zola was asked the other day j
ty a French journalist, to give his tc
deas regarding education. He replied: a
I was educated at the Municipal Col* it
ege at Aix and the Lycee St. Louis in h
Paris. I lost my father when I was o:
luite young and as my mother was 1
rery weak la' her attitude toward me c
[ was able to develop in my own way. c
i did not learn to read until I was 8 V
rears old. I may say that I educated *
nyself and think that is the heat way. P
[ 4o not bejjgve in school education." K
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URM fiOTES.
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R, STOCKS)AH AMD TRUCK GROWER.
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?senpe :iuu have never learned to srw
jiV i lit- fetters ur undermine Iho walls
af habit they have bpllt a round thornselves.
Cattle and cotton cannot bo
irown In the same soil the same seasou,
but those who have enough laud
nay fence of? pastures, plant Bermuda 4 .
?rass and winter vetch, rescue, Texas ,^-j
bluegrass, and, with winter oats and ?
I'.'irley, have pasture the year around;
then plant porgbum and cow peas and Yy
have a corn shredder and silos, and an '
tbundance of feed can be saved, and \
the total cost of growing a befcf will be
uo more than that required ob an nerd *?
of cotton, and the beef will sell Cot
ibout twice as nioch as the cottott ' .
would from the same acres. Those* ;
who have tried this plan have gradually
reduced their acreage of cotton and *>,
substituted feed crops.
Onion Setting Toot.
Trepare the ground thoroughly, lay
;>ff rows with marker and use the,toot Si
illustrated. This consists of conediaped
pins of hardwood inserted*fbnr
uehes apart In piece l^x^.Inches in
;ize and three or four feet long,
which the handle is attached, the Jpna
[ rojccting about two inches. Set the > . j
tool on marked row and press lightly
with the foot. In each row thus made
loposit an onion set; run the rake at- > :;
inched to wheel hoe down the row and
he work Is finished; or yon can set'1n
Yw y
OXION" SETTING MADB EAST. ;
?ach hole a young onion or other plant, *
filling the ho%" and pressing the soil
i little. In ease plants require more oi
loom, mark as for onions atpd plant la
?very other or every thlnl hole.- This_
insures rapid and effe^iveVwoTfrr
tbling one to do twice afe mpeh In a
;iven time a^ by the old method.-<Joh& , /I
laekson, in Epitomist.
Cottonaeed F>w S^tn. '"1
Experiments in cottonseed feeding .
to steers have given i4se to the follow-^
ng conclusions: These experiment* '
seem to indicate cottonseed* fi
to be used in faAtefflBffr^steers
amount fed should he limited"tt"Tour V
to six pounds per day and prefersbiyrcgH
mixed with other grains. If ft is to bei*i" fl
xclusive grain iiktbe ration, the rough-**
tge fed with it rpus^ be highly palate ;
i)le and nutritious. Even then it la
more suitable for cattle that are rough-* j ^
ug through than for those with whleh
:apid gains are desired. As an exdu* ihvA
(n*nln If H'rl lmf cr>nnr thn ^ottla /iF \ ?
nake theqp sick in any way, but it wja? jd
lot palatable enough to induce
o eat the desired amount As a rule,
steers fed exclusively on cottonseed t
neal are not followed by bogs, but JH
^vhen c nly part of the ration is cotton- , "^1
eed meal, many feeders run togs after ]
:hem with but little loss from death. . J
[f is probably safer and more econoin- jm
cal to feed the pigs a little extra grain.
notation a Teaching of ITatare.
Let us "list to nature's teachings" N B
md we will find that her method of re- M
storing soils is by rotating her cropst^Mfl
that old aeld that we have
from boyhood was covered
iind hickory uilfi short Jeaf pine *<ij
>ur fathers found it To-day the old . J
ield pines upon it are becoming vain- * |
ible for lumber, and to-morrow, if left mm
to itself, some other plant will take
possession. It is the same with grasses.
V. clover to-day is followed by a sedge.*, /
ind it in turn by a deep rooted plant . 1
faking a leaf from nature's book, the t ?
\ortn .Louisiana experiment atafion ax
ts foundation twelve years ago started *<? ?
i systematic rotation consisting of coton,
corn and peas; oats, followed hf *|
;olid peas?a four-course rotation in
hree years?and the results have'tieen VR
uch that we unhesitatingly reeomneud
it to the farmers of North Louis- .
ana, says Professor W. D. Barrqjr "
<
it win p?r.
Stock raising will pay in the SouU) ^
vhen highly improved breeds are inroduced,
and theie are pushedfrom /
>irth to block with all they will eat
if a properly compounded ration,*
;rown upon improved lands and.m
urge quantities. H
- sjl *
Pfrpstn*l l'astote.
Bermuda will furnish you grazing
hrough the summer and early fgt|<tT]d
etch through winter and early iprlagsj.
'01 will thus have a perpetual patfture.
he vetch will rcseed itself if * $ 3
o make seed before dylnfc.?SouuRrn j J
'utlivator.
Notes of Intyest.-* ?: / slaH
Mr.A.C.White, musician-in-0T$n4$r ?
i King Edward, whose death is rfn- j
Dunced at the age of 72, was the lted-1
ig performer 'on the double-tfesK, J
olding that position slnd* the death
f his old master, James Howell, in
S79. ?or closp upon a quarter cf a j
entury he wasnrganist at St Philip's 1
lurch, WaterOBo-place, London. Mr." I
/hite, whq camo'to America in 1S33
1th Juliien.was, It is said, tho com- ' ^
oser of ?? once-popular ditty. "Putfe M
re In MyTjttle Bed." # Jj&A JB
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