The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 30, 1905, Image 3
* k the whole crowd o! young fellows,
Who travel the run through our tdwn,
[And some are all laughin' and smilin',
While others are robed in a frownBut
the one that does business. I notice,
No matter what may be his line.
Is the 'man who pours out with each
measure
A "bonus" of bubbling sunshine.
I'm not much for readin' nor learnin',
Nor copvin' wisdom from books:
V.I ajn't stuck on new fads nor fashions.
v-Nor wearin' tight shoes for their looks;
Just jamming your house full of money
May veem to this age a good sign.
But I b'lieve in the old tashioned doctrine
Of filling your heart with sunshine.
II
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By PROFESSC
v4^. Author of "Wee
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JtOXt HE <loor of the doctor's j
)( % Louse was closed almost
O I 3 noiselessly, aim jonn urecn
M p went slowly down the sliort
Hisht of steps, his grayish
countenance working with fury.
"A guinea for proscribing more rest
and nourishment, plus a bo tie of drugv
gist's filth!" he muttered. "What on
earth possessed me to consult him?"
Reaching the pavement he began to
;walk swiftly, but a throbbing behind
the old scar on his temple compelled
lirn to slacken his pace.
"I suppose it was that that made me
take fright," he said to himself. "I
never used to have headaches. If I'm
not better by to-morrow I'll take his
prescription to the chemist, though I
believe it's all nonsense."
/ j- A hansom driver hailed him inviting/
ly, but he shook his head impatiently,
and quickened his steps in spite of the
dull throbing that caused him to halt
close his eyes. It was a chilly evening,
and as be turned from the quiet street
Into the busy thoroughfare sleet began
to fall, but instead of taking a 'bus he
set out to walk the two miles that lay
between him and his place of abode.
He arrived at his door wet and shivering.
His home was an old fashioned, neg%
lected looking building in the neighborhood
of Russell Square, and he was the
"S&ICoccujjgiit. A charwoman came
^ for an hour every morning and made a
pretence of cleaning up generally, although
her work consisted chiefly in
removing the ashes of the parlor
grate (in winter) and washing the
<ftshes which the master had soiled the
previous day. He placed both in the
hall, for she was not admitted to the
parlor. ' John Breen did his own cookJn<?
Citnh oc if troc of tho cUHnrr
fire and his bed consisted of the sofa
^ and a traveling rug in the same apartment.
The other rooms, eight in nunii
l>er, of the house were unfurnished.
^ On entering the hall, which echoed
^ his steps, he locked and bolted the door
V with.excced;ng care, and made his way
ttf^he parlor situated on the same
floor. It was necessary to unlock the
parlor door, and having done so he entered
and locked it again behind him.
The inside of fhe door was covered
with sheet iron and fitted with heavy ;
bolts fitting into sockets at top and bot>
torn.
The fire, under a layer of dross,
glowed faintly, and was slow to ignite
the spill of paper that he presented between
the bars. When he. did procure
a light he aDDlied it.to a candle on the
mantelpiece, and in its glimmer be beheld
bis face iiyihe dirty mirror.
"Yes," he muttered, "if I'm not better
by to-morrow I'll go to the chemist. I
can't affor'l to be ill. I'm glad I didn't
go to a d :tor close at hand. He might
have fq. *d out who I was and insisted
on attending me. How my bead does
i yflfe!"
/ He sat down in the worn out easy
/ chair and inserted a few slips of wood
/ between the bars of the grate. Small
flames pierced the blanket of dross.
f and presently he set a little kettle on
the hottest part.
"A cup of tea will pull me together."
He rose and crossed the room to a
bookcase void of books. From a lower
shelf he took a loaf of bread and a cut
of cheese, also a plate and knife, and
carried them to the table close to the
Side of the easy chair.
Then suddenly he began to smile and
, rub his hands softly. The window
shutters, iron bound like the door, were
closed and bolted, but he went over
and examined them and drew the
faded curtains together. After that
he peered into all the corners and under
the sofa, smiling and fingering
something in his -hip pocket. John
Ereen was not a timid man: he was
merely careful.
When he was quite satisfied that
he was alouo he went back to his easy
chair, and. stretching out his right
y hand, opened the panelling at the side
of the fireplace, disclosing the door of
t small but apparently deep and supremely
strong safe. Inserting a
couple of keys, he manipulated then:
until the locks yielded and the stout
door swung open. The safe was
packed with little bags of gold, parcels
of notes and bundles of negotiable
securities. The latter papers represented
John Breen's capital?his
father's legacy to him?the notes and
gold the Interest, less his trifling expenses,
of nearly thirty years." The
investments were as safe asf the nation's
credit, and the owner had never
, sought to alter them for others bringleg
a larger return. The stream of
gold from them may not have satisfied
him with Its bulk, but at least it was
steady, and he loved to mark on a
ctlendar the days on which he would
present ms coupons wun toe certainty
of receiving the value printed thereou.
This fery day he had collected the
interest represented by certain coulK>bs,
and now he brought from his
bndast a dark soft leather bag and
poured the tinkling contents cu the
table?one hundred and twenty-five
pounds.
He began to count the sovereigns,
but somehow when he came to twenty.
seven he could not proceed.
He fried again with the same result.
His head ached more than ever, but
he made another attempt?aud failed..
4, I
The world "has gone mad over gainin'?
The preachers are carpin' at trusts ?
The ricn ain't content with the centre?
They grab and light for the crusts?
The palace is dark, damp and dingy.
Where shadows and ghost-fears intwine;
While the cot of the poor, humble peasant
Is bright with the rays of sunshine.
Would I barter the light for the darkness?
Would I give up my life for your gold?
Would I sacritice precept and manhood
At the altars where honors are sold?
No, still let me live free and simple,
And practice His teaching divine.
To till one sad hearj, dark with sorrow.
With the blessings and light of sunshine.
?Kenneth Bruce, iu Four-Track News.
AISBR s
|R J. J. BELL,
Macgreegor."
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"I wish tho kettle would boil," no
sighed, lying back wearily. "A cup of
tea will make rue right."
But when the kettle boiled at last
he paid no attention. The throbbing,
which for some minutes had been
almost unbearable, had abruptly
ceased, and a sense of peace had descended
upon John Breeu.
His eyes closed, he lay unconscious,
his hard features wonderfully softened.
Strangely enough he dressed
well, and as he lay there In the poor
light of the candle and. the increasing
glow of the fire, which failed to make
clear the poverty and wretchedness
of his surroundings, he might have
been taken for a well to do and rather
handsome elderly gentleman enjoying
a nap.
The kettle was dry and ruined, the
fire was almost out, and the candle
was within an inch of its socket, when
John Breen came back to life again.
He sat up feebly and looked curiously
about him.
He felt no pain, but he was greatly
puzzled. An expression of disgust
dawned upon hi3 face when his eyes
caught sight of the bread ar.d cheese,
but being desperately hungry he cut
a piece of the former and ate a portion.
He was chilly, too, and felt
a craving for hot food.
Then he beheld his wealth. He began
to tremble violently, and tears
rolled down his cheeks.
Awe stricken, he whispered to himself:
"And I might have oied tonight.
I might have died cud no one,
not even myself, have been the better
for my having lived."
He took, the notes, the bags of gold
and the documents from the safe, laid
them in a heap at his feet, and began
to reckon his future. It was easily
done, for each bag was stamped with
"?500," while each bundle of securities
had a slip of paper attached bearing
its approximate value. Besides,
he found no difficulty in counting now.
The grand total came to a few hundreds
and odd over eighty thousand
oounds.
"I must leave this accursed house
r.t once," be said, suddenly. "I must
lose no time or I may be too late."
Within an hour he left the house in
a>ab with a couple of ancient portmanteaus.
In his pocket he carried a
letter addressed to his charwoman,
and containing instructions for her not
to call until notified to do so, which
he intended to post at the first opportunity.
The letter also contained ten
five pound notes.
It was past midnight when he
reached the large hotel in Northumberland
avenue?the name of which
had somehow occurred to him as he
efonnnrl intA 4Vi/v on K Knf 11 n mnfinnuvl
1UIV UiC V.UU UUi. JUC lU.Ulil^UU
to get a fairly good supper before
retiring. He slept little, for he had
many plans to make for the morrow.
Still, he arose in the morning with
nothing worse than a feeling of tiredness,
which, however, seemed to
affect his memory rather strangely.
For instance, he could not remember
wuere ne nan. come irom uie previous
night; as the day wore on he was occasionally
perplexed regarding other
matters of the past. The bunch of
complicated keys in his pocket puzzled
him, and when he happened upon
the doctor's prescription in another
pocket he could not recollect the visit
to the physician. Most of all. the revolver
in his hip pocket troubled him.,
He did not know what to do with it,
and he was afraid to unload it lest it
'be discharged. For the time being he
decided to lock it in a drawer in his
bedroom.
He spent the fornoon in studying
the newspapers, and in the afternoon
he paid a visit to the poorest quarters
of the East End. returning, with a
white and troubled face, to play with
his dinner and to spend the evening
locked in his room.
A few days later people began to call
upon him?prosperous looking gentlemen
and fine ladies?and earnest conversations
took place in the elegant
sitting rdonf he had engaged in addition
to his bedroom. Other 1 ten and
women, pinched and sad, began to
watch for his coming to their miserable
dwellings. '
And nearly three months went past.
One evcnin^toward tlie cud of May
Mr. Breeu gave a little dinner party
in liis private sitting room. Ten ladies
and gentlemen, all keenly interested
in philanthropic work, were present,
and even those of them who were high
in the land treated their gentle faced
host wi'h unfeigned respect and
seemed to regard him with sincere affection
as well as admiration. Although
the weather had unexpectedly
become oppressively hot the spirits of
the guests did not suffer depression.
Only the host appeared somewhat
wearied when, the dinner itself being
over, the time came for hin to explain
a new scheme of charity which
he had lately been deeply considering,
and which all present were eager to
hear about.
"I must ask you to parden my leaving
you for a moment, my frien ds," he
said, suddenly. "I find I have left my
notes on the scheme in my room."
With a word of thr.nks for the permission
readily granted, and a pleasant
smile to all, Mr. Breen left the room.
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"He Is a wonderful man." remarked
a countess. "Is it really the case that
he has girA forty thousand pounds to
the children's hospital in Whitechapel
"He handed the money to us yesterday,"
said ail old man, with kindly
twinkling eyes. "And it was only a
first installment, lie assured inc. But
he lias made so many magnificent gifts
recently that one fears he must soon
exhaust himself. Truly it was Providence
that allowed John Ereen to become
a rich man."
"He ought to be Sir John at least."
said a pretty woman, "though I fancy
he would scorn a title."
Meantime Mr. Breen was in his
bedroom, searching for the slips of
paper on which he had set down the
details of bis scheme.
He could not remember where he
had put them. Drawer after drawer
ho tried without success. As he drew
open the last drawer a vivid dash of
lightning lit up the chamber?he had
not thought it necessary to switch 011
the electrict light, as he had sufficient
light with the open door?and almost
immediately a terrific peal crashed
overhead.
John Bre#n's fingers closed on something
in the drawer, and presently a
look of amazement overspread his
countenance.
The philanthropists waited in vain
for his reappearance.
?
Drenched to the skin, he sat in his
draggled evening clothes, staring at
the empty safe, a creature of utter
despair. He had a faint glimmering
that he had given away his wealth,
but to whom he could not remember.
He tried very hard to remember.
The glimmering went out. and he
could not remember anything at all.
He only knew that he had no money
left.
No money left? He searched his
pockets and found a few notes, sovereigns
and some change. Thirty pounds
odd. *
Also a revolver.
*
, The surgeon who examined him
afterward directed a colleague's attention
to a scar on liis right temple.
,JJfes." said the colleague, "It might
have something to do with the case,
i though he must have got the smash
a long time ago."
He referred, of course, to the case of
I suicide.
But which was the real .'iohn Breen
?the miser or the philanthropist??
Black and White.
The largest plant In the world is
probably a species of seaweed, which
often attains a length of 3U0 feet, xne
stems are dried and used as ropes by
the South Sea Islanders.
The exhilaration from the ozone Is
misleading it appears, and the gas Is
now classed with those that are poisonous
and is to be used with due
caution. Its depressing effects on the
nervous system are especially felt by
workers with electric machines.
Three human lungs?one white, one
black and one gray?form an instructive
exhibit in an Edinburgh museum.
The first came from an Esquimaux,
who breathed the pure air of the Arctic
regions; the second, from a coal miner,
who inhaled much coal dust, the third,
from a town dweller, kept in city dust
and smoke.
Large masses of amber have recently
been discovered in cretaceous strata
on Staten Island, now the borough of
Richmond of the city of New York.
The deposits are being commercially
worked. It is thought that some of
this amber may be the product of sequoia
trees that grew ou the Atlnntjc
coast in cretaceous time.'
An Italian scientist has Invented a
novel substitute for irrigation. He
uses the fruit of the Barbary nopal, a
tig tree which bears flgs that are excellent
reservoirs of moisture. In the
spring the scientist digs a ditch about
the foot of the tree he desires to protect
from the coming drought and this
ditch is filled with flgs cut Into thick
pieces. A dense layer is made and
beaten down. The mucilaginous pulp,
covered with earth, stores up much
moisture, which it gives off gradually.
In drowning accidents whore expert
swimmers suddenly lose all control of
their powers, the usual explanation of
cramps is beginning to be looked upon
as insufficient. It has been noticed
that persons having disease of the middle
ear, who have already shown
symptoms of vertigo, are especially
liable to such accidents, and as the
semi-circular canals are the organs of
direction, it is suggested that even a
slight hemorrhage in this delicate
structure from a blow by the waves
would result in utter helplessness.
Profit-Sharing Farming.
The system of sharing farm profits
was initiated by Mr. E. W. Hussey. a
large estate owner of Scotney Castle.
Every year the hands are called together
and each receives a share of
the profits made cn the year's working
of the farms. On the last occasion of
the profit-sharing each man received
$13.13, while a youth's share amounted
to $8.73. In cases where several members
of a family are engaged on a farm
sums approaching $4$.6G have been
taken home.
All the employes on Mr. -Hussey's
I.amberhurst estate not^ take such a
keen interest in their work that they*
exhibit no inclination whatever to migrate
to the towns.?London Daily
Mail. " "
The Shah's llwarf.
An Ostend correspondent says a good
deal of Interest is being evinced there
iu a member of the Shah's suite, a
dwarf, who always accompanies the
Shah when he drives out. It is stated
that the Persian soveregn believes the
little man to be "lucky," and for this
reason has him perpetually in his
suite.^
The most costly tomb in existence Is
that erected in honor of Mohammed.
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MORE LIVES LOST
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Another Fatal Railway Wreck
Leaves Death in its Wake
15 DIE IN CRASH OR BY FIRE
Massachusetts' Worst Train Disaster
in Many Years Occurs When Sunday
Night Express From Boston
on Boston & Maine Crashes Into
Bear of a Local.
Lincoln, Mass., Special.?The most
disastrous railroad wreck in this State
for many years occurred at 8:15
o'clock Sunday night at Kaker's
Bridge station, a mile and a halt west
of Lincoln, on the main line of the
Fitchburg division of the Boston &
Maine Railroad. The regular Sundav
express, wincn ieit isosion at i.-k>
o'clock for Montreal \ia the Rutland
system, crashed into the rear of a local
train which started from Boston
at 7.15 for points on the main line
and the Marlboro branch.
At least 15 persons were killed outright
burned to death or suffocated,
and 30 or more were seriously injured
Many passengers sustained min*rents,
bruises and burns
The wreck was primarily due to
thick weather, which apparently obscured
signals set bv the forward
train, which, at he time of the disaster,
was standing in front of Baker's
Bridge station. The Montr lea
train, drawn by two locomotives and
consisting also of nine cars crashed
into tho rear of the Marlboro branch
local, demolishing the two rear C3rs.
All of the passengers killed and
seriously iniured were in these. The
passengers lived in Concord, West Acton,
Maynard, Hudson, Marlboro and
several smaller towns in the Asabet
Valley. None or! the passengers on
the Montreal trai 1 were seriously hurt
but the engineer and fireman of the
leading locomotive were killed.
The wreckage caught fire and some
of the passengers were incarcerated.
Few persons jive in the vicinity of
Baker's Bridge station and no fire department
was available, so that the
flames practically burned themselves
out. Uninjured passengers and an umber
of train hands, assisted bv villagers,
went to the aid of the injured
and many persons were rescued.
A special train with doctors was
sent from Boston at 0.35 o'clock, and
reached here in half an hour. Many
doctors from Waltham and other
places in this section were sent to the
scene in carriage and by other train"
Bank Clearings for the Week.
New York, Speeial.?The following
table, compiled by Bradstreet. shows
tho hank clearings at a number of the
principal cities for the week ended
Nov. 24, with the percentage of increase
and decrease as compared with
the corresponding week last year.
Seventy-two other cities are included
in the totals:
New York $2.024,y?/,li3, increase
15.9; Chigcao $218,716,490, increase
33.3; Boston $153,966,899, increase
21.0; Philadelphia $150,689,060, increase
36.7; New Orleans $26,840,940.
increase 37.7; Louisville $12,559,206,
inrreasp.31.6; Memphis $7,S3S.792, increase
25.5; Richmond $5,412,955, decrease
5.7; Atlanta $4. 657,161, increase
36.9; Nashville $3.6.81,370, increase
3.8.3; Norfolk $2,457,426, increase
29.5; Augusta, Oa., $2,589,622.
increase .71.9; Knoxville $1,421,811.
increase 26.0; Charleston, S. C., $1,702,436,
increase 40.7: Chattanooga
$1,315,895, increase 75.1; Jacksonville,
Fla., $1,297,0.89, increase 76.7;
Macon $647,443, increase 72.5; Savvannah
$7,059,930, increase 67.1.
Total United States $3,091,638,741,
increase 20.5; outside New.York $!,066,851,568,
increase 30.6.
Bisr Lumber Deal.
Nashville, Special. ? A Bristol,
Tenn., dispatch says: J. W Wilkinson
of Bristol has closed a deal for
17,000.000 feet of lumber and timber
in North Carolina. The land lies
along: the Southern railroad near
Asheville. The amount reported to
be involved in the deal is ahalf million
dollars.
Heresy Trial of Dr. Bradley.
Newman, Ga., Special.?At the
meeting: of the North Georgia Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, here Bishop W. W
Duncan appointed a committee to investigate
charges of heresy against
Rev. II. S. Bradley, D. l)v of Atlanta.
Those charges were preferred by Rev.
J. N. Snow, of Atlanta. The committee
appointed by Bishop Duncan is
composed of Dr. C. W. Byrd. of Augusta,
Ga.; Dr. Luke G. Johnson, of
Rome, and Rev. J. A. Sharp, of Dalilonega.
Gross Boodle Case.
Little Rock, Ark., Special.?The
legislative boodle cases were brought
to trial here. The case of Senator
A T rj??Aoc J c Hio fivcf nno nn flin
lit X. Uivac AO HIV 1IIOV Viiv vti ?MV
calendar. Both the tSate and defendants
have accumulated a monumental
mass of evidence for the fight, which
is expected to be one of the bitterest
legislative battles ever waged in the
State.
' After the Drug Stores.
Washington. Special.?Drug stores
that sell any of t ie well-known aleholic
tonics which though advertised
as medicines for diseases are composed
chiefly of distilled spirits, must
take out federal license as retails rum
sellers after April 1st, 1906. Such
was a decision of the Commissioner
of Internal Revnue who also gave notice
that manufacti rers would be required
to take out license after the
first of the year. ,
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LEAVES FOR HOME
Prince Louis Ends his Visit to
United States
HE ENJOYED HIS TRIP GREATLY
Cheerinz Crowds Witnesses Denar
ture of British Squadron From New
York and Its Commander is Made
to Write His Name in Many Albums
and Pose For Many Pictures.
New York, Speeial.?About 200
sailors from the British squadron
commanded by Prince Louis of Battenberg
were missing from their ships
when the squadron made ready to sail
Monday. Several of those who had
overstayed their leave were turned
away when they tried to board their
ships. As it was within a few hour's
of the fleet's sailing time when they
made their belated appearance, the
officers treated them as deserters, refusing
to let them step aboard.
Many of the rejected sailors wept.
Their uniforms in some eases had,
been taken from them in Bower,
resorts and they had spent all their
money before returning to their ships.
Many of them immediately applied to
the immigration authorities for their
return to England.
Before suiling Prince Louis paid an
official famwelj visit to Admiral
Evans 011 board the battleship Maine.
As the Prince and his party left this
ship the American sailors cheered
him. A big crowd, including many
who had mot the Prince in New York,
gathered at the Cimard Line dock,
where the flagship Drake was moored,
to witness the departure of the Prince.
The Prince wrote his name in a hundred
autograph albums an(f posed for
twenty or more pictures. Finally the
bugle sounded for the visitors to go#
ashore and the Drake was towed into
the stream while the throng on the
wharf and the British saitors on the
Drake gave each other a farewell
cheer.
Explosion in Vault.
! Columbines. C., Special.?As the result
of an explosion of pas in his office
here Monday, Captain Wade Hampton
Cobb, probate judge, lies dying at the
Columbia hospital. He had started to
open the vault in his olfice and struck
a match to see the combination. The
gas fixture had been leaking, and the
explosion which followed threw Mr.
Cobb across the office with great violence.
He was very nearly dead when
picked up. The office was wrecked
and the force of the explosion tore
the door off its hinges and smashed
all the glass in the court house.
128 Lost in Channel Wreck.
London, By Cable.?One hundred
and twenty-eight persons lost their
lives in the wreck of the London &
Southwestern Railway Company's
steamer Hilda off the northern coast
of Prance Saturday night, according
?n nffini.il estimate given out by
W U U
the officers of the company. This
death roll includes 21 saloon passengers,
SO French onion sellers and 27
of the crew.
$16,000,000 For Calnal Work.
Washington, Special.?An estimate
of $16,000,000 for continuing the work
on the Panama Canal has been sent
to the Treasury Department from the
War Department to be sent to Congress.
The estimate of sixteen million
dollars is for expenditure up to
and including the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1907.
Against Greene and Gaynor.
Savannah, Ga., Special.?Two additional
indictments charging embezzle-1
ment and receiving the money of the
United States that was alleged to have
i?? },v ox-Captain Ober
LTCC1I CUii/v?iu*?.v. ~ ^
lin M. Carter, were returned in the
Federal Court against Benjamin D.
Greene, John F. Gaynor, Ed. H. Gaynor,
William L. Gaynor and Michael
A. Connelly.
39 Die in Fire.
Glasgow, By Cable.?The most terrible
fire that has occurred in Great
Britain for any years broke out here
Sunday ' *eap lodging house foi
men ik t street and resulted in
the loss. lives and the severe injury
of i persons.
Man's Body Found.
Nashville, Special.?The body of P.
L. Connor, aged 30. a carpenter, whe
disappeared from his home a fortnight
ago, was found on an island in th* river.
He is supposed to have wandered
into the river during an attack of def
^jlia.
Half of City Destroyed and 600 Soldiers
Killed.
Toyko, By Cable.?An eye witness
of the reeent riot at Vladivostok, whc
has arrived at Nagaski, reports that
nearly half of the city was burned and
that 600 of the garrison were killed,
that the jail was thrown open and
that General Kappek is missing. The
damage is estimated at $25,000,000.
Soldiers from Harbin arc reported tc
have joined the rioters.
High Prices For Mule
Nashville, Special?Accordin ^ to reports
received at the office of commissioner
of agriculture, prices being
received by Tennessee stockman foi
mules this year are better than evei
before. A Maury eountain sold sij
for $1,220. A Marshall county dealei
recently received $125 each for a here
of eighty-two. Another party in th<
same county refused $160 a head foj I
a large bunch.
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TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLAN!
fc,
TThit the Vonnc Farmor May Oo.
There are many opportunities for ed(ucated
agriculturists in the Sonth.
There is a chance in almost every
town or city for the dvelopment of the
riairy industry. The cow is one of the
most profitable machines on the farm.
Milk can be sold for twenty-five to
thirty-five cents per gallon; butter
from twenty to thirty-five cents per
pound. A cow yielding 5000 pounds
per annum, would produce 588 gallons
of milk, which at thirty cents per gallon
would be $170. A cow can be kept
for from $35 to $50. If this proposition
were made to a man by a "get rich
quick" concern he would lose no time
in making the investment.
Then there is a chance to produce
the seeds of corn and wheat in great
quantity through the adoption of the
"simple principles of selection and plant
breeding. Thousands of dollars annually
go out of the State for the purchase
of seeds of these cereals at
prices ranging from $1.50 to $2.00 per
bushel. whereas, corn ordinarily
' brings 40 cents and wheat 75 cents.
Why not produce more grass and
clover seed? Why not produce seed
of the vetch which does well here as
a winter cover crop, and of the soy
bean, etc.?
These are but three or four of the
many money making industries that
are open to the progressive agriculturist
of the South to-day. There
never was a time when there was a
better chance to make money from
the intelligent application of business
principles to the production of dairy
and beef products, to the growing of
horses and mules, to the development
of the poultry industry, which is still
in Its infancy, and to the breeding of
seed of high quality for use by Southern
farmers. Who will be the first
to see these good things and to reap
the rich harvest which awaits the industrious
farmers;?
As to the future of the farm there
can be no question. Look at the con'
dition which has grown up in Europe
because of the ancient systems of
land tenure which prevented the average
citizen from owning a piece of
ground, making every tenant a peasant
of some landlord. In America until
the- present time many men have
been interested in manufacturing
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nnces, iron furnaces, etc. A period
of leisure will come, a time when the
output of factories will offset consumption.
Then there will be millions
to invest in something; will it
n^t be natural for these men to turn
to the country and to invest in lands?
Will the time>not come when there
will be many landed estates in America?
Will the farmer who tills the soil
who is the most important factor in
the welfare of the country give up his
land? Surely not, and yet the sign of
the times would seem to indicate it,
for the wild desire on the part of
many seems to be to go to the city
and to dispossess themselves of the
iand. Will it not be better for them
to keep close to it and to maintain
their independence through living on
it. rather than to suffer the pangs and
indignities that have come to the peasantry
of Europe? The cost of living,
as already mentioned, is increasing in
America; the demand for all farm
products is very great. There never
was a time when the intelligent farmer
could earn a larger revenue. There
never was a time when land could be
bought for less in many sections of
th^ South than to-day, and there
never was a time when a man had a
better chance to make wealth from the
soil. Young men, possess yourselves
of the land and the inalienable rights
of citizenship.
Lime Burnt Tobacco a* Fertilizer.
It. C., Danville, Va., writes: Please
advise me if lime should be applied
on the land before I fallow in the peas
or if it can be put in as well with the
plow: i wouiu aiso ime iu noon ioc
manurlal value of burnt tobacco. It is
not so badly burnt but is wet.
Answer: Lime should never be
plowed under, as it sinks rapidly into
the soil nnder the most favorable conditions.
Plow under your pea vines
and get the land ready for seeding and
then scatter the lime over the surface
by means of a manure spreader. To
keep it from running out too rapidly
yoa can put some straw or other rough
material in the bottom of the spreader.
Then barrow 'J lightly. It Is best as a
rule to apply lime in the fall, but of
course it is also well to have a crop
follow it as it may derive as much benefit
from it as possible and fix the plant
food In the soil which the lime may
free and prevent its being leached out
by the violent winter rains. You might
| put a light seeding of oats or barley
or wheat on the land this fall and seed
to grass in the spring and cut whatever
ceral you sow for hay in the early
dough stage so it will not draw all the
water out of the soil and leave it dry
and at harvest time. Many stands of
grass are destroyed because the ripBridal
Lore.
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A February bride will be a humane
and affectionate wife and tender
mother.
A March bride will be a frivolous
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An April bride will be inconsistant,
not very intelligent, but fairly
good looking.
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and likely to be hapny.
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ER, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. f .. |
ening crop of grain exhausts the soli )
so completely of both moisture ana
plant food that the grass does nocture
a fair chahce. It wonln ne' raffcer late
to sow gra?s this fall at the time mentioned,
thougn In a favorable season yji
it might do all right. It Is better in tJ
my judgment to wait now until next jrfj
spring.
No doubt you refer to the burned
leaves of the tobacco plant. A ton of
tobacco contains about 200 pounds of ^
ash, something lite fifty pounds of
nitrogen, and thirteen to fourteen > ^
pounds of phosphoric acid, and eightyone
pounds of potash. The burning
of the leaves would result in the de?
struction of practically all the nitrogen,
hut the phosphoric acid and pot'
agh will be intact except where \
injured by leaching with water thrown
on the ashes during the fire. This
probably would not amount to much,
however, if the tobacco was well moistened,
as It doubtless was. Tobacco
ashes would thus supply you with a ? ..
cheap source of potash If you can buy f
them right, and a small amount of
phosphoric acid, but you would obtain
practically no nitrogen from their
use. If you can get them reasonably,
it should pay you* to haul them and
scatter them on the land for the sake^ JMgtjja
of the potash you would get. Yo^jjl^^^jj
should not use more than twenty-five
to fifty bushels cf lime per acre and f
not oftener than from three to fire d <
years. Fifty bushels is not a heavy
application, and should give you good
results. Twenty-five bushels, applied
in two applications, with two year*
intervening, will probably prove more flj
effective than a single application pt ' ?
fifty bushels.?Professor Soule.
How and When to Seed Alfalfa*
R. A. W., Parnassus, writes: Wbe*
is the best time of the year to sow alfalfa?
Will alfalfa grow in stiff red 14
clay?
Answer: Alfalfa should be sowu
now as soon as it is possible to get the -4
ground in condition. The land should /
be broken to a depth of about eight
inches, provided of course that yon
have broken it at least six inches before.
It would not be well to take a
soil that has been worked shallow for
a number of years and break It up
deeply all at once. Then, it would be
well to subsoil the land if it is a heavy
red soil; if of a sandy nature subsoiiing
it is not necessary. Apply sixteen
per cent, acid phosphate at the rate
of 200 to 300 pounds per acre together - , .
with fifty to 100 pounds of muriate
of potash. If the land la deficient In v
vegetable matter, make an application
of about seventy-five pounds of nitrate
of soda to the alfalfa after it has come
up. and a similar application next
spring. You might also top-dress the
alfalfa with a good coating of well rotted
farmyard manure. Alfalfa is a delicate
plant when first seeded. Fall "*
seeding is an advantage because It
gives it a chance to establish itself *
before the weeds choke it out as they
often do from spring sowing. Alfalfa
should be frequently clipped if it turns
yellow and not allowed to go Into the
winter with too much top or it might
smother out. Sow at leait twenty
pounds of good, clean seed and it is
often advisable to inoculate. This may
be accomplished through the use of ar-.
tifiiMnt culture or through the use of
soil from an oil field. At least 100
pounds of soil should be mixed with
the seed to be sown on each acre of
land. Alfalfa may be put in the grain
drills or sown broadcast and cover with *
a harrow. You cannot prepare the
land too carefully and heavy fertillza- *
tion is necessary on most of yonr soils.
Alfalfa is a vigorous feeding plant and
must be well supplied with the varions
forms of plant food or it will not give
satisfactory results. It may seem
rather a serious undertaking to obtain
a stand of it, but if you succeed with
it vfwi will find it one of the most val*
uable crops you have ever grown on
your farm and you will be well re*
paid for the labor, effort and money ex*
pended in securing it. It makes excellent
hay and can be cut two to four
times a year under favorable conditions.
Alfalfa as a rule does not do well on ,
very still heavy red clay laud as it la
so tenacious that the roots cannot easily
establish themselves in the soil, and
its power to establish itself in the
soil being based on the vigorous development
of its roots, it frequently
withers away and dies in the course '
of two or three years in such land.
However, if these lands were well subsoiled
and underdraiued, it would no
doubt frequently grow with success in
the future where it has failed in the
Past.
Perplexity of Isaac.
Newton had just discovered why the
apple fell.
: "But." we persisted, "can you tell us
what makes a person's lace fall in a
novel?"
Herewith science had to confess itseir
beaten by literature.
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