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Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
Fourth day of January, 1817.
it (SEAL) R. C PHELPS.
Notary Public, Montgomery Couqty, Alabama.
IMPOSSIBLE TERMS.
The allied government* . have delayed,
k* lMter than the world had expected, their
Indication of the terms upon which they will
' be willing to agree to a peace with Ger
many. The allies, in the diplomatic sparring
v are determined not to have an t end of the
war until their ends have been nearly at
tained. and Inasmuch as they are opposed to
any peace at this time, they are embarrassed
when It eomee to stating terms. But for
that matter, while Germany has asked for
a conference,. the Teutonic powers are as
;; much embarrassed as the allies, as to mak
ing public their peacS terms as are the En
tente powers.
fil It is to be understood that neither the
\ Teutonic allies, which' suggested a confer
ence, nor the Entente allies, which have.re
jected the suggestion, have yet laid down
’ the terms upon which they are willing to
|>, end the war. . %
From a semi-official source In I^ondon the
following statement of the concrete terms
ii' of the allies are defined: *
First—The release and indemnifica
tion of Belgium.
Second—The release of the occupied
. portions of France and indemnification
I;- for the occupation? -
|# , Third—The freedom of Poland. Serbia;
and Montenegro.
Fourth—The relief of Armenia from.
Turkish oppression.
Fifth—The establishment of a protect
l; orate over Armenia, possibly by Russia,
p and If not by Russia alone, by a league
’Sp Of powers.
f Sixth—The ending of the Ottoman,
ft dominion In Europe and the possession
■■■' . of Constantinople by Russia.
These, be It understood, are- only the pre
liminary terms for the conference. There Is
yet another vital question, which, If the
first terms are accepted, will confe up In
the conference. The allies, tfils same state
ment says, will demand the overthrow of
Prussian militarism. - In accomplishing this
tbs allies expect the aid of President Wil
son and the other neutral countries.
A glance at tHe proposals of the allies con
* firms the opinion that peace at this time Is
' impossible. The peace terms, as laid down
from London, are the terms of a victorious
and conquering belligerent. They are sub
| mitted to a belligerent which has so far won
the most victories of the war. Will Ger
many accept such terms? She will never ac
>■ cept them until her strength collapses and
there la no Indication now of her collapse*
^ As to the course and duration of the war
only an opinion can be ventured. We ven
ture the opinion that the war is In its last
£ year. No reasonable man can expect peace
% at this time; the war Is still undecided and
the etakes are too great. There will be—
we venture another opinion—fierce and
bloody fighting in the epring and eunfffier.
| ' There will be a terrible teat of strength be
fore next fall. One of the belligerents by
f that time may show signs of weakening.
By fall we suspect the end of the war eon
be seen—It may be far ahead, but it will still
' be in sight.
Hav* you paid your poll tax? No election
in 1917 Is now in eight, but one can never
|r tell when a special election will be neces
sary: besides next year will be an important
polities^ year In Alabama. It la better to pay
tbs 11.50 now than to pay (3 a year from
now. Tou have till the first of February to
attend to this matter* One’s cltisenshlp
' should always be scrupulously protected.
' *
If the oost of toe-toasting continues to rise
Karly Summer will win friends from unex
f pec ted sources.
■
pi'; We have observed no shortage of French
briar root pipes on account of the war, owing
¥■' to the fact that so many of them are made
% to America, anyway.
I’ . ' '
Over 500 men have asked Governor Harris
jf of Georgia to appoint men to a vacant Judge
ship. But seeing that the office Is so much
desired, the Governor might decide to take
It for himself, as be goes out of office In a
few months anyway. He would have ample
precedent for the procedure. Governor Hoke
Smith appointed himself to a Senatorshlp a
few years age.
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■V , ODRMA—AND RUSSIA.
H Mackensen's armies should continue to
roll book the Russians and finally fall upon
.^Mfa ths 'Kaiser’s men would be' In reach
•f a, rich prise. The Odessa blstrlcr Is de
scribed as Including thlrtesn govenfinenta,
with an area of SiS.OOO square miles, and a
population upwards of forty millions, con
tains In tbs Black Sea port of Odessa "a
fourth business center, whose prominence
and functions are somewhat lessened for the
present by war conditions.*' Under normal
conditions Odessa 'Is Russia’s greatest ex
porting center, especially for the grain trade,
carrying on, Resides a large trade outward *
through the Mediterranean, an extensive
trade with Asia Minor and northwestern
India.
krom^uRuussla,” a magaslne published In
this country In the "interest of closer trade
relations between the Csar’a land and our
country, we quote the following Interesting
Peregraph concerning the Odessa country
and the Odessa port:
.The district divides naturally Into A
continental and a maritime division, but
the general physical aspect of the coun
try is that of endless rolling plains, en
closing In the western parts towards the
Austrian frontier and In the lower val
ley of the ^Dnieper, the most Important
hardwood forests of Russia. This Is the
world-famous “black earth" region of •
Russia, which grows such wonderful ’
crops. Agriculture gains Indirectly by
the prominence given to the sugar beet,
and almost the entire sugar consumption
\>t Russia Is produced here. There Is also
tobacco growing, which Industry Is wide
spread; fruits in great variety, oil, and
the vine, for wine making. The Donets
basin contains the greatest coal meas
ures of Russia, which are’ being actively
•developed, and around which has grown
up the Iron and steel industry on a great
scale, mainly with the help of foreign,
capital, with well developed engineer
ing, metallurgical, chemical undertak
ings, and a multitude of co-related in
dustries. In the east and southeast are
Important salt mines, the great petroleum
fields and manganese deposits (the great-'
sst In the world), and the highly min
eralised ranges of the Caucasus. The
greatest cities are Odessa, with a pop
ulation of 110,000; and Kiel! with 500,
000.. As to other important centers,
there are three cities with populations
of about ISO,000; three of 110,000 to 110,
000/ six of 70,000 to 00,000, and at least
twelve df 50,000 to 60,000 soula Lastly,
there Is In this dlstrlot (he Blaok Sea,
lined with busy and growing ports, with
Valuable fisheries—the one great outlet
of Russia In ’’warm’’ water, over which
ths vast bulk of her exports find their
way abroad.
Russia’s glory lies In the future. Potential
ly a marvelously rich country, It Is yet un
developed. It has been said by world stu
dents that win or lose Ruasla;wlll come out
of this war profited from the conflict. For
one thing, the war has*tended to give the
Russian people something of a national con
sciousness. It has given them a common
cause, and Improved thslr government, glvbn
them a reason to be patriotic.
ii me tmperor, rucnoias, naa Deen any
th in'ir but a dolled-up simpleton his country
might have made greater strides under hfs
reign; It may still make great strides la spite
of its degenerate government. A greater
and stronger man than the Csar would have
fostered popular education, popular sanita
tion. popular rights; he would have strength
ened the average individual and fostered de
velopment projects all through the Empire.
Once Russia is educated and oleaned of dis
ease—-It is sal4 to be a disease-ridden coun
try-—Russia will stand forth a dangerous
contender for world position^ Russia has
produced many great minds, but the popular
level has not been high.
However, a significant thing has occurred
in the political life of Russia In late montha
The Duma, which the Csar was forced to
recognise in 1*05, in response to popular
opinion, has forced Itself Into a greater
measure of control of the government’s war
policies. Though the Csar still has the piwer
to unhorse the Duma and send Its members
back to their families, or to Siberia, *as> his
Impulse might direct, the Csar dare not fly
In the face of his people In any stlch manner.
It may be assumed that the greater meas
ure of popular control wrung from the au
tocracy In the hour Of war will not wholly
depart when peace returns. Russia needs a
strong central government, but not a degen
erate, Irresolute autocracy such as has con
trolled that country for so long.
ANOTHEB HYPHEN QUESTION
SETTLED.
The question of whether the hyphen should
be used In printing Lloyd George’s name has
been definitely settled. The bulk of public
opinion long favored the hyphen. Even in
the English "Who’s Whor the hyphen ap
pears. The Louisville Courier-Journal says
it has been trying for a long time to print
the gentleman’s name without a hyphen, but
the proof readers would not have It so. Now
the voice of Athority speaks. A proof
reader on The New York Herald wrote direct
to the Premierjilmself and asksd him to
settle the discussion. He settled It. He
says write It "D. Lloyd George." The
Courier-Journal says It is just as inaccurate
to print Lloyd-George as It la to print it
Woodrow-Wllson or Grover-Cleveland.
We shall confidently aspect the pro-Ally
writers of the United States to respect the
ruling of the Premier and hereafter to write
the name without the hyphen.
THE SENATE’S ENDORSEMENT.
It la unfortunate that Senator Hitchcock,
a Democrat, thruet into the Senate the ques
tion of endorsing the action of President
Wilson in sending his peace note to the bel
ligerent powers. If the truth was known,
the administration was annoyed by dragging
the question of the Justice or Injustice of
Its action Into the Senate for a prolonged
debate.
The Issue Is not one for the Senate to act
upon or hav% anything to do with. The
President acted well within his constitutional
rights In dispatching the note. T(ie opinion
of the genate upon the note was a matter of
Indifference—except that It gave the outside
world an opportunity to see the division of
sentiment of America, and, too. It gave the
opportunity to the Republicans of assailing
the course of the President. Nor were they
slack In taking advantage *of It.
The administration, naturally, after the
question had been projected in the Senate,
wanted the course Of the President endorsed.
■o great, however, WM the division In the
henet^, that the reeotutlon wae so trimmed
«p; In Its punie that It amounted to hut
little. It did unqualifiedly approve 'of the
g*ssMent*s asking the bellleerente fort terms
**m> which they would he willing to end
the war, hut It refrained from farther en
duing the courae of the President
‘On the distinctly political and comparative*
lr unimportant matter of determining
whether or hot the denote approved of the
President's act the Senate spent five days
Of Its valuable time.
' **A,Wew York magistrate has fined a fel
lew for oontempt, because he chewed gujn
In hie court That magistrate Is dolne a
real service."—Sheffield Standard. That Is
the first practical method suggested by
whleh the departmenu of justice In this
country may become self-sustaining.
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In the olden days of Prance, a War Min
leteir, sorely vexed by Applications for com
missions In the army and doubtless embar
rassed by many friends' who had stood by
him In the campaign, hit upon a happy Idea
tp relieve hie perplexity. He ordered that
no man should receive any commission In the
army from the lowest lieutenancy to the
highest officer who could not prove that he
cajpre of three generations of nobility. We
wonder why American Presidents and Gov
ernors who -have patronage to give never
thought of that Idea. Of qourse the French
plan failed and was shot to pieces In the
rreneh Revolution, but It gavp War Min
isters a long rest from hordes of place hunt
era ,
The humors of typographical errors are
proverbial. If a newspaper calls Theo
dore Roosevelt a "bottle scared veteran,1.*
he knows it means "battle Scarred.”—
Brooklyn Cagle.
We know what The Eagle means. In spite
of the typographical errors It makea It
meant to say that If a newspaper calls Theo
dore Roosevelt a “battle scared vet|ran" he
knows It pieant "battle scarred." A per
mlssable variation of this is "bottle scarred,"
though never "bottle scared.” . One might
fear a battle, but neve'r a bottle.
We are for the candidate who can guaran
tee the sale of cheap raxors that will shave
hair off one’s face.
We rather like what old Abe Martin says
about the well-dressed young man Of today.
Abraham says the said young man looks as
If he were retrieving from a well-aimed kick.
The Hartford (Conn.) Times Is one hun
dred years old. ‘its Interesting history Is
printed In beautiful brochure form and mailed
to its friends, among whom The Advertiser
counts Itself. The Times Is a stalwart
Democratic neVspaper of the very highest
character, and. has known long years of pros
perity and usefulness. The Advertiser ex
tends congratulations to Its Tankee contem
porary »nd hopes It may be living to print
an editorial note of The Tynes*s sooth an
niversary.
“Tha lfaoon Telegraph explains that moat
of the'lynchlngs in Georgia taka placa in tha
'fringe' or region, a aort of no-man'a land,
whara tha turpantlna cam pa ara altuated, and
tharafora should not' be oh a read against
Georgia proper. That will not go, because
Alabama and Mississippi have like repions,
inhabited by about tha aama class of whites
and blacks as those of Georgia, and these
States had but one lynchinp each the past
year, while Oeorpia had fourteen."—Mobile
Repister. Correct; alt down!
^'Alabama has three cities that ara world
famous—Birmingham, Montpomary and Mo
bile. Mobile and Montgomery, -for their his
torical renown and advantageous locations;
Birmingham, for its marvelous mineral and
commercial resources, and all three for their
upward strides, abreast with America’s great
est emporiums.”—Talladega Homs. One of
these days we shall think up something nice
to say about Talladega. If wa should re
spond right olf tha reel now. The Homs might
suspect we were merly returning tha com
pliment to ba pouts.
Lee Prayed When Picekti
Charged at Gettysburg
Richmond Special.
General J. Thompson Brown, commander of
the department army of Northern Virginia,
United Confederate Veterans, has written a
letter in wblchlte declares that to his certain
knowledge the equestrian statue of General
Robert E. Lee, which is being erected on the
battlefield of Oettyburg, stands upon the'
exact spot on whloh General Lee stood dur
ing a .part of the battle. The letter Is In re
ply to one written by a Pennsylvanian, who
criticised the selection of the site, and de
clared that General Lee had not been in that
part of the field at any time during the bat
tle.
General Brown's letter also contains some
interesting sidelights of the battle, partic
ularly concerning General Lee’s conduct dur
ing the hottest part of .the engagement,
which was . when General Pickett made his
famous charge. That portion of the letter
follows:
"I was with General Lee after Pickett be
gan to move his charging column, and be
fore he finished his charge through and be
yond the Federal lines. Parker's battery,
which 1 subsequently commanded; Alexan
der's Battalion, Longstreet’s Corps, was In
the line of artillery, opening the war for
Pickett's charge. In fact, the elgnal for
Pickett's charge was given him by General
Alexander, standing at our guns. General
Longstreet did not give the order. Alexan
der did, by the waving of a white handker
chief, as follows: Alexander stated to Lg>ng
street, who was present, that he, Alexander,
had exhausted 7S per cent of his ammunition,
and that If the charge was to be made, now
was the time, so that In event of an accident
there would be enough ammunition left for
emergencies. General Alexander then A*ked
General Longstreet to allow him to give the
elgnal. General Longstreet said not'a word,
but started off, and turning his horse again
around, bowed his head In assent to General
Alexander's request :and then General Alex
• ander waved the signal to Pickett, and
ordered the artillery nearest to Pickett’s
column to cease firing to allow the charging
columh to move undisturbed by artillery fir
ing.
"I then ceased firing, and rode down the
line ,for a better view of the charge. And
when In rear of the charging column, on the
hill In Spangler's Woods, whence the charge
started, I rode suddenly upon General Lee;
no one with him, his staff all out la the field
at work. The position in which I found him
lmpre|sed me that he was praying. I reined
up my horse, and stood In hts presence at
least five minutes, while the charging column
[ with mwktt right ghouldarshift arm*, three
line* deep, were moving up to Federal tine.
In perfect alignment,. aa If paealng In re
view. and did net fire until within 100 yards
of the atone wall, over which they panne(K
and having no support, were flanked on the
right by General Hancock’a column, moving
In a counter direction down Plckett’a right
flank, while making the charge. '■>
"When ao done the Federal* cheered, which
cheer arouaed General Lee from what I took
to be prayer—aa he wa,a during the whole
time of Pickett'* charge,- aeated on a big oak
atump about two feet wide, hla oilcloth
apread on the atump. On hla left arm was
. the reina of the bridle holding Traveler.' hla
horae; while the elbow of hla right arm waa
oh hla right leg, aupportlng hla bowed head
in-hla right hand, which attltud, Impressed
km* that he waa praying.
"When Hancock’a men cheered. General
Lee, raining hie head, aaked me, 'What waa
thab cheering?’ I told him I believed It waa
our boya coming' back. I could aee, being
mounted; but he could not, on account of the
und*rgrowtl\. When I told him he roe* up
with hi* uaual deliberation, rolled up bla
rubber cloth, buckled It behind hla aaddle
and mounted. He then aaw my atatemant
waa true.
“Juat then an ordnance officer rode up
and General Lee aaked him If he could carry
an order to General Hill. He replied, ‘Cer-.
talnly.’ .General Hill wrote the order on yel
low paper, and gave It to thla officer, point
ing bla finger in the' direction to go to find
General Hill. But the' buratlng of ahells
mad* the officer'a horae nervoua and It could
not be made, by thruata and blown, to go
In that direction. So General Lee, after ad
monlahtng the officer not to be cruel to hla
horae, aaked for the return of the order and
tore it up, throwing the blta of paper on the
ground, and quietly; without'the leaat emo
tion, rode off tq the retreating column. I re
turned to my guns, not far away."
The Diversified
Farmer
' 8. U Tyaon, In rebuke, aaya that the trouble
with theae Virginian* la that they think
everything in Virginia la better than any
where elae. In rebuttal, Ralph Qulsonberry
la expected to he heard from.
W* haven’t had a ahot at our good friend.
H. R. (Honor) Bright- in aome time, ao here
goes. In Ruaaia seventy people out of everr
hundred are Illiterate. In Italy forty-eight
out of every hundred people are Illiterate.
In Germany only on* person out of every
flv* hundred ’ 1* illiterate. Now come on
with your eloquence.
Peual l*»edaeto Plants.
_ Heaven only knows how many' peanuts
are color to be raised in 'the sandy land
sections of Alabama this year. Now this big
Increase In peanuts In a section where much
of the land Is naturally adapted to egccess
ful peanut'growing calls'for whatT It calls
for peanut products pldnts—plants.that will
buy peanuts and sell them out In all their
varied forms—peanut butter, salted peanuts,
peanut candy, or at least peanuts for candy,
etc. Up In the peanut section of Virginia
these peanut products plants have been
eatabllshed for some time and are doing
buslnese right atqng and leaking profits of
course. We might suggest to some of the
ell mills that ^t might pay them to arrange
to handle peanuts In other ways than crush
ing out the oil. It may be that the situation
has not yet reached the point for products
plants, but It Is not far off. Another thing
—we must get next to using peanut meaL
Peanut oil, peanut meal, peanut butter, etc.,
are going to become a mighty big factor In
our agricultural and Industrial development.
The time has corns when we must get the
“manufacturing spirit." . This spirit has too
-long been absent from the South. Now we
don’t mean the handling of ores and other
minerals, which once taken out of the ground,
cannot be put back. But we mean the tak
ing of our own raw products and turning
them Into manufactured products. Too long,
far too Tong, have we been sellers of raw
products to other sections that have con
verted them Into manufactured produots and
then.sold them back to us at high prices
We have sold and keep on selling for low
prlcee and bought and keep on buying for
high prices
Vge beat the world on selling raw products
and selling them lust as raw as we can. We
sell corn on the ear and In the shuck. That
Is just one glaring example of our methods.
There Isn’t much money in that kind of per
foiunance and never will be. If we have got
to sell raw produots let It be on the hoot
and what surplus we have after feeding.
And this surplus, or much of It, should be.
sold as the finished product. Peanuts and
velvet beans are leading us In a measure to
get this manufacturing spirit for our prod
ucts of* the soil. Sorghum Is helping, too,
along this line. So is the increase In cane
growing and cane syrup manufacturing.
When our people come to sell their raw
products to home manufaetories then we are
going to find more and more money cir
culating about arabngst ourselves. The South
needs more money on which to- do business
and this Is the method by which money is
kept In a section for home uses.
N. J. bill la going to finish * steer for
competition at -he International Livestock
Exposition In Chicago this year. Is there
anybody else from these parts whoJs going
to undertake to put this territory on the
ma.< by taking something to the Interna
tional In December?
Tou can about wager that old blue shirt
that beef Is going up, that pork is going up,
that corn is going up and that wheat Is going
up. And that stands, war or no war.
Almost grass killing time again. What a
pity, what a pity.
Of course we haven’t got any Inside In
formation on it. but we half-way imagine
that in that Day old St Peter will Inquire
of what we put Into the world ratbsr than
what we got out of It.
If we have a good oat crop this spring we
are going to have something that will be
worth while. Seventy cents is not an Im
possibility for oata.
The Cry Fer Laag.
In reading all these reports from the Allied
countries, their condition and their plans for
after-the-war, one big fact keeps on coming
up and that Is the demand of the soldiers for
land. The maids and the butlers and the
whdle army of flunkies in England Is gone
forever, English writers seem to think. Men
who have served In the army and girls who
have been making good wages doing "men's
work” at home will no longer be content
with a life of flunkeyiam. The constant de
mand Is for land—a place that a man and
woman can call their own and lead an honest
and Independent life and enjoy life while
tjiey are living It.
The opinion seems to be that all those vast
estates In England, so long a curse to "•#
English people, will be shattered into bits
and the land given to the people to be used
for production Instead of shooting preserves.
The English themselves now see that their
social and economic system—based on the
holding of land by the few—produced condi
tions the like Of which egist In no other
•■civilised” country In the world. The Eng
lish people, their eyes open at last, want to
end these deplorable conditions by giving
the land to the real people who will till It.
Such is the sentiment of the new and power
ful leaders. That the Tories will struggle
against this seems certain, but human jus
tice will for once ride it over the Tories and
the lands In England. Vs the lands In Ger
many a number of years ago, will be.divided
up' among the people.
Nothin$ Seems to Suit Him4:
—Copied from CliTilMf Plain Dwlir,
ah iiub uuuniry wo ink/ nevor navv ibcv
th« Uni division question. Here there It
plenty of land, but as yet we have net found
a practical and widespread method of get*
tint more people on it. The Rural Credit*
may help tome along this line. In Burope
the constant, cry of the people It for land to
till. Here the land eriea for the people to
till it.
And they gave Feagln a cup from which
to drink from the “Pierian spring.”
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1 Letters to Editor
BOMB UNIVERSITY HISTORY.
Editor The Advertiser:
The temporary military function developed
by the University under conditions of politi
cal necessity and the civic character of thq
State cannot be truthfully and honorably
known, to be revered by posterity, unless
that incident shall be borne In mind. The
splendid column that rears itself close under
the eaves of the capltol, is not less a testi
mony to the response of the University to
a grett political emergency, than to ..the
heroes who surrendered life to reseue the
State from *n inferior civilisation and a
descending humanity.
While the Legislature of lttt-fo deliber
ated, the President of the UnlversltjO ap
peared before the two house* in the hall of
the House of Representatives In evening ses
sion to argue for the military bill then pend
ing. He was very earnest and very effect
ive. He warned his audience that events
forewarned “the blood to the bits.” , When
Bpeaker A. B. Meek came to apeak a word
of warning, he said: “A military department
has been created in our Stats University
so that our young men have united the ac
quirements of {he soldier with those of the
citlsen." \ ,
The martial Instinct of Governor Moore
addressed the cadets as soldiers in reserve.
The Legislature appointed a committee, com
posed of.W. P. Chilton of the Senate and
Henry D. Clayton of the House, to report on
the application of the LaGgange College to
accept that Institution as a military school,
to be managed as. the South Carolina Mili
tary Academy was managed, where Evander
Mclver Law, a school tsacher at Tuskegee,
had recently graduated. The same commit
tee reported, advising the Legislature to ac
cept the Glennville, Barbour county, a mili
tary school. Both the LaGrahge College and
all Its costly buildings and the land attached,
and also the property attached to the Glenn
ville Academy, ware to be fbee gifts to the
State.
The motive of both college and academy In
the gift followed the spirit that converted
the University. The Legislature responded
to the public awakening. The House ap
pointed a committee to report on the John
Brown raid, recently perpetrated. Tlfc chair
man, Hon. David Hubbard of Lawrence, ex
member of Congress, reported, saying:
“Your committee recommends no resolutions
of complaint, but. the passage of such ap
propriation bills as will enable the Executive
to arm and equip our cttlsene for any emerg
ency which may be brought upon us.”
J. W. D.
Tests of Cotton Varieties
Alabama Experiment S tlon Bulletin.
„ The Experiment Station farm at Auburn
teeted in plota twenty-t—o varletlm of abort
etaple cotton thia year. The aoll la a gravel
ly loam. Before planting, a complete fer
tillxer was applied at the rate of 3S0 pounds
per acre. The seed were planted April list
In checks, 21 Inches by 3 1-1 feet, ar * the
plants thinned to \>ne In a hill.
This Is the second year of boll weevil in
festation, although It waa very light' In
1915. Few weevils were found' before ' July
5, 4-hen Infested squares were picked. Then |
almost continuous rains prevented such
pickings until August I. when the last pick
ing ot squares was made. On account of
weevils and dry weather, very little, if any.
fruit was made *on the station farm after
the first of September.
The varieties calculated to a uniform stand
are named below in order pf total value of
aeed and lint per acre (seed at $50 per ton
and Unt cf all varieties, at 1$ cents per
pound.)
Per cent of Pounds of Total
Variety. crop picked lint per value per
Aug 31 acre ' acre
Half and Half -18.2. 321 $70.00
Cook 307-0 .15.2 380 (7.37
Wa n nam akef-Cle ve
land ...
Culpepper .13.4
.Tri-Cook .......14.1
Covlngton-Toole ....15.3
Cook No. 910 .23.0
Cleveland No. (17 ..13.9
Cook No. 93$ .17.1
Sunbeam .%.18.(
Bank Account .$$.$
Express .**•!
289 (3.59
277 (3.$3
284 (2.92
2(3 58.70
270 ’ 67.99
255 / $(.(7
201 ((.09
$44 (5.44
241 $4.31
220 $2.59
I
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si*
tli
>20
MO
201
aoc
ei.vu
*1.00
(0.14
40.02
40.00
40.50
44.10
>01
1*1
157
45.71
41.70
10.17
Trie* .10.0
Webber No. 40 ....17.1
Triumph ..15.0
Broad well ..>4.0
Cleveland No. *53 ..10.0
Loan Star .14.0
XlnK X Triumph No.
615 .M.4
Miller .11.0
Durango ......28.4
The five varletlee leading in yield of lint
are Half and Half, Cook 807.0, Wannama!.*r-i
Cleveland, Culpepper and Tri-Cook, all of^
which have a very ehort a tuple, in the above
calculation* the ataple of all varietle* la v
valued at 1* cento: but it'ahould be borne In §
mind that the ataple of Halt and Half (which *
meaaured 11*10 inch) la poor In quality and
by eoma buyer* dlacrimlnatad against on
that account Bxpreee, Webber and Durango
command a premium of > to 4 oenta per
pound. If the ataple of Bxpreaa (1 1*10
Inch**) la calculated at >0 cent* per pound
and Webber and Duranco (both 1 1-1 lnehea)
at Mr cent*, Express would rank In total,
value *th, Webber *th, and Durance 12nd.
Cook 307*0, Tri-Cook, c and Covington*.',
'Toole are wilt resistant Varletlea -1 i,- .
Result* of on* alncle year'* teat are not .
a cafe culd*.
In the variety teat* at Auburn for the -
laat ten year*. Cook haa occurred each year
In the llat of five moat productive varletlea; .
Dixie, Dillon, Hardin, Pouln.ot, Half and
Half. Layton and Covlngton-Tool* have each
occurred twice In thla llat •
The five varletlea maklnc the larceat yield
in each of the paat ten yeara dra mentioned
below In order of productivenede:
1*04—Cook, Cleveland, Layton, Toole, Poul
- 1*03—Billon, Gold Coin, Dixie,' Cook 2mp*r'
Hart. -j
1000—Coo' >00, Cook >21, Dixie, Hardin. -
Poulnot.
1010—Cook Imp., Dillon, Hardin, Cook •
(Hall), Triumph.
1411—Hite, Cook (Stone). Cook Imp., Cook
400, Cook 458.
1013—Cook 515. Wannamaker-Clevaland,
Cook 528, Hock. Poulnot >0*.
1013—Cook 616, Layton, Cook *7>, Coving*
ton-Toole, RounOnoa*. ' *
1*14—Half and Half, Roundndae, Cook 751,'
Vlrgatun Sunbeam.
1015—Cook 307-6. Cook 844, Hybrid 18*435,
Cook 818. Modella.
1*14—Half and Half, Cook 307*0, Wanna
maker-Cleveland, Culpepper, Tri-Cook.
The Alabama Experiment Station Cannot
aupply theae seed.
X. F. CACTTHEN,
Aaaociate Acrioulturlat.
December >0, 1016.
fc3
LAST OF THE SIGNERS } '
— -~ , , / .
Birmingham Ledger. . ’ .
Judge J. A.\ P. Campbell, of Jackson, Mtaa,'
la dead. He was the last of the signers of %
the Confederate constitution. There were
forty-nine. He was also one- of the younger
members of the Mississippi convention that
passed the secession ordinance. He was then
10. • • ■’ ••
Judge Campbell, besides being a delegate
to that convention, made good his deed by
Joining the Confederate army as captain.
He became lieutenant colonel and colonel at
Si. He was a member of. the provisional •
congress of the Confederacy before he became '
a soldier.
After the war this statesman and soldier
was elected circuit Judge aa soon as he got '
home. He was later a Judge of tho Supreme
Court and served eighteen years and retired
voluntarily at 64. He was also made profes
sor of law at the university, but did not ac- y
cspt. He was active-In driving out the men ‘‘
.who controlled Mississippi In the reponstruc- |
tlon daya
That a man who was already prominent'
enough to hay4 been chosen to take part in
the great movement for secession, should
have lived until now is remarkable, though
he was only 87 when he died.
The last of • the Confederate Congressmen i
as well as the last surviving signer of the
Confederate constitution, his death closes an
era In Mississippi history. Jl
.- ...— .. j
FROM “CLYSSES."
Come, my friends,
’TIs not too late to seek a newer world.
Push of, and, sitting well In order, smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
Of all the western sears, until I die.
It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom wo knew.
Though much is taken, much abides; and the* -
We are not now that strength which In old
days ,
Moved earth and heaven; that which Ufe ara
we are; .
One equal temper of heroic hearts, J
Make weak by time and fate, but strong lb
, wUl ».Y» r*
To strive^, to seek, to find, hut not to yield.
—TE.VNYBON.