The Moore Messenger. (Moore, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 9, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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It was ten o'clock on a midsummer
day, and the sunlight cast great gold-
en opalshes on the disturbed, fouled
■dust of the arena. The tiers of seats,
too, rising up and up, looked woefully
deserted and bare, and the canvas
sides and roof, as they flapped and
bellied in the wind, stood out hld€;ous-
ly black and soiled iti the searching
light.
Lubin ana Habette were dressed as
angels or fairies, and were waiting
with childish impatience to rehearse
(heir ascending feat. They wore little
wings to their backs, and Lubin car-
ried a quiver of arrows slung on his
shoulders, such as Cupid wears. A
couple of workmen adjusted the
wires that should convey them
through the great slit in the roof,
down which at night the limelight was
to penetrate, and the ringmaster
rubbed his hands in a satisfied way,
und condescended to laugh with his
subordinates, because he knew per-
fectly well that he had an excellent
effect in preparation that should de-
light and astonish his patrons.
Lubin was a stout boy of nine. His
heart beat high at the thought of his
ascent, and though probably entertain-
ing some misgivings, he assumed a
stolid front and smiled bravely, tap-
ping his little pink legs in the most
casual manner with his gilt bow.
Habette was only six. She had
golden hair dressed like the halos one
sees around the heads of saints, and
her eyes were humid and timid as a
doe's, and her limbs slender and
fragile, and easily bruised or broken.
She had no mother to stand by and
comfort her; but Lubin, who had
vowed his love for her, placed one
arm around her waist and said: "See,
liabette, we shall rise up towards the
After som« two years, he received th
^ small amount of seed brought all the
♦ way by hand, first to Germany, and
♦ then through the family to Amerl-
♦ ca. This is the statement made to |
J m ~ ^ M by Ml Wy.hr. a WXr Of tiit) I
family. In presence of Dr. G. W. I'ink
♦ FARMER. AND
PLANTER
PRIMITIVE AND MODERN COTTON.
Cotton from Mexico—Origin of Im-
portant Variety—Has Many D ffer-
ent Names—All from Sam*
Stock.
I have never even during my boy-
hood followed any other vocation than
farming. Not a single side issue have
I ever had In any way connected with I big boll cotton came from, and w h>
ston. a prominent practitioner of medi-
cine of the Wycho neighborhood, Meri-
wether county, Georgia. 1 saw at once
that the variety was by far superior
to any variety I had ever seen. 1
bought some of the seed, brought them
to Troup county and commenced its
cultivation.
Has Many Different Names.
I mention this so as to Inform your
readers where the large white seed.
my farming operations. And the pur-
pose I have in view is to give your
many readers my knowledge and ex-
perience of cultivating cotton
there are so many different names
given to the very same variety. The
state department and the federal de-
partment of agriculture distributed the
When a boy some sixty years ago 11 seed and parties gave the different
recollect roving over my father's farm names we find today. 1 he depart
here in Troup county and listening to i ment distribution for ten years fol
the controversies of the middle aged | lowing 1881 amounts to 9,000 bushels,
men, discussing cotton culture. There actually distributed to farmers thtough
"But It Is a Long Way Up to the
Roof, and the Wires May Break."
sky, like the angels In the pictures;
and the people will clap their hands
and shout! And they will throw us
sweetmeats, and the ringmaster will
take you in his arms afterwards and
kiss you, and not use the whip, for
you and I will bring him much
money by our flying."
"Yes, Lubin," answered Habette,
shivering, "hut it is a long way up
to the roof, and the wires may break."
"Not a bit of it," retorted Lubin
stoutly. "See, 1 will go up first, and
then you will feel sure."
The wires were held in readiness.
"Now, then, youngsters, "said the
ringmaster, "up you go! Ha, ha.
ha! This shall be a surprise!"
I.ubin stepped boldly forward, and
the hooks on the wirts were fastened
to a belt concealed in the folds of his
trunks. Then the men above pulled,
and he sailed gracefully upward, his
little pink legs posed elegantly, his
arms held forward, and his wings flut-
tering as if he really flew, so natural-
ly and prettily that the manager and
those below cried out: "Pine! This
is indeed fairy-like!"
When he was within three feet of
the roof the ringmaster clapped his
hands, and down lie came, and, being
unfastened, was sent off to dress him-
self, with a pat on his head and a
penny.
"Now, Habette," said they, "you
come and try."
Habette was nervous, but, fearing
the whip more than the fall, submit-
ted quietly enough. Up, up, up, until
she passed through the slit in the
roof and was basking in the real sun-
shine outside.
"Kxcellent, excellent!" shouted the
manager. When Habette descended
she was rewarded with two pats on
the head and two pennies.
She rushed to tell the news to
Lubin. "I can fly higher than you,
Lubin," she said, exultantly. "1 went
right through the slit in the roof, and
I am not a bit afraid." And she
clapped her hands and danced around
her child-lover in great glee.
"Hravo, Habette!" cried Lubin,
proudly. "I told you there was noth-
ing to fear."
"Ah! Lubin," she laughed, "I can
fly higher than you—I can fly much
higher than you." .
Then she kissed him, and he kissed
her, not in the least envious, and they
went out and shared their three pen-
nies in chocolates.
Night came, and the circus was
full. The two children eagerly and
joyfully looked forward to the lime-lit
ascent that was to conclude the fairy
ballet. They danced in the dance,
they sang lustily in the chorus, and
then, us a hundred other little chil-
dren were whirling round them, they
took their places in the center of the
arena, while the lines were dropped
from the slit in the roof, through
which the limelight flashed. The
band played something dreamy, the
crowds of fairies parted, and Lubin
commenced to ascend amid the plaud-
its of the audience.
How handsome he looked with his
smiling face and gracefully-posed
limbs! The people were delighted
Habette was delighted. She called
out in spite of herself: "Oh! Lubin,
I can fly higher than that; I can fly
higher than that!" Then he dis>
appeared through the slit in the roof,
and already her little legs were ten
feet from the ground.
Up, up, up she went. The crowd
cheered, and she smiled and bowedi
and waved her baby arms, while hei
heart seemed too big for her body to
hold it.
"I'm coming, Lubin," she shouted,
as she neared the slit in the roof, and
saw the face of her little sweetheart
looking down smiling and proud at
her. "Hut 1 flew higher than you this
morning, dear, and I—"
Snap! The wires had broken
Crash! A little bundle of quivering
humanity and bloodstained gauze lay
throbbing in the dust of the arena!
The ringmaster and his attendants
crowded round her. He tried to lift
her, but she screamed out, and some-
body said: "Let her be! Let her be!
You can't mend her!"
Then the pale-faced public went
away.
Lubin was i)y her side, crying ovei
his little sweetheart. He laid his
haud near her; he would not touch
her for fear of causing her pain. She
turned her eyes towards him.
"1 didn't fly so high as you to-night,
dear Lubin," she whispered, "but I'll
try and do better next time."
Then she fell asleei
was then no variety used but that call-
ed "Green Seed," a very inferior vari-
ety. Small bolls, only partially open-
ing and extremely lato In its maturity.
Cotton From Mexico.
1 recollect well when the report
was being circulated that a new varie-
ty €>f cotton had been landed at Col
umbws, Ga., from Mexico, called the
"Mexican Burr" cotton. Everybody
hurried off to Columbus to procure
seed. A warehouse and steamboat
man named Gilmer had the seed Im-
ported to him from Mexico, it being
brought over the western plains on
broncos to the seaport of Texas,
thence by water to the mouth of the
Apalachicola and on up the Chattahoo-
chee to Columbus. All who could got
a small quantity of the seed until the
supply was exhausted.
Then enthusiasm prevailed at a high
pitch, and no pains was spared in at-
tention to the cultivation. And with
the primitive mode of cultivation the
results were more than satisfactory.
Compared with the "Green Seed" the
"Mexican Burr" was and Is today a
very excellent variety, much of it be-
ing yet planted in some localities, and
I see it advertised for sale.
Then came next a variety from the
west called "Texas Storm Proof," its
name making It popular, as the "Mex-
ican Burr' was easily blown out, much
of it being destroyed. "Storm Proof"
is yet to be found out west and I still
see it advertised for sale.
More New Varieties.
Next came
the cotton states. Now, this is the
origin of tho "big boll prolific cotton"
of America. Por instance, I sent for
experiment to our state experimen.
farm a package of seed. At first the
seed did fairly well. Then the offi-
cials used mine the second year with
a new variety—"Jones Improved"—
which did better than mine. 1 sent
again a package of seed, when out
came a new variety again—"the
Schley"—with the best of record,
"Jones' relmproved" second, and
"Jones' Improved" several lengths be
.lind. Upon close inquiry, I found that
the "Schley" was only my cotton by
another name, and to my surprise, had
made the state my competitor.
But what confused me was the orig-
inal seed falling behind in produc-
ing legitimate offspring. Of course
the original was entitled to the same
cultivation. Then how comes it? And
from the very same seed—"Jones' im-
proved"—a citizen of Troup county
was producing over five times as much
per acre as was reported from the
experiment farm of any and every va-
riety cultivated there.
Jones' Improved or Egyptian Wyche
Is the parent of all the large white
seed, big boll prolific, under whatever
name it may go by.
Differs From All Oothers.
We also have other varieties, but
none with the same nature and habits
of the Egyptian. The growth is dif-
ferent from all others and of a more
portly nature, boih as to foliage and
fruit. As to originating a variety it
Dixon Cluster," "Allen cannot be and never has been done.
Prolific," "Money Bush," and "Her-
long Green Seed." The first named
three varieties were about the same
in appearance and habits both as to
growth and development and there
was considerable improvement as to
yield.
The Horlong may be an offspring
Nature does that. You can mix cot-
ton by mixing seeds, but to hybridize
it has never been done. Different
soils, climates and different cultiva-
tion will change the appearance and
habits of a certain variety, but with
same soil and same cultivation it is fix-
ed fjf much so as the universe. Ex-
of the primitive "Green Seed," as the commissioner Janes, of this state, and
color of the seed is the same, but if j tny8e]f worked three years in every
so I here is a very great change in ] conceivable way, but failed, and I
yield and growth. The seed are much j know that our work was well per-
larger and the foliage is more portly, j f0rmed. Dr. Webber and I had quite a
A variety was also introduced by J controversy over hybridizing the yel-
name "Nankin Cotton," with pale yel- ]ow Nankin variety with white varle-
low seed, medium size, but line yel-
low. Not a very prodetive cotlon,
but planted to some extent purposely
on account of its indelible color. It
was used mainly for making Sunday
clothes for both men and boys. A
full suit of Nankin cloth spun and wov-
en at home made a tasty dress. The
variety is now about abandoned.
This brings us up to the latter fif-
ties when the civil war completely de-
moralized agriculture, and kept it dor-
mant in a manner for several years.
During the interval I rode horseback
I to the farm of Colonel David Nixon in
Hancock county, then considered the
j foremost cotton farmer in Georgia to
j inspect his operations and get cotton
| seed. His mode of farming and infor-
j mation he gave to me well paid me
j for the trip. 1 used the Dixon variety
j then until about 1877 when I was in-
I formed of a very superior cotlon,
growing in Meriwether county on the
plantation of a Mr, Wyche, an elder-
j ly gentleman, who some time previous
had obtained a few seed from Algeria,
' where 'tis said the finest cotton in the
' world is made. This is French terri-
j tory, where France had colonies for
! agricultural and horticultural purposes
| on the coast of the Mediterranean sea
just east of Morocco.
Origin of Important Variety.
In the early fifties two German lads
emigrated to Algeria, where they ex-
ties, when very recently, after a few
years, I am notified that ho lias so
changed the yellow as to make the
lint blue cotlon. Look out for the
blue variety, reader, and if you never
see it, then my theory stands pat.
Now, a few words as to the origin
of some new and popular varieties ad-
vertised. We have the Hawkins,
Truitt's, Christopher, Culpepper,
Jones' Reimproved, Schley, Mortgage
Lifter, Pride of Georgia, Rosser No. 1
with perhaps others coming, all orig-
inated here in a seed house in Ho-
gansville.
All From Same Stock.
To explain: For severad years there
has been a local agent here buying
up all the Jones' Improved and Wyche,
storing them, and whatever variety
the seed landlord obtained an order
for was forwarded to Hogansville and
filled and shipped from the very same
identical pile of seed.
However, the buyers got exactly
what they ordered, for only one vari-
ety of that class is in existence oil
this continent. The theory of hybrid-
izing varieties is all a mistake. Most
people think any products that bloom
will mix. Some may, but not cotton.
Examine the creating and forming of
the young boll cotton, and you will be
convinced that it is one of nature's
wonderful works. The bloom only has
time to feed its own household, lasting
DESCENT OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Sudajr School Lciton for Jut. 10, 1909
Specially Arrayed lor This Paper
favored occupation, he had come to
the country where he found cotton one
of the principal farm products. See-
ing it so inferior to the varieties in
Algeria, he sent back for some seed.
Profitable winter eggs cannot be se-
cured from old hens. Sush hens are
apt to be profitable in the_ spring and
summer. Rely upon pullets only for
winter eggs.
The successful farmer is generally
a bit heavy at the top. while the un-
successful man mostly runs to feet.
The dairy cow is the greatest soil
builder that can be kept on a farm.
Time works wonders and is rather
slow, but he never takes a day off.
The truck farmers around Milan,
Tenn., have organized in order to pro-
tect their interests.
LESSON TKXT.-AcU M-JL M.-mury
vpr* «, - 1
UOt.DKN TiJCT.—"I will pray the Fa-
ther, and he aliAll kIvm ynu another Com-
forter, (hut he may abide with you for
ever: even the Spirit of Truth."—John
14:16, IT.
TIMK. May 1*7 or S*. A. 1>. . on n
Saturday or Hululay mornlna The day
of lVnteoost. .*.> ila\ s uflrr tile raMHovcr
at which Chrlat was iTUli (It'll Tho mod-
ern Wbitaundav.
CONNBCTImn Ten d y after Hie U t
leaaon, the Ascension, w TP apent In
prayer and waltlnK.
PLACE Jerusalem Perhaps the oft-
mentloned upper room, perhaps uns of
the rooms In the temple courts.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Three outward manifestations of tho
Holy Spirit's presence.—V. 2. "And
suddenly." As they were praying. So
the lightning breaks forth suddenly
from the cloud, but the electricity that
prepared for It had been gathering
silently for hours. (1.) The "sound
from heaven" (its source) "as of a
rushing mighty wind." More clearly
in the revisions, "as of the rushing of
a mighty wind." II does not say that
there was any wind, but only a sound
as of n wind. No "whirlwind shook
the building." "The audible sign lin-
ing the room announced the power
represented by it as doing the same."
— Prof. Hovey. "It (the sound) filled
all the house," and was heard beyond
its walls by the multitudes (v. 6).
(2.) V. ;i. The manifestation to the
ear was lollowed by Its manifestation
to the eye. "Cloven tongues," not
each tongue cleft into two parts,
the fire was in the form
which distributed them
the company, a tongue
head of each one."
as of fire." It was
Not That Brand of Breakfast Food.
"Walter," said the guest In a non.
fashionable hotel, have you table
d'hote here?"
The waller considered. Then th«
fever against warning the "do-not ac-
copt-of a-substltute warning is It.sued,
seized upon him.
"We haven't any of that, sir," he
replied, "but 1 can bring you some
corn flakes."
Hen Lay* Eggs on Table.
A resident of the village of HetgMon
fKng.) has a hen which always lays
her eggs either on the kitchen table—•
a peculiarly appropriate place—or in
one of the beds in the house. When
the house door Is shut and the bird
wants to lay an egg it paces back-
wards and forwards until 'he door Is
opened.
An Eye Opener.
DR. MITCHELL'S EYE SALVE Is
white in appearance, odorless. A pos-
itive and ready cure for sore, weak, In-
flamed, swollen, smarting eyes and
granulated lids. Just apply to the ey
lids and rub in well. At all stores.
Price 25 cents.
Love your country, tell the truth,
and do not dawdle.—Lord Cromer.
Spear isn't anything! Mint Isn't
anything! Spearmint isn't, anything—
unless It's WRIULEY'S 8PEARM1NT.
To plead that anything is excusable
Is to admit that it is wrong.—Tissot.
If you wish beautiful, elenr, white clothes
u e Red Cross lull Blue. Lore* 2 OS.
package, j renin.
You may guess what a womaa Is,
but that's your limit.
pected to join the French colony for j in a condition to impart its assistance
j more remunerative service than their j only a very few hours. By the time it
native land afforded. On their arrival! is fully expanded, as it once begins to
at their adopted home they engaged close up, and is naturally too selfish
in farming and, among other things, | to divide its benefits with others,
cotton cultivation. After a short stay j I expect book farmers and soft pine
one of them returned to Germany and j box whittlers to go for me following
then emigrated to America, landing j the perusal of this article, but I put
at Charleston, S. C., and seeking his them on notice in advance that I have
tried to be both a book farmer and
handle the hoe, too. No gloves used.
JAMES P. JONES.
Hogansville, Ga., in Atlanta Consti-
tution.
Never allow anyone with soiled
hands to gather eggs, for a very lit-
tle greese or oil on the shell of an
egg will make it worthless so far as
hatching is concerned.
This is a good time to dispose of
the old stock that is not needed.
Electricty as a motive power has
been used for 25 years.
forked, but '
of tongues
selves over
settling lip-in the
—Kackani. "Like as of fire." it was |
nol real lire, as an organ of destruc-
tion, but with the appearance and
brightness of fire, like that of the
burning bush which Moses saw.
(3.) The third manifestation was
through tile felft of tongues.
The Significance of the Symbols of
the Spirit—the Symbol of the Wind.—
The Greek word, as the Hebrew word,
for "spirit" is the same as that for
"wind," which is a natural metaphor
to represent the spirit. Jesus himself
so uses It in John 3: 8.
1. It is an invisible power of which
no one knows "whence it coitieth or
whither it goeth." Hut you cannot
tell the causes, which are beyond our
reach. Even to-day, when we have
daily reports from the weather bureau
no one knows where and when a storn
will arise. We see the storm and ltt
direction, and can tell with great
probability to what place it Is going
and when it will get there. Hut for
beginning and end we know not
whence it cometh nor whither it goeth.
2. Hilt we recognize It by Its ef-
fects, in sound, in music, in force, in
life.
3. It is essential to life.
4. It is ail-pervasive.
5. It is very powerful. The air is so
powerful that even free dynamite smit-
ing against il on one side crushes the
rocks on the other. The other day the
air from an explosion of dynamite
swept away nearly a whole village.
6. Yet it is very gentle and delicate,
breathing around the rose, and gently
touching the little child.
The Symbol of the Flame and Light.
—1. It Is mysterious in nature, in-
effably glorious, everywhere present,
swift winged, undeflied, and unde-
niable.
2. It represents the healing power
of the Holy Spirit, changing night into
day.
3. It expresses this purifying power.
It is a disease destroyer, a refiner of
gold.
4. It symbolized the comfort,
warmth, cheer, fresh life, joy, peace,
which the Holy Spirit imparts.
5. Eire is the symbol of intense en
ergy and zeal. The Holy Spirit fills
the soul yith glowing enthusiasms and
unconquerable energy and zeal.
6. Light convinces the world of dust,
of dirt, of a thousand evil things un-
known in the darkness. For examples, I
a ray of light in a dusty room, and |
Tyndall's ray through the glass tube,
showing seed germs that no other
process could make known. So the
Spirit convinces of sin, of the evils in
the heart.
The truth of this lesson applies to j
boys and girls as well as to adults. Il
is said of the boy Jesus that "the
grace of God" was upon him, while
he "waxed strong, advanced in wis-
dom and stature, and in favor with j
God and man." John the Baptist also
was filled with the Holy Spirit even
from his birth.
Children need the Hoi.v Spirit to
help them to be good, and enable them
to be disciples of Jesus.
The gift of tongues was an indorse-
ment of the command to disciple all j
nations, an inspiration to obey it, and
a pointer to the means. "The human |
tongue, illuminated and sancitified by
fire from the inner sanctuary, was
about to be the instrument of the gos-
pel's advancement."
The Transformation of the Apostles.
—One effect of this gift of the Holy
Spirit upon the apostles was a wonder-
ful change in them. It was almost a
Vansfiguration experience.
This is the power we need for our
iwn growth In grace, and in every
good word and work.
The great need of the church Is a
Siller reception of this power of the
Holy Spirit. We are too cold, too
afraid of deep feeling, too convention-
al, not too practical, but too inclined
to let our practice of good works 'oe
barren of love and devotion.
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