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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-22

The A. and NJ. college at Raleigh
overflOws. 1t is a o useful state
n 1t has to reject fifty students
there being no room for them. Il
must enlarge its borders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-22

Davidson college is filing up. AT
last reports it had fifty new students.
We hope it viii surpass all records. 1t
is an excellent institution of learning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-22

ahead Il has 237 students with an
upward tendency" Il IS ahead Of its
record for the time OF the session The
Baptists ara very numerous and open
eyed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-22

No living North Carolinian is better
qualified to give an intelligent opinion
on matters involved Of a constitutional
character Or of events and cause that
led to the great war than Hon. B. F.
Grady, of North Carolina. His book.
~The South Against the North" is indeed
a mastery production and should be
studied. He has written a brief letter
to the Springfield (Mass.) Republican,
in which he takes the POSITION that the
18th, 14th and 18th amendments in the
constitution are not binding because
they were never ratified according TO
law We wonder if any northern pol
itician Or lawyer can make a clear.
candid, conclusive answer to it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-22
EsnrE Folks

lina's great inventor, a just passed
his S1st birthday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-22

Wake Forest is forging bravery
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-09-22

Representative Atwater thinks the
straight populists" are for the constltu-
tional amendment. He tells the Raj
eigh News and Observer hat there are
500 of these in Chatham county he
thinks. He says:
Il do not know Of a democrat who
will not support the amendment. So
estimate that If our people understand
that it will not ~disfranchise white men
that Chatham will probably give a ma
jority for it The opponents Of the
amendments, however, are industrious
ly circulating the report that the fifth
clause of the amendment will be knock
ed out and that this will place he n-
learned whites on the same footing
with ignorant negroes before the law.
This work is, OF course, done secretly
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-02

ing scene of splendid maturing corn,
cane, potato, pea and watermelon
crops. But little cotton is planted, the
farmers having decided that it does not
pay at the low prices which have ruled
during the past few years. The county
officials have but little to do, and their
offices pay small salaries. The county
assessment is but two and half mills,
while found that several thousand
dollars were lying idle IN the treasury,
the county being free from debt. A
first class system of road work, by
which the public highways of the coun-
ty will be rapidly put in fine travelling
condition, is to be Immediately under
taken. This county has been under the
influence of a Farmers Institute for the
past few years, and the good effects Of
cooperation and the aiding of one an
other is clearly exhibited to the Wis
itor.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-02
Florida Arrow Root.

The present would seem ito be a fla
vorable time to exploit the arrow root
industry i'm Florida.
For number of years past the gem
uine Bermuda arrow root has been in
light supply and held lat extreme prlc-
es, and large quantities of st. Vincent,
which ranks next in quality and price,
have been sold as a substitute. 1t is
NOW claimed THAT there is shortage
i'm recent crops of THE latter and prices
have advanced Ito more than double
the figures ruling in London and New
York at this time last year
1T is quite probable, THAT with due
care i'm it's preparation, the Florida
product might rival the S't. Vincent; it
is a. conslImmHtion deNoutly Ito be
wished.
Although ARROW root may not con-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-02
WEDNESDAY,, AUG, 2, 1899.

Upon requesting Mr.. Otto 1. Butter
week, of Brooksville, to write an article
on the Cuban betuning process tor the
benefit of the readers of the Agrlcul-
turist he replies:
81 employed a Cuban expert tor
three months in 1897 to betune my to-
bacco, and to teach me the Cuban pro-
cess. While | am not selfish about the
matter | do not think it would be jus
tice to myself to give the public the
benefit of my expense without some
recompense. Therefore, if the readers
of the Agriculturist will each chip IN
his mite, or send in their names with
the amount each will contribute, | will
take pleasure in furnishing the material
for publication, provided the fund will
Justify it. 1t will necessarily be pre-
coded by chapter on fermentation in
general, which will aid many house
wife in the matter of making good,
sweet 1ightbread and in the making OF
wine and sugar.
will add that the Cuban who in
structed me had 81 years experience;
that is his father was an expert Havana
buyer and curer, while my instructor
had had fourteen years experience I'M
der him and came highly recommended
by Tampa manufacturers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-02

hain more nutrlment THAN some other
forms of starch, yet lit is always more
acceptable to THE STOMACH and Dal1g
more readily digested, is the ideal food
for, children and sick PERSONS, especial
ly the aged. We hope it is only a ques
tion of "a few years until FLORIDA ar
row root will he favouably known i'm
the markets of the WOrld.-EX.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-02
Diversifcation the Desideratum.

Mr.. C. H. Jordan, the observing ag-
ricultural editor of the Atlanta Constr
tuition, breaches timely sermon in his
carefully edited department on the ne
cessity of diversified agriculture in the
South. His remarks apply directly to
the farming sections of Georgia, the
,Carolinas and Alabama but are appl1-
cable to many sections of Florida, He
says:
Wherever a country presents the OPP
portunities for diversified farming in
the business of agriculture and the peo-
pie take advantage of the resources by
which they are surrounded we invaria-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-02
Discrimination Against Florida Cat

A. curious sort of discrimination
against Florida has cropped out at
Washington, as shown by the following
dispatch:
recent order for the free admission of
$4,000 head of graded cattle into Cuba,
within the next year, the Secretary of
Agriculture has issued regulations COW
ering their admission.
'The regulations provide that to Sc
cure the advantage of the order cattle
must be shipped either from Savannah
Mobile, New Orleans or Galveston,
and satisfactory evidence must be sun
piled that they are not from the fever
district, as outlined by the department.
The animals will be inspected by an in
spector of the Agricultural Department
at the port of shipment, and if the are
found to be graded COWS and bulls suit
able for breeding purposes, free from
disease and immune from the fever
tick the Inspector will issue certifi-
cate embodying these facts, which GER
ti6cates should accompany the cattle
and be presented to the customs Of
flee at the port of landing.
There is no denying the fact that
Florida cattle are better adapted for
Cuba than any other, but the exclusion
of Miami and Tampa from the list Of
ports from which cattle may be
shipped for free admission excludes
them. This is not only unjust to the
cattle breeders of Florida, but to the
people of Cuba, who would prefer the
Florida cattle. Our cattle are prac-
tcally acclimated to Cuba and there
would be no occasion for SO much as
an inspection of them. The order Of
the Secretary of Agriculture would
seem to be intended to favor the West
ern cattle men at the expense Of Flor
ida.-Tampa Herald.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-02

Money should be sent by Draft, Post
office Money Order on DeLand, or Regis
tered Letter, otherwise the publisher will
not be responsible in case of loss When
personal checks are used exchange must
be added. Only and 2 cent stamps taken
when change cannot be had.
To insure insertion, all advertisements
for this paper must be received by 10
o'clock Monday morning of each week;
address of their paper changed MUST
give the old as we'll as the new address.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-02
Cropping in Florida.


taught me thaIt THE connections of sue
CESS or the lack of success in making
or marketing crops are so very Slight
that they are usually within ones con-
troll
Even on the same homestead there
are usually SOME sheltered spots, on
| The east or south side of wind break,
| where the tenderer fd1litS and vega
| Tables may be more safely grown.
Artificial protection, where There is
IA lack of natural protection, such as
high, tight fences, sheds, with fires of
IA cold night, say for three or -four
nights of winter, will often save hun
lreds of dollars to the fruit and veg
etable growers.
Irrigation, if it be only with a cheap
driven we'll and pump with hose, or
only IA watering pot in a dry time
saves a valuable crop.
Drainage, in your lowest fields, if
only with the plow, saves many times
Time of planting, mott ltoo soon or toe
latte, is another element off success. A
friend of mine on an 4Alalchua county
Hammock, beat all his neighIbOrs i'm
1885, i'm growing a fine crop of cab
bage. Over 10000 fine heads of cab.
bage, were three weeks behind the
market, and he succeeded in selling
but a few hundred at a paying prize
His large bean crop WAS as much too
early, and the freeze took them.
A lack of sufficient fertilization, has
probably been "a greater cause of non
paying CROPS than all other conditions
combined. Take the item of pineapple
culture, if you please, land THAT would
grow good crop of corn or cowpaas
planted out to pineapples, has nev,r
half paid for THE cost of plants, simply
because they lacked THE richness of the
plant food that the pineapple field re.
qUires
MAN may reap a Thousand dol
liars in plants and apples in a single
year from an acre Of pines we'll fer
Utilized and protedted, while his neigh
Dor, with equally CLEAN cultivation and
less fertilization, hardly SELLS i'm plants
and applies IA hundred dollars from an
acre.
| The right manner of working a CROP
and THE frequent STIRRING of the soil
adds largely ITO it's pHodulctiveness. One
imam who has cropped sugar cane for
twenty years, always with paying sue
cess, said that he ordinarily gave cane
flat cultivation, but ItllaIt i'm the last
years drOuth he turned the burrows
| toward his cane, and thus made an
extra good crop, while others made
but poor crops of sugar cane, following
their BEATEN tlac(BS of cultivation. Two
years ago l hired man Ito hoe nv
Pine apple patch at Midland, Handling
him "a scuff1e hoe, telling him To rim #
just under the surface of the soil He
Thought he knew best. Im an hOllr no
had cut THE leaders of hundreds Of
plants, some of which to this Clay have
never recovered from his deep hoeing
Another man hOed out his pineanple
garden with a mattock, Ito give 1T deem
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-02
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not only true of today, but applies with
equal force to all time in the past. Take
our own State as an illustrations; wher
cotton commanded high and profitable
figures, before the abolition of slavery
and the labor of the Southern planter
cost only the clothing and feeding o.
the hands, we find undisputed evi1ence
of the fact that on farms at that time
where cotton was made the only and
leading crop, it was not by itself
profitable business. The operators Of
all cotton plantations we're often forced
to put a slave on the block in the public
markets in order to raise money to pay
for stock and and supplies not raised
on the farm and which the cotton failed
to pay for. The great secret OF the
universal success in farming on South
ern plantations forty years ago lay in
the fact that the farmers made their
business self-sustaining by raising all
needed supplies and stock in abundance
and by doing all the blacksmith and
wood work required in the equipment
of plantation tools and implements at
home. The cotton grown on these self
sustaining farms was sold as a surplus
and at a clear profit, which also ap-
piled to the increase and sale of slaves
The result of the civil war cut short
any future wealth to be derived from
slavery, but otherwise the same rule
of doing business is as applicable and
more important now than at that time
We see as convincing proofs of it on
every we'll conducted farm in the State
today as existed here half century
ago. We have never yet, and will not
at any time in the future, even under
present conditions, advise against the
production of cotton. But we do in
sist, with all the force at our command
that the continued production of cot
ton, under the system which has beer
so generally employed through this
section of the South for the past TWEEN
ty years, is suicidal and can only result
IN bringing about more universal poV
erty among the farming classes as fu
ture years roll by. The low price o
cotton hurts the producer more thar
those in other lines of business. AS ;
matter Of fact, the buyer, warehouses
congresses, shippers, steamboat line!
and cotton factories are making the
same commissions profits and divi
dends as were in force when the staple
sold for ten cents pound. In Georgia
Alabama and South Carolina especial
ly must the change be made in Oul
farming methods. In these three State;
it costs so much to produce a bale o
cotton, which calls for twice tht
amount of labor, besides the annual ex
pense of purchasing hundreds of thou
sands of tons of costly commercial fer
tilizers, which are not required i'll thu
richer lands of the Southwest.
During my recent visit to Effinghan
county [ saw all the evidences of pros
perity openly displayed on the Iarm
of that good old county, as result O
system of diversified farming, which
is SO much needed in other sections o
the State. The farmers of Effinghan
are contented and happy. Their home
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-02

We now have an office in Jacksonville,
Mr.. Painter will be pleased to see any of
our subscribers. Any time we can be of
service in Jacksonville, drop us line to
:.ntVo address.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-02

only frst-class material both as regards
tone quality and reading ability.
The members are required to pay dues
amounting 10 % cents ii month, but this is
all returned to them in the shape of tick
cts To the concerts. In this way there is
10 actual expense attached to a member
ship. Another feature which Will meet with
general favor Is the plan for holding social
affairs during the season for the benefit of
the active mem Dership. Lectures, concerts
and evenings OF dancing are planned for
this season.
For the second concert that ponderous
work Of Saint Saens, Samson and Deli
lah,' is announced, with Marie Brema or
Madam Schuman Heinck in the roe of
Delilah.
Officers of the Society.
Mr.. d. C. Pfolffer, the first president of
the Musical Art Society. comes Of good old
musical stock. His father. Philip Pfeiffer.
was the founder and first director of the
United States Naval Academy Band at
Annapolis. His uncle, Jean Pfeiffer, was
one of the bcst-known composers and
teachers OF piano-forte and theory in
Frankfort a. NJ. Germany. under whose
tuIeiagc young Pfclffer received part of his
musical education. His granduncIe was the
first teacher of the great Beet hoYen In
Bonn, Germany. Mr.. Pfeiffer has appear
ed with considerable success on the con-
cert platform and made several tours prior
10 settling in Washington, where he has
been for the past ten years engaged in the
llISlS tidtt HIS COMPOSITIONS Tor both
piano and voice won for him membership
In the Musical Manuscript Society of New
York, and his business ability has been
shown in his five years service as chair
man OF the finance committee of the Choral
society, from which he resigned last spring
Mr. Pfeihef's known ability as Il musician.
MS acquaintance with the solo singers of
the country and choral music generally.
together with his business experience, ne
CuharIy mt him for the office for which he
has been chosen.
Mr.. w. Sllas Sheetz, the vice president
ana chairman OF concert committee is a
EeL-kEoWn real estate broker He came 10
W ASH ngton in January 1893, from Fay-
etteVllle, y. C, where from an early age
ne had been prominently identified with the
very excellent choral and orchestral organ
iZdtions Of that town, which for a number
OF years We're scarcely second to any SINH
lar organizations throughout the south
since coming to this city Mr.. Sheetz has
| been continuously Except for a few
months) connected with the fine choir at
| 81 Matthew's Catholic Church, but has not
| otherwise identified himself with the musi-
| cal interests of the city until the organi-
| zation Of the Musical Art Society, of which
| ne Is one of the organizers and a charter
member.
Mr.. P c. ]. Treanor. the financial secre-
| tary, comes of a musical family. His father
/ was well known among musicians of this
| cry and his mother was at one time the
| soioist At the Toronto Cathedral He has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-02

nrecedcDts hv the local ORGANIZATIONS ex-
cent in the c,sa of the Carnan sinping So
Cieties which Iorn sine adonteI and have
steadily nnrsuad the nractica Of GIVING NH
lie concerns an sunday EVENINGS az the
local theaters. In me nr0duction of the hest
choral works esnfriafIv thosa nf rho mod
ern writer's a fIII modern orchestra is es
sentia! 10 a 1horour-hly artistic renaition
The heauties of the orchestral mart which
i'm the modern works fs vital 70 the whole
are entirely ohliterated and lost i'm anv
possible arrangement for the pianoforte
ar organ The ORCHESTRA NOW in inc co,1rsa
of formation hy the Art Society is avail
able ONLY on Sunday evenings owing 10
regular euaaearnan+s in theat4rs during the
week. The Musical Art Society in selecting
Sunday evenings for its concerts marks
the fnjt1atioD If g. distinct irun,.atinr n, The
local production of choral music. In doing
so. however il i nor actuatcd alone nv
the facts as mentioned i'm the foregoing
hui because of a se5r1ad conviction thar
Sunday evening j. the proner tim4 the
choice perbaps Of he who'll wool. for the
rendition of sacred dratnrfo when given for
the purpose and in the shirt which should
ALWAYS govern its rendition The stories Of
tn, Messiah. St Paul The Rrdenntinn and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-02
EL.tNDSLAAGTE.
Eyewitnesses' Accounts of the Spleen
did British Charge.
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
Tho rIirh1o,1ors had bara1,. commenced
..4a.7 $50, DO ,,,,,,aor. ,,.f,.,, +ha
10 eAteio ann"ils tile po"'"ei9 "'IS' ''IS
summit OF the kopJe, three hundred yards
in front cracked with the peculiar report
of smaII-bore mnsl,etrv and 6rr nart of
~ -, -, ~, ean ,,,t.o o,,,l
'Ile pdt"s I'D" 'es JILL 0' i''' ''''0 S'''>'
there, Dut We We're no longer d support
but in the fighting line and could see the
brown figures of the Manchesters on our
tt .;1,t,,,o.+7 -oai,,e+ tho civ. 1i,a ,rba,,
rs ~
We're struggling nara against sheet ol
lead. The leading companies of the Cor
dons were now in the depression at the
foot Of tho 6,e+ 1o,ie and for n rnor,ant
- 49, 49, ,.,,.:1 49,, r,,,,,,
sey taL toeel, Il . "a ~ u III
mt OF the second iilIIock had peeh let[Cli t
that the real ana numerous eieet oI tn he
enemy llte W&s ploNeu. rOl q liiiie "
snow on lhe say me Was 10 De MI, MN lit
aiter man "lIherea IN olle amp pu e
IIth PiJss[u Up anu d uiS oioup UL
Imperial Light horse was WORKING along
on the rlght OF the ManchesterS.
Many Times folled IN places, drl Ven Dack'
yet riShtlnS themselves ana steadlly push
ing forward, the troops on the summit
puShed on. Inc llrsL kopJe Was direaqS
shambles. Men had fallen fast, but the
weight OF numbers carried our troops OF. on.
1t had ceased 10 pe generals batlle'
eNeIS tiills uepeLueu on coillp'h!I any even
Oh section commandments anu seltaitly tne
ohlcers ana non-cofninisSlohed oHlcefs dli
their work. II the men WaNered ana SUCK
under cover, me ofilcefs sacr1hGed Inenl-
serves 10 IuTilish an example ne Hsnt-
ing on me iiaga suIn SUNNI "ds u tnis 9e-
scFIlptloh' II Is Impossible 10 give II III de-
tall nj -..., - .,-,.. .,..--. III.
Inc enemy stood 10 lneIr positions with
d siliL Per "nich "tse mas li1lIi silt'
aHu tAeLF eta4q at me 4aSt hCpJe above
tnelr camp ana Iaaser was one OF the lhest
pieces OF Ls4tlhg Fec9rued IN haodefh wars
IN spllG Oh the ut!tGu dttdch Oh tHe Storm
ing regiments framing thelr guns at point
plank range ana dlscharSlng the maya
zines, they checked the advance for half
an hour.
II was now u O'Clock There was only
half an hour more hght' and shattered
battal1ons We're lying around the kopJe
where the Dutch were making their final
stand
Our bugles rang out the advance, and
other bugIers took up the call. Fixed bay
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from the Chicago Times-Herald.

From the Chicago Times Herald.
Now. children" said the teacher of the
infant class of Hyde Park Sunday school,
II told you last Sunday that each of you
who learned verse from the Bible and re-
cited 1t today would receive a large blue
card Let me see how many of you have
learned a verse"
There were twenty-five or thirty boys
and girls, from four to eight years of age
ranged about her in a circle. For moment
there was no response to her question
Then bright-looking girl timidly raised
a little hand.
"Ah. Julia has learned a verse" the
teacher said: Il am sorry that more
hands are raised. | had hoped that ever so
many of you would get blue cards today
But l suppose your nlammas and papas
have been very busy, and some of you for
got. Well, Julia, let us hear you recite a
Walk in the light the little girl re-
peated.
Then boy who sat near Julia put up
hand.
OH exclaimed the, the teacher, Charlie
Julia. Now let us hear Charles verse;
walk in the light responded Charlie
'Wen,' said the teacher, you learned
the same verse, didn't you? It's a very
good verse, too; Walk in the light I
one else who has learned verse2 Why, /
see five, six, seven, eight hands raised. /
am proud of you, children. We win hear
| from Arthur first"
T." Walk in the light" said Arthur.
The teacher looked rather hard at Ar
| thur. and said:
GLADYS next. What is your verse?r
walk In the light Gladys answered.
! Now, Gertrude, you have a splendid
verse, / Know" said the teacher 'Speak
up loudly, SO that all the children may
| hear"
walk In the lightp shouted Gertrude
| BY that time all but few of the children
who had not been heard from We're holding
| up their hands. The teacher looked at a
boy whos name she had forgotten and
| asked:
what verse have you learned?'
| walk in the light" replied the whole
| crowd In chorus, each little one apparently
fearing that there would not be another
| chance to win q blue card.