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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-12

disinfeoting the knife or saw used in cut
ting, as we md that incubation made
by the tools late in the f3ll may remain
dormant in the trees and start the disease
the following spring
After quoting Prot Waite, Mr.. samp-
son stated that authorities all agree that
Waite's treatment is successful aud that
he and his neighbors have found 1t So
Many orchardlsts think that their trees
will not be affected until they are old
enough to bloom, but Waite eXplodes this
motion by stating positively that twis
blight frequently occurs Sl summer in
nursery stock. Trees OF all ages and con-
dltlons need attention. Mr.. Sampson SAID
that many az his correspondents suggested
bichoride Of mercury. calomel, sulphur,
etc, as remedies, advising that they be
introduced directly into the tree, Tie eX-
hlbited a letter written to A, w. Wtlker-
son OF Alvin by Prof Waite on this sub
ject as follows: I'VE think your treat-
ment with bichloride OF mercury will not
be successful. This material is practically
insolube and would not be dlfiused
through the tree. II u were selube and
We're absorbed by the tree it would XIII
all the tissues which u reached. As 10
a remedy for this disease the most prac'i-
cal is to cut out the blight with a knife
and saw"
Mr.. Sampson said further that he was
in correspondence with parties In the
various pear raising sections OF the Union
aud quoted letters from Georgia nursery
men showing thar orchards that had been
Affected by the blight had been treated
by the cutting out process and were now
profitable orchards He agreed TO give
The Posi- reporter further results OF his
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Nacogdoches. Texas. August 9.-McMa
hans chapel is in Sabine county, Texas,
twelve miles east Of San Augustine 1t
was here that the first Protestant church
of Texas WAS organized and the second
building erected. 1t Was recently the
scene of q remarkable gathering On sun
day. the 2sth Of July. the new church
building recently erected on the original
site was dedicated in the presence OF 1000
people. assembled from ali over sabine
and parts Of Shelby and san Augustine
counties, This place is sacred not only
10 the Methodist denomination bur to all
Protestants in Texas. 4 church organiza-
ton was effected here in September 1898,
bv William Stevenson and building was
erected in 1888 by Rev. Littleton Fowler,
the present building hsing the third erect
ed on the same SITE
Rev. Littleton Nj Fowler. only son OF
the early missionary, now pastor OF the
Methodist church at Henderson. Texas
preached the dedicatory sermon by special
request OF the pastor. His father. Little.
ton Fowler. OF pioneer fame. is buried UNI
der the pulpit OF this church and the
large Marble slab with appropriate in
scription erected to his memory. forms
the book OF the pulpit. and Is an humble
tribute 10 man who was so intimately
connected with the early history OF Meth
odism in Texas and was an inportant
factor IN the hest early developments OF
the State. He was at the organization
OF the first grand lodge of Texas Masons
and was its first chaplain, also the frs
chaplain OF the Texas senate. He was in
timately connected with the oldest lit.
erary institutions Of the State. being thu
founder OF Wesley college at San Angus
tine. Fowler institpte at Henderson and
also Ruterville college.
These institutions served their day an
generation. and many OF the promnen
men in East Texas are now monuments 1
their usefulness. Mr.. Fowler also Sc
cured the ground ON which many OF tn
leading churches now staad, among ther
are the churches at San Augustine, Nacog
doches. New Washington, Marshall an
FIRST Church at Houston. AT San Angus
tine he built the first Protestant churc
west OF the Sabine river at the layin
Of the corner stone of which GenerS
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REMEDY FOR PEAR BLIGHT.
VALUABLE INFORMATION GIVEN ny
MIR. HENRY SAMPSON.
that Tells How to Care ana
Prevent This Disease.

Alvin, Texas, August 6--Slnce the re-
cent meeting of the pear growers in Alvin,
q full report of which appeared in The
Post on Sunday, July 80. remarkable
interest in the subject OF protecting the
orchards against disease has taken hold
upon the people of, the const country
This meeting seems to have opened the
eyes of the people here t. several Inn
portant facts that seem to have hitherto
escaped their attention to any great ex-
tent. II appears that few residents here
had comprehended the magnitude of the
pear industry In this section until statis-
tics from reliable sources had placed It's
value far and away into the millions of
dollars, and but few seemed 70 have
realized that these great orchards we're
threatened with destruction by the dread4
cd nre blight until u few earnest. thought
ful growers sounded the alarm by tell
Ing Of It's depredatlons, and at the same
time proclaimed the glad tidings that
practical scientific research had found a
simple, safe and effective remedy for the
evil. AT this recent meeting all these
matters were brought out and. taking the
cue, all growers are now greatly interest
ed and encouraged and are laying plans
plans then formulated.
IT seems that all agree In attrihuting
to Mr.. Henry Sampson the credit for this
great revival of interest and determination
on the part Of the growers. Mr. Sampson
has very extensive orchard of both La
Conte and Keiffer pears about TWO and a
nall miles from Alvin in the elge Of Gal
weston county. He has devoted about
eight years OF hard work aud thorough
study 90 his orchard and is thoroughly
posted. both from the standpoint OF his
own experience and also from the results
OF the work OF scientific men IN the en-
pioy of the general and State governments
who have given many years to thorough
investigation Of the evils that now con-
front our orchard. Bulletins are issued
by the United States government on these
subjects whenever any valuable result is
relchcd and Mr.. Sampson keeps constant
" In touch with every step OF progress
made. His orchard has been carefully
developed along lines OF practical OK
perianoe guided by the results Of the
latest scientific research; his orchard is
as Tree from disease as careful work Of
competent men can keep II. and visit
70 II proves a treat to any one interested
In thS great subject. The Alvin repre-
sentative OF The Post has succeeded in
attaining an interview with this gent =
man which will certainly prove OF great
interest and value.
"A pear orchard requires the best ef-
forts Of both brain and MUSCLE" remark
Cd Mr.. Sampson. "for It's proper develop
meut, and continued he. when these
factors are applied there can he but one
results, namely success. am great.
pieaasd at tho Interest recently manifest
e. oy our growers. This country is NO
exception to che rule-all countries arc
erens'se With diseases Of fruit trees Just
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those directly interested In ms s XXI
dertaking will be pushed WIN .s5
have not even looked at the Is'ss,t
of names as yet and am not PIX IN
make any comment one way % Nil.
upon the new names added 10 'hs :
list" ,rs.s
The final vote is expected " S,rur J
ted by the committee OF Judges ~ MN
first week in October. In iacs ~. !, ID
l. so that the month OF sep' shos. tb,,d
necessarily be q busy one ior ivy
TO make this initial seleetien' ,hsts ~
II is not vet settled whether Nh sso ri
be a meeting OF all the luas eoartfy, y
resent every section OF the .s ~
1t Is generally believed inal ..s and =
ing will be held lust before wy
is taken. .,,tea 70
The names thus FAR suom.', sass
Judges are divided Into nlteen d sipkS'
follows: Authors and ediloEst invs1ta
business men. As; educators, = ,,!i.1
1s. missionaries and explorers, hscIcss
thropists .: preachers, ana a srcss'
2s; scientists. 10: engineers sn' ,aus:
IS: judges and lawyers ~ lisvslcIisi z
painters and sculptors, p,e, 4. Il
surgeorr &; rulers and ststesn,S Y s'l \
and women. outside the apv,-
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Rusk delivered most eloquent grafton.
The second church he huilt where Me-
Mahan chanel now stands. and he named
ii after Colonel samuel u. MoMahan. who
came from Tennessee to Texas IN 1891.
Colonel McMahsu commanded one of the
baitahons in the fight with Piedras at
NacOgdoches, which doubtless gave to him
his title. He was man OF remarkable
personality and deeply pious. II is said
that no one ever remained in his family
any length OF time without being convert
ed. II was through his instrumentslitv
that J. S, +. lreyine. Enoch y. Chisholm
aud Acton Young were brought into tho
church. All of them married daughters
OF the old gentleman and became itinerant
preachers
Old McM3han chapel was the scene OF
many stirring reyiyals in the early days.
and there were some remarkable charac-
terS connected With the early church,
among them Captain William SkWlock,
who came 10 Texas in 1885 and settled
within one mile OF where the church was
afterwards erected. He was Il member
Of this church from the time 1t was built
until his DEATH a few years ago at the
age of SO years. Captain Skurlook was a
Texas soldier and was with Colonel Fan
min at Goliad. He was taken as a nurse
in the Mexican hospital after their sur
render and by his close and careful at
tenuon TO his duties he became u faVorite
OF one Of the Mexican doctors. When ais
comrades were marched out and formed in
line to be shot he Witnessed the execu-
ton. detail OF soldiers came to the
hospital after all of the Texans who were
TO meet the same fate and the doctor told
the guard to leave this man. meaning the
captain; that he was good nurse aud
that he was needed. The captain was
notified. however. that he was a con
demned man and would be shot as soon
as they were through with him.
In short time the doctor who had
saved his life up TO this time, was ordered
, back to Mexico with the sick and wound
, cd, Captain Skurlook was taken ATOMS
and was very submissive and oblignl
servant for the doctor Before reachini
the Rio Grnnde he took Il good horse n
night from one of the guards and cam,
/, very near making his escape. On his an
/ preach to the Nuecee river he discovered
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and dry up as II killed by frost This
bhghting Of blossoms. or blossom blight /
MS II Is called, Is one of the most serious
features of blight. One Of the most re-
markahle things about this disease s the
rapidly with which It spreads through an
orchard at blooming time This peculiar
lily has thrown much light on the way the
mlcrobe traye.s about which they do quite
rapidly, Notwithstanding the fact they are
surrounded and held together and to the
tree by sticky and glmmy substances.
They are able 20 live and multiply IN the
nectar OF the blossom, from whence hey are
carried away by bees and other insects
which visit the blossoms in great numbers
for the honey md pollen. II a few early
blossoms are infected by reason of
blghted limbs left over from previous
year the insects will scatter the disease
from flower 10 flower and from tree t.
tree until 1t becomes an epidemic In the
orchard"
Prof. Waite adds that Climatic condi-
tions greatly influence the disease, warm
and moist weather with frequent show
ers favorlng 1t; dry, cool and sunny
weather hindering 1t and very dry weather
soon checking IL entirely. 1t causes the
greater part of its damage In the mnntn
or two following blossaming but twiR
blight may be prevalent at any time
through the summer, when the new
growth Is coming out. In the majority OF
cases the disease stops by the close OF the
growing season. when root
pressure begins in early spring the trees
are gorged with sap. Under these favor
able conditions the microbes. which have
lived over winter, start anew and eXtend
into the bark. The wsrm and mois, wealth
er which usually brings ont the blossoms Is
particularly favorable to the disease. At
| this time II spreads rapidly and the gum
Is eNuded copiously from various parts Of
the bark and runs down the tree in a long
line Bees, wasps and flee are attracted
to this gum and undoubtedly carry the
microbes to the blossoms From these
first flowers Il 10 carried 70 others and so
on till the blossoms are all killed or until
the close Of the blooming period. Even at
ter the blooming period 1t is almost cer-
: tain that insects accidentally carry the
. blight 10 the young tips and 50 are lnstru-
mental in causing twlg blight also The
: key to tho whole situation Is found IN those
eases of active blight which hold oyer
winter and which are comparatively few
! II they can be foand and destroyed. tho
pear blight question viii be solved for
the reason that without the microbes there
: can be no blight, no matter how favor
J able the conditions may be for It, TO
use o common expression, there will he no
= seed left.
: The only really satisfactory method
9 OF controlling pear blight Is to EXTERN
{ mate the m'crohe that causes II by ng
. out and burning every particle Of blight
{ when the trees arc dormant. Not a case
! OF active blight should be allowed TO sur
: vlye the winter In the orchard or within
: a half mile or SO Of g. Every tree OF
r the Pome family. including the annle,
4 pear, ounce, Siberian crab apple. wild
4 crab apple, the mountain ash SERVER
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apply to Hon. James Wilson. secretary of
agriculture, Washington, D. c.. for prof
Waite's bulletin on the cause and nreven-
ton OF pesT blight, and for any other bull
ietlns pertaining to pear culture he NAV
De sple to furnish. A thorough study OF
these bulletins is essential to the success
full pear grower"
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Lot of
SUMMER
WRAPPERS.
4 4 4 4

There are sir qveekS of
hot qveather yet and you
can get some morning
comfort out of these same
qurappers that 4viH repay
You Nvfce over for the IN
vestment. Be on hand
early for a first pick. You
can get a faint idea of hoW
que are selling them from
bargain list.
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sMALuwooD.-Fort Worth ssii,s ss 4
gust 10.-Mrs. w. H.. n,lapfh
Cecil Houston) died las. .,rs ~
Bright's disease. aged 2S ye aa,eu y q
one OF the most popular 'w,ssrpssr Z
worth and a prominent alnbs ~ Z
Deitrick and Euterpeo" from cii!s
ceased came TO Texas and his N
Kan. when a small 9Th -
here since
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a Mexican hut, and being almost fami5hed,
he ventured up TO the hut, where he en-
c0untered new difficulties instead OF relief.
The Mcxlcans in sympathy with Mexico
were in the hut aud took him prisoner;
they could not speak English, hut tho
captain could understand enough Spanish
TO make out their purpose, which was to
take him off short distance from the
hut and shoot him The two Mexican wo-
men who we're present. after hearing the
conversation between the two men, inter
coded pathetlcaily in his behalf and he
was released and fed, but his horse was
taken from MIN. After encounterlns
many hardships he reached san Augustine
10 find that he had been given up Is dead,
his estate administered on and his prop
erty advertised for sale. The precced-
ings we're all stopped and he returned 70
his home, which Is now Sabine county, ana
remained on he same place until death
claimed him. His good wife Is still alive.
and resides on the old homestead. and his
sons and daughters and grandchildren, al
honCred citizere, are scattered in Texas,
from the SABINE to the Rio Grande
The cid church was only one mile from
the old homestead OF Littleton Fowler.
who was so intimately associated vi II
Il, both as pastor and presiding elder.
Fowler was the first presiding elder In
the San Augustine, embracing in its terri
tory this chapel. so near to which he lived
and died. and under whose sacred walls
he is buried. The influence Of Llttleton
Fowler, not only on Mothod!sm in the
State, but on subsequent development Of
Texas, can not be written. He was in
timately associated with such men as
Douglass, Houston and Rusk and between
himself and the latter very strong
friendship existed Littleton Fowler's
work and influence abide, His only SON
1ittleton NJ. is well known throughout
the State and has served the church for
twenty-five years, both as pastor and pre-
siding elder. The deceased has also two
grandsons in the Methodist ministry
Littleton Fowler Smith OF Chireno Texas
and Ellis Smith, pastor Of the Methodist
church at Nacogdoches, where the pioneer
preached his first sermon In Eastern
Texas. J.SD
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THE FIRST PASTOR AND TWO OF HIS DEFENDANTS.


ar .
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-12
AMATEUR ORCHESTRA.
Popular Organization Begins It's
Work For the Year

Last evening the Amateur Orchestra
resumed work after a vacation lasting
two months and more. Nineteen mem
bers out of a total membership of twen-
ty-seven We're in attendance and the
first rehearsal was a most successful
one. Director Wray Taylor was all
smiles over the good showing made.
The rehearsal was held in the hall of
the Y. NJ. c. A. and quite a good-sized
audience, including a number of the
soldiers from the Logan, attended the
two hours or more of practice.
The Amateur Orchestra is an organ
ization of which Honolulu may well be
proud. Organized five years ago by Mr..
Taylor with five members it passed
through most successful year and
then went out of existence. Three
years ago this fall it was reorganized
and since then has been active every
season. The orchestra plays for char
ity and at public festivals only, main
tanning its distinctive character as an
amateur organization. 1t starts the
year under most favorable auspices
with several new members and all of
the old ones manifesting unusual in
terest and will doubtless delight Homo
lulu audiences on many occasions dur
ing the coming season.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-12
HANRAHAN A CITIZEN.
Holds Three Honorable Discharges
From u. s. Army

Officer Hanrahan of the Police De-
partment resents the imputation that
he is other than an American citizen.
Born an Englishman, he was when a
young man, enlisted in Her Majesty's
army. Later he took out first papers
fot naturalization in New York.
He also holds three first rate, honor
able discharges from the United States
Army service According to the natu-
ralizatibn laws of the United States the
following reference is made to aliens
who have Worn the army blue:
Any alien of the age of 81 years and
upward who has been in the armies of
the United States and has been honor
ably discharged therefrom, may be-
come citizen on his petition without
any previous declaration of intention,
provided that he has resided in the
United States at least one year previous
to his application, and is of good moral
character. ct is judicially decided that
residence of one year in a particular
State is not requisite)"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-12
TEXT BOOKS SOLD.
Children Preparing For Years Work
In the School.

A constant stream of school children
kept the officers of the Board of Edu-
cation busy yesterday. Text books by
the score were sold during the day and
it is likely that the heavy sales VIII
continue throughout the week as we'll
as most of next week. The Board
sells the books to the scholars at cost
price so they are obtained much cheap
er than if they were purchased at the
book stores.
The attendance at the school yester-
day was somewhat larger than that of
Monday, but it will be at least a week
before the schools are as full as they
will be through the term. No report
has yet been made to the Board of the
attendance at most of the schools but
it is likely that a report will be pre-
pared for all the schools before the last
of the week and comparison can then
be made of the attendance this term
and last.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-12

Annual Fall Reception of That I'm
portant Body.

The annual fall reception of the
Young Mems Christian Association will
be held next Monday evening at the
institution rooms The reception will
be of an informal nature, and special
musical features will be introduced. The
devotional, educational and gymnastic
committees are planning to have repre-
sentative booths as is the Triangle
Literary Club. DIR. Burgess is chairman
Of the arrangements committee, and
has charge of the program. The hait
will be tastefully d coI ated.
The educational classes conmentt-
next Tuesday evening, and those desir-
Gus of joining are invited to send in
their names to the secretary.
The Reading Club of the Young
Women's Christian Association met last
evening in the rooms of the Association.
LAS You Like II" was the subject of
the evening.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-12
The Wireless Telegraph.

The wireless telegraphy people are
having a small balloon built for the
purpose of ascertaining how high they
must raise their pole at the Kaimuki
station in order to make the system
work well between this island and Mo-
lokai. 1t has been ascertained that the
pole at Kaimuk Is somewhat too short
and while communication has been es-
tablished the signals are not always
plain and it has been decided to raise
the pole. Manager Cross still has faith
in the ultimate success of the system
but it will not be in complete operation
for some time yet. Meanwhile more
money must be collected.