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Identified Her Assailant.

indianapolis. Indiana. Feb. 21-Miss
Dorothy Darter. who was brutally as
saulted by a negro on the outskirts Of
lrvington, suburb Of this city, last
Thursday afternoon. was today shown
photograph OF the negro suspect I'M
der arrest In New Castle. and immedi.
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session. After this laborlous task the
amendments OF the committee were
adopted. Mr.. Anderson sug gested that It
was useless to adopt the committees
amendments before that committee had
conferred with the Senate committee,
and come to an agreement with It. His
motion was overruled At a few min
utes to II o'clock a recess was taken
TIL o'clock this afternoon.
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DOMAIN BILL
DISPOSED OF.

nj Saie sustained Its reputation
'cf Sadas ability today by again dis
I'srl 4 considerable business.
SMITHS BILL KILLED.
H''s VI No. s. by Smith, relating
/" @ rnd'nnstlon Of water rights
s'A' suinent domain was killed in
y s'la after its first reading, by re-
"" q ~ Smith, the author Of the
s..'n Allison explained that Presl-
.,' '''nl' 'f the Ogden city council.
sn' 3 President Evans OF the
Ais n invitation Identical with
~ 'iA vas Received by Speaker
Sa''A President Evans, perhaps,
~. WV . h'iiiy the Senate Of the re-
NY q he invitation.
slas SlIl No. 10, relating to the
v 'anklng Institutions, has been
|-.a ''%' and lies on the table to
- ~ The Signature Of the President.
H.. ~ committee on Judiciary recon-
1 ~ hs passage Of House bill No.
r.. l's . the duties of county as
H. - la' House bill No. %, relating
., s ,'l4 q actions arising outside
H.. '.'s' senate bill No. 10. fixing
~ y, y q district attorneys, and that
= ~ oal No. 9, relating 10 ercen, ,n".
III Isi Is y The reports were adont '
ASD IN, y vas thereby killed.
srors,ioa,s on county and munici.
b Ssns,aas recommended the pas
e,o,, 1s.e OIL No. e.. relating 70
n V sann Of county school
d s,i senate bill No. s., relating latin,
set MI. y.s ~ county school taxes,
Easan " Se'e !, adopted.
u. ~ I'M NO, VI a railroad measure
rEls , m specia order for Mon,
ais. ~ u', and Senate bin No n
~ O'clock. O'uer Tor Thurs
p slIl'Hey introduced, by re.
rs,hern Sar, nom the citizens OF
g fot lesI.,s,,oI Cache county.
ststuciie,'' , =, looking towards
3. southern oa Of IA. a highway connects connects
n bng. '''t OF names about
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plc0VERINC The
DEAD BODIES TODAY
). Domains Of Eight Miners Have Been
y p.oncht to the Surface = How All
Could Have Been Saved Alive.

NE the men look as though death had
overtaken them In sleep,
FIRST BODIES RECOVERED.
The first body recovered was that Of
| Iorlnzo Franzoi, who was picked up
three-fourths OF mile from the main
entrance in room 81. The Simpsons,
father and son, were found together,
| and now lie side by side in the black
| smith shop.
HAND ON HIS GOLD.
The body OF Basoa was encountered
later with his hand tightly clasped up
on 500 In gold that he had on his per-
son. while Avanzini was lying on his
face with his hands dug deep into the
floor of the room where death overlook
him. The train bearing the twenty cot
fms with Dir. Ricketts, OF Salt Lake in
charge. arrived this afternoon and he
: at once took charge OF the bodies
preparatory to preparing them for
burial.
GENERAL MANAGER ARRIVES.
General Manager White also arrived
this morning from the East He learned
Of the disaster by seeing Denver
paper. He states that the list Of dead
will not exceed 2S. The officials at the
mine are appalled, at the magnitude of
the disaster which could have been d.
yerted II the men had kept their heads.
FATAL MISTAKE.
Civil Engineer Davis this afternoon
said:
1T was such small fire, and II the
men had kept their heads they could
have easily saved themselves instead
OF running away from the fire and fol
lowing the air current they could all
have escaped by circuitous route in
stead they rushed toward the flames
and met their death. The first we had
fourteen months ago was a terrible. one
but only three lives were lost"
MANY NARROW ESCAPES,
Numerous hair-breadth escapes are
recorded, notably that OF Charles Ma.
ham who warned the miners and told
them to follow him. He followed the
air current and reached safety, while
the men refused to go preferring the
short cut which they did not know
meant death. Tom Hudson, a boy
driver, also put his cap over his face
and reached the open air more dead
than alive. George Griffin, one Of the
rescuing party, pushed ahead TO be
picked up insensible, only TO return and
join his comrades again.
FINDING DEAD HORSES.
At $3.50 pm. word was passed around
that dead horses were coming out Six
more bodies recovered will be brought
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M THE "NEws."l

..,,,r. TO THE "NEws'"l
l'psyIAn wyo, Feb. si'--ou, eaae
p'"'n ,,'., shifts which have peeH '
aa' IeIl,l and necessarily since
wtns n nIgst. the little mining camp
way o,d a,spn has been at stand stand.
4 pA, ,S.s,. merchants and house '.
n S a,n'' practically suspended 'a Is.l
, ,r,o in the face Of the ' ,s.
ny '' .'.n,l,y which has visited tue
|@' 'I a,n,ps Of anxious men women
ass ,,1 1Isai have surrounded the main main
" o.,' y No. / mine since the worn
s y -, o out that their loved ones were
| pa ,... until the worst
~ ,'' without a remaining shadow
,' 7" The situation this afternoon 1',
~ tbe same as this morning
, !. ,o,ol ot rs lives lost, and pos
/ a. . but no more ..,,,,c
syEpDoN DIRECTING
| !, 4. Dr.sent time Superintendent
AZ a Il :D.adon Is directing the opera ',I'c
wv :, search parties in the m''ie,
' ~. .. under the supervision oil
vl., NJ George Griffin and william
' ,..,,,, assisted by William Low
!. ~' rrHam Hotchklss, and william
| Dickson, Richard Mcpefmad anu %
DAVIS u
n. york Is Of necessity slow but re-
r,t, reach the mouth Of the mine 10
a. effect that the fire is practically
/ eblued and when the bodies Of severai
/ s,,es have been removed that II Is
ps,IbIe that all the dead may be
| brought out by tomorrow Early this
| morning the searching party succeeded
Ii bringing out eight bodies which we're
Immediately carried to the blacksmith
/ shop adjoining, which has been turned
1 into temporary morgue The dead re-
covered NJ to the present time are
JOE FREQ,
FL0RlANo AVANZlNI.
THOMAS SIMPSON, and son.
BlsTIsTA BAs0LA.
L0RINZ0 FRANZ0I
D0ARD0 R0Ry0.
D0ARD0 RQINI0.
The bodies show evidence that the III
faiei miners died from sufocation and
faye from The fact that three Of them
have badly confused faces from falling
10 the dark In their headlong flight for
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BINDING DEAD HORSES.

At $3.50 pm. word was passed around
that dead horses were coming out. Six
more bodies recovered will be brought
out tonight.
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nj S'ie sustained Its reputation
'c' Salas ability today by again dis
''drl q Considerable business.
SMITHS BILL KILLED,
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4 The bodies show evidence that the III
fated miners died from sufocadon and
save from the fact that three Of them
have badly confused faces from falling
10 the dark In their headlong flight for
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23
GROWING THE sOJA BEAN.

Prof. Irby has already impressed
upon Pr ngressive Farmer readers the
and value of the sofa
bean as stock food and a soil reno
vator. In one of our exchanges, Mr..
w. A. Wilson, of Norfolk Dunty,
Va, gives his method of growing the
crop us follows:
have many letters asking me to
give my method of planting, cult
waiting, harvesting and threshing
the7sOja bean. First, prepare the
land for sofa beans as do for corn.
For seed, plant any time from the
last of April to July 1st, in rows 81
or / feet wide. put two or three
beans in hill, II or Is inches apart,
and work as do a corn crop. l let
all the leaves shed SO the beans will
get their full growth and then dry.
take my bramble hook CT mo yer
and cut in the morning while the
dew is on them, because they will
''pOp out" during the middle OF the
day. take them up with hay rake,
haul them up in the afternoon to the
barn or pound lot, make d rail pen
and thresh as fast as they are hauled.
If [ had plenty of barn room would
hau in and thresh after 1 got through
cutting.
L plant sofa beans when wanted
for hay IN 2 foot rows, or beans
in hill, II to Is inches apart, and
work twice with cultivatOr. l cut
them any time after blooming. For
cow feed cut with mower two rows
at a time and let it cure as would
any other hay. plant large patch
OF sofa beans by the side OF my pas
ture and find it a big help in August
and september when hot and dry. L
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23
PLUMs AND THEIR ENEMIES.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The wild plum| have d commercial
value that is some times q little
doubtful, but when choice varieties
of cultivate plums are grated N
these wild stocks there is little ques-
tion about their ultimate Importance.
The Wi d Goo plum holds cOnsid-
cradle Importance in the mar rkets,
and for canning purposes it probably
has no superior. There is peculiar
flavor about it that makes it ever
popular. The wild Chickasaw plums
are early and hardy varieties that
have in many places been improved
by cultivation, and when new varie-
ties we're grated on them they pro.
duced excellent crops. The wild
American plum is even harder than
the Chickasaw, and in some respects
it is much superior to it. 1t does
not rot for one thing nearly as
quickly, and it's fruit is better fer
shipping purposes. The sand plum
and the beach plum have also their
lovers, and they grow wild in thick
cts where they can be gathered in
abundance. But nearly all of these
wild native plumS are disappearing.
When land is taken up for cultiva.
tiOn, or the w, DDS cut down, the
trees and bushes of the native plums
are generally destroyed too. In the
gradual disappearance of these ma
tive stocks there is reason for a little
regret, and it seems pity that more
of the trees and bushes are not trans
planted to gardens and orchards.
They would certainly furnish good
stocks on which to graft other cul-
tivated varieties.
The Japanese plums are not nearly
80 nardy as these native varieties,
and during many of our severe win
ters they suffer considerable injury.
Their fruit, of course, is larger, finer
and more marketable, but the an
nual injury to the stocks must
always prove a great drawback to
their general popularity. What is
needed more than anything else is
the working of the Japanese plums
upon the hardy native stocks. This
may not at first prove satisfactory,
but eventually there must be evolved
from this combination trees that
Will prove far superior to any we
have now. The hardy Russian varie-
ties also furnish good stocks that
can stand almost anv climat-, but as
TooNT1NUED ON PAGES.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23

is the large white pea with a black
eye. They are medium early and
are heavy bearers. A dish of we'll
prepared green peas on the dinner
table is sure sign of high life in
that household.
Our common red clover is another
very valuable forage crop to grow.
1t may be seeded either with wheat
in the fall or with oats in the spring,
and we some times get our best
stands by sowing the last of March
on wheat. Go over the field after
sowing the clover seed with light
harrow or weeder; this not only
covers the clover seed, but cultivates
the wheat and helps it immensely.
To make sure of a good catch
of clover, whether sowed in
spring or fall, always give a light
dressing of fine barn yard or stable
manure.
1t is idle nonsense to expect pay
ing crops without good tillage and a
plenty of good manure. More about
these things in our next article.
J. EDOM SMITH.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23
No. 10
Horticulture.
APPLE GROWING FOR NORTH CAROLINA.

The Raleigh Post recently pub.
lished an interesting interview with
MIR. T. K. Bruner on the above sub
ject, from which the following para
graphs are taken:
AS conditions now are vast uuanti-
ties of the most choice apples go to
waste throughout the present fruit
growing districts and the farmers
are glad to get even 40 cents per
bushel for the small per cent they
do market. This condition is due
largely to lack of knowledge on the
part of the growers as to how the
fruit should be classified and packed
for the market.
For instance the Raleigh market
is constantly supplied with New
York apples actually inferior in
many respects to apples that waste
in vast quantities in many orchards
of North Carolina, while these New
York apples sell freely On the Raleigh
market fer $3.50 and 50 per bushel.
At the same time North Carolina
growers sell the few they do market
here for about 40 cents per bushel.
Where if they would classify them
and properly prepare them for the
market they would command much
more ready sale, the best grades
bringing prices equal to the New
York apple.
The present North Carolina sys-
tenn of marketing apples is for the
grower to dump them IN a big wngon
bed, all classes, sizes and conditi Ms
together, and jolt them thus over
the long rough road to the market
on which they propose to offer them
for sale. Offered to prospective
purchasers in this plight 35, 40 and
so cents are good prices. While,
if they would only exercise little
care in sorting and packing in bar
rels the prices would have been a
dollar and upwards.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23
TO GUARD AGAINST DAMAGE BY IN
sECTs.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
AS the spring has opened and crops
are being planted, insects are again
becoming numerous and their raw
ages will soon begin. We wish to
urge-farmers not to wait until a crop
is ruined and then write for infOr-
nation, but as soon as an insect
enemy is detected, send some speci-
mems to this office, so that they may
be identified and remedies suggested.
The Importance of the work against
injurious insects is becoming more
and more apparent. Everybody is
invited so make free use of this
Office to obtain information regard
ing insect friends and foes.
FRANKLIN SHERMAN, JR.
Entomologist Dept of Agriculture,
Raleigh, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23

Commissioner of Agricult ire Pat
terson has received the following
letter from the animal industry sec
tion Of the United States Agricul
tural D partment: "Dr. Murray y
Meyers, Assistant Inspector in this
bureau has been directeu to proceed
in its interests to North WilkesbOro,
which point for the present will be
his official stati n. He Is expressly
charged with the duty in that vicin-
ity of co operating with the State
authority in carrying into effect the
regulations of the United States Ag-
ricultural Department concerning
the inspection and movement OF cat
tie" The Commissioner is greatly
gra flied at recei ting this letter, as
he regards government cooperation
of b. gh Importance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23
BUILDING AND FILLING A s1Lo.
of The Progressive Farmer.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The main thing in building any
silo, either of slaves or boards, is to
secure timber that is free from rot
ten knots and decayed centers.
Select good chestnut, which will out
last most timber, and have it cut
from comparatively old, we'll ma
tured trees. If we'll seasoned timber
there will be little likelihood of the
structure warping and drawing in
summer when empty.
As a foundation for the silO make
an excavation fully 3 feet in depth
and at least two feet wider than the
silO walls. Fill this excavation with
small stones, and mix enough good
cement with them to make it solid
and firm. Then top over with a
mixture of one part cement to two
parts clean, coarse sand. On this
foundation the frame of the silo can
be built. Such d flooring will be
permanent and not give way until
several structures have rOtted and
tumbled down. With good slaves
or lumber fitted aud matched snugly
together the silo will be we'll built
and air tight. The inside of the
silO should be painted with hot gas
tar and the outside with metallic
paint. The roof should be made
double, with roofing paper spread be-
tween the walls and painted with
graphite paint. In this way the silo
will shed water and prove practically
as tight as needed. Tarring the in
side OF the silo not only helps to ex-
clude air and moisture, but it pre-
vents rOtting of the wood and de
strOys insects that live in many
woods.
In filling the silo the corn should
be cut at the glazing period. The
cutting and filling should then be
carried on as rapidly as possible so
that the last of the crop will not get
too old before it can be harvested.
The corn for the silo should be
planted in rows about three feet
apart and one foot apart in row. 1t
properly planted and replanted early
enough every stalk should reach a
good size and produce an ear. The
silo should be filled as soon as pos
sible after the corn has reached the
proper stage, and then if handled
rightly not poun of it should be
wasted. A good deal of the waste
in the silO comes from carele4sness.
The rain, moisture and air must be
excluded from the silo, but freezing
and thawing should not injure the
ensilage in winter or spring. Good
ensilage should be as nOurishing and
palatable in the spring in the early
part of winter.
JAMES S. WILSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23
THE COTTON PROBLEM.
How Cabarrus Growers View 1t.

How Cabarrus Growers View It.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer
Your last issue has two accounts,
said TO have been taken from mer.
chants books, contributed by Harry
Farmer. They strike me as very
forcible illustrations of what the
farmers can do, and they should be
read by every farmer in our State.
If such methods were adopted by
them, the cotton problem would be
solved and there would be no more
complaint of low prices, and what
was raised would be at Il nominal
cost.
The call of the cotton planters 80
meet on the 9th of this month for
the purpose of reducing the acreage
of cotton and to organize "COttOn
Planters Protective Association,
was responded to by a agOOdly number
of farmers from all over our county.
Much interest was manifested, and
e IOd club organized, which many
who could not be at the meeting
have since expressed their desire TO
Join. SO we will have a thriving
club to report at the June meeting
In Raleigh. We agreed to reduce
the acreage of the cotton crops OF
those present 10 per cent. They felt,
however, that it only bound those
present, and that their action would
not affect the situation at ali, but
hoped the example might have some
influence. They also felt that II
their example is not followed, the
crcp will be large one with low
prices, and by our having more grain,
we will not have to sacrifice what
we do raise. l think it u wise course
tor US to pursue in either event.
The T, cent figures of the different
size crops at different prices, make
very interesting reading, and should
be pondered over by every planter.
Cabarrus Co, N. G. X.
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HARRY FARMER.
Columbus Co., N. G.

A good system of rotation of crops
is probably one of the best and surest
ways to retain fertility in any soil.
This can be done at little expense of
either time or me- ney. The. main
thing is to find the best system of
rotation for the particular soil and
then to stick to it. If this was Drac-
ticed continually there would be less
need of expensive outlays for fertili-
zers and less loss through crop fail
ures &C. T. White, Vermont.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23

A North Carolina exchange reports
a fertilizer drummer who has been
in the business for many years, as
saying: 81 have never known such
heavy sales OF fertilizer up to this
time, and yet do not believe, take
the whole State over, that there will
be any great increase in co ton acre.
age. A great deal of it-more than
1 have ever before known-win be
used on corn; and on cotton, more
fertilize1 per acre will be used than
ever before. This of coursF means
an increase in production, even if
there is no increase in acreage"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-23
HARRY FARMERS TALKS.


Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Manure or fertilize the land very
heavy for musk or canteloupe mel
ons. It is mistake to put little
handful of manure in a small hill
when planting melons. I have
noticed melon roots that extended
further from the hill than the vine
did. When planting very early
make a cross on the hills and plant
one part of the cross every four or
five days so as to insure stand. If
you will make your cross north and
south and east and west, it will be
no trouble to tell which place you
planted last; if you will plant the
north branch of the cross first of
every hill and then plant the east
next, etc., until you have completed
the cross, you will have a stand.
Some times we have a bad stand
from planting too early, and by this
method almost a perfect stand can
be secured. But it must be remem-
bered that Harry armer lives in
the Southern part of North Caro-
lima, about the latitude of Whining
ton, and that the successful methods
here might be failure further up
the country.
This is the season for cleaning out
all the manure, etc., about the barns
and hog pens. Some times we find
hog bed infested with fieas. How
shall we get clear of them is the
hard question to answer. We have
tried the following plan with sue
cess: Gather all the straw and loose
dirt and haul it out in the field and
scatter it over the land, then thor
oughly wet the place with brine or
scatter fine salt over it and keep
stock away from it for few weeks
and you will not have any more
6eas. A flea cannot stand moisture.
It wants dry place to live in.
AS the weather dries off plant beds
need watering. Always do this in
the afternoon and be sure to stir the
surface good next morning. If the
top soil is kept loose and fine it is
doubtful whether watering will do
any good. A little experimenting
along this line might be a great help
in future work
Plant small dry plat of land in
early COW peas for table use. Peas
planted the last of April will be ready
to eat about July 4th. 1t would not
be a bad plan to plant some for the
milk COW. There is no better feed
for making a COW give nice rich
milk. We noticed some hens eating
the leaves from pea vine hay a few
days ago. I don't see why they
would not serve the same purpose as
clover. Prof. Massey has never
mentioned this. I suppose it is be-
cause he never looks at chickens ex
cept when they are on the table. If
the farmers at the North can feed
hogs and chickens hay to advantage,
why can't we do it too?
HARRY FARMER.
COIrro hrS 10 NJ ~