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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01
jed Murray Camp OMcers.

TIL Z I,LI'~ SI ECIAIA
Pine Bluff. Ark. June 3o-Jed Murray
Camp. United Confederate Veterans, Of
Pine Bluff. has just elected officers for the
year as follows: Commander. e. E. Benton:
vice commander. Peter n. Bridges: second
d. Vance: quarterraaster, J. p Krox; COM
missary. y. X. Rodgers; chaplain. the Rev
erend John +. Carr; surgeon. Doctor Ben
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01
May Buy brewery Property.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Pine Bluff. Ark. June s9-The City Council
has under consideration the purchase OF
the Anheuser-B Busch Brewing Associations
property here. which has been rendered TO
ihe city for S.ocf6. The property is direct
" north OF the City Hall. which at present
IL an unsehty place. The associations
property could be converted into a hand
some ard commodious quarters for the
city's departments Of work.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01
STOMACH TROUBLE.

Mrs. John HUFFMAN, Goa Summit
ave. East ST. Louis. says: y had suffered
for years with catarrh OF tha nose. throat
and stomach. My stomach became weak
that Il was impossible for 20 "r- sold
food. The pain which experienced was In
tense. Oftentines 1 would cough So n-.d
that I would vomit all that / had eaten 1
had lost IS pounds in flesh and was a phys
ical wreck. Under the Bi-Chernic Trea trnent
my appetite IS good. my head clear. my
coCsh gone. and. IN fact am a new person
IN every respect / cannot speak too highly
OF the B!-chemic Physicians.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01
Grand Jury AdJOurns.


REPUBLIC SPECIAL
. Evansville. Ind. June 3o.-The vanderburs
County Grand Jury adjourned to-day with
bribery case. One indictment was returned
against Charles l.. Wedding. prominent
attorney, charging him with assault and
battery. Several months ago Wedding shot
at Thomas Biedelman, well-known real
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01
Young Girl Tried Suicide.

EEFC ELIC SPEtIltI.
N:ncennes. Ind. June so.-Orlly the timely
discovery By Mrs. Claud Morgan of Virgo
Township that her sister. Miss Margaret
Clendennen. had taken IauGanum. SAVED
the latters life. Mrs. Morgan had missed
her sister who Is but 10 years old.
and found her hidden in closet with an
empty bottle beside her. The. girl had
grown despendent over a love AFFAIR.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01
Tooth-PuIIins May Prove Fatal.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Evansville. Ind. June oo.-Jaek weGe. liv-
ing in Davies County. had tooth pI He'd
week ago. and blood poisoning DEVELOPED to-
day. The physicians say there Is no hope
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01
Three Trains Dnily

for New York leave ST. Louis via Van
dalia-Pennsylvania Lines. VIZ: 8:A a. m.
cars. dining cars. Ticket office, Seventh
and Olive, and Union Station.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01

ues late and is suffering for cultivation in
peratures have checked growth. Lice and
rust have caused injury in North Carolina
and Missouri and in Texas boil weevil are
Spreading and are more Injurious.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01
Salem street Fair.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Salem ILL.,, June 30.-The annual street
fair began here this morning. All public
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01

\ uA ACS vi 1IlCs
But many woman who has gladly faced
poverty for the man she loved, may we'll
doubt her wisdom when pain becomes
the mate Of poverty. Ii she were rich,
she thinks, she could find way of cure.
Dr.. Piercc's Favorite Prescription is
within the reach of every one. It lifts
the burden of pain which weighs down
those who suffer from womanly diseases.
It establishes regularity, dries weaken
ing drains, heals inflammation and ul.
ce1ation and cures female weakness.
aYou have my heartfelt thanks for your kind
advice TO me" writes Mrs. Geo. Fletcher Of ICE
Victoria Avenue, Gait. Ontario. "was troubled
With cafarrh Of uterus for oTrr a year The
doctors said would have to so through an op-
Grafton. but commenced to use DR.. Pierce's
ccvery.' also his Lotion Tablets and Antiseptie
ard Healing Suppositories.' Now / an com.
ceefeiy cured. afser using six bottles of Dr.
Here's medicines. AN glad to say his medi
eine has made me new WOMAN
Weak and sick women, especially those
suffering from diseases Of long standing,
are invited to consult DR.. Pierce by let.
ter, free. Ali correspondence is held
8 strictly private and sacredly conf.
dential. Address Dr. r. v. Pierce,
Bu6alo, N. Y.
Df. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are easy
aAd pleasant to take. A most effective
8vEs 49,
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01
Excursion Rates to North Michigan

Lowest ever made via Vandalia- -Pennsyl-
yania lines. Inquire of C.. C. Curtice. c. P.
A. Seventh and Olive streets. for particul-
lars.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01

Via NJ. K. & T. Ry. July and 1 Ticket
Office. SO Olive stree
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01

streets are occupied with attractions and
the city is crowded with persons from all
parts of the COUNTY.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01

Prescription No. 2s5l by Elmer & Amend,
will not cure all complaints. but 1t will cure
rheumatism.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01

Zulema Lodge. No. S21. X. of p. last night
elected Frank ]. Volmer and Paul Reder
delegates to the Grand Lodge. which meets
at Jefferson City in October. o. VI. Brooks
and Sidney j. Mahara were elected alter
mates.
The St. Louis Republic., 1903-07-01

Often leads to pov.
erty. No real
woman ever sold
her heart for the
e f.r
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13

lar, with equable temperature, wbera
the heat never rises above 70 degrees
and rarely goes below 50 degrees, will
keep sweet potatoes the year round.
A fatal error is often committed in
very cold weather by heaping great
layers of straw or shucks from the
corn over potatoes. This covering
will often generate heat sufficiently
high to produce decay. A few blank
cts or other thin covering put over
the potatoes stored in a cellar will
preserve them free from rot when a
thicker covering would destroy them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13
B A WORK.

the Southern Farm Magazine.
The final preparation for the SOW
ing of wheat should begin with the
month. Land that has been fallowed
during the summer, and especially a
clover ley,must be narrowed frequent
", or what is better, double-disked
until the surface becomes like gar
den mold. The condition of the soil
at the time the wheat is sown is all
important. Cloddy land or land that
is filed with ~undecayed vegetation
or land not well drained is totally I'M
fit for the growing of wheat. First
of all, the drainage of the land must
be attended to. If there is a surplus
of moisture in the soil the winter
freezes will upheave the wheat plant
and leave it high and dry upon the
surface. Tillage is the best manure
1t unlocks the fertility of the soil
and gives a wide pasture ground In
which the roots may range in search
of nourishment for the plant.
PREPARE WHEAT LIANT WELL.
The low yield all over the South
ern States is due mainly to the poor
preparation of the soil. If sown af-
ter cotton it often happens that only
cultiVators are used between the
rows to cover the seed; if sown upon
tobacco lands the harrow is too often
the only implement used in the seed
ing of the crop; if on a clover fall
low only one narrowing is given to
the land before the drilling of the
wheat begins.
Not only should the soil be reduced
to a fine mold, but it should be rolled
so as to compact the surface to some
extent and pulverize the clods. The
oftener wheat land is worked, other
things being equal, the greater the
yield.
AS to the depth to which wheat
land should be plowed depends very
much upon the nature of the soil. A
heavy clay soil should be stirred to
the depth of six or eight inches, so
as to throw the water table below the
surface roots. There are two sets of
roots to the wheat PLAINTIFF tap
root, that the grain in terminating
sends downward to the depth of sew
eral inches, and the surface roots
that are thrown out from the crown
and feed within a few inches of the
surface. The water table should
never be reached by the surface roots,
for under such conditions the wheat
plant will sicken, turn yellow and
yield but little, if any, grain. On
land naturally porous the depth of
blowing may be lessened, but even in
this case good drainage is highly i'm
portant. 1t frequently happens that
porous soils become water-soaked in
winter, and in such a case the wheat
plant is upheaved and winter-killed.
FERTILIZATION
The fertilization of the wheat
crop, except on very fruitful soils, is
now almost universally practiced. A
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13

wheat and stir until two gallons or
more of the saturated solution have
been absorbed by the wheat. This
treatment is a sure preventive
against the occurrence of smut, a
fungous disease that will damage the
grain almost to a point below a COM
mercial value.
VARIETIES TO SOW.
Rust is the greatest enemy to the
wheat plant in the South. It rarely
attacks the wheat until about the
10th of June, but it does its damage
in a very few days. To avoid this
danger early varieties only should be
Among those most highly
commended are the Fultz, Walker,
Rice and Yellow Lamas, the latter
being the earliest to ripen. The Full
caster is a comparatively new variety
produced by ~fertilizing the flower of
the Fultz with the Lancaster. It is
a very prolific wheat, but often fails.
The white varieties, though beautiful
in appearance, have been discarded
because of the thinness of the grain
husk, which makes these varieties
sprout quickly in the shock.
Wheat should become a leading
crop in every State in the South. To
provide breadstuffs and provisions
in sufficient quantity for home con-
sumption will enable the planters to
lay aside a large proportion of the
money derived from the growing of
cotton and tobacco. A few acres
only of wheat should be sown at first
until the experience of the planter
shall determine the best variety for
the locality and for the soils. Every
cotton and tobacco planter has it in
his power to become a money-lender
instead of a money-borrower, and to
the attainment of this high end every
effort should be made, and nothing
will aid more in it's accomplishment
than the growing of the bread grains
and the raising of provisions.
DIGGING SWEET POTATOES
The latter part of October, when
the ground is dry, is the most ia
vorable time for digging sweet pota-
toees in the northern tier of the
Southern States, but in the Gulf
States they are rarely dug until the
last of November. This edible root
is growing very rapidly in popular
ity, and large quantities are now
shipped with other vegetables to the
Northern markets, where they COM
mand good prices and ready sales.
The sweet potatoes of the South are
far more sugary than those grown
in a higher latitude, and to this quail
ity may be attributed their growing
popularity.
It has always been a difficult mat
ter with many sweet-potato growers
to keep the tubers through the win
ter. Sweet potatoes are very sensi-
tive to both cold and heat and can
not be kept sound where there is a
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13

~ ~ N-~N
for growing a good wheat crop as a
clover fallow. He says to make the
wheat CROP remunerative, according
to his experience, nothing answers
the purpose so well as the clovering
of the lands. A man engaged in
threshing wheat in Middle Tennessee
says that in threshing 100000 bush
els during one summer he never
struck a clover-sod field that did not
yield more than twenty bushels to
the acre. On land equally as good,
where wheat followed corn, the yield
rarely exceeded ten bushels to the
acre. Wheat following wheat on a
clover sod does as well for three sue
cessive crops as at first, when the
land is in good filth. Wheat follow
ing wheat, says MI. McEwen, will
yield better after the first crop for
FIVE years. but will rarely come up
to the succession of crops following
clover.
Wheat sown on a pea fallow will
do almost as well as upon a clover
fallow. The depth to which the clover
roots penetrate the soil as compared
with the depth reached by the roots
of the peas gives a subsoil treatment
that the land does not receive to the
same extent with the roots of the
peas. Nevertheless both add greatly
to the content of nitrogen in the
soil, which is essential to the growth
and development of the wheat plant.
In all the wheat-growing sections of
the South, where nothing but winter
wheat is sown, the practice now is to
SOW with the wheat from 200 to 400
pounds of the superphosphate of
lime, in which there is from 3 to 4
per cent of potash and about an
equal percentage of ammonia, and
ID per cent of available phosphoric
acid. These fertilizers differ widely
in their constituent elements, but all
three of the ingredients named are
necessary.
Stable mnure should never be ap-
piled unless it is thoroughly pulver-
lied, and it should be plowed under
during the month of September, or
even earlier. No fertilizers should
be applied to a wheat field that are
not easily and quickly assimilated by
the wheat plant. Lime is an impor-
tant application for wheat land. It
is thought to prevent rust and an
undue growth of straw, while it as
sists in filing out the grain.
SELECTION OF SEEDS
Nothing but the best seed should
be sown. The largest, plumpest
grains should be separated from the
small and shriveled or partially-de-
cayed ones. Deterioration in the
berry may as surely be brought about
by sowing inferior grain as deterio-
ration in animals by breeding from
scrubby stock. A screen that will
separate the best grains from the
worst should always be used in pre-
DoriD0 tho GOOD Altar +bio 20 5opo
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13

The cover of the The Pilgrim tor
October, while a wide departure from
the usual pictorial cover, being a
modelled design, is none the less at
tractive and exceedingly a%rtlStlc.
The October issue in cOnslderaole
degree seems to give a foretaste o.
the excellence of the numbers to 1or
low. The chief feature of the con-
tents is the first chapter OF a ne"
life of Jefferson Davis. The autn?l
of this "Real Jefferson DAVIS -
Landon Knight, and in this 6logra
ply viii be found his best work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-13

corn over potatoes. This covering
will often generate heat sufficiently
high to produce decay. A few blank
cts or other thin covering put over
the potatoes stored in a cellar will
preserve them free from rot when =
thicker covering would destroy them,
Last Weeks North Carolina Crop Bulletin
The past week has been very drv
with practically no rain whatever ex-
cept a very small amount at a few
widely separated places. The drought
is injuring all late crops ~considera-
bly,, especially turnips, fall Irish DO
tatoes, crimson clover and early seed
ed rye and wheat. Small streams are
low, and there is a scarcity of water
in some sections. The temperature
was slightly above normal, as the
days we're moderately warm; the
nights yer generally cool, and some
frost occurred in the mountains.
While the lack of moisture is affect
ing late seeded crops adversely, and
the ground has become too hard and
dry for the continuation of fall
blowing, otherwise conditions were
very favorable for gathering matured
$1,000 I'll - III &c., --o- w.
little blowing has been done, and
only small quantities of winter wheat
and oats were seeded during the
week.
Cotton is opening very rapidly,
with weather cUuditiono favorable
for picking, which is progressing
rapidly; the cool nights have injured
the top crop; in many fields in the
south cotton is all open; the esti-
mate is that nearly half the cotton
has already been picked, and the yield
is undoubtedly short. Gathering
late corn has advanced well; some
late corn has been injured by lack of
sufficient moisture. Tobacco has all
been safely housed, except in a few
sections in the northwestern part OF
the State. Digging peanuts and
sweet potatoes are under way, with
fairly good yields. Most of the pea
vine hay crop, nearly all of the Tod
der and other forage crops have been
housed under favorable conditions
Glover and turnips r being much
injured by drought. Some wheat and
oats were seeded during the week.
but cannot come up without rain
Forest fires are reported in the
northeast part of the State.
AS the staple crops are now prac-
tically beyond the influence of wealth
er conditions, this is the last crop
bulletin for the season of 1908.
mn - nh D:1nr;po for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29
THE NAVAL ACADEMY
HOW PROPOSED CHANGES WILL AZ
Feet THE CADETS,


Under Present Law They Must
Serve SIX Years Before Receiving
COmmissiOps-HOTv superintendent
BrOwnsOn Did Away with HazinE.
Much interest is felt in navy circles,
especially among the naval cadets, in
the report of the board of visitors to
the United States Naval academy,
which has just reached the navy de-
partment. For some time past there
has been much dissatisfaction among
the cadets because COMMISSIONS are
withheld for two years after gradua-
ton from the academy. BY the opera
ton of the present law n graduate
from Annapolis is compelled to serve
two years after graduation and pass
second examination before he becomes
an integral part of the navy. Although
performing the duties of an officer, he
has no commission. and in case of dis
ability before final examination would
be debarred from receiving the benefits
of a commissioned officer in the service.
The naval school feels that ii de-
serves the same consideration that is
West Point, the graduates of which re-
ceive commissions in the army as soon
as they have passed examination after
the regular four years course.
The board of visitors of the Naval
academy, in it's recent report, recon-
mends final graduation at the end Of
the four years course and the immedi-
ate granting of commissions to the
graduating cadets. In regard to admis-
sion to the academy the visiting board
recommends that candidates be nomi-
mated one year in advance of the en-
trance examination and also that cam
didates be admitted upon certificates
from certain schools, the said schools.
whose certificates shall be accepted, to
be determined by the academic board.
Captain Willard Herbert Brownson,
superintendent of the Naval academy,
received high praise from the board Of
visitors, his management of the insti-
tuition being unreservedly commended
Captain Brownson has been superin-
tendent of the Naval academy since
October of last year, having been ap-
pointed by President Roosevelt. The
selection at the time was regarded in
the nature OF high compliment to
Captain Brownson. as the whole naval
personnel was closely scanned TO find
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29

set rebuilding piece of railroad track,
and on one occasion his father accom-
panied him on trip over the division.
While on the train the young man told
about the bad condition of the track.
The father replied that he thought it
remarkably smooth and solid.
"Oh, but this is the part that have
rebuilt. Wen soon come to the end of
it, and then you'll notice the differ
ence,"
Before the old man had time to reply
the train was thrown from the rails
by the breaking of a driving wheel,
and father and son found themselves
seated opposite each other, unhurt, on
the ceiling of the car.
There, what did I tell you? re-
marked young Parsons.
Eyes, son, it is rougher," admitted
the father.
Mr.. Parsons experience as an engi-
neer has been a wide one. He was con-
sulting engineer to the railroad system
of the island of Jamaica, West Indies
during its period of construction, anf
was chief engineer Of the American
Chinese Development company in 1898.
He made an exploring tour through
eastern China, making a survey of the
line of railway from Hankow TO Can
ton, the longest railway vet proposed
in China. At the outbreak of the Span
ish war he was made chief engineer
with rank of brigadier general, state OF
New York.
Mr.. Parsons is of English descent or
both sides. His grandfather was ali
officer of the English navy during the
war of 1912. During the war his ship
was wrecked off Long Island and he
was taken prisoner. subsequently max
ing his home in this country.
William Barclay Parsons is a native
of New York city. He was. graduated
from Columbia college in the class of
1870 and from the school Of mines
three years later. Previous to gradua-
ton he was engaged as typographical
engineer in connection with railroad
construction. In 1885 he began prae-
tice as q consulting engineer. Mr.. Par
sons is fOrty-four years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-08-29

the officer best suited to meet the I'M
usual conditions with which the super
intendent will have to contend during
the next few years. The famous insti-
tuition is to be entirely rehabilitated,
buildings and improvements costing
more than $S.000.OOO are to be COM
pleted, the corps OF professors and
midshipmen is to be largely increased,
and the work could be intrusted to
none but an officer of exceptional abil-
ity.
While at the head of the academy
Captain Brownson will win his COM
mission as rear admiral, which fits in
with the determination of the navy de-
partment that hereafter only an officer
Of that grade shall command the acad-
envy station, which from every point
of view is now becoming a more i'm
portant post than any of the great navy
yards.
Captain BrownsOn had tour of duty
as commandant of cadets nine years
ago and has always maintained great
interest in the institution. from which
he was graduated in 1865 and at which
he has several times been instructor
notable reform Captain Brownson
has accomplished since becoming head
of the academy has been the stamping
out of hazing. This he did by placing
the cadets upon honor.
Captain Brownson is famous as the
man who fired the shot that reverberat-
ed around the world and gave notice
that the United States would brook no
interference with the commerce that
had the protection of its flag. This
was in the harbor OF Rio Janeiro in
1894 in the Mello naval Instruction
AT that time Brownson was In COM
mand of the Detroit, and with other
vessels under Rear Admiral Benham
was protecting American shipping in
terests. When the insurgent naval
force under Admiral De CANA on the
battle ship Aquidaban threatened to
sink the American ships if they insist
ed on giving safe escort to the Amer
lean coffee ships to their docks the
Detroit, firing 6 FOUNDER across the
bows of the leading Brazilian ship,
started up the harbor cleared for ac-
ton. The other ships of the American
squadron were prepared for action, but
their services were not needed. The
single shot of the Detroit caused the
collapse of the blockade. Before the
breaking out of the Spanish war Cap
tain Brownson was sent to Europe to
buy war vessels. Then he was ordered
home and placed in charge of the con-
verified cruiser Yankee and performed
splendid service. Captain Brownson
has charming wife, two handsome
daughters and one son.