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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-11-11

III wall bGr6et. Iley nave Wfe3ted
the mastery Of the cotton market from
New York, the home Of the chronic
bear, and lodged it In New Orleans,
the home Of its friends. For tkese
things the South will hold always
them in high esteem. It was only the
other aay that correspondent in
these columns, himself planter, ex-
pressed 9 common sentiment when he
invoked Gods blessing upon them.
Mr.. Hsyne is q native Of South
Carolina, but has spent the best years
Of his Imanhood in Mississippi and
Louisiana. His talent for leadershir
comes to him naturally, as he is q
linaal descendant Of the famous Hsyne
whose debate yith Daniel Webster il
familiar tot tevery school boy. Mr..
Hayno has occupied almost every DO.
sition Of honor in tho New Ozlesns
Cotton Exchange, and has large and
enthusiastic following Of admirine
friends, whose confidence he enjoys
to the uttermost degree. He does
not court fame or distinction and stu.
diously avoids newspaper comment
but upon one thing he justly pridef
himself. He haansrer been identified
with = bsar osmpaign. BE is 4 CON.
sistent and rock ribbed bull. -sbreve.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-11-11

5000 - 11saAs.tsS VIZ 0oASuS - GucS0 8I066
an highly productive areas, formerly
devoted TO the growing Of grain, are
given up,to. cattle raising2 The an
sWer 10 that We have plenty Of room
left elsewhere. Il is a;fact, likely to
surprise most people, that only 1s
per cent Of the area OF the United
States ia improved land. Pennsylyan.
|.ia has "a 4fper cent of wild land, un-
touched By the plough, New York 80
|, per cent, Massaeh ehusstts rs per cent,
Wisconsin, CO per cent and North
Carolina 70 per cent. Iowa, Indiana,
Illinois and Ohio have The smallest
l1naultiy iyated areas, running from II
par 5cant in IoHa to 28 per cent ID In
iEdiaaa Tkah ppears that plenty
Ebf territory nofs NOV mpioyed HI Aiiiy
sstsefal purpose 10 available sor grain
| iplauting il needed Furthermore ma.
fissh;usry has 80 Ear dimipished the cosl
producing grains thas : bread fam.
Iins is the MOSS distant III isaginable
possibilitiss. W. q az, ia truth, short
Ion meat and long on bread . From
Eptlr pfessnt point of view there is
IMu0h sm0Se money I'M thSs prod dEction
LOT beet mutton md pork than in ifais.
Ling SStsals. and sthat is Why i Uncle
Itiskm iss Snconragi inE American farmers
ts tufn their sfBasts ID . nov sdirSc.
ttUn. BAna RaSha 4 :. s.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23
MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.
Large Stock of Money in the Treas
Uries of Trade Unions.

The public will be astonished to
learn from the annual report of the
treasurer of the United Mine Work
ers of America that the organization
has on hand more than $1,0O0,00O.
Coming so soon after the great anthra-
cite strike; when the miners of the
hard coal region seemed to be reduc-
ed to extreme need, the condition Of
the treasury of the union of mine
workers is far better than outsides
could have guessed.
The big figures simply show what
power there is in vast numbers united
for a common purpose. 1t only takes
81 or S. from every member of the
miners union to make $1.000,000, and
the American Federation of Labor
could raise $10,00O,OO0 by a tax of 81
on every member.
The labor organizations of the Unit
ed States have become giants worthy
of comparison with the huge business
corporations of the times. Both labor
and capital are being welded into such
immense masses that the citizen who
stands alone, as worker or as an in
weston, is conscious OF his littleness
and his precarious position whenever
there are storms brewing in the bust
ness and industrial world.-Cleveland
Leader.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23
Alfalfa as a Forage Crop.

We are asked some questions about
the A B C's of alfalfa, what it is, how
it grows, what it is good for, etc. While
such queries may seem almost unnec-
esSary in the West, it should not be
forgotten that east of the Missouri riv-
er alfalfa is new and but little known
forage plant. For the benefit of those
who know but little about it we say
that it is one of the oldest known for
age plants, is of the clover family, pos
sessing the power of multiplying and en-
riching the soil upon which it grows,
but unlike clover, which is a biennial,
1t lives for many years; its roots reach
far and deep for permanent moisture,
and this fact renders it largely indiffer-
ent to drought. 1t is richer in protein
or heterogeneous properties than any
other q our common forage plants, and
herein lies it's great value. 1t is very
productive, from two to five crops a
year being harvested. Stock of all
kinds is extremely fond of it, either
green or cured as hay, and it is so nu-
tritiOus that it largely takes the place
of grain 1t will not grow on all soils,
and, while it seems to thrive anywhere
when the soil is under system of irri-
cation, where this is wanting the con-
ditions must be such as to permit it's
roots to find a supply of permanent
moisture at depth of from eight to
ten feet beneath the surface The plant
has so much inherent value to all farm
ers that careful experimenting with it
will pay any farmer anywhere. The
seed may be obtained from any seed
house. 1t is known by the name of
lucerne in Europe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23
The Farm or 5000 a Year.

A man on good quarter section of
land was complaining because he had
not made anything the past year and
expressed regret that his brother, who
was clerk in town bank at salary of
5000 year, was so much better off
than he was. A friend did little fig
uring for him and easily proved that
he was all wrong in his conclusions. 1t
figured out something like this: The
bank clerk got $780, out of which he
had to pay $3.50 for rent of house, leav-
ing 1920 with which to meet all the
other many expenses of living for him
self, wife and three children. He really
had hard work to make both ends meet
The brother on the farm had had his
house rent, the best board for himself,
wife and three children and wife's
mother, their clothing and all house.
hold comforts. There was a new $400
barn which had been built; there were
ten head more cattle, 80 more hogs and
three more colts than year previous.
new surrey in the barn and $500
worth of new machinery, all either pro-
duced on the farm or paid for from
the products raised on the farm during
the year. Hold on said the farmer.
81 see that am an old fool"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23
A New Garden of Eden.

A volume of water 80 feet wide and
six feet deep, moving four miles an
hour, has been taken from the Colorado
river and turned on the desert of south
ern California. With the water have
come a railway and municipal and ur-
ban developments = banks, stores.
churches, schools, groves, orchards.
homes. Nearly a million acres of land
will be as completely changed as when
chaos was converted into the garden of
Eden. Given, as there, abundant and
unfailing water. a tropical heat, win
terless season and perennial sunshine.
what may not be. done? In no other
thing is the genius and enterprise Of
America to be- more manifest than in
this Selling and imprisoning the va
grant food waters. of the mountains
and loosing them on the desert, when
wealth follows in the wake of the
water. ,< Il.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23
New Eqo-Testino Method.

A new method of testing eggs for
their freshness has been communicate
ed to the agricultural society of Sax
ony. An egg plunged into water
tends to rise with more buoyancy ac-
cording to it's age, owing to enlarge
ment Of the empty space at the thick
end by evaporating of water from
the white. Hence the egg takes a diff
fsrent position in the water Fresh
eggs remain horizontal, an egg three
to five days old makes an angle of 20
degrees with the horizon. one eight
days gives an angle Of over As de-
grees, and at the end of IA days the
angle is 60 degrees. An egg three
weeks old lies at 70 degrees. One
three months old remains vertical, and
when it is older still it foats.-Lon-
don Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23
Hirsch's Ready Wit.

The late Baron de Hirsch was once
a guest in wen known German noble
mans mansion, where he met Prince
Halberstamm, noted as a fierce anti
Semitic, says the Jewish World. The
pri7ce treated the baron with marked
sdisrespect. At dinner Halberstramm re-
marked how he had been in Turkey,
and was favorably impressed by two
of their customs.
Cali Jews and dogs that are caught
are Immediately killed"
The guests became pale with con-
sternation, but Baron de Hirsch, main
tanning his composure, turned to the
prince, with the retort:
How fortunate you and ! don't live
thares"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23
VICE AMONG WOMEN.
1t has Increased in High Society in
-. This Country.

This Country.
Julia Ward Howe admits, in re-
Spouse to question, that gaming for
money has increased in high society,
especially among American women.
Were a question about drinking to
excess ADDED to that about playing
cards for gain Mrs. Howe would have
to acknowledge that intemperance is
increasing in the plane where there is
least conceivable excuse for it.
1t were deplorable for the future of
womankind if with rapidly charging
vistas of education and possible
achievement the women of the United
States should fail to resist vulgar and
debasing temptations. To poor effect
are women's schools all over the land
doing their liberal and progressive
work if women aid in introducing into
this country the brutal pastimes which
made English courts of former times
spectacles of ignorance, scandalous
revels and unblushing indecorum of
every species.
The woman who becomes a drunk
ard and a gamester rarely fails to fall
at last to the bottom of the pit whence
men easily recover themselves but
where woman, once recognized there,
must remain.
The law is unequal, but it is the law.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

This cannon appears to be a double
barreled piece Of ordnance, and, in fact,
it is the only double-barreled cannon
in the world. 1t adorns one of the
public parks at Atlanta, Ga.
1t was in the early days of the Civil
war man named Gilleland, who was
an ardent Southern sympathizer, con-
ceived the idea of the gun and received
permission to have it cast at one of the
local fOundries. It was nodded from
lis own design, mounted on low truck
and received the title "The Yankee De-
molisher" from the inventor. 1t was no
be loaded in the same way as the or
binary fieldpiece, with balls, but the
balls were to be connected by a stout
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23
The Modern Robin Hood.

We have recently had chance to
note the library buildings which in a
half dozen towns visited and which
may be found all over the country are
now in course of erection, the gifts of
multimillionaires so called philanthro-
pists. While not questioning the good
which may result from these gifts, we
have never yet looked at one with a
feeling of unalloyed appreciation of the
philanthropy evidenced in the gift. We
cannot get rid of the feeling that some
thing is radically wrong where it is
even possible for one man to be SO gen.
erous in his benevolences. The ques-
ton is being asked by the farmers Of
America and will have to be answered,
Why, if the accumulation of such
wealth as lies back of these libraries
and colleges is an impossibility for ag-
riculture, the base and foundation of
our national prosperity, should men in
other lines of business be granted the
privilege? Robin Hood held up the
aristocrat and the wealthy and gave his
pilfering to the poor, and so Robin be-
came a benevolent outlaw Our twen-
tieth century Robin Hood should be
elected to congress.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23
Returned to the Old Home.

A 16-year-OId South Shore boy,
whose absence from home has been
limited to yearly visits to the Marsh
field fair, recently came to Boston and
spent two days with relatives. This
to him seemed like trip across the
ocean. Returning home on the night
of the second day, he surveyed the
homestead from the front door. and
then turned to his father and remark
ed: 81 see you have the. same old cat"
Boston Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Oddly, two fiintlock pistols which be-
longed formerly to George Washington
are the subject of dispute just now as
to ownership, incidentally to the settle
ment of an estate in Prince William
county, Pa.
The weapons, which are perfectly
matched pair, are in the possession of
Miss Monnie Marsteller, who lives in
Washington, at 225 e street, N w.
Some time before his death General
Washington gave the pistols to Mr.
cambridge, his secretary, and when Mr.
cambridge died they were disposed of
at public sale with the rest of his eff
fects, under the direction of Mr.. Bush
rod Washington. They brought only a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

few pounds, such relics having not yet
acquired the value placed upon them
in later days. The grandfather of Miss
Marsteller bought the weapons, and in
due time he left them to his son, Sam
uel A. Marsteller, Of Prince William
county, Pa
Samuel was the father of Miss Mon
ME, and when he died, short time ago
one of her brothers brought the pistols
to her and said that she should have
them.
Other relatives, however have insist
ed upon forcing a sale of the property
left behind by Samuel, and suit with
this end in view, has been brought in
the circuit court of Prince William
county.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

contour and symmetry being perfect.
The comb shows the animal to be II
years old, and the carcass weighed
about $50 pounds
It's fleece was snow white, as that of
all the big horns in that region. The
sheep appeared to be the sire of the
ockf, which numbered IS, and when
shot he was doing guard duty on a
point of rock overlooking the valley Of
the White river, surrounded by his
ewes and lambs.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

One of the famous big horn sheep OF
the interior of Alaska was killed this
year by Alfred B. lies, mining engi-
neer of Valdez, while on an exploring
expedition to the head of the Hanana
and White rivers.
The horns measured seven inches
through at the butt and 43 inches in
length. The spread is 81 inches. This
is, without doubt, the finest specimen
Of big horn in the United States, the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

With absolutely inexhaustible sup
plies of both anthracite and bituminOus
coal, with the best mining methods and
machinery in the world and the most
complete system of transportation, the
American people are today importing
coal from foreign countries and being
frozen out and held up for famine
prices for fuel because they have not
sense enough to settle purely econom-
ic question without hurting all the
people.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

The Christian Endeavors of America
have built 20 churches in destitute por-
tions of the United States. Twenty-one
of these have been built by the Chris
tian Endeavor Missionary League of
the Reformed church in America. The
Christian Endeavor gifts from this de-
nomination during the past year have
amounted to $10,477.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

The year 1902 brought some record.
breaking sales of fine cattle in price
obtained the Hereford bull Perfectins
going at $4,000 to an Illinois breeder
and the Angus bull Prince Ito going to
another Illinois man at $1,000, while
the Angus neifer Black Cap Judy went
at $500.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Hundreds of farmers wives have
each sold from 5000 to $500 worth OF
poultry and eggs which they have
raised on the farm the past year. This
makes .-Ae hens which may be kept in
an ordinary way upon the average farm
as good money makers as dairy OF
from six to ten average COWS, and not
as much trouble to care for.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

chain, several feet in length, fastened
to steeples welded into the projectiles
When the cannon was completed and
ready for use Gilleland decided to give
it trial on the hills in the suburbs
Unfortunately, the inventor was
within range of the curve and was
struck by several links of the chain.
with the result that he was knocked
senseless and one arm was literally
shattered to pieces.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Professor Koch of Berlin, the emil
nent bacteriologist, is given $3.50 day,
mis- expenses and the assistance of two
high priced aids for the British South
African company to go to South Africa
to study the cattle plague which has so
nearly wiped out the live stock of that
country. There are hundreds of other
German professors who are glad to get
$500 a year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

II cow is kept a year just to raise
one calf, the calf must be top-notcher
to make it pay.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Machinery is knocking the poetry out
of the cornfeld. No more pumpkins
among the corn, for they are in the
way Of the corn harvester.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Larch trees grown on good land and
properly cared for are worth $500 per
acre for telephone poles when they are
80 years old.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

A cuckoo clock on 12-party country
phone line gave away an open phone
and listener.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

It costs from 50 to 81 per rod to
gravel road, depending upon the dis
lance which the gravel has to be
hauled.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Lots CT the big 1902 crop Of corn is
still in the field, involving a loss of
over % per cent of the crop. Too much
wet, too much corn, too little help.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

One form of agricultural cruelty is to
put two or three calves on one COW and
let them worry her down to a skeleton
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Men of science enjoy extraordinary
longevity. In 1000 cases it has been
found the average age at which astron-
omers die is IA artists so; literary
men, 65, and savants generally, "A.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

The good management of farm is
indicated by the keeping Of grassy
headland around the margin Of the cul-
ttvated field When in grass, it is pre-
supposed that such strip will be moved
prevented.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23
EARN
.5|lzIll<5tIHI %I Is

1t is easier to cheat a horse jockey
than the soil.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

The Warfeld is an all around good
strawberry-a safe variety for almost
anyone to plant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

All field crops save the legumes-
clover, alfalfa, beans, peas and their
Telatives-remOYe more or less fertil
ity from the soil, some crops, such as
tobacco, flax, millet and cotton, being
almost soil robbers, while wheat, oats,
barley and rye are heavy feeders, corn
of all our common crops drawing the
most upon the sun and air and least
upon the soil. The legumes referred
to possess the happy faculty of appro-
priating the free nitrogen in the air
and depositing it in the soil as avail
able plant food, and thus become en-
richers instead OF impoverishers of the
soil. 1t may thus be safely said that no
farm is we'll farmed where the legumes
are wholly wanting.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

The Brown Swiss, a rare variety OF
cattle in the West, show up as great
dairy animals, cow of this breed hav-
ing an authenticated test of 1926, sos
and 314 pounds Of butter for three sue
cessive days. Few cows Of any breed
can beat this record.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

One feeder finds turnips very valu
able aid in fattening his steers. While
there is not much fat in the turnips
they are greatly relished and serve al
an appetizer and aid to digestion. II
England a feeder would not know how
to fatten a steer or sheep without tur.
nips.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

On the 160-acre farm there should al
ways be not less than 20 acres in
clover, this clover patch to be moved
about from year to year SO as to cover
all the arabic portions of the farm
every five or six years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

All through the soft corn territory
are to be found men, and lots of them
who to save their crop bought stock
cattle of any and all sorts to feed
These cattle are already being rushed
to market half fat and wholly unfln-
ished and SOLD at big loss to the
owner.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

The work Of the farmers institutes
is taking on more comprehensive and
practical form this winter than ever be-
fore. In connection with such insti-
tutes there are now being exhibited
samples of farm produce, corn especial
ly, an exhibit in which the farm boys
are competing. Special sessions devot-
ed to domestic economy are held for
the ladies and are we'll attended. The
leaven OF an improved system of agri-
culture is at work all over the country.
The element of thrift, quality made
up of small economies coupled with
persistent and patient industry, so no.
ticable in most of the poorer foreigners
who come to this country, a trait the
outgrowth of the hard conditions of the
fatherland almost insures the prosperi-
ty of these people under the more fav-
ored conditions here. 1t is quality in
which the native American is sadly de-
fcient, the lack of which accounts for
20 little failure and poverty.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Shocked corn, clover hay and sheaf
oats is a pretty cheap and well bal
anced ration for any kind of stock, and
it may be all grown on the farm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

The cotton crop of the South aggre-
gates II 900, 900 bales of 400 pounds to
the bale, or $3.50, 900, 900 pounds, worth
about cents per pound, or S4S5 900 900.
No wonder the South is prospecting
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Does it pay to keep sheep on $75-
an-acre corn belt farm?" we are asked.
Yes, provided the man who keeps them
is sheep man, otherwise not. The OBJ
jections to sheep are that special and
extra fencing is required, as they spoil
the pasture for the other stock. On
the other hand, they Keep the farm free
from weeds and use up much roughage
which but for them would be wasted.
The pound of mutton can be produced
as cheaply as the pound of pork or
beef, and there is the wool besides.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

The growing of pumpkins and squash
near melons, while not affecting the
appearance of the melons, does not ma
terially affect them to the detriment OF
their flavor
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Sleep in a warm bed in winter-if
you can This getting into a col died
and trying to warm it with the heat of
the body is folly and heavy drain on
ones vitality.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

The men in the north Countrywide
extreme northern limit of the corn belt
are always fooling with the big corn
of the south country, and nearly al
ways to their sorrow. Northern corn
fields should be planted with northern
grown seed and Of those varieties only
which will mature in 100 to Ito days
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-23

Fewer acres and bigger crops, fewer
cattle and better ones, a lessening of
farm products and the selling of finish
ed farm products is the code of the up
to-date farmer.