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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23
xenezu.l. PAYS Indemnity.

Caracas, Venezuela. July 17.-'rhe
Venezuelan government has paid 70
the representatives of the allied powers
the last installment of indemnity as
stipulated by the protocol.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23
He Killed Alexander.

Belgrade, Jnly 15.-Major Lazaro-
vics, who is credited with firing the
shot at King Alexander, mas been made
a lieutenant colonel.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23
Return To Their Regiments.

Washington, July 2O.-The secretary
of war has directed that all officers
vino have been ON detached duty for a
period of four years must return to
their regiments or companies.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23
$4,000 Carloads.

Los Angeles. Cali, July 16. The
probable number of carloads of or
anges and lemons for the season of
19o3-19O4 is placed at $4,000. So far
this season 20, carloads of citrus
fruit have been shipped east.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23

Topeka, July 2O.-State Labor Com
missioner Johnson went to lola to try
and settle the strike of the cement
workers by arbitration.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23
A Kansan Annointed.

Lawrence, Kas., July 2O.-Phillip S.
Elliott of this city has been appointed
United States consular agent at p uerto
Sierra, Spanish Honduras.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23
con,nired To Kim AIe,ander.

Bucharest, July 15.-It is said that
Servian authorities have unearthed u
conspiracy to avenge the late King
Alexander.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23
APOSTLE Spoons.

London, July 17--Thirteen silver
apostolic spoons with figures of Christ
and the apostles engraved upon,
brought at auction in London SPA, 500.
The spoons were dated 1876 A. ID.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23
Abner Mckinley paralyzed.

JolInstown, Pa, July 17.-Abner
Mckinley is reported dangerously i'll
at Somerset with paralysis.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23
The Irish Land Bill.

London. July 2O.--The Irish land
bill will pass the commons tomorrow
and be sent to the house of Lords.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-23
Trees and Rainfall.

The minimum rainfall at which trees
will groT IS twenty inches.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28
GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
BY S. A. COOK.

! of other feeding material anyway and
| there is no excuse for any further ex-
perimenting in regard to it, 1t IS
enough to know that the meal is act
| ually a poison to hogs without know
ing exactly how it causes death. Ex-
periments have shown, however, that
it produces an intense congestion of
liver and kidneys producing finally
! compression of the lungs. The in
testines become clOgged from which
there is mo relief and death surely
follows.
Within certain limits cotton seed
meal is safely fed to milk cows and
other cattle and even to horses and
, mules, but with all of them there is
a danger point that must be guarded
against. Careless feeding of the meal
has frequently ruined fine milk cows
causing digestive disturbance of
serious kind and garget and diarrhea.
Boiled cotton seed has been found to
be a perfectly safe food for cows, and
years ago before the day of cotton
seed meal, the seeds. especially when
boiled with turnips and a little bran
made tho basis for the best ration for
milk cows that we could possibly get.
1t was found also that even hogs could
be fed cotton seeds with safety If the
seeds were boiled or even merely soak
ed with water. Dry seeds. however,
were found to be fatal to them. Then
it was concluded that it was the dry
lint on the seeds that caused all the
trouble. 1t has been concluTvely
shown by tests that cotton seed oil is
in no wise injurious to hogs small or
large and we know that cattle can
be wintered entirely upon the hulls
with perfect safety. The injurious
quality seems to exist in the kernel of
the seeds which after being compressed
afford the meal. The question is rea-
sonable whether microscopic eXamina-
ton of the meal would show enough
lint present in any green sample to
cause harm to young hogs especially.
1t might do So
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28

The ounce is one of the oldest of
fruits. 1t is very rich in pectin, OF
Jelly-making principle, and for that
reason is especially favored by the
housekeeper, who finds it an excellent
basis for fine favored jellies made BIZ,
the addition of other fruit juices 1sn&
so easily made to "set." The ski&I
are especially rich in this respect, so
that every part of the fruit may be
used. OF the seeds, a bandoline for
the hair is made, and they also form
the chief ingredient of several eye
washes, on account of the large
amount of mucilaginous matter in
them.
The fruit is not relished by many to
be eaten out of hand, but when cook
ed has strong distinctive flavor re-
lished by most people. 1t is excel
lent as a preserve, with or without ap-
pies. or may be canned, equal parts,
with apples; or may be used in max
ing citron preserves. After making
preserves, or marmalades, use the
Feelings and cores for making jellies.
ounces make one of the finest of mar
malades, and for this purpose the poor
imperfect, or misshapen fruits may BIS
used, if better can not be had.
If a ounce tree is properly cared
for, it should begin bearing the third
year from the nursery. The fruit is
never plentiful and always brings a
good price.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28

How forest of extremely valua BILE
timber may be grown in a score of
years, and made a source of profit
within six to eight years, will be DEM
onstrated in an interesting exhibit at
the Worlds Fair.
This exhibit will be made under the
auspices of the International Society
of Arboriculture, John P. Brown, Sec
rotary and treasurer of the associa-
ton, has consulted with the chiefs
of departments at Worlds Fair
and has made all arrangements. That
particular variety of the catalpa tree
known as Speciosa will be the basis
for this exhibit and the great value
and adapability of this wood will be
shown in all forms. The catalpa is
indigenous to the Wabash bottom
lands in Illinois and Indiana, but may
be grown in any section of the United
States. The tree is known nearly
everywhere, but it's great value is lust
beginning to be understood. Nearly
every boy knows the tree because of
the long and slender seed pod, which
when dried burns much like tobacco.
and is often known as the "hdy
CIGARS"
1t is the worth of the timber. and
its marvelously quick growth, that
is destined to solve the problem
of future railroad building and
furnish a supply of lumber for all
purposes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28
Spread of Soy Bean Bacteria.

There are many things as yet UNI
known about the spread of soil-work-
ing bacteria, especially those that fix
themselves to the roots of leguminous
plants. In the case of some plants,
like alfalfa, the growing of the plant
for several years in the same locality
seems to have little influence on the
development of the special bacteria
belonging to that plant, and the bac-
terra have to be brought in from some
other locality before the plants will
do their best The writer has seen
localities in the East where alfalfa
has been grown in a small way for
years, and yet none of the tubercles
had appeared on the roots of the
plants. Soil had finally to be intro
duced from the luxuriant alfalfa fields
of Western Kansas.
On the other hand there are plants,
like soy beans, which seem to have
the power of developing or collecting
the bacteria for their assistance in
nitrogen getting. Soy beans will be
planted in soil in which they have
not before grown. 1t frequently hap
pens that they will have no tubercles
at all the first year, and their roots
will be as smooth as if they had not
the wont of nodule bearing; while
on the second year the roots will be
perfectly covered with the round
nodules in which live and work the
bacteria. Why should they be there
the second year and not the first =?
Are the spores floating in the air?
Do the bacteria of some other plants
change and accommodate themselves
to the soy bean plant? These ques-
lions are being asked, but they are
as yet unanswered.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28

board of the bed. TIC these a light
had been applied. and when the fire
men forced an entrance, the entire in
terror was in full blaze.
On the dresser We're found a purse
containing a few coins and several
bottles, while in an alley Immediately
under the window were found bottles
which had contained South Carolina
dispensary whisky, and a bottle. from
which the oil which had been used on
the walls and the furniture to acceler-
ate the burning. was there.
Mrs. Hicks was arrested at the
Union station and carried to police
headquarters, where she was detained
all night. She proved to be the wife
OF leading Mason ofs the state. ana
was soon surrounded by members OF
that organization. Her husband was
quickly advised, and the most proni-
nent banker IN the city sgas asked Ia
make her bond good. which he did
quickly.
Mrs Hicks denies all knowledge Of
the nre or cause. The case against her
II set for the last day Of the present
month. She belongs 20 one Of the best
families OF the state.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28
CALL is TO FIGHT
HE WILL MAKE A STRONG EFFORT
TO GO TO THE SENATE.
THE CAMPAIGN IN FLORIDA
is GIVEN ADDED INTEREST By
THIS FOURTH CANDIDATE.

Former Florida Senator Has
Reached JacksOnviIIe-He Is De-
termined to Push His Candidacy
ActiveIy-GrOunds Upon which
He VIII Attack Each of His Three
OppOnents-He Formerly Had
Great Strength-Expects 1t to
Rally.
Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. Eek
Senator Call arrived here from Wash
ington to-day. He has announced his
candidacy for the United States Senate
and to a Morning News representative
he said tonight that he would make
a vigorous campaign, attacking Sena-
tor Taliaferro on the ground that he
was the candidate for the corpora
tions, ]. N. c. Stockton, because he
claims that gentleman is manipulate
ing the primary law to suit himself,
and Gov. Jennings on the ground that
he is using his appolntive power to
build up a political machine in order to
go to the United States Senate.
The entrance of Mr.. Call adds great
interest to the situation. He is ag-
gressive, and there is no doubt that
he still has strong hold upon a part,
at least, of the following he had in
the past and which resulted in send
ing him to the Senate for the third
time.
1t is understood that he has an
abundance of money with which to
make the canvass.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28

Recent experiments by the Academy
of Sciences at Paris, France, taken
with recorded observations by indivd-
ual members, show that pears grated
on ounce produce more abundantly
and the fruit is of better quality than
when grated on pear seedlings. 9th
ers besides members of the Academy of
Sciences have already experimental
with pear on ounce, and the result is
that pear on ounce are not popular
except under conditions wherein dwarf
trees are desirable On ounce the pear
will often bear the second year, and
there can be no objection to the guam
tity or quality of the fruit that can be
produced on given area. The stan
dard trees, however (pear on pearl,
are much longer lived, the short life
of the dwarf trees (pear on quince),
being the principal objection. A plan
that works well and is often adopted
is to plant standard trees thirty feet
apart, and dwarf trees between the
rows. The dwarfs will begin bearing
the second year and by the time the
standard trees come into full bearing
the dwarfs may be removed. This en-
ables the fruit grower to have pear
trees three years earlier and no damage
is done to the more permanent trees"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28


The other day the biggest tree known
to exist in the world was discovered
i'm the mountains of Fresno county,
California, says a Western paper The
dispatch giving the news of the dis
covery was followed by another stat
ing that it would not be cut down be-
cause it was Just inside a government
reservation The implication was that
if it had been just outside it would
have gone to the lumber mill or rather,
a lumber mill would have gone to 1t.
For so much let us be thankful. But
notice That tree is $50 feet high and
81 feet in diameter six feet above the
ground 1t would have dwarfed the
fallen Campanie of Venice both IN
hight and in bulk, and when the Vene-
tian bell tower first looked out upon
the Adriatic a thousand years ago, the
Sierran giant was already hoary pa
.triarch. This mammoth tree was -four
ishing in maturity when Percles watch
ed the building of Parthenon, and 1t
was a brother to the cedars of Lee
banon that Hiram's workmen wrought
into the temple of Solomon. But to
a part of our civilization it's chief dis
tinction is that it could be sawed into
lumber enough to load five freight
trains of fifty cars each. The Campa-
nile of Venice can be rebuilt, but a
gardener who wished to duplicate a
tree like that in California would have
to sit up 5000 years to do it. Happily
that particular tree is safe, but many
others, hardly less majestic, have all
ready been sacrificed to the doctrine
that "a man may do what he likes
with his own" That right will doubt
less remain, but such giant trees, tell
ing history perhaps antedating the
pyramids, should become the property
OF the nation wherever found.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28
OBITUARY..
Little One Dead,

James Carleton, the only child of Mr.
and Mrs. ]. c. Branan of No. S18 Bar
nard street, died yesterday, after an
illness of about two weeks. He was
nearly II months old. Although the
best medical aid was employed the lit
tie life was not spared. The interment
will be at Statesboro, Ga, to-day. Rev
Whitley LangstOn will conduct the fu-
neral services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Branan have the heart
felt sympathy of many friends in then
bereavement
Rev. A. R. Miller of the Christian
Church at Savannah met the bereaveG
family and held prayer service before
their departure for Statesboro.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28

Let this rule be your guide in deciding
whether to pillow your land in the fall
subsoiling, shallow cultivation, etc
This rule will not lead you astray.
The farmer who cultivates poor land
is acting absolutely ridiculous. He
can give no sensible reason for not
making his soil fertile. Proper tillage,
COW peas, rotation of crops. barnyard
manure, green crops on the land at
times and a small amount of acid phos-
phate will soon make land exceedingly
productive.
The amount of fertilizer that can
be profitably used on soil, depends
largely upon it's mechanical condition.
Proper preparation is always absolute
~ necessary and then a fresh supply
of plant food will most likely pay
handsomely. Fertilizer locked up in
clods is of no benefit to growing crops.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28
MRS. X. N. HICKS is
ARRESTED AT MACON
Prominent Woman of DooIey County CHARGED
With Being an Incendary

Macon, Dec. 27.-Charged with being
an incendiary, Mrs. X. N. Hicks, wife
of the most prominent physician of
Dooly county, was released on bond.
signed this afternoon by the president
Of the largest bank in Central Georgia,
after having been detained at police
headquarters for more than fifteen
hours.
Mrs. Hicks came to the city yester-
day morning and secured accommoda-
lions at the Edgerton House, one OF
the leading apartment houses Of the
city At midnight occupants OF an adj
joining room found a great blaze in
the room 10 which Mrs. Hicks had
been assigned. Investigation revealed
a fire IN the room.
The fire department was called and
the IRE was eNtlnguished. Then IL
was found holes had been made IN the
walls Of the room into which oil had
been poured. Flannel garments sat
urnied with Oh were wrapped around
chairs and the footboard ana head
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28
FARM,

"SoiIing'' - what II Means and Its
Value.
The average Southern farmer barely
knows the correct meaning of the term
"soiling" Oftener than not it is taken
to mean the turning under of green
crops into the soil, and it certainly is
not an unreasonable mistake. 1t is
meaningless expression, anyway, until
one comes to understand to what Gus
tom of farm practice it has been APP
piled Gin fact, the first instance by the
Frenchman. we believe). How it came
TO be applied to the practice of feed
ing green food to animals in their stalls
or lots may be wondered at, but not
easily comprehended off hand. Any how,
il has been in use long time and no
doubt will continue for all time to sig
Nifty the practice of cutting the green
food-corn, sorghum, clover, etc, and
carrying it to the stock in their stalls
instead of turning them out to get 1t
themselves. 1t is a practice character
istic of countries where the land is very
valuable and where the farms are
small. 1t is the reverse of pasturing.
Selling is in the highest degree eco
nomical where pasturing is always
more or less wasteful. Where the
crop is cut and fed to the animals in
a proper ration in their stalls every
blade of forage raised on an acre may
be utilized, but if the crop is pastured
a large per cent. of it is lost from first
to last through the trampling and
otherwise injury done to it by the ami
mails. In fact it has been estimated
that an acre devoted to sOiling crops
is equivalent to several acres pastured.
1t pays even here in the South with
all our abundance of land, to have
few acres near the barn made very
rich for sOiling crops, especially to
provide some green food in the winter
so apt to suffer for the want of little
of it to keep them in health when on
a steady diet of dry food.
III the summer and fall an acre of
fodder corn or sorghum made very rich
win go a long ways in feeding several
head of stock and in the fall an acre
or two made very rich and sown to
mixed grain early in October will sup
ply a large quantity of green matter
for soiling during the winter and
spring.
To make one acre equal to half
dozen acres for this purpose let it be
made very rich and SOW the mixed
grain-rye oats, and barley in two-foot
drills, so that it can be cultivated
time or two in November. BY the mid
die of December it should be in
condition of perfection for soiling.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28
s. r.. Van Du1er. Newburgh, N. Y

Newburgh, N. Y, Dec. 27-Selah
Reeve Van Duzer, prominent in the
wholesale drug business in the United
States and England, died at his home
in this city to-day. He was born in
1923 In New York city, where his father
was Tor many years president of the
New York Exchange Bank. Mr.. Van
Duzer had residences at Thomasville
Ca, and at Alexandria Bay. He is
survived by a widow and three chill
dren, one of whom is Frederick Van
Duzer, president of the American So
ciety in London.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28

The mechanical condition Of a soil
has fully as much to do with its pro-
ductlveness as the plant food in the
soil. Land must be porous and free
from Jumps and clods. II must also
contain humus which is best secured
by planting COW peas before fertilizers
First prepare the land for commercial
fertilizers and the benefits derived
from their use will not be disappolnt-
ing
The soil ought 10 be IN such me-
chanical condition for al least twelve
inches deep az 30 freely admit of being
penetrated BY water and plant roots
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28
VETERANS AT FERNANDINA
Wants Branches of the Sons and
Daughters Established.

Fernandina, Fla. Dec. 2Z-Nassau
Camp No. 1O4, U. c. ". held a very i'm
portant meeting to-day, indorsing by
unanimous vote ex-Gov. Francis P.
Flemming for brigadier general of the
Second Brigade, vice w. D. Ballantine,
who was recently promoted to the po-
sition of major general, in command of
the state organization.
Gen. Ballantne, who was present,
urged upon the camp the importance
of organizing camps of the daughters
and sons of veterans, and a movement
will be at once started to organize a
camp of each here. A committee has
been appointed to take the matter in
hand and the second Tuesday in Janu-
airy was set as the time to organize
camp of the sons.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28
OFFICIAL.

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City of Savannah, Office Clerk os
Council, Savannah, Ga, Dec. 1S 1909
The following ordinance is published fo-
the Information of all concerned.
j. ROBT. DREAMER.
Clerk of Council.
BY the Committee of the Whole
An ordinance to amend an ordinance
entitled: An ordinance to permit the
firing of firecrackers and Fireworks
during the Christmas holidays as here
in provided" adopted Dec. is, 1897, 81
as to add to the exceptions named in
said ordinance Madison Square and
Monterey Square, and for other pur.
poses.
Section /. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city ~
Savannah, in Council assembled, Thar
the first section of the ordinance ser
out in the foregoing caption, is here.
by amended by adding after the word
ground" in the sixth line of the flrst
section, these words, to-wit: "And ex-
cept in Madison Square and in Monte
rey Square" so that said first section
as amended shall read as follows:
Section /. Be 1t ordained by the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city OF
Savannah in Council assembled, That
the firing of firecrackers and fireworks
is hereby permitted in the city of Sa
vannah on Liberty street and south Of
LIBERTY street except on Bull street
north of the parade ground, and ex-
cept in Madison Square and in Monte
reg Square) from Dec. "a to Jan. l.
both inclusive, and the ordinance here
tofore passed on this subject il
amended accordingly. Except as here
in provided, the firing of fireworks and
frecrackers in the city of Savannah is
forbidden under penalties of existing
ordinances"
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That
said ordinance of Dec. Is, 1897. amend
ing the previous ordinance of June 10
1895, is in all other respects con-
firmed.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, That
all ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance are here
by repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Dec. Is.
1903.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-12-28
John n. Andrews, Wilmington, Del.

Wilmington. Del, Dec. 2S.-John
Newman Andrews, aged 65 years, died
to-day at Montpelier, VT, where he
had been visiting. His home was near
this city. His health had been failing
for some time. He was graduated from
West Point in 1850 and served through
the Civil War. He commanded a bril-
gade of volunteers in the Spanish War
but retired with the rank of brigadier
general in 1899.