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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
THE OLD SUGAR CAMPS.
An institution That Has Been Broken
Up by the Trust.

1.-The sugar trust has broken up the old
time sugar camps on the plantations OF the
south. except. Of course. where the raising
of sugar cane is done for the business mar
ket," said D. r. Crowell Of Nashville.
Tenn.
1.-The sugar camp was well known on
most of the large plantations of the south
in the days before the war. 1t consisted OF
a rustic roof held up by poles stuck in the
ground, under which were large copper or
iron kettles for boiling purposes. Around
this shelter were many seats for the work
ers as we'll as the spectators who always
came to watch the boiling down. A large
number of plantation 'darkies' were put to
work gathering the water and carrying the
ground cane to the pots, where 1t was put
in and boiled until 1t had reached the right
consistency, which usually took from eight
to ten hours when it was removed to an
other pot and boiled some more. Stirring
off was always great fun, and both young
and old provided themselves with bright.
clean pine paddles and ate sugar until 1t
would appear they would be sick. This
sugar was put up for use of the many per-
sons that went to make up an old-fash-
toned plantation in the days befo' de
wah.'
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THE CAT CAME BACK.
And It Required Thirty-Two Miles Of
Walking With Her Kittens.

And the cat came back. I believe that
Is the name OF a song popular some time
ago. but have evidence of the fact that
there was never a truer saying" said c. T.
Chichester Of Syracuse, N. Y, to Star
man. "a friend of mine in Syracuse con-
ducts brewery, and grocer friend pre-
sented him with an old cat and four kit
tens that had very recently been born. The
old cat and little ones were carried to the
brewery and securely locked in. The next
morning the cat and the kittens were on
the front porch Of the grocery store wait
ing to be let in. How do you account for
that2 The grocery was four miles from
the brewery. and the kittens were too
young and too weak to walk even a few
yards. If the cat carried them back in her
teeth she must have done so one at a time.
making eight miles for each kitten and
thirty two miles for the entire litter, or
else she relayed them, carrying one little
distance. then going back after the next,
and so on, until the last one had been de-
posted in her first stopping place, and so
on in short distances until she reached the
store. You can figure out the distance she
travelled in this way"
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enlisted for the civil war. but was rejected
because of defective sight. He then Joined
the quartermaster's department and was
with Gen. Burnside at the battle of Knox
vile, Tenn.
Mr.. Taylor engaged in railroad building
after the war. and later, with John v.
and Charles B. Farwell. undertook the
building of the state capitol at Texas re-
ceiving 5000 900 acres of land for the
work. Some time afterward he executed a
contract to excavate a deep-water harbor
at the mouth of the Brazos river Texas
After being a member Of the legislature
OF Illinois for some time Mr.. Taylor was
elected to Congress and served from 1889
to 1893 in the House of Representatives.
He has lived in this city much of the time
since his last term in the House expired
The funeral will take place at the resi-
dence. on Oregon avenue, Thursday morn
ing, at 1890 o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
GOLD IN GEORGIA.
Atlanta Much Excited Over Recent
Discoveries.

ATLANTA has gone wild over the discov-
cry of a gold mine almost within a stones
throw of the citys limits. 1t was discov
ered,' said Mr.. Alpay of Boston, while
was in Atlanta by a gentleman by the
name of Waid. This precious ore is in a
wide streak across two hundred acre
farm a few miles from Tallapoosa, Ga.
MIR. Waid Immediately bought an option on
the place.
'"The gold was examined by a jeweler in
Atlanta, who pronounced it gold of the
finest quality, it being over twenty karat.
The owner was offered $1.G5 for the tiny
piece of rock which had been brought to
be assayed.
1.-THE country in which the newly dis
covered gold mine lies is mountainous and
a gold region. Several other gold mines
are within a radius of from fifteen to
twenty miles.
ga stock company Of capitalists of At
lanta will be organized to develop the
mine"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
Origin Of Petroleum.

From the New York Commercial Advertise.
Mr.. E. Coste. the president Of the Ca
madam Mining Institute. recently read an
interesting paper before that body. setting
forth his reasons for believing that the
petroleum deposits Of the world are of
volcanic origin. He points out num-
Der of facts which render the theory at
present generally held by geologists-that
it has arisen directly from the decompo-
sition of organic remains, animal and veg
etable-untenable. He calls attention to
the fact that no such process is at pres
emit under way: that all organic decompo-
sition of animal material Is SO rapid and
complete that there Is no opportunity for
the entombment of anything but bones In
sedimentary rocks; that as the oil deposits
of the lower Silurian limestone of Ohio
and of other fields are below the carbonif-
erous beds, and as 1t is generally admitted
by biologists that previous to the latter
age there was very little vegetable life on
the earth, these enormous deposits could
not have arisen from organic remains.
because there were few organisms at that
time, and, finally. that II petroleum was
due to the destructive distillation OF coal
there would now be no coal beds, all hav-
ing long ago been transformed into pc
troieum and a coke-like residue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
SAVING In cooPERAGE.
Effect of a Recent Device for Cutting
Hoops.

HOOPS.
zone of the changes in the cooperage
business in the last few years that means
a saving in dollars and cents has been the
substitution of cut hoops for saw hoops"
said F.. B. Hopkins of Milwaukee to a Star
man at the Shoreman. "Cooperage is a
great industry in Milwaukee and thou
sands of barrels, are, turned out annually.
The increase in the price of elm is respon-
sible for cut hoops being used This was
on account of the loss by the saw kerr in
the lumber. The saw 'kerf is the width
of the saw, and in working up lumber 1t
was found that nearly, eight hundred hoops
were lost In a thousand feet Of lumber.
In order to avoid THIS loss man stepped
in with q machine for making cut hoops.
It chops them of in the same way stave
cutter chops slaves. When 1t is under
stood that barrel maker expects to get
from 5000 to $500 hoops out of 1 1000 feet
of good logs, and that the substitution of
cutting for saving makes saving Of 500
hoops to the thousand feet OF logs, the
condition is seen at q glance. One machine
for cutting hoops will turn out over 80, 900
in day.
1--WE secure our stock from a dozen
states and It is made into barrels. kegs
and tubs entirely by machinery. We for
merly got all the white oak we wanted
from Wisconsin, but now we get the larger
part of It from the highlands of Tennessee.
The highland timber Is better because 1t Is
closer grained than that grown in the low
timber for pork and liquor barrels Is that
the close grain does not sip brine. This
kind Of timber Is used for butter tubs. and
all sap timber from the south can be used
for butter tubs. The creamery owners like
their tubs as near white as possible. In
buying white oak we try to get rid Of the
sap. while in white ash we try to retain
tho sap. The red wood near the heart Of
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mock Indian wars and was brevetted ma jor
for distinguished conduct at the battles of
the north fork of the Clear Water, Idaho,
and at Capt. Jacks Caves in the lava beds
of northern California. In 1885 he was pro-
NOTED major in the inspector generals de-
partment by President Cleveland for meri-
toriouS service with his regiment. Since
then he has served almost continuously
west of the Mississippi river and in Cuba
One notable event of his service in Cuba
was the unearthing of the frauds in the
postal affairs of the island. He carries
with him ripe experience for the fulfillment
of the duties required in his new sphere
and is probably as we'll equipped for the
position of inspector general as any other
officer in the department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
BRYAN'S NAME KISSED.
Tammanyites Shout for Cleveland for
Next Nominee,

A dispatch from New York last night
says: Eight hundred Tammany Hall demo-
Gratis were surfeited with sensations last
night at the Jefferson banquet given by
the Tammany Hall general committee of
the Bronx in Morrisania Hall. Among other
letters of regret was one. from Grover
Cleveland which was cheered by all the
diners. the name of the former President
being hailed as that of the next President.
For a letter from former Senator David
B. Hill there were scant cheers and no
enthusiasm.
For the letter written by VIM. ]. Bryan
there was silence, but when Frank Camp
bell, chairman of the democratic state COM
mittee, announced that Mr.. Bryan had re-
ceived a special envoy last fall who had
attempted to persuade him to stop the de-
fection from the regular democratic ticket
in this state and had failed and when the
defeat. of that ticket was placed against
the account Of Mr. Bryan. Kisses were heard
In various parts Of the banquet hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
Fugitives From Parents.

Three boys who said they had left their
homes in Richmond, Va. without tho
knowledge or consent OF their parents. were
found In Anacostia this morning by Police
man Mccormick and taken to the station.
where they were charged with vagrancy.
Walter d. Farmer and Mark Ferino gave
their ages az seventeen years. and were
held at the station. The third member Of
the trio gave his name as william Perkins
and said he was sixteen. Because of his
age he was sent to the house OF detention.
They will be taken to the Police Court to-
morrow unless their parents are heard
from before the hour OF meeting OF the
juvenile 0ourt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
NEW INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Gen. Burton Will Enter Upon the Dis
charge of His Duties Tomorrow.

Gen. George H. Burton has received his
commission as inspector general Of the
army and will enter actively on the dis
charge of the duties of that office tomor-
row. He has been stationed at Governors
Island. N. Y. for several months past as
inspector general of the department of the
east.
Inspector General Burton was born in
Delaware and was graduated from the
West Point Military Academy in the class
of 1865. AS an infantry officer he served
under General SLOVENIAN three years in the
south in reconstruction times and was in
the Indian country the extreme frontier
nearly fourteen years. He was actively
engaged in the Modoc. Nez Perez and Ban
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
EARLY FRUITS IN TEXAS.
The Soil Claimed to Be Especially Good
for Strawberries.

Texas has been raising some of the
finest strawberries ever grown in tho
United States this year" said Mr. A. G.
Moseley, who is stopping at the Ebbitt
House, to Star man this morning.
''The berries are large. rich In color.
sweet and solid, yet without the hard core
that is found in the early fruit. During
the past winter snap these berries brought
as high as 80 cents box in some of thu
central and western states north of Texas.
1.-The soil of Texas, which Is very sandy
in some places, is the best to be found
anywhere for the raising of strawberries.
and it is considered by experts that this
state VIII rival any other in the production
of strawberries and other early fruit. In
few of the seacoast counties large straw
berry, asparagus and lettuce farms have
been established for the cultivation of early
vegeta bles."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
ABNER TAYLOR'S DEATH
SUCCUMBED no A COMPLICATION
OF COMPLAINTS.
End of a Long and Active Career in
Business and Politics-Fu-
neral Thursday.

The death Of Former Representative Alb
ner Taylor of Chicago occurred last night
at the Columbian University Hospital. Mr..
Taylor had been i'll for several weeks O;
a complication of diseases. A week ago
he was removed to the hospital from his
residence. 1919 Oregon avenue. but he con-
tinued to fail. He died at 1O:45 o'clock He
was seventy-four years of age.
Mr.. Taylor had long and active career
in bushes and politics. He was born in
Maine in 1899. His parents moved to Ohio
in 1882 and later to Illinois, where he grew
up on a farm. He found employment in
a store at Fort Dodge. Iowa. and after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
The Culture Of Sugar Cana.

1.-THE culture Of sugar cane is being re-
vived in Georgia and new life appears to
have been given the industry" said F. B.
Grayson of Macon. Sugar cane is an ac-
knowledged money maker for the farmer,
though it is not so easy crop to raise as
cotton and corn. 1t requires much nicer
management. from seeding the crop to
marketing the product. One cannot pitch
In and plant q number Of acres in cane
and expect to lie by and wait to get the
money. In starting out to make sugar cane
a staple crop the farmer must devote the
first year largely to providing plenty OF seed
cane for the next years planting, for the
profit Is largely due to the farmer growing
his own Sod and not having to buy It"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
ed and when sold to the packing company

ed and when sold to the packing company
we get 81 net on the acreage. 1 think that
the industry will survive. but the railroads
must see that we get fair rate and quick
TRANSPORTATION or We cannot continue in
business.
I'm protecting the groves from frost 1t
cost 800 an acre to cover them and about
$15 an acre to 'smudge' them. both of which
are too expensive to leave any profit. IN
the east 25 cents to 40 cents is charged for
a dozen oranges. and IL the price on a box
in California was reduced about 80 cents
the consumer would get the benefit, II tho
railway companies and the middleman did
not.
"A man should have about 81 a box
t. o. b. for his fruit to make a fair profit,
but the average price last year was less
than 81. and this year even less than last"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
cAL1FoRN1A's ORANGES.
The Industry at the Mercy Of the
Railroads.

1.-THE orange industry in California is in
the hands OF the railroads." said Mr.. ]. G.
Mills of the golden gate. ."They will have
to make us better freight rate or We win
have to go out of the business. The raw
land In my state costs $100 an acre. and the
water right $500. The other expenses viii
make an acre of land cost about $500 to $3.50
when II Is ready to bear fruit. Sixty cents
10 the cost Of oranges before they are pick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
Funeral Of the Blind Chaplain.

A dispatch from Santa Barbara, Cal, yes
terday says: Funeral services were held
today over the remains of Rev. VIM. Hen
ry Milburn, the blind chaplain of the
United States Senate. The body was
placed in vault and later will be sent
to Jacksonville N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
Eczema, No Cure. No psy.

vonr druggist will refund your money q PAZ0
OINTMENT falls to cure RfugwoRO. Tettee. on
Ulcers and Sores Pfmples and B1aekheads % -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14

the tree Is worth SIS less per thousand than
the white wood near the bark. The dark
slaves are used for making flour and sugar
barrels
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
THE PROFESSIONAL SWINDLER.

The successful swindling Of n
few trustful people by a faliir and
professional swindler, on the streets
of Pickens Saturday, suggests the
adv stability Of town ordinances
prohibiting through higher license
or otherwise, snch men from ply
ing their calling in our midst. We
understand that this same man
who so successfully deceived a
poodly number in Pickcns also
tried his hand on EasleY with some
success, and We suppose this same
sharper is off for other fields of
swindlng. 1t is a hard matter to
draft ordinances that will meet
lust such cases as this. Such men
are usually sha:p enough to evade
the most rigid ordinances There
is Il law of force, however, broad
enough to take such characters as
this in hand and give them the
quality of Justice thy G=.e:ye.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
[ >llii1"ty, i
Days Was My Life's
Limit.
Agony FROM Inherit
ed He art Disease.
DR.. Miles III arr Cure
Cured Me.

Cne person In every four has Il weak heart
Oniess promptly treated a weak heart viii
easily become diseased heart. A little extra
strain from any cause is sufficient to brino On
aeath 'dBE B M ] ms't es f.%Ten c,s ssuSf ;u
tone up the hearts action. enrich the FLOOD
and improve the circulation.
MY trouble began with catarrh and bav.
always supposed it caused the trouble I have
experienced with my heart had the usual
symptoms of slecplcssness, lost appetite. CON.
snpatlon, paipitation of the heart. shortness
OF breath and pain around the heart and m.
aer lett arm. My mother suffered in the same
way ana l suppose mine was an inherited
tendency. At one time I was in agony.
suilered so severely and became SO veal
that my doctors said could not live thirtv
gays. At this time had not slept over two
!rrs n9urs night on account of nervousness
Inc least exercise. such as walking about
would bring on palpitation and f]utferino ~
the heart so severe that would have to Gv.
up everything and rest. Nerve and Sver
rils cured me OF constipation and heart
symptoms disappeared under the infuencs
OF )r. Miles New Heart Cure. I am IN
better health than I have been IN tus,.n
years and thank Or. Miles Remedies foy;t'
think they are the eraadest remedies M ON >"
earth and J. am constantly Yecommend,na
them to my friends."-MRs. I. CANTnrI4S
Wsxahachie, Tex. . 'NhhA'
4, AZ druggists sell and guarantee frat bo..
oe oa Il % Nliee Kemsdies. Send for free boob
~ Sa''ss Medical Co, Eikhart Ind. ''"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
REV. R. A. CHILD.

Old friends and members OF al
denominations welcome the Rev.
r. A. Child, Presiding Elder oI
the Greenviilo District.
In this community his curly man
hood found full opportunity to'
assertion, and from Pickens church
he went forth into the ministry
His talents and conspicuous ability
would not allow him to be hid.
den light-where his personality
end deep religious c0nV!c:!9ns ara
asserted through Ms se!:- and
Cody life, lis il3 3*.-es ". e
felt and;th. :':':p3e VI '"H:'go!z*
in him oLe :: tAe L,u.hi tlc -.
cerest minti,""t =, II. II HlI'!c &:
church IN S,rllLl >h,u..nt~
He is in ttos 1I.u.ss u Ira:.7
etreng 9Th, aud !'.ura var :: q:
people OF his =ar.nr "i.1 :: ;':n:-
aud teach and fr:rl.ar j: l. ;r.c.
er ways the highesG Ir.-araars 4 :.*
people hs loves and the per.rn: T:.
know his merits and haps ;A,... l..
nis works.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
WILL WE HAVE 4 LATE St-T.i"t. ;

What do the fear:-.r .@AT5
rains Of january deuc -. 49,:
considered beyond tile e;@P:.ary
Inconvenience and discomfort oc-
casioned thereby? We have had
q season of bad weather that would
be hard to parallel wero wo able to
recall tho history Of these two
months for several years back
Damaging floods, storms and
weather disturbances are but cv-
cry day occurrences now. 1T seems
that winter is being fought back
and these winds and rains are the
fighting forces against the even
cold weather that usually comes in
these two months.
We may expect late spring
with few spring like days mlxet
in the cold weather immediatel,
precedent to its coming, to rem,nt
us that winter must expend herscl
before the budding and GROWN
season can fairly open.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
TRESPASS NOTICE,

All persons are hereby warned
not to hunt. fish, trap or in any
other way trespass on anv of my
lands. All PERSONS are also noti-
fled that trespass Of any nature or
kind on any Of my lands by stock,
fowls or any other domestic ami
mails is absolutely prohibited, and
the owners thereof will bs prosecu
ted if they willfully violate this
notice.
f26tO GEORGE A. ELLIS.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
UNSIGNED COMMUNICATIONS.

We have received some lntercs-
t;np lcttors which we would be very
glad to publish but for the fact
that no name Is signed to them.
yyo do not know the authors of
them or we would write them per-
sonal letters. 1t IS our unvarying
rule to publish only such articles
as are signed with the real names
of the authors.
We say this because we are con-
stantly receiving excellent letters,
all of which we would he glad to
publish if we only knew to whom to
attribute the writings.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
THE ROAD LAW UNCHANGED,

Tbs Legislature adjourned Sat"
uvday. This ssseion hiss been
marked by certain conservatism
Nc RADICAL Iegis!aio was astemp'
tsd, AID there was disposition to
kill all raessafsa that did not show
sess hpssG Ct rsas0as tor their enact
raaes. The body seemed to look as
saangs ga . practical way.
Ttfs 9 mst.sr Of regret that no
gaIassaaaat of TIE rotsa law was et'
fecssd. People Will savs 10 put
ap with the pgessns way OF soad'
wosking Ser while longer. The
tow.eoansay Sssras wsll s0osga
s2lpassa win tie pseesas plans sad
ksyaGgss, ~ 10 pgesiassBs eg tas
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
THE ROADS,.

The roads make the chief topic OF
conversation these days especially
with those who are compelled to
travel or to carry farm products,
fertilizers or goods to or from the
railroads. The question of trans~
portatlon is a serious one. Heavy
and continued late rams have made
the matter very serious one.
fecple, as general rule, are laying
III their supplies of commercial fer.
tllizers much earlier than in for.
mer years and must therefore con-
tend with unsettled d weather and
bad roads more than formerly.
Ihe roads are in a t. rrible con-
dition everywhere, but batter
weather with the coming of spring
will settle this to very great ex-
tent, yet by that time the bulk Of
the hauling will be over.
The only thing to do is to be
patient, and make the most Of CIR
cumstances. Fretting will not
mend the loads or help along with
the work that must be done. Per.
haps the new road law-.of course.
we will have a new road law-will
help to avoid any such condition
OF things as we are now compelled
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-26
Notice to Trespassers.

All persons are hereby warned
not to hunt, FISH, cut timber or
trespass any Of our lands in any
way, without express permission
from us or either of us. This no
tlce is given as warning against
trespassers and any violation of
the same will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
12ot4 B. P. Kelly,
| w. j. Kelly,