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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19
Tobacco Puffs.
ON THE RIGHT TRACK.


Independent tobacco factories are pro
posed at Greenville and Rocky Mount
This is the most effective way to fight the
trust. Other tobacco towns should do
likewise and then have a central manage
ment for all. this to save expense. The
larger the plants the better
If the American Tobacco Company is
holding back off the market and is fix
ing the present scale of prices on the be-
lief that large crop of tobacco will be
raised this year it will find that it is
greatly mistaken in its calculation.
| To start with, the acreage was reduced
over last year anywhere from ten to
| twenty-five per cent. This applies to all
the tobacco growing counties in the east.
The reduction in Wilson county was as
much as Is per cent. and we believe 20
per cent is more correct.
| The yield is extremely short and the
crop is very light. The seasons have been
poor all the year for the growth and ma.
turlty of the weed. 1t was too cool for
the plant to get a good start in the spring
and when it did commence to grow it
turned dry stopping same and fired up
the leaves which FASTENED the curing of
a small plant that did not have its growth
or weight.
Two thirds of full crop is all that can
be depended on, and only on rich, well
drained farms, and quick soil will that
be realized this year. Lands that have
been making from 500 to 1000 pounds to
the acre will barely reach 700 pounds
this year, and the average we firmly be-
heve through the county, and we have
taken some pains to investigate will not
ruin over 400 or 500 pounds. AT cents per
pound the prices will not net over 500 90
per acre. We, therefore, advise the Amerl-
can Tobacco Company that on a basis of
yield tobacco is worth more than last
year and instead of decreasing the price,
! it should be increased. For this crop to
be at all remunerative to the farmer he
should receive not less than an average
of 1212 cents per pound as it cost more
to make now than it did several years
ago. Labor is higher and scarcer, the
cost of living more and wood is getting
very scarce and every cord is worth $500
at the barn.-Wilson Times.
The tobacco situation does not seem
to improve. The contention of the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company that they are I'M
Fable to pay higher prices for tobacco be-
cause OF the immense supply on hand,
is believed by no one. They are de-
termined to have the present crop at
their own price. Our farmers throughout
| the State are in better position now
than ever before to thwart them in the
accomplishment of this purpose. Few of
them are deeply in debt. The most of
them will this year raise more supplies
than for many years past. They are
able now to hold their crop and should
do So 1t would be better for them to
put the greater part of their crop IN
their stables and compost piles than tC
sell it at present prices. Let them hold
on to it as long as they can and only
sell when forced to do SO. In the mean
/ time let them organize and issue their
protest against the high robbery
of the trust-Lumberton Robesonian.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19

side, and Green river on the other, to
drive the passenger and freight cars along
this mountainous trip by electric trans
mission With electric engines to draw
the cars, he insists, there would be no
harm to life and property.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19
Among the Railroads.

The frequency of wrecks on the rail
roads throughout the country, is. distress
ing. The cause is frequently ascribed
to spreading rails or rather eross-ties
There should be at least some means of
remdying this source of danger. The
Corporation Commission has ample power
to enforce the keeping in good repair
of the road-bed and of the rolling stock
but the great difficulty which presents
itself is in securing greater care on
the part of employees of the road. The
Maxton wreck. if reports are true, was
due entirely to negligence. Some steps
should be taken to abolish such conditions
as render unnecessarily unsafe the lives
of the travelling public.-Lumberton Rob-
esonian.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19

A correspondent of the Columbia State,
writing of the awful accidents at Saluda
mountain, between Asheville and Spar
tansburg, where the grade is 2S3 feet to
the mile, says that enough electricity @,
900 horse power, could be generated from
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19

The people of the whole State will learn
with deep regret that Hon. B. H. Bum
has been compelled to enter hospital fol-
treatment for serious impairment of his
eye-sight 1t is to be hoped that the treat
ment will be successful, and that this
able and distinguished lawyer will soon
return to active practice with his eye
sight wholly restored. In this hope his
host of friends and admirers will sincere
ly join.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19
Industrial News.
MRGANTON MILLING INTERE

MRGANTON MILLING INTERESTS
The Dillsboro Milling and Manufacture
ing Company was incorporated yesterday
by Messrs. H. S. Haskins, of Asheville;
r. Frank Jarrette, of Dillsboro, and Wal
ter E. Moore, of Webster The headquar-
tiers are to be at Dillsboro and the capital
stock is $4,000, with 5000 subscribed.
The company is to do a general milling
and manufacturing business, deal and
manufacture lumber and timber, deal in
real estate and to erect such buildings and
deal in such machinery as is necessary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19
PIEDMNT SPRINGS LUMBER COM
PANY

The Piedmont Springs Lumber Com
pany was Incorporated yesterday. The
headquarters are at Morganton and the
capital stock is 100000 business, to be
commenced with 100000 paid in, which is
subscribed by Messrs. William W. Bird
sail and c. c. Coolbaugh, of Philadelphia
and w. c. Huett, of Morganton. The
company is to manufacture, purchase, sell
store and deal in timber, tan bark, lum
Der, and articles made of wood hold tim
Der and agricultural lands and operate
all such machinery and use such buildings
as is necessary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19

A little while ago negroes were leaving
the South for Northern cities Now we
are told that Northern negroes are be-
ginning to emigrate to warmer climates"
Delaware and Indiana for the negroes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19

1t is said that Postmaster Robin in
Roxy Mount must appoint two Repub-
licans to positions in the post-office there
he can find Republicans in good standing
Rocky Mount is so straight" politically
that Mr.. Robbins is in strait
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19

Is there no law, plus the fight of the
farmers and merchants, to reach the to-
bacco trust? If so, is there no sworn of
ficer to enforce the law? Is our antitrust
law dead letter?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-08-19
A MORNING TONIC.
(Robert Browning.)

lTtopeiG bio"Hin6c
There shall never be one lost good! What
was shall live as before;
The evil is null, is nought, is silence i'm
plying sound;
What was good, shall be good, with for
evil so much good more:
On the earth the broken ares; in the heav-
en-, perfect round.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26
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By HOLMAN f. DAY


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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26
Wyandottes.

A publication of the Department OF
Agriculture says: The original type
of the Wyandotte was the Asiatic, and
at the time of origin the Standard fav
ored the Cochin type more than any
oLner.
When the Wyandottes were ad.
mitted as breed to a position among
our Standardized fowls they had
reached form and color which were
quite distinctive. The male favored
the Dark Brahma in form and color
the body color being quite like we'll
splashed Dark Brahma. They had
smooth legs of a smoky-yellow shade
and the rose coD'b. The females, in
form, favored Our present Silver
Spangled Hamburg females. There
was an increasing demand for Wyan.
dottes throughout the United States.
Anything that resembled their de.
scription was sent forth to fill the de
mand, and puch inferior stock was
spread about under the name of Wyan.
Cote. Soon fter the original Wyan
dotte there came the Golden strain,
the advent of which made it necessary
to select distinguishing name for the
other; thus we have for the two va
rieties the names Silver-Laced Wyan-
dottes and Golden-Laced Wyandottes.
Conditions Of form and color have
changed from time to time. In the
Silvers we had the very dark, heavy
marking which almost destroyed the
top color of the males and reduced the
white center in the plumage of the fe
male (also on the breast of the male)
to almost stripe or small spot. But
in the Goldens continued effort was
made to preserve clear top color in the
males and the open center Of plum
age in both male and female. At the
present the open center. edged about
like the plumage of well-marked Sc
bright Bantam, Is desirable. Some
beautiful specimens Of this type have
been produced.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26
Milk From SiIaqe.

1t would be interesting to hear from
some of our readers that have silos
and feed their children on milk made
Condensing Company will not permit
the farmers that sell them milk to use
silage as feed, no matter how good
that silage may be. They claim that
milk made from such materials Is I'M
fit for the use of babes and that the
latter are always made sick when they
use milk made from silage. One OF
the Borden Company declares tnat the
farmers that have silos will not feed
their own young children on milk so
made. We feel certain that this is not
so, and that If any users of silage take
that position 1t is for the purpose Of be-
Ing on the safe side of a proposition OF
which they do not feel quite certain,
rather than because they have any
definite information that milk, from
silage is unhealthful. The company
also asserts that milk made from
silage is poor keeper, on account of
the unusual amount of acid it con-
10 ILLS LIuSs IL "oulu oppOoA
not to be, as Mr.. Gurler of De Kalb,
Illinois, sent silage made milk all the
way to Paris, France, and it arrived
in that city in a perfectly sweet con-
dition, and no preservative OF any
kind was used in it. This would look
as if milk made from silage keeps
fairly we'll. This milk did not begin
to get "off" till it was seventeen days
old. The fact that other condensaries
in the country permit the use of silage
would seem to indicate that other
milk condensing companies hold diff
ferent view from that held by the Dor.
den Company. 1t is certainly to be
hoped that some experiments will be
started to demonstrate the value OF
silage made milk as food for infants
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26

minus his gobble. Stuffed with that
which he can never digest! The brown
surface waiting for the fork to plunge
astride the breast-bone. and with knife
sharpened on the jambs of the fire.
place iay bare the folds of white meat.
Then the pies! For the most part a
lost art. What mince pies, in which
you had all confidence, leavings from
all rich ingredients, glorifed hash!
Not mince pies with profound myster-
les of origin! But mother made Them,
chopped the meat for them, spiced
them, sweetened them, favored them
and laid The lower crust and the upper
crust, with here and there a puncture
by the fork to let you look through
the light and flaky surface into the
substance beneath. No brandy, for
old folks were stout for temperance.
Dear me! What pie You deluded
New Englanders can talk till you are
gray about your pumpkin pies for
Thanksgiving day; give me an old
fashioned New Jersey mince pie. OF
the ter at that table, all are gone save
two-some in village churchyard,
some in city cemetery-but we shall
sit with them yet at brighter ban
quet.--Rev. T, De Witt Talmage.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26

"is a vegetable growth; but firmly
believe that it acquires it's hue from
small particles of gold which it ex.
tracts from the earth"
So he took the pumpkin on his
shoulder and took it home, telling all
anxious inquirers that he was going
to discover how to extract the gold
from it.
But bless you! when the pumpkin
and the dough came out of the oven
1t was not solid sheet of gold at all,
but a rich, golden. tantalizing section
of goodness.
And the poor inventor was hungry.
so he bit into it.
A few moments later several of his
creditors broke into the house and
came upon him, crying: Look here!
Where is all that gold you were go
ing to get for us?"
"And he never even looked up at
them, but kept right on eating, saying,
Who cares FIR gold (Bite, bite,
O-o-oohD Who cares FIR gold? Men.
have discovered pumpkin pie!"
And the creditors sat down also and
ate, and they. too, we're happy ever
after.-Judge.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26
English Kings as Horse Breeders.

In considering the breeding OF
draught horses, few words regardins
their origin, as shown by horse his
tory, may not be uninteresting. King
John, about 1899, is credited with hav
ing done much to improve the horses
of his time, by importing 100 Flemish
stations and using them on native
mares, and from such blending as this
sprang the English cart horse. Ed
ward III (1327), Henry VIII and Queen
Elizabeth Eept up the good work, and
in more recent years the efforts for
the Improvement and development Of
horses for heavy work resulted in a
free exchange of animals between
England and Scotland, to their mutual
benefit. Lawrence Drew, who think
did more to improve the draught horse
than any other man, credited James,
Duke of Hamilton Q749) with import
ing Flemish stallion for the free use
of his tenantry, and, following that,
large numbers of English mares were
sent into Scotland for breeding pur.
poses.-Alexander lnnes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26
POULTRY
VENTILATION Of poultry Houses.

Ventilation of Poultry Houses.
During summer weather no ventila-
ton is needed. as the, windows and
doors, where wire screens are used,
will be open night and day. But in
the late fall, winter and early spring,
the doors and windows have to be shut
most Of the time, and some ventilation
must be provided. The dirtier the
house is kept the more ventilation will
be needed. The old-fashioned venti-
lator on top Of the poultry house
should be discarded. It's effect was to
take the warm pure air out of the
house and pour down on the heads of
the poultry stream of cold air.
Probably the best system to be fol-
lowed Is to have a long wooden tube
in one end Of the poultry house, said
tube reaching from the top Of the
house to within foot of the floor. If
this is carried above the roof a draft
should exist in 1t as in a chimney,
that will draw the foul air out of the
house. II the walls are double it will
be easy enough to provide ingress for
the air on either side. Make few
little holes on the outside near the
caves of the roof and on the inside
bore few more holes near the floor
opposite and below the holes on the
outside. II these holes for ingress of
the air are made only on one side of
the building, they should be on the
side of the prevailing winds.
The idea of ventilating poultry
houses by means Of sub-earth ducts
has been preached, but never tried, SO
far as we know 1t would hardly pay
to construct sub-earth duct for
common-sized poultry house, as such
duct would cost more than the poul-
try house itself. In the case of large
poultry plant, however, 1t might be
tried and would doubtless prove very
satisfactory. These ducts consist of
rows of glazed (water-proof) tile laid
in trenches about feet deep and
running through the ground for 100
feet or more. Generally three or four
rows Of tile are laid, the ends all be-
Ing sealed with cement to prevent any
water entering. The work has to be
done very perfectly to prevent water
entering and filing up the pipes. In
addition pump should be placed in
one end Of the trench so that II water
does get into the pipes it may be
pumped out without the pipes having
to be dug up. At the end of the
trench, away from the house to be fed
with air through these tiles. a stand.
pipe Is erected with hood that turns
to face the wind in whatever way II
blows. The trench is filed with soil
and the ground leveled. The object of
all this is to provide air for the build.
ing at temperature of, say, 80 de-
grees, the temperature of the ground
at depth of feet. Summer OF
winter this temperature will remain
the same, whatever the air outside
Where a man has number of poultry
houses they can all be connected with
this duct by smaller tile tubes and the
air forced in. The only time wher
this scheme fails to work is where the
air is still. At other times the wine
blowing into the hood forces the all
into the house. The great advantage
about this is that comparatively warn
air is supplied to the houses. Some
cheese factories and stock barns are
now using the system, which proves
very. satisfactory.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26

I'm getting morbid simply for the
want of little company" she said,
as she walked down the untraveled
road in the face of the crisp north
wind. That will never do for you,
Milly Bennett. For Jim's sake you
mustn't give way to such foolish
ness"
Suddenly Milly's ear caught the
sound Of chopping, which seemed 20
come from the Hollow beyond the d.
vide. She turned and made her way
easily through the leafless thicket,
walking briskly over the hill and
down the opposite descent until she
distinctly heard voices. Further on,
at the edge of a natural clearing, she
came upon party of travellers camped
beside a newly kindled fire, where
lean, gaunt appearing fellow busted
himself with preparations for the
evening meal. They were eight in all,
a rough, unkempt lot in leathern
jackets and rusty boots. Beside the
cook lay bag of -four, a rasher of
bacor and two jugs stopped with corn
cobs.
Milly stopped abruptly when she
found herself observed by the curl
Gus eyes of eight strangers, then
changed her mind and crossed the icy
little brook and made her way toward
the fire.
A big, black-whiskered man dropped
his armful of horsereed and looked at
her piercingly. "Lost?" he asked
trusQuely.
mo. live two miles up the divide.
happened to hear you chopping, and
stopped out of curiosity"
The mans insistent gaze annoyed
her, but the forlorn, gaunt appearance
of the little group melted a little
throb of pity and made her think
gratefully of her own cozy, cheerful
listle shack, with Jim waiting for heI
besSSe the glowing hearth.
Il sappose you are simply camping
here tor the night" she ventured
looking ahou at the meager comforts
of the cana. w..
"Well, no. answered the black
browed man Who impressed her al
once as being spokesman of the party
I'VE came down to prospect a bit
There's talk of gold in this claim, and
If it's worth our wRLo we may set Ut
for a week or two"
"Oh. then, you'll Re here ovel
Thanksgiving, won't YOU I'd like y
have you all take dinner with US to
morrow" ..
The man looked at his fellows witt
curious smile. half questioning. hal
credulous. IT'S rather unexpected,
he remarked humorously.
ooh, we're all neighbors out here
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26

you know" Milly explained cordially.
my husband would be very glad to
have you with us. We are from the
east, and we're used to having CON-
pany for Thanksgiving" ....
"Your husband is prospector. too,
take it,"
"Oh, no. He came out here for his
health two years ago, when lie was
all run down with overwork. We ex-
pect to stay here until he's quite well"
I'VE didn't notice any houses as We
passed along. Where do ycJ liver"
Two miles below here, en- the Sun
rise read. not on the trail. Will you
come over tomorrow"
We'll, being as you're so kind as to
take the trouble to invite us we'll be
glad to accept your hospitality, and
thank you"
Very well. shall expect you
promptly at IL. There are eight of
you, aren't there? l want you all, re-
member. Now, III go, for the walk Is
rather long. You cross the hill and
go straight south till you reach the
Sunrise wagon road, which will take
you directly to our shack, going west.
Good night"
Milly returned in great good spirits.
Jim looked dubious at first, but he was
10th to damp the ardor of his good
little helpmeet by voicing his doubts
as to the wisdom of inviting eight
cfro RI fboir hNpon
you don't mind, do you, Jim?"
Milly asked, anxiously.
Not a bit. If it pleases you let's
have them by all means"
you should have seen them! Great,
gaunt. hungry-looking fellows who
probably haven't had a good dinner
for a year. l do believe Providence
sent me across their path expressly
to give them a treat"
Il hope we have enough stuff on
hand" said cautious Jim. 1T will take
heaps to satisfy eight hungry men,
you know"
"Of course we have plenty. Well
kill both turkeys and I'll make four
pies instead of one. and two boiled
buildings besides. Well have potatoes
and turnips and the canned corn put
up myself, and as much cider as they
can drink. For dessert we'll have real
good coffee and ice cake. Oh, we'll
have enough, you may be sure. Jim.
you must rig up table big enough to
seat them all"
They worked till bedtime that
night, peeling apples, seeding raisins,
and picking the turkeys. The next
morning Milly rose long before dawn
and set about her baking and brewing,
while Jim put up big deal table that
stretched almost the length of the
room, and by noon it was set with all
the luscious viands of an eastern
Thanksgiving dinner, set with homely
platters and dishes to be sure, but not
rougher in appearance than the men
who finally seated themselves about
the steaming board. Jim beamed hos
pitably from his place at the head of
the table and tried dutifully to "act as
If the company belonged there" as
Milly had said. The big black-whis-
kered fellow whom the other ad-
dressed as Blaisedale, had the place
of honor because he seemed to be the