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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26
WHERE THE TUBERosEs GROW.
Millions of Bulbs Raised in One coun-
 ty of North Carolina.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Most of the tuberoses now blooming in the open about New York and in the forcing houses of florists come from comparatively small area in Duplin coun- ty, North Carolina. Here a group of nurserymen produce annually many mill lion bulbs of the tuberose Tor sale in this country and for exportation to Eu- rope. The bulbs flourish there wonder fully in a light sandy soil, with a porous clay subsoil, which seems to provide ex- actly the right conditions for them. The young bulbs are set out in the spring to be developed for the next years flower ing
 The crop, which must be richly ma nured and frequently cultivated, natures in August, and is gathered from six to nine weeks later. The tops are then cut off at the ground and the bulbs are plow- cd out, much as if they were potatoes. They are gathered by colored women, who shake them free of earth and remove the young bulbs to serve to start the next years crop. The most careful grow CTS have the bulbs punched in tens by little negroes and hung up indoors to dry. Sometimes artificial heat is used to hasten the drying. The curing pro- cess occupies from one to two months. The bulbs are not ready for market until December. They are then packed in pa- per-lined barrels, holding from GOO or 800 to 1900, and in these packages they are shipped to various parts of the world.
 New York is the port from which most of the bulbs are shipped to Europe, and exporters here sometimes send away as many as F million bulbs in a season. The price, which has greatly fallen with In the last ten years, varies from $1.75 to $S a thousand. Mammoth bulbs are from six to eight inches in circumference. The small bulbs produce satisfactory flowers in the south but the larger bulbs are better for forcing in the north. Europe, which takes more delight in the tube rose than America, and demands the flower the year round, imports bulbs from South Africa and from the United States. The South African bulb reaches the European markets some months ahead of ours, and are immediately forced for early towering. Ours, which arrive in December and January, are re- tarded by being kept at a low tempera- ture, in order that they may furnish summer and autumn flowers. The tube rose growers of North Carolina are con stantly experimenting with a view to ob- taning new varieties, and they have at tained a wide reputation for their bulbs They produce dwarf tuberoses of pearly tint that have a great reputation, double flowers, tuberoses. with varie- gated leaves, the orange-howered tube rose, the blossom of which resembles that of the orange, an albino and others Curiously enough, both the popular name and the botanical name of the tuberose have been the subject of much discus sion. Linnaeus named these flowers poli- anthes, which was naturally taken to mean many-fiowered." It is now be- lieved that he intended "shining-hower- ed" though some botonists think he had in mind the city flower."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26

a round of triumphs for young Mrs. "Neely," such triumphs as will add vast ly to her prestige at home It is no won der, therefore, that the Vanderbilts have decided to proong their stay in tha Fatherland, even at the cost of delaying for the time the now celebrated family reunion.
 Nearly all the leading elergymen of the different churches have united in what one of them calls a crusade" agalnst divorce. Thus far they have done noth- ing but talk, write letters and pass reso- lutions. A reverend enthusiast in this contemplated moral regeneration tslls me that they will institute a fashionable boycott against the erring. But what will you do in the case of thoBe that make and lead fashion?' he was asked. He had no answer, and that Is what the good clergymen have to contend against.
 Apropos of this divorce business note this advertisement in a great morning journal whose proprietor is many times a millionaire: "A society female detec- tive, highly educated and striking per sonality, with unblemished reputation, in high class work. Write for appointment" etc.. etc. From this 1t would appear that society has It's own corps of detectives. Indeed one of the members of the regular police detective corps tells me that such is the fact, that in such matters they are seldom employed, because they have no access to the upper circles All the cases are worked up" from the inside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26
BEER CONSUMPTION.
It Is Increasing All the Time, and So
 Is Sobriety.

From the Boston Globe
 Statistics are apt to be dull in hot weather, except such as pertain to the consumption of wet goods' among us In the statistical abstract of the United States for 1903," which has just been issued by the treasury depart ment, will be found some very inter- esting data, however.
 Half century ago the American of the times was satisfied with a per capita consumption of 4.08 gallons of wines and liquors per year. Today he demands 19.4S gallons. But lest our temperance friends be too much shocked let it be said that fifty years ago the average citizen put away 2.23 gallons of hard, distilled liquor. Now he Is satisfied with 1.36.
 The fact Is that in malt liquors, such as beer, the American nowadays has far outdistanced the American of 1850. cant 1.5S gallons to 17.49 gallons. In the matter of wines the American has never been a heavy thinker What makes up the heavy figures of this consumption is mostly beer. and even this is not the heaviest kind of beer.
 To say, then, that the American peo- pie are more incorporate now than they were fifty years ago would be 8 very rash statement. We know, on the contrary, that sobriety has been constantly on the increase.
 Last year Illinois produced 39,742,- S76 gallons of distilled spirits, and Kentucky, which ranked second, 26,- O19, ,166 But among 70000,000 people these figures are not so very heavy. When our ancestors took something for the stomach's sake it was the real hard stuff" On the whole our people are now much more moderate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26
AlkaIi nlscovery in eermany.

Consul B. H. Warner writes from Leip- zig, under date of May 2s, 1903, that new alkali deposits have been found in the province of Saxony, Germany. Test holes were bored by the Grossessterhausen su- gar factory and by the Prussian govern ment, with the understanding that the first to strike alkali deposits were to have the option on a tract of 56S acres. The re- suits have shown that new field of con- siderable commercial importance will soon be opened
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26
Worth Thlnklna About.

From the Atlantic Constitution.
 Some inconsiderate people are in- clined to sheer at the intimate rela- tion of higher education and field sports. The Harvard fullback who has just married an heiress to $5,000,0 900 affords food for thought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26
THE NEWS FROM LONDON Last Court of the SeasonThe Froude>Carye Controversy
 E So>Caled York House-Motor Cars Menace to Life. S
BY HENRY oEvEREAUx.

was case of mistaken diagnosis on the part of the inspector of the board of agriculture. Upon this point 1t Is. of course. impossible for me to express an opinion; but there certainly seems to be a good deal of force in the importers s contention that In such a case the board of agriculture should agree to refer the matter to an independent veterinary sur geon. The board were asked to do so in the present instance, but refused. Even inspectors of the board are not infallible, and. considering the heavy loss that the condemnation of a consignment of cattle and sheep may involve. 1t would surely only be reasonable to allow an appeal at the expense of an owner to an independent expert approved by the au- thorities. It is highly important that the fullest precautions should be adopted against the importation of diseased live stock but at the same time care should be taken that no loss is unnecessarily h. hieted upon traders.
 Mrs. Frederick A. Bell of New York, wore one of the loveliest gowns as well as some of the finest jewels seen at the last drawing room held by Queen Alex andra. Mrs. Bell is now counted the richest American widow resident in Lon don. Her dwelling there, in curzon street, Is fitted with. furniture and hang ings from Bellwood, her place at Morris town. for which Andrew Carnegie offered her s500,000 some time ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26

There is a pretty unanimous opinion that there ought to be speedy legislation to deal with the motor nuisance I re- joice that there are motors; but in the interests of the public motorists should be placed under strict control. Roads are meant for all whether owners of motors or not In the general interest the furious riding or driving of horses upon them is forbidden. The rate of mo- tors should be such as presents no danger to all or any users of the roads. Every day there are cases of motorists inhict- ing injury on some one and then escap- Ing, owing to the impossibility of know ing who is responsible. This should be met by every owner of a motor who does not register number and inseribe 1t in large and visible numbers on his machine being liable to a heavy fine. In many continental countries a tourist will ob- serve that at the entrance to each vil- lage three is a notice ordering all vehi- cles toproceed through 1t at a walking pace, under the penalty of a fine for not doing so. Wherever there Is a col lection of houses, the local authorities should have power to afhx such notices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26

The Keeley Institute has a branch in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-26

An evening paper announced last week that York House" Is being prepared for the occupation of President Loubet, and describes it as having once housed king for twenty years."l The so called York House" is simply a double set of apartments In St. James palace, and it
 is ridiculous for some of the papers to in- sist on giving 1t a separate name Staff ford house, by the way, was originally known as York house. The Prince of Wales late residence was in the posses sion of Queen Victoria's uncle, the Duke of Cumberland, from about 1900 until his death in 1851. When the duke left England in 1887, on succeeding to the House of Hanover, he was requested by the government to surrender this apart ment," as a residence was wanted for the Duchess of Kent King Ernest, however, had been granted the apartment by George III. for life, and he positively re- fused to give it up. so he retained it for nearly fourteen years, and during that period he occupied it for one month only, when he paid a visit to London during the summer of 1S4S. The late Duchess of Cambridge then occupied this apart ment for nearly forty years. King Ern- est was thus described to the Duke of Wellington by his brother, George ", who knew him well: He is so unpopu- lar because there never was a father we'll with his son, or husband with his wife. or lover with his mistress, or a friend with his friend, that he did not try and make mischief between them"
 An importer of live stock at Birkenhead has sent me a letter narrating the cir cumstances under which a large number of cattle and sheep from Buenos Ayres were recently slaughtered at that port by order of an inspector of the board of agriculture. After the stock had been discharged from the steamer the inspec- tor examined them for the second time. He then asserted that, while the cattle were perfectly healthy, about eighty sheep had foot-and-mouth disease, and upon this ground he insisted upon the whole of the animals. both cattle and sheep. being killed at once. The Argen- tine veterinary inspector, on the other hand, declared that none of the sheep had foot-and-mouth disease, but that some were suffering from foot-rot; and my correspondent gives number of facts in support of the theory that this
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04

EXPOSITION
m THE HISTORY OF THE WEST vIR-
GINA CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL
AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY.
wm Eclipse ANY Fair Ever Given in
This Section of the State.-Great
Inducements Offered and Big
Time Expected.

| All signs point TO the largest and best
exposition by the West Virginia Cen
tral Agricultural and Mechanical society
here this fall in the society's long and
successful acreer. The amusements will
be the best ever given. The premium list
| is the best offered in an of the various
departments. The speed program prom
ises to eclipse any previous year. The
grounds will be in elegant shape. In
fact, everything has been done to make
the next fair an luspicious event, worthy
of long remembrance by the people OF
West Virginia. The directors have been
especially careful in making up the pre-
MUM list, which covers almost every
thing mentionabIe in manufacture, skill
stock breeding, handicraft. art and
science. That the classes will be well
filled goes without saying MS the fair
has been a source of pride to the people
of this section ever since it started and
everybody intends to be there, and have
hundreds of articles on exhibitions, not so
of the resources and culture of the
county.
The grounds are located almost with
in the corporate limits and the railroads
have ever furnished liberal aeeommoda.
,tions, especially in conveying the pas
sengers almost within the gates. The
snme transportation arrangements, which
were in vogue last year. as well for
lner years, have been made for. the ap-
proaching exposition. The street car
service viii be much superior to that Of
last wear. and the people will all be han
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04
WIFE-BEATER
SENT TO JAIL
John Timco, a slavish Miner, Found
Guilty Of AssauIting His Wife ON
Evidence of Wife and Son.

John Timco, Slavish miner at Pin
uiclsinniclS mines. was arrested Monday
night by Constable Guy Merritt and put
in jail on a was4snt sworn out in Squire
james N David's court by his son, who
charged him with assault and battery on
the wife of the man under arrest and
the mother of the complainant. The
warrant was issued by the magistrate
Monday afternoon and the hour set for
trial was 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
At that hour he was taken from Jail and
given a trial The wife and son and an
American appeared as witnesses against
him The evidence showed that he had
formed habit of wife beating and that
the particular ofFense the court was asked
to take cognizanee of happened last Sun
day night. The assault was not very
disastrous as the woman ran away and
escaped him. The magistrate fined him
$40 and costs. and in defHiIt, committed
him to jail for a period of ten days. a
peace warrant has also been issued
against him. The interpreter in the case
was Joseph Durish, of the foreign bank
ing firm, Zaruba & Durish. He proved
himself an expert in the business.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04

BRANCH OF CIRCULATING LIBRARY
OPENED 10 LOCAL SUBSCRIBERS
AT soM1EERss BOOK STORE.
scheme Fills Hard-Felt Want in cIarks-
burg.-EzpIanation Of the Meth
DDS Of its Circulation

A local circulating branch of the Ia
bard Inn library has ben opened in
CiarI<sbnrg. The headquarters Of the il
brary are at Camden Somners' City Book
store. Shortly after the books arrived in
the city and were put up for circulation
among the subscribers nearly fifty vol
umes were taken out by them. This
fact would certainly disproye any sup
posed theory that Clarksburgers depre-
ciated literary culture.
The library is quite a large one, con-
taingin9 several hundred volumes of the
late publications of the times, which are
changed binonthIy. Books ON fiction,
science, history art, philosophy, htera-
ture, biography. economy aud others
ndorn the shelves of the handsome ro-
tary book case in which they are con
tanned and which IS especially built in
an original and novel manner
A person can become Il subscriber to
tire Tabard Inn library by simply pay
ing an annual membership of $l.5O. Any
one who 80 desires may become a life
member by paying IS. Then the sub
scTibcr buys tickets-as many at he
vants-at the rate of five cents per
ticket. Each ticket allows the subscriber
the use of one book from the library
for any length of time lic may choose to
keep it.
This library will be great help to
the young idea in CInrksburg. The feie-
gram has been advocating the establish
ment of public library or at least a
library of some kind for some time
This helps the idea along somewhat. The
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04

MAY GO
ELSEWHERE
On Account of DifHculty in Securing
Suitable Room, in Which to
Hold 1t.

The outlook now is that the teachers
institute viii not be held in the city.
The intention was to secure Chapel hall
in the central school building for the
purpose, that being the only really de-
sirablc place for holding the institute
here, but the board of education eontem-
plates improvements there that may in
terfere with the plans of the county su-
perintendent in that respect, it being the
boards intention to build n partition in
the chapel, so as to use it for school
rooms next season 1t looks as if the
county superintendent will be under the
necessity of calling upon the state su-
perintendent to designate some suitable
country town as the place for holding
the institute. 1t is to be hoped that the
obstacle will be overcome and that the
way be made clear to hold the institute
here, as his city is central point AMI
desirable place for the teachers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04

Guy sinseI. proprietor of the Geneva
hotel at Philippi, and DR.. w. o. Davis,
also of that town, are the guests Of
friends in the city.
J. Heisner NIaxon, of Gallipolis, Ohio,
representing one of the large furniture
manufacturers there, is in the city look
ing after n big contract.
i. W. Smith, of Broadway, Virginia,
viii arrive here Wednesday TO visit his
brother, D'Aughbolonious Smith. of the
West Virginia Heating and Plumbing
company.
DIR. Harry Hendershot, the clever and
efficient druggist at the city drug store
of Wells s HaymnlSer, has returned from
stay of two weeks at Atlantic Crty.
Miss Lillian Davisson, of Mt. Glare
has returned home fromthe West.
Or. r. b. Haymaker and wife left last
night for Mt. Lake Park to attend Rev
sam Jones day there.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04
HARRY TRACY
THE BANDIT
Will Be on the Bill at the Park Next
week.-Ladies' Night Thursday
Night.

There was a good house at the show
in the park last night and the play was
much appreciated.
Thursday night will be ladies' night,
and all the ladies accompanied by paid
ticket will be admitted TO the reserved
seats free.
Thursday, Fridny and Saturday nights
the sensational drama written by Capt.
Jack Crawford, the poet scout, "a Klon-
dyke Claim" depicting life in the Kon-
dyke mining regions, will be presented.
Manager Carroll has secured for Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday nights OF
next week, by special arrangement, the
sensational piece, Harry Tracy" In the
presentation of this piece there will be
special scenery and electrical effects, por'
traying the red wheat field and the death
of Tracy, the bandit.
Among the vaudeville features will be
Marie EsteIle Kctes, the child imperson-
otor. She is only years old.
owing to the success of the Carroll
| Comedy company, the house management
has retained the company for another
week after the present engagement.
L
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04
Mss SHIRE We
GIVES SUPPER
To Number Of Her FIsnds at Her
Home ON Lambert's Runs-very
Enjoyable Event.

Saturday evening ut her home ON Lam
Bert's Run, Mis- Bottie Shreye gave a
charming supper to large number of
her intimate friends. The chief a9nnse-
ments on the lawn were gamess after
which Refreshments of ices, cake and
oranges were served in the brilliantly
decorated dining room, and the whole
affair proved to be very enjoyable one.
The following R,iests were Iyscsa,lll,ss
Misses Florence Mcintyre, Fanny Swi-
ger, Allie swIger, Rosa Daviss Belle Flow
ers, Lula shreve, Beulah Shreve, Emma
Kyle; Messrs. Chester Elliott, Jerry Ro-
hey, Dennis. Mcintyre, George Martin,
BOYD Flowers, Fielding Shreve, orley Da-
Wis, Ernest Davis, Carl swiger and Luther
Skinner.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04
REFEREE
STOUT
REVERSED
In His Opinion in the Berry Hardware
Company and Cash Register Conn
pany Matter.

In the matter of the Berry Hardware
company on a petition filed by the Ma
tional Cash Register company, it was
shown Monday that the Cash Register
company had sold the bankrupt cash
register previous to the filing of the pc
titfon in bankruptcy, and that the com
pany had transferred the register to
Berry, the principal owner of the com
pany, and that the reservation of title
had never been recorded by the Cash
Register company. The court held that
the fact that the reservation of title had
not been recorded did not affect the rights
of the Cash Register company against
Berry, as he had full notice of their
claim. This decision reversed the opin-
ion of Referee Frank w. Stout, of this
city.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04
NEW BILLING
SYSTEM BEGINS
Local scaIe House is Located IN the -East
Yards of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad Company.

A new system of billing coal has been.
inaugurated by the Baltimore y Ohio.
Railroad company. Instead of each mine
billing the cars direct to the point Of
destination, the men ut the mine simply
direct the cara to the scale house, and
ON special line on the card state the
destination OF the car. At the scale
house the tags are taken off and new
ones put on, which carry the cars to the
end of their journey. This plan guaran-
tees a more uniform system of billing
and prevents many of the mistakes which
occurred from the different methods in
use prior to. the adoption of this system.
The local scale house is located in the
eastern yards of the raiiroad company
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04
STUCK FINGERS
IN WRONG PLACE
Clyde M. crist Meets With Painful Acct
dent While Pooling With an Elec-
trio Fan Monday Afternoon.

clyde NJ. Crist met with a painful ac-
cident ut the Hazel Atlas Glass company
Monday afternoon. Harry Carruthers
fold the Telegram scribe about the af-
fair and asked if we wouldn't record il
in our paper along with the other cur
rent happenings of the day in this wise:
"Little Clyde NJ. Crist, OF the Hazel
Atlas Glass company. was seriously, but
not painfully, injured at his place OF
work Monday afternoon. While mon
keying' with an automatic electric fan.
he accidentally thrust his hand into the
place where the things 20 round horri-
bly, lacerating the fingers. \ doctor was
called and medicinal attention given. He
viii recover
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-04
CHARTERS ISSUED.

Charters have been issued by the sec
retary of state to the following corPo-
rations:
Chattaroy Colliery company, of Will
hanson, w. Va, to mine, ship and sell
coal. Capital. $4,000. IncorPorators;
G. Z. Tabor, Gillian, w. Va; j. b
Byrd. A. NJ. Tabor, BramweII, w. Va;
Everett Lelftwich, II. n. Taylor, Will
hanson, w. Va.
The Sistersville Novelty company, Of
Sistersville, w. Va, 10 manufacture ham
mocI<s, swings, and chairs. Capital SlO.-
600. Incorporators. II. X. Smith, G. B.
West, 6. e. Bailey, sistersviIle, w. VAT
N. +. Powers, Anna d. Powers, New
Aiartinsville. w. Va.