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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
NEW MINE OPENING.

The ciarlssburg Fuel Company j. pre-
pairing to make a new opening at o'SeiE.
west Of Wilsonbnrg. Il win I've near M.
opening and the coal in the direction
Of Katyliek Is TO be worked. Opening
No. viii soon be out Of use as nearly
all the coal has been worked out.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
FUNERAL OF MORRIS WHITE.

The funeral Of Morris White. whc
died suddenly of heart trouble at hi.
home at the Pitcairn coal mine near this
city Thursday morning, took place At
ten o'clock Friday morning. The re-
mains We're taken to lost Creek and bur
led in the Sheets cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
NOMINATED FoR coNeREss.

By Associated Press.
Spencer. Ind. March 25--The Repub
lieans Of the second congressional dis.
trict have nominated John C. CLANCY for
congressman and Joseph voris and II
T. cushman delegates 10 the Chicago
convention.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25

RECEIPTS
Are Estimated at Forty Thousand Dol
lars and Thousands viii
Not Get In.
Rv Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Cal, March 25-The re-
ceipts for the fight tonight between
corbett and Britt are estimated at forty
thousand dollars. All the seats have
bcen sold and it Is expected that fully
five thousand applicants for admission
win be disappointed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
KALAMAzoo ON RAMPAGE.

BY Associated Press,
Battle Greek, March 25-There is an
unprecedented rise in the Kalamazoo
river and street cars are stopped, bridges
swept out and railroad depots are sur
rounded by water. Merchants are re-
moving goods from the basement floors.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
SENSATIONAL DECLINE IN STOCKS
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Columbus. Ohio, March e5--The defeat
of the canal bill at Columbus yesterday
caused sensational decline in Miami
and Erie Transportation stocks and
bonds. Stock which sold for thirty eight
was offered at 3l1s. Bonds that sold at
90 were offered at 50.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
FLoop CLOSES FACTORIES.
By Associated Press.

Grand Rapids, Mich, March 25-Four
per cent. Of the large factories have been
compelled to close by the flood Of the
Grand river The basemenss in the
Wholesale districts arc flooded. The
southwest residence district is under
water. The Lake Shore bridge has been
washed away. Other bridges are in dan
ger
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
MANY INJURED

nd Much Property DAMAGED by Rsiu
and Wind storm-No Lives Lost.
BY Associated Press.
East st. Louis, March 25 Many per.
sons were injured and much property
damaged by last nights rain and wind
storm. but no lives were lost.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
COTTON PRODUCTION DECLINES.
Rv Associated PICS.

Y 1N111VlIEN-T
Washington. D. G.. March 25-The
fnal report Of the census bureau shows
the cotton production Of the United
States for 1908. at los9a55s commercial
bales. ineluding linters. The amount for.
for lon2 was ii2T5.lo5
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
SCALDED
TO DEATH
Were Trainmen on the Michigan Cen
tral Railroad and Fireman
May Also Die.

By Associated Press.
Niles, Mich. March 2.'--Edward French
engineer. and Frank Z. Young, brakeman,
were scalded to death to-day in a wreck,
ed engine at a washout on the Michigan
Central railroad, four miles west of her
Fireman Ross Moses may die.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
THEArER MAN MURDERED.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Cincinnati. Ohio. March 25-Mark
Abrams. proprietor Of the Concert Hall,
was shot and killed in his place of busi-
ness to-day by james Tracey. The lat
ter wns arrested.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
POOL ROOFS oRpEREp cLosrp.

Cincinnati, Ohio, March 25-covington
Kentucky. pool rooms we're ordered clos.
Cd by the court To-day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
SUGAR IMPORTS INCREASE.
By Associated Press.

New Orleans La, March 25-The
heavy importations of Cuban sugar
since the reduction Of twenty per cent
was made in duty has competed the en-.
pIoyment Of extra help.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
FREIeHr STATION DESTROYED.


BY Associated Press.
Philadelphia. Pa March 25-The
Pennsylvania Railroad freight station At
10th and Market street. burned to-day.
The loss Is ss5. 5000
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25
CHICAGO SUBMERGED.
By Associated Press.

"atsi-r diiies ice IN BOATS ana
Schools Close.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, March 25-Iu Dauphin Park
the first floors Of many houses are sub.
merged. Families are fleeing by boats
and schools are closed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-03-25

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The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-06
some mig Farmers.

1t is common sneer among some
people with more money than rains. to
say of some one: "Oh! he is only a
farmer!" Yet it requires as much
brain and business ability to be sue
cessful farmer as in any other bust
ness. To prove the truth of this we
need only refer to the following from
the Southern Farmer:
Col. John w. Eldridge of Hillhouse.
Miss. is the largest individual cotton
planter in the world.
He plants from 1900 to $4,000 acres
of land in cotton every year and usual
ly raises from 5000 to 10000 bales This
year he raised something in the neigh
borhood of 5000. And is holding on TO
II for Is cents.
He employs from 1000 to 5000 me-
groes He has his own commissaries,
overseers, quarters, gins and makes it
a practice to raise all the negroes con-
sumo in the way of feed stuffs. OF
course. Ii requires a large number of
horses and mules to raise this amount
of cotton.
The business is an immense one,
the cotton in bales alone bringing $780,
900 cash.
We have already referred to the farm
of Col. James NJ. Smith. covering 49,
900 acres in three counties in Georgia.
His settlement is like a town with his
houses, mills, factories and barns
While not so extensive a planter as
Mr.. Eldridge, his business is more COM
pick, as we'll as a greater variety OF
crops that the Mississippi planter
raises. His cotton crop this year will
yield him close to 5000, 900, while his
grains. stock and dairy will add $4,000
to that.
The largest cultivated farm under
single ownership is owned by Mr.. David
Rankin of Tarkio, Mo. He is a mil
lionaire and the largest corn grower
and stock feeder in the world. His
farm contains $4,000 acres, all titled un.
der his personal supervision.
He started life in Illinois with a colt
his father had given him worth $50
His farm is divided into fourteen Sec
tions, each under the direct charge oil
foreman. These foremen are edu-
Gated, capable men. and are paid from
$50 per month TO $1,000 per year. I'm
der their direction are 200 employees
whom he pays from SIS TO $50 pei
month and board. 1t Is thirty-fiye miles
from one end OF the farm to the other
On the whole fourteen divisions are
thirty-five houses. each division has d
good house for the foreman and his
family and a large house where the
employees are boarded by the wife OF
one OF them at $3.50 per week. Mr.
Rankin paying the board.
II requires 700 teams 70 work thir
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-06
GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
By S. A. COOK.

land will be improved each year by
changing the feeding lots.
In experiments at the Pennsylvania
Experiment Station a few years ago to
show the relative value of soilins and
pasturing the following facts were ar
rived at: The experiment was made
with mich COWS and covered two years.
In the first the acre that was devoted
TO soiling crops produced 3,416 pounds
of milk. A like acre pastured produced
only 92S pounds, difference of nearly
four to one. The second year the
acre of soiled crop produced 5,671
pounds. while the pastured acre pro-
duced / 504 pounds, like difference of
nearly four to one. Rarely would the
difference be less than three to one.
In these experiments the crops used
wre rye and corn alternating, sown re-
spectively fall and spring.
In considering the relative value of
soiling and pasturing it should be re-
membered especial: % That pasturing
when the soil is wet is injurious to the
land CD Every particle of food made
in soiling is utilized, at least should be;
go A certain area. the feeding lots,
with soiling is made very rich each
year. few acres in soiling crops
will never be out of place on any farm,
where valuable stock are kept.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-06
GROSS EARNINGS OF
SOUTHERN RAILROADS.
Show Material Gains Over Figures
for Same Time Last Year.

Show Material Gains Over Figures
for Same Time Last Year.
With the exception of the Louisville
and Nashville Railway, each of the
Southern roads in which this section is
chiefly interested, continue to show a
healthy increase of gross earnings, ac-
cording to. latest reports, and even in
the case of the Louisville and Nash
vile the gross earnings for the year,
TO date, are materially greater than
for the same period last year. Reports
of the five roads follow:
Atlantic Coast Line-Gross earnings
for April, S1,759,071; previous year, ST.
6S7.276. From July 1 to latest date,
S16,95s, 049; previous year, $16, 156, 1874.
Central of Georgla-Gross earnings
for third week of May, $152,540; pre-
vious year, $147,470. From July l to
latest date, $S,51S,O4; previous year,
IS. 2s9, POS.
Louisville and Nashville-Gross
earnings for third week of May, $685.
665; previous year, $726,05O From July
l to latest date, $33, ZIP; previous
year, $31, 436,17O.
Seaboard Air Line-Gross earnings
for third week of May, $253,577; pre-
vious year, s241,957. From July l to
latest date, $11,92O,4 29; previous year,
S11.331,971.
Southern Railway-Gross earnings for
third week of May, $780,, 567; previous
year, Ss0l,S03. From July 1 to latest
date, s40,51O.423; previous year, 1885,
543
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-06

Fort Valley, Ca, June 5.-For the
last six weeks the nurserymen OF TINS
section rave been securing data
with view to change IN
the law governing the state
Entomologist relative to issuing
certificates for the sale of trees IN
tested with the San Jose scale. On
der the present law, where any scale
Is found in a nursery after two in
speetions. whether dead or alive. the
entomologist must refuse to give the
nurseryman a certificate, notify all OF
his customers that his orchard is IN
tested and put the railroads on notice
that they must not receive his goods
for shipment.
1t is now a generally conceded fact
that where trees infested with scale
have been thoroughly fumigated with
ninety-eight per cent. hydrocyanic-acid
gas it will positively kill the scale.
Former State Entomologist Scott, now
of the Department of Agriculture at
washington, says if 1t could be settled
that the fumigation would be thorough
IL would be entirely safe to permit
the sale Of the trees anywhere IN Inc
state. He believes that with three as
sistants employed by the state entomo-
logist for three months out OF each
year every nursery in the state could
be fumigated under the direction of the
state board.
Hon. j. II. Hale, one of the largest
orchardists in the United States and
who has always operated his own bus
mess under the most approved and
scientific methods, writes on the sub
tect as follows: There is no Ques-
ton but what a thorough fumigatlon
with hydrocyanic-acid gas would kill
all scale on nursery trees and IL is
perfectly safe to plant infested trees
after they have been thoroughly fumi-
gated. The present Georgia raw is a
great restriction on the nursery arade
and should be modified in the interests
OF Georgia nurserymen and orchard
lists alike. The scale scare is about
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-06
TO FUMIGATE SCALE
INFESTED PEACH ORCHARDS
purpose of Proposed Amendment of the Law
Protecting the Trees.

over now as the orchardsts know how
to treat 1t successfully"
The present state entomologist, Will
mon Newell, has within the last few
days sent out letters 10 the nursery
men of the state, calling on them for
an expression of opinion in regard to
the changing of the law along this line,
and it is very probable no opposition
whatever will develop to the bill. A
bill is being drafted proposing to
amend the law as follows:
To require the state entomologist to
make an inspection of all the orchards
of the state just as he does now and
TO those nurseries found not infested
he is to issue a clean certificate as
under the present law. Where a nurs-
cry is found to be infested with scale
he will be required TO have it thorough
~ fumigated under his personal direc-
ton or that of some competent per-
son assigned by him for the duty, and
after such f1migation he be required to
issue that nurseryman clean certifi-
cate just as in other cases.
Such methods have been practically
in operation in other states, and under
our present law a nursery outside of
the state can ship their stock into the
state when they get a clean certificate
from their state entomologiSt or some
person assigned to inspect that nurs-
cry, and in this way the present law
really operates more strongly against
the Georgia nurserymen and very
probably permits infested stock to be
shipped into the state from another
state when it does not permit local
nurserymen to ship to the same points
under the same restrictions.
The nurserymen here have suffered
very greatly from the unjust operation
of this law, and it will practically
force every one in this locality out of
business IL the present law is not
changed. They have been very deeply
interested in the Investigations made
to find out whether this change in the
law would be safe and practical, and
the fact that the proposed change has
been universally commended by men OF
both practical experience and scientific
knowledge has been a source OF much
qualification to them. for otherwise il
practically meat destruction Of their
business.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-06

farm; most of them are mules. The
expenses average $500 a day; the feed
alone costs as high as 500 a day; 3d.
900 a year are spent for chain harness
s there is not leather tug on the
farm. The corn fields cover 1900 acres
and raise 100000 bushels of corn. In
feeding seasons from 5000 to 5000 bush
els of corn are fed in a day. He has
1000 acres in wheat and the rest is in
hay and pasture land for four years
each, when it is broken up. In the
busy seasons he hires all the horses he
can get at 81 each per day. He has
$50, 900 Invested in machinery. He is
particularly enthusiastic about two-row
cultivators and two-row listers. Corn
rows mile long are not unusual on
his farm. One hundred acres of corn
are planted every time the drills travel
two and a half miles in length.
He feeds from 5000 to 10000 head of
cattle on his farm every year. and two
or three times as many hogs every
year. Some of the cattle are bought,
but the hogs are all raised on the farm.
The sale of hogs amounts to $4,000.
His profit last year was $64, 900, and
has sometimes been as high as 100000.
These instances of farming on large
scale show what possibilities there are
in the business, and moreover that it
takes a man with a head on his Shout
ders to manage a farm successfully.
This is true of a small farm, and a
man who could manage large
one could manage a railroad or
big manufacturing corporation. Yet
we hear it said occasionally, The is
only a farmer"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-06
Dry and Liquid bordeaux Mixture

There is doubtless room for the use
of both liquid and dry Bordeaux mix
ture. 1t is far easier in most of our
Eastern and Middle states to make and
apply the liquid form, but we must rec
ogIize the fact that in some of our
states water is a scarce article, and
conditions are such that a dust SD. ay
Will do the work when a liquid spray
would not. says the Farmers Review
Even in the more humid states there
are times when the dust might be used
with more satisfaction than the liquid
spray There has been a sharp con-
nict between the men that favor the
liquid spray and the ones that favor
the dry dust spray. There has also
teen a conflict between the makers of
implements for the throwing of these
sprays. This would naturally be the
CAGE But we must acknowledge the
Fact that each form of the mixture has
certain advantages at certain times.
Thus, in a very wet time, the leaves
do not hold the spray that comes to
;nem in liquid form, as they are already
covered with moisture. II the liquid
spray is used a great deal has TO be
wasted in trying to get enough on to
do the work. At such a time the dust
spray would stick readily to the wet
leaves, and it would be readily seen
Just where the spray had settled. InlS
OF course 1t is impossible to do with the
LIQUID spray on a wet day. The dust
spray may also be put on early in the
morning. while the dew is still on the
leaves, and it sticks to the leaves as
the dew evaporates. The dust spray
| has an advantage over the liquid spray
( in the rather dry localities, where there
| are extensive orchards on hilly land.
| Many of the new orchards are being put
out on hilly land, over which it is very
! difficult to drive a heavy wagon carry
| iug a great tank of water Where water
| is scarce this is not only difficult to do,
but in many cases it wodld be very
extensive, as the water would have to
| be hauled a long distance. Yet in those
| same localities the dew on tie trees Is
| sometimes very heavy. and TINS helts
| out matters immensely.
But there are many things to be said
| in favor of the LIQUID spray. The hrst
| thing is that the mixture can bN per-
| fectly made and the poison distributed
| CIV enly all through. This is not always
the case with the dust spray. 1t Is ex-
ceedingly difficult to get a Uniform mix
ture. except with liquid, and a bad
mixture means the putting of too much
poison on some leaves and not enough
on others, with the result that the trees
! are not protected from fungi IN the on :
case and are injured by the chemicals
| i'm the other. So for our level orcnaras
| in the states where moisture is pienu-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-06
TYBEE DREW ITS
GREATEST CROWD
TWELVE HUNDRED PEOPLE.
sAVANNAHIANs AND EXCURSIONISTs
VISITED ISLAND.

Visitors to Number of $50 BroughG
in by Central of GeOrgia's Sea
Shore SPeclals-These Operated
from Macon, Augusta and Dublin.
These Specials ms Well as Full
Summer Schedule Between City
and Island Inaugurated Yesterday.
The Central of Georgia inaugurated
it's Sunday Sea Shore Specials yester-
day as well as it's full summer sched-
ule to Tybee, and as a result the rarg-
est crowd of the season visited the
island, in round numbers 1900. The
greater part of these visitors were
Savannahians though as many as go
visitors from up the state were at the
beach. OF these 100 came from Ma
con the same number from Augusta
and fifty from Dublin.
The travel to the island was general
all day. On the earliest train, at $40
O'Clock, there were eighteen passen-
gers, on the 9:O5, ITS and on the II
o'clock, 1872. The heavy travel was in
the early afternoon more than 600 60
ing down on the 2:30 train and near
ly all of the others on the $3.50, the
train inaugurated this season for the
first time. The majority of the visit
ors returned on the two early trains,
those leaving the island at o'clock
and at 6:15.
The day was almost an ideal one.
The tide was high a little earlier than
most people like to go into the surf,
yet the water was so inviting the pref
udice was cast to the winds and hum
dreds took their first dip of the sea-
son. In the afternoon, too, hundreds
went in in spite of the ebbing tide.
The hotel men were well pleased with
the attendance and think the outlook
for an excellent season most promis-
ing. The improved service between the
city and the island, particularly the
arrangement of schedules that will al
low visitors from other parts of the
state to stay on the island long enough
to take supper before returning to Sa-
vannah for their trains, is one that
meets with the heartiest approval of
both hotel men and visitors.
Though the number of visitors
brought in on the specials yesterday
was not so large as was anticipated it
would be, this can be attributed to the
fact that it was the first day they
had been operated. 1t is believed from
now until the season is ended the pat
rondge will show a marked increase.
especially as special efforts are being
made by the Central to advertise this
service and Tybee all along its lines,
and the section of country tributary
to them.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-06
Trees Broken because overIaden

There is science and common sense
in managing an orchard, says the
Southern Agriculturist. The orchard
list who permits his trees continually to
hold on them all the fruit they will
carry will not succeed in having the
best of fruit nor will his trees live long.
Fifty properly thinned trees will pro-
duce more fruit, which will sell for
more money, than seventy-five trees
unthinned Limbs that are overloaded
with fruit will bend out of shape and
the circulation of the sap will be re-
tarded and the natural capacity of the
limb be reduced. This kind of neglect
will in a few years ruin an orchard,
and cause it to be scraggy, broken and
depleted. Long limbs are so heavily
laden with small fruit that it will
split from the trunk, and this weaken
ing will give occasion for worms to be-
gin boring into the broken places
When an apple tree overbears one year,
it is almost certain to be so reduced in
strength that the crop will be small
and inferior the following season.
The inferior fruits generally seen on
the markets of Nashville, clearly indi-
cate that the trees have not had care.
full thinning and pruning. The trees III
August are preparing their buds fol
the crop for the following spring. II
the limbs of the trees are burdened
with an excessive load of fruit in Au-
gust, the preparation for the next
crop will be imperfect. The strength
of the sap in the tree is taken up with
attempting to develop too large a crop
in 1904, the buds get but little aid in
developing the buds for 1906 This is
one fact we wish to impress upon the
thousands of fruit growers, who look
to the Agriculturist for proper advice
Any one can see from this that it is
wise TO thin the fruit during the next
two months. Better to grow ten bush
els of large, snowy apples to the tree
and keep the health of the tree per-
feet, than to gather fifteen bushels OF
inferior apples and the tree weakened
1t does not injure the tree to thin tile
fruit. Peaches, apples and pears should
be thinned TO relieve the trees and
cause them to develop large samples
of fruit. Go over the orchard next
month and where fruit is not looking
vigorous pull off about one third of the
fruit and the remaining two-thirds
viii be as much as the capacity of the
trees will develop. 1t is very exhaus.
tive 10 a peach tree to attempt to
create and feed a thousand peach
stones. II is like overworlxing a morse
and breaking down his frame when In
his vigor. Parents read this article tc
your children and talk about grow
ing apples and peaches that will sell
for double the price of imperfectly
formed fruit.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-06
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