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Holbrook argus., 1904-04-23
CHEERFUL POVERTY.
That Which Exists in the South May
 Re so Deacribed

The people of the South, in their darkest hour, never give way to gloom. The fever of unrest has not possessed them as yet, writes R. A. Brown. They value this worlds goods with the wis. dom of those who have had and lost, and who accept serenely what is left. Whatever else they may have lost, they never lost caste. And then they are so devoted to their land! You might wonder at this sometimes, until ths spell of the South enmeshed you. En. snare you 1t will, if you remain there long enough for the first strangeness and sense of deprivation in such things as municipal comforts to wear off. and before you know that 1t has done so the barrenness will have assumed tone and color, picturesqueness vii. have taken for its own what at first appeared spiritless and tame, the air of the day will have asserted its won. derful softness and balm and the nights will have become the vibrant pulsings of new life. No one knows the South or can understand the powerful iniu. ence 1t exerts upon those who do know it, until he has yielded to the charm of its quivering moonlight night, or to that even rarer spell of the i'm mense silence of its sightless night. It 1t in the night that the South relaxes and forgets its poverty, as well 1t may, and then that the piazza" becomes the temple of its best and braves: faith.
Holbrook argus., 1904-04-23
Why He "GOt On."

He wanted 1t all.
 He was bound to get it-some way.
 He had his eye on the dollar all the time.
 He was just as willing to gouge his relatives as if they had been strang- CTS.
 He never hesitated to do anything to win.
 He always adopted fair means when they happened to be the easiest and surest.
 He put his business before his wife, his children, his parents, his country, everything.
 He didn't care as long as he could escape on technicalities.
 He considered 1t his duty to crush every man who stood in his way.
 He was never satisfied with the amount of work his employees did.
 He wanted friends only to use them for his own profit.
 He considered any way legitimate if 1t was effective.
 He regarded 1t as fatal weakness to show mercy to a helpless adver- sary.
 He looked upon the golden rule as a bit of poetic fubdub.
 He limited the meaning of the word Success" to getting rich.
 He didn't care what people thought of him as long as he got the divi- dends.
 He was a heartless, interruptions, law-breaking man crusher, but he knew his business and got what he was after.-Chicago Record Herald.
Holbrook argus., 1904-04-23
EXcusables

He-They say feathers are all the rage this year.
 She-Yes-and beads, too.
 He-Paint and powder are always more or less in vogue, aren't they?
 She-Yes. But, then, you must re- member this is the age of Indian fads.
Holbrook argus., 1904-04-23
As Classified.

"What is the difference bet ween white Ves and black ones?" asked the youth.
 "White lies," answered the sage, "are the kind a woman thinks she tells her husband, and black ones are the kind she thinks he tells her!"
Holbrook argus., 1904-04-23
The "Great American Question:"

The "Great American Question"
 The whole American nation is fond of asking question, says the New York Sun, and there is one particular question which is asked more often than any Other
 Its about due now," said the cus- todian of General Grants tomb. Tt will be along in minute. Wait"
 A little man with keen eyes and an alert manner was steering a course toward the guard.
 Excuse me-" he said "but what Is the approximate cost of this mausole- um?'
 "Six hundred thousand dollars" an- swered the custodian.
 "There, didn't l tell you?" he ex- claimed in triumph when the little man had gone. T answer that about four times an hour on the average. It's what I call the Great American Question:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25
LYNCH|NC OCCURS
AT NORFOLK, VA
Mob of Fifty Men Take Ven.
geance On Negro.
TAKEN FROM POLICE STATION
Negro Proprietor of Fish and Oyster
Shop Is Visited by Mob of Deter
mined Men Who Wreak Summary
Vengeance.
Vengeance,

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 24.-George w.
Blount, a negro proprietor of a fish
and oyster shop in the suburbs OF
Berkeley, was taken early this morn
ing from the police station where he
was confined, by mob of so masked
men and lynched.
Blount had been arrested Saturday
night for striking T. D. Holloman, a
Berkeley policeman, in the face with a
lighted lamp, badly burning him.
The officer had gone to Blount's
place to arrest the negro, and Blount
refused the officer permission to en-
ter. The attack on the station was
made when but one officer was on duty
and he was compelled to give up the
keys at the point of a pistol
The mob seized Blount and carried
him into Hardys field, short dis
tance away, where he was beaten to
death with some blount instrument
and then shot.
The mob dispersed, and the author
tiles declare they knew none of the
participants.
Blount has been for many years a
negro Republican leader, and at one
time held position in the Norfolk
navy yard.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25

Cherbourg. Oct. 24-The advance
guard OF the Russian second Pacific
squadron, consisting Of torpedo boats,
Is in the outer harbor. The main
squadron Is expected here, but it is
not yet certain whether the warships
will enter the har'bor. The vessels
which first arrived here were not with
the larger ships when the latter fired
on the British fishing boats in the
North sea Saturday morning. There
for, it Is not yet possible to obtain
the Russian version of the affair.
The Russian torpedo boats are sur
rounded by guard boats and the utr
most vigilance is maintained. No
person is permitted to approach them
and no person 10 allowed to come on
shore, except the postman They
took on provisions from the transport
Korea. During last night and this
morning the vigilance was reduobled,
owing to fears OF Japanese ships being
in the channel Three Russian tor
pedo boats and trans ports Korea,
headed out to sea during the day, prob
ably for the purpose OF communicat-
ing with the main squadron The
newspapers here report that the torps-
do boats received wireless telegram
from the Russian flagship yesterday
evening warning their commanders to
exercise extreme vigilance as it was
feared that Japanese attack might be
made on the squadron while in the
channel
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25
MADE DEMAND FOR MONEY.
Proprietor of New York Hotel Thre at
ened with Death.


ened with Death.
New York, Oct. 24.-Three letters,
each containing a demand for $4,000
under penalty of death or injury to
himself and family for refusal are re.
ported to have been received by the
proprietor of a New York hotel, on up.
per Fifth avenue.
The guests of the hostelry, one of
the richest in the country, were
startled Wednesday morning by an ex.
plosion. Inquirers were told that the
noise was causedby the bursting of
an electric light globe, but it now de-
velops, according to The Herald, that
the would-be blackmailers, having
failed to carry out their plan, set o.
light charge of some explosive out
side the proprietor's apartments on the
fourteenth floor of the hotel.
The present police theory points to
the attempt as the work of some en-
ploye or helpers of the hotel. Half
a dozen city detectives have been at
work on the case for some days When
the second letter was received they
disguised man to appear like the
hotel proprietor and had him follow
the letter writer's instructions, drop.
ping a package supposed to contain
$4,000 at a given place. The detectives
we're secreted for several hours where
they could observe the neighborhood,
but no one appeared to take the letter
and the next day a fresh threat was
received, stating that the ruse was
known to the writer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25
THREE ARE KILLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
Collision Occurs In Mississippi
With Fatal Results.
ACCIDENT OCCURS IN MISSISSIPPI
Head-on collision Between Freight


Head-on Collision Between Freight
and Passenger Train on Mississippi
Valley Railroad Results In Fatal.
tiles.
Vicksburg, Miss, Oct. 24-Three
men were killed and two severely hurt
in a head-on collision between a pas
senger and freight train on the
Nitchez-Jackson branch of the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley railroad. The
dead:
William Schessler, engineer passen.
ger train.
Emil Mackey, fireman passenger.
train.
John Allen, a negro brakeman.
Seriously injured
R. J. Yearwood, conductor of pas.
Eenger train.
Y. w. Hatchett, engineer freight
train.
The two trains were a local south.
bound freight and the regular passen.
ger northbound, which came together
with a crash 20 miles north of Match.
ez. The passenger train is said to
have had orders to meet the freight
at Stampley, but passed the station
without meeting that train.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25
MUCH LUMBER DESTROYED.
Large Amount of Property Burned
Loss Not Known,

Large Amount of Property Burned.
Loss Not Known.
Mobile, Ala, Oct. 24.-Actual fig
ureSa.re not obtainable of the loss by
ures are not 'obtainable OF the loss by
this city early this morning.
The whole OF the plant of the Mo-
bile Lumber company, which was one
OF the finest band saw mills in Ala
bama, was destroyed along with Off.
css and outstructures.
Nearly 100000 feet of oak and cy-
press lumber were consumed along
with the wharves in frant of the com
pany's property. Six workmen's
houses, school house and other small
buildings at the adjoining mill of Hub
bard Bros, were destroyed, and the
Louisville and Nashville railroad track
was burned for hundreds OF feet, with
heavy leads Of telephone and tele-
graph wires. Three nearby mills
were repeatedly on fire, but the confa
grafton was successfully fought by
their employees.
The fire commenced at II o'clock on
Saturday night and burned for five
and a half hours before it was under
control
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25

st. Petersburg, Oct. 24.-2:15 pm.
NO of1cial information from Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky, commander Of
the second Pacific squadron or from
other Russian sources had reached the
authorities here as the dispatch is
written in regard to the firing by the
squadron upon British fishing boats
early Saturday morning in the North
sea. The authorities are dumbfound.
ed by the press reports of the affair,
and cannot credit the accounts as pre-.
scented. For this reason the censor
today declined to allow the publication
OF the foreign accounts of the affair.
London, Oct 24-The mayor Of Hull
has telegraphed to Premier Ba1four as
follows:
Greatest indignation prevails here
at the unprecedented and wanton at.
tack on Hull fishing feet by Russian
warships resulting in the loss of val.
liable lives. We appeal to the gov.
eminent to take the speediest and
strongest measures to ensure full re.
dress and complete security against
further Russian outrages.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25
NEWS FROM THE
FAR EASTERN WAR
British Ships Are Sunk In The
North Sea.
kURoPATKIN DISPATCHES czAI

North Sea Affair in Which the Rus.
sian Pacific Squadron Sunk One or
More of Great Rritain's Fishing
Vessels.
Washington, Oct 24.-Oficial news
of the Russian Baltic feet firing on
the British fishing vessels reached
Washington today in a cablegram to
the state department from the Ameri-
can consul at Hull He recited the
facts as stated in the press dispatches
and added that great excitement pre-
vailed there.
Toxic, Oct 24-Afternoon.- The
Japanese headquarters today, without
referring to the general situation in
the vicinity of the Shake river. pub
lished the following report received
yesterday:
Since the last telegram referring to
the enemy's dead, the bodies left on
the field have been increased to the
following:
Found by the right army, 5000; by
the left army, 5.603; by the center
army, 2,530-total 1883.
The number of prisoners captured
totals 500
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25
B|)GG|ES

shown in Americas, including the
'sHigh Point Valdosta," ''Brock-
way,n .!Gainesville," and others.
The Brockway is the finest buggy
sold in Americas, while the Val
dosta, High Point and Gainesville
equal any for durability. Prices
run from $50 to 500. I have
them top or open, with or without
rubber tires.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25

Toxic, Oct. "a, 1:23 p. m.-Foreign
Secretary Lansdowne will arrive in
London from the country this after.
noon. Until then no ofYicial action
will be taken in regard to the North
sea incident, in which the Russian sec.
on Pacific squadron sank one or more
British fishing boats and killed or
wounded several fishermen. While
public opinion insists that the full.
est reparation be made there is no ev.
idence of undue excitement or of any
relief that international complications
will arise. Trading on the stock ex.
change was slightly affected at the
opening but prices speedily recovered.
The foreign office this morning was
crowded with seataring people con.
nected with the fishing feet, who are
being exhuastively examined by the
oficiais. 80 that the precise facts ON
which Lord Lansdowne may base a
protest later in the day may be estab.
lished.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25
Bull Fioht In New Orleans.

New Orleans, Oct. 24.-Representa-
tives of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals called on Acting
Mayor NJ. Bracken, today asking him
to refuse a permit to Felix Robert.
son, the French matadore, to give a
bull fight in New Orleans. Because Of
the large Latin population here, Rob-
ertson believed that his bulls and to-
readers would be permitted to fight
without legal resistance. He told the
mayor that his show had been stop
ped in ST. Louis because some one
had been accidentally killed and not
because it was brutal. The acting
mayor said he would not permit the
ner.fnrmancA here
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25
Was Probably Murdered.

Nashville, Oct 24.-Th0 dead body
OF Mamie Stevenson. q white woman,
was found floating in the Cumberland
river here this morning. 1t is not
known whether she fell over = bluff
and met death in the rocks below or
va smurdered. The police are in.
clined to the belief that the woman was
murdered and her body thrown into
the river.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25
I.ennx Mas. oct. 24.-s

Lenox, Mass, Oct. 24.-Sir Morti.
mer Durand, the British ambassador,
said today concerning the attack of the
Russian squadron on the British fish
ing vessels. 1T seems a deplorable
accident, which, of course, will be ex,
planned"
Ambassador NJ. Durand up to 10
O'Clock today had received no official
dispatches concerning the matter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25

Covington, Ga, Oct. 24.-A heavy
frost was seen here Sunday morning,
sufficient to injure to an appreciable
extent all the late crops. Cotton,
corn, peas and potatoes on low bot.
tom places which had not been seri
ously affected by the drought, were
damaged considerably by the frost.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25

st. Petersburg, Oct. 24-Emperor
Nicholas has received the following
dispatch from General Kuropatkin,
dated Oct. %:
THE night of Oct. 1928 passed quiet
ly. At 9 o'clock this Sunday morn
ing, the whole of our volunteer sharp
shooters harVassed the enemy, while
the Japanese tried to attack our out
posts, but were everywhere repulsed
by the Russian fire.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25

London, Oct 24--Lady Dixie, wife
of Rt Hon. Sir Charles Wentworth
Dixie, died suddenly today at her res
idence in Woking. She was born
Sept. 2, 1S40 Lady Dixie died as the
rupture of blood vessel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-25
DETERMINED TO DIE.
Man Turns on Gas Then Cuts Hi,
Throat

Throat.
Chicago, Oct. 24.-Wallace Bell, OF
Louisville, has committed suicide by
cutting his throat with razor and
then turning on the gas in his room
In Indiana street here.
Bell was % years old, and was the
son of Mrs. L. H. Bell, of Louisville,
and a grandson of the late DR.. Theo.
dore Bell, one Of the best known ply.
sicians in the south He formerly was
athletic instructor at Central univer.
sity, Danville, KY. Failure to obtain
satisfactory employment is believed to
have caused the suicide.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

from Cache valley and southern Idaho
to the outside states. Prices have
ranged from 50 cents to 91i5 cents per
bushel on a Salt Lake market basis,
The -four mills throughout the state
have done a better business In 1904 than
before In ten years. They have been
running night and day, turning out
their full capacity OF flour with good
demand What they need Is a milling
IN transit rate so that they can ship to
the Eastern and Southern states the
manufactured article OF -four instead OF
the raw material All Eastern states
have this millng.ln-translt rate, but
this has always been denied the state
Of Utah.
THE yield Of oats has been splendid
In the state OF Utah, but are as gem
eral rule Of a second and third grade
quality, The oats are mixed with 9TH
er grain and foreign matters, Where
the ground Is not looked after In a
proper way to get It ready for crops,
oats have also demanded higher
price this year than they have for
several years, selling on basis al
thrashing time at N.25 to $3.50 per
hundred pounds. Salt Lake market
basis During the late spring and ear
ly summer, oats were demanding from
jl.GJ to $40 per houndred, so that
the average price paid for oats during
the year 1904 has been $50.
"The crop Of barley raised ia mini
mum as It is a cereal not used as much
as other grain, Brewing barley viii
run from 1l5 70 s125. The average
field barley runs from 81 to sllo
"The long extended drouth IN this
part Of the west has had a bad effect
on non-irrigated wheat, and dry bench
farmers are feeling gloomy. as their
fan sown wheat has stunted. and failed
to develop under the entire absence OF
moisture OF a southern Texas autumn"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17
CORN GROWN WITHOUT IRRIGATION.

3.-SeVler county farm, In Grass val
ley about rs miles southeast OF Rich
field. near Burrvlle.
4-San Juan county farm, about six
miles south Of Monticello and near Yer
dure.
5-Tooee county farm, about "A miles
Of TOoele
Washington county farm. at En-
terprise, Is miles from Modena.
The counties In which the farms are
located generously donated the land,
cleared and plOwed II, and fenced the
farms with rabbit tight fences. The
supervision OF the field work Of these
experimental farms was delegated TO
Prof. Lewis a. Merrill. who has per-
formed Las work exceptionally we'll,
The chemical and other work was look.
ed after by the writer The farms
themselves were under the general SUI
peryislOn Of the experlmnt station.
Work was Immediately undertaken up
on these farms, and the FIRST crops
were planted In the fall OF 1903, a little
more than one year ago The sea on
proved TO be about average IN the
north, and little below the average I'm
the south, There was little precpita-
tion In the fan to start the fan
crops; and In the south there
was little snow In the winter,
leading to extensive winter killing. on
the other hand, the spring rains were
rather above the average on most OF
the farms II was not expected that
great yields would be obtained during
the first year, After some years Of IN.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

OF ordinary farm crops That means
that II requires about 30 tons of water
20 produce one bushel OF wheat This
water is largely taken from the soil
by the roots Of the plants; passes
through the stems, and Is finally eyap-
GRATED from the plant leaves, A plant,
TO be in healthy condition, requires
that a stream OF water be constantly
passing through It, The plant has, in
fact, been llkened to a garden hose,
which of itself can contain but a few
quarts Of water, but through which
thousands Of gallons Of water may pass
during the season., Now 50 tons Of
water seem a large amount to be re-
CURED In the production Of one bushel
of wheat, and most persons, without
further examination, would say that no
such immense quantities Of water are
received as rain or snow on the deserts.
This, however is worthy Of inyestiga-
ton. supposlng 10 bushels Of wheat
were obtained per acre at 80 ton Of
water per bushel, the total water re-
quired would be 80 tons. This amount
of water spread uniformly over one
acre, would cover the land to depth
Of a trille more than 6h inches. The
water necessary to produce 10 bushels
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

no really systematic experiments on the
possibilities OF growing crops without
irrigation have been undertaken. There,
a peculiar prejudice against the art
has become so firmly established that
up to within q year or so IL has been
considered folly to attempt to grow
crops south OF Provo, without the ar
tihclal application Of water
FIRST SYSTEMATIC STUDIES.
Among the officers OF the Utah Ex-
pertinent station the possibility Of re-
claiming the deserts OF the state has
been an interesting topic Of discussion
at least since 1895. No systematic at
tempt to get at the principles which UNI
derlle successful farming without irri-
cation was made until the spring OF
1901 when the writer and Prof l.. a,
Merrill made an exhaustive eXamlna-
tlon OF the conditions under which the
arid farms OF Cache and ne!ghbo{ng
counties were successful The results
Of the investigation indicated that arid
farming should be profitable over
great area Of the state, The climatic
conditions Of the state were likewise
carefully investigated TO determine II
possible the districts that would most
readily yield to cultivation without lrri-
cation. The results OF the work were
published as Bulletin No 70, and caused
a widespread discussion. In this report
the suggestion was made that in View
Of the magnitude Of the possible inter-
ests involved IN the reclamation Of land
without irrigation. the state should UNI
dertake the investigation OF the prob
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

-. Ew people realize how small q
/. proportion Of the area Of the state
OF Utah Is used for agricultural
j purposes. According TO the last
osnsus the STATE covers an area Of ST.
100 square miles, Of which 9S3 square
miles. or a trlAe more than per cent,
are under irrigation. OF the remains
Ing ST. 2O7 square miles, few are used
FOR farming without irrigation and for
stock ranches; but the greater part Of
this great area Of unirrigated land Is
practically put to no profitable use.
perhaps one-half or a little more Of
tho unused land Of the state Is noun
famous In IT'S nature. Carefully guard
ID against overstooking, this district
might become valuable ranges for lim-
lied numbers Of animals The remains
ing half OF the unused lands Is covered
nv the table lands and valleys or old
lake bottoms which are collectively
designated as deserts. Not far from
10000 square miles, or nearly 100000
acres Of land, are occupied by these
deserts. In comparison with this
immense area, the 0s3 square miles or
e29.l2O acres Of irrigated land Ia very
small, indeed The deserts are here,
They shall always remain with us.
Shall they ever remain deserts, or will
they under the trained and intelligent
will OF man be made to serve some use
ful purpose2 That is the question which
has led TO the recent general discus
sion Of farming without irrigation as a