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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS.
News of the Town andl village Told
Briefly For Busy Readers

News of the Town Rndl village Told
Briefly For Busy Readers
H. Harry Levin arrived from New
York where he has been for the past
ten days buying spring goods
Miss Lenora Barton, formerly of
Bennington and Oscar G. Hacker we're
married in Baltimore, March End.
DR. A. u. Cutler is in Montpelier at
tending the annual convention of the
Vermont state dentists association.
w. Il. Nichols, and Marden Nichols
expect to leave today for Boston to be
absent a week.
A sleeping car attached TO the north
bound train Tuesday morning contain
ed about 80 officers belonging to the
/ Jap Lnese army that have recently
lnded in New York from different
European countries. They were on
tetr way to Vancouver and will sail
from that port for Japan, March 81
! The supper given by the business
men of the Congregational church Fri
day evening will be worth attending
admission 80 cents.
Miss Louisa Snow is visiting friends
in Troy.
The BBBgo to Fort Edward today
to play the Satterlee hose company,
a return game of basket ball.
II. S. Bingham OF the state board of
railroad commissioners was among the
visitors to st Adams, Wednesday.
j. T. Shurtleff is slowly recovering
from his recent severe illness.
Mr. and Mrs Will c. Mahar of North
Bennington we're guests of Mrs E. J.
Cummings Sunday.
Miss Ella Kinney has been confined
to the house for a week with the grip
A letter was received yesterday from
Fred o, Graves, who is now in Florida.
Mr. Graves is greatly improved in
health and expects to start for home
the 23d.
The postponed visit Of District Dep
uty George T. ChafTee Of Rutland to
Bennington lodge of Elks will be made
next Tuesday evening.
Announcement is made OF the death
Of James Ewens at Ashvile, N. c. The
deceased was born in Troy. Mr. Ew-
ems was a member OF the class OF rs
Of the RPI and after leaving the school
vent south and for years was employ
ed as the United States engineer and
was stationed at Vicksburg, Miss
Mr. Ewens is survived 10y one brother,
James Eweus of Chatham, N. Y, who
he formerly visited here. and one
sister,
Under Southern Skies will appear
at the opera house April 30.
Rev Charles Carhart Of Dorset will
occupy the pulpit of the old First
church Sunday in exchange with Rev
Warren Morse
George Shurlleff is home after an
absence of several weeks and is in
charge of his fathers drug store dur
ing the latler's illness,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17
Bay state Democratic Convention

BOSTON, March 1.-THE Democrat
ic state committee has completed ar
rangements for the annual Democratic
state convention, which will be held at
fremont temple, this city, on Thurs
day, April 81 The meeting Of the state
committee was held at the Revere
House, Congressman William S. Nc
Nary Of South Boston, the chairman,
presiding, and out Of sixty-five mem
bers fifty-two were present.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17
Tbree ounrrynen KIIIed.

EASTON, Pa. March 17.-Three men
have been killed In quarrles in the
Bangor slate district. Depue Ace and
Martin Zelkey were killed by a slide Of
Ice In the Pen Argyll valley quarry at
Pen Argyll, and Nicholas lotto was
killed by blast in the Star quarry at
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17
ITEMS FOR WELL DRESSED WOMEN.

Turn over collars passing, and the East has gone
back to the old style ruching
For shirt waist suits and palmer dresses materials
in rough effects decidedly swagger
In fancy frocks the swell materials are cotton in
Dolley Vardon effects, lowered all over. The most
fashionable trimmings silk applique bands and
headings.
large variety of new wool and cotton dress
goods just opened from 1Oc to 1.5O yard FOulard
silks 80 and 75c yard. All wool Voiles, 90 and
Zoe yard. All wool Examines, 43 to csc yard.
Paris and Berlin trimmings, buttons and buckles
from 25c to $500 yard. All the latest in. aces,
all-overs and headings &c to S2.75 yard.
The Spring Girl and the Summer Girl will need
plenty of ribbon, at least so says Dame Fashion,
We have everything in ribbons.
10000 rolls of new wall papers, 10000 feet of
room mouldings. A penny saved buying wall paper
here is twice got. Here's way to save many
pennies, by making all your purchases here. Agents
for Butterick's Patterns. Just got the Delineator
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17

at A. X. RITCHIE & Company's, the stores
foundation stone Its structure meant to stand for
many years that are building and we are establish
ing it on mighty firm foundations The first stone
is good goods land buying of the best. The second
is guaranteed quality, the guarantee backed up by
our offer to refund money on unsatisfactory goods
The third is truthfuness in statements, both printed
and written. So that our word is to be believed
The fourth reasonable prices, secured by careful
buying and large selling doesn't this kind of
store appeal to you9
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17
German Ambassador Better.

WASHINGTON, March II. - Baron
Won Sternburg, the German ambassa-
dor, who has been suffering from a
severe cold, is declared by his physi-
clan to be much better. The ambas-
sador leaves on Saturday for Chicago
to welcome the five German professors
who are the guests of the University
Of Chicago.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17
Vale CnDtnIn From Jnpnn.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March NV.
]. Hail of Wakayama. Japan, has been
appointed captain of the Yale cross
country team. He was born at Waka-
yama, where his parents are Japa-
nese missionaries Hail is junior and
one of the fastest mile runners at col
lege.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE Yale
varsity basket ball five was defeated
by the team representing the west side
branch of the Young Mems Christian
association at the latter's gymnasium
by the score of % to II.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17
Munroe Wins WrentIInr Mntch.

RICHMOND. Va. March 17.-Jack
Munroe, the Butte miner, who recently
defeated Tom Sharkey in a pugilistic
encounter, won in wrestling match
here with NJ. ]. Dryer. He outclassed
the latter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17

To rent, the store at 5l2 Main street,
formerly occupied by the Chrystal
Millinery parlors. Apply at $40 Main
street
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-03-17
r,oNFMIssIoNRRs NOTICE.

NOMM IBSIUNEKST NUTIUE.
" Estate OF JOHN I. CAMPBELL.
The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon Probate Court for the District Of Ben
ningtOn, COMMISSIONERS, 10 receive exam
inc and adjust all claims and demands Of all per-
sons against the estate Of JOhu T Campbell, late
Of PoWnal In said District, deceased, and all
claims exhibited In Offset thereto hereby give
notioe that we will meet for the purposes af0re-
said. at u. H. Myers store, Pownal Cen
ire on the 29th day Of March aud 10th day Of July
next fr mi o'clock p. m. until oclOck y. m. each
OF said days and that six months from the 26th
day OF February, A. ID 1904 Is the time limited
BY said Court for said creditors 10 present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Pownal VT, this 9th day Of Feb.
A. ID. 1894.
G. II. MYERS.
COLONEL z. SWEET,
6iw9 Commissioners
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22

every effort should be made to secure stand and an increased acreage each year. August and September Is the time when alfalfa seed should be sown, and preparation of the land can not begin too soon. All the clover and grass crops require land In good state of fertility to ensure stand, and. more important still, they require that the preparation of the seed bed should be the best. Flow deeply and harrow and roll and reharrow and roll until the land Is as fine as garden bed before thinking of sowing seed. An application of lime Is also very es- sential especially for the clovers. which, will not gfow in a soil at all acid. In our last issue we published an article from Mir. Clarke. probably the most successful hay grower In tho country. In which he gives particulars 'of the fertilizers which he uses to secure his great yields, and to this we refer our readers for information on this point. We may say. however, that we should not advise the use in the South of so large a per centage of nitrate of soda in the fall as be applies, but should Deserve this until spring. and then ap- ply 1t as a top dressing. The bone meal and potash can safely, and ought to be. worked into the land before seeding. OuF own eHpeTiente IdS cOu- vinced us that for good. permanent re- suits in grass growing bone meal can not be surpassed as fertilizer. Any where from 300 to 500 pounds to the acre ought to be applied and the more the greater the profit in the long run.
 We again repeat what we have so of
 ten said. grow grass and clover alone
 and not with a grain crop. Seed heav-
 fly. We would never SOW less than
 two bushels of grass seed to the acre,
 from ten to fifteen pounds of clover
 seed. and twenty pounds of alfalfa. In
 seeding for a meadow select two or
 three varieties of grass like orchard
 grass, tall meadow oat grass and herds
 grass, which mature at the same time. For a pasture mix a larger number of
 varieties which mature at different
 seasons, so as to ensure grazing for as
 long a period as possible. For this
 purpose we would add to the above va
 rieties perennial rye Virginia blue and
 meadow fesche. Sow with each seed ing some red clover or alsike, say five
 or six pounds to the acre. Where
 Timothy succeeds 1t is A profitable
 grass to grow. as there is always a
 demand for 1t on the market. Sow a
 peck of the seed per acre, and SOW 1t
 alone. In this issue will be found ap article from MT. Clark giving partic-
 ulars of his first crop of grass this year We would like to see some of our farmers try to excel this.
 Though too early to seed wheat or oats, yet 1t Is not too early to begin to prepare the land for the seeding of these crops More of the success of the crops depends on the preparation of the land before seeding than upon the fertilizer applied Flow deep and break fine with the cultivator. roller and harrow and keep these implements going over the land every week or ten days until time to seed the crops. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22

essential for success in wheat growing is a fine. deeply broken seed bed, yet with compact sub-surface and free from weeds
 Turnips should be sown this month. Prepare the land finely and make 1t rich if you expect to make a heavy crop. ' yard manure and acid phosph .e the proper fertilizers 70 apply nd tn y should be well worked into L,s land with the cultivator and harr To make the best crop the seed s...lj be sown in drills two feet apar:. al,, ter the plants have grown the first rough leaves they should be thinned to stand ten inches apart in the rows. Grown in this way from twenty to thirty tons to the acre can be raised. Ruta bagas should be sown first, as they take longer to mature. and common turnips later in the month and in September. Every man who keeps a COW or sheep ought to grow turnips They are almost essential to successful sheep husbandry and a great help with cattle. Southern Planter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22
VIEWS )f1!eeerFAR1ERJ 1!ee

Effects of Recent Rains on the Cotton
 Crop.
 For reasons that are well known. cotton as a rule made late start this wear. Dry weather made its growth slow during the first few months of its life but this circumstance, dry sea- sen in the early part of the year. doubt less had the favorable result of caus- inr tbe roots to strike deep into the ground. This deep roofing should have the effect of making cotton more able than otherwise to withstand dry weather. should period of drought occur later on.
 The effect of the several weeks of rainy weather has been to cause an immense amount of shedding and to produce a considerable amount of rust. Both of these injuries have fallen chiefly on the older and better cotton, while the younger and smaller cotton has suffered somewhat less from she'd ding and far less from rust. On the experiment station we are made to realize the immense losses due to she'd ing from the fact That we are having records kept of the number of forms shed by each of several hundred cotton plants. gSown under widely different conditionS of soil, fertilizer.> distance. and so forth. In a field which a few weeks ago was thought to promise bale of cotton per acre. there are now to be found plants on which every form smaller than a boil three-fourths grown has been dropped. These plants are usually those on which rust has re- moved most of the leaves.
 part of this shedding has been caused by the retention of water with in the open bloom. the effect of which in some cases is to cause the bloom. instead of whitening and dropping in the normal way. to adhere. cemented ed to die and drop. By no means all of the shedding is due to this cause. Another serious result from the long period of damp weather is the develop ment of a considera ble amount of boil rot. First a small black spot appears, which later enlarges and may be- come grayish or pinkish. and depressed As usual the boil rot is attacking the best and most luxuriant cotton, where the dense shade makes conditions most favorable for the progress of this dis ease. While preventive measures. such as wide spacing and avoidance of an excessive proportion of nitrogen in the fertilizer could advantageously be practised in the early part of the sea- son If 1t could be foreseen that the season is to be a wet one. yet these measures are scarcely practicable. be- cause in dry seasons, they would be unnecessary No remedy for the dis ease Is known.
 It would be we'll for us in attempting to forecast the possible yield of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22
Curing Cow Pea Hay.

Southern Planter.
 In the last two years I have cured 120 acres of COW pea hay, the season of 1902 being dry and that of 1903 wet, making very fine hay in the dry weather and good hay in the wet. The method used being different from any have heard of, may be of interest, and l give 1t.
 I cut the COW peas when the first leaves begin to turn yellow. follow the mower immediately with d horse rake. and fellow the rake immediately vita men and forks, who segregate the rows into small piles, not over three feet in diameter and eighteen inches high leaving them as puffy as possible. In this way the hay is got into piles, con stituting a good fork full. unwilted and full of leaves: the warm air pene trates easily and it is cured green. In a week weather favoring. the hay will be fit to put away. Should 1t rain, I wait patiently until the sun and atr dry the piles except al the bottom, and then one movement of the fork turns the piles over. If rain again falls before the hay Is secured, the waiting and turning process Is repeated. l put the hay in ricks 12 feet wide and as high as possible. for it settles a great deal, and as soon as the rick is finished thatch it with straw or fodder so as 10 turn water. The difference between this method of curing and others usu ally practiced is the small pile used. which dries more quickly than a large one. and which permits the water to and retained in the middle of a shock, causing mold and rot
 r. snowden Hill.
 Prince George Co, Md.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22
RETURNED TO HIS CELL.
Escaped Convict Murray Clements Was
 Cmptured Here.

Murray Clements. the negro who es- capped from the State Penitent.ary June 2T. in company with two other negroes. and who was caught on Day Street Sat- urday morning by Police Captain Tay- Tor and Patrolmen Taylor. Ragland and McDade, was sent back to Wetumpka yesterday morning to serve out the re- mainder of his term. Clements said that the escape was made by filing the bars of the window with case knife which they had obtained and made into a saw. An Fillmore County officer came to Montgomery for the negro and took him back with him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22
CHANGE IN MANAGERS.
Mir. I. o. Izlag Succeeds Dr. P. O.
 Hoffman Here

Mir. S. O. Izlar has arrived in Mont gomery to take charge of the manu- featuring department of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company in Ala bama. Mir. Izlar comes to Montgom- cry from Columbia. S. C., where he has been experimenting extensive in- terests of the company in that State.- He will succeed Dr. P. c. Hoffman who goes to accept promotion at Richmond, Va. Dr. Hoffman will leave Montgomery in few days to go to Richmond as assistant to the gen. cral manager of the Virginia Carolina Company. He carries with him the best wishes of q wide circle of friends he made during his residence in Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22
]. F. D.

recently set.
 Size of the Cotton Crop not In Propor-
 ton to August Receipts.
 It is quite probable that the port re- ceipts of cotton in Texas for the first few weeks of the season will be many times heavier than at the correspond ing date last year. This condition Is ordinarily utilized as an excuse for the hammering down of the price. However, there are exceptional condit- ions in Texas this year which explain the probable early harvesting and which do not relate this to large yield for the entire season. On ac- count of the presence of the boil weev- fl there 1t Is necessary to use varie- ties that mature very early vigo- rous educational campaign in favor of the use there of early varieties of cot ton has been made by the Texas Col lege and Experiment Station. by the National Department of Agriculture, by the press, and by the banking and commercial interest of the State. The net result of this education has been the planting of an unusually large proportion of the Texas cotton acre. age in the King variety. Last fall prac- tically all the King seed that could be  sisippi was shipped 10 the boil weevil regions of Texas this variety largely taking the place of the later varieties formerly grown.
 As natural result of this change in the prevailing variety. we may expect the port receipts at Galvestion and Houston, to be immensely larger dur ing August than ever before. without in any wise indicating a crop of un- usually large proportions. in Texas The King variety natures early, but the yield is not always large. Often 1t yields 80 per cent of the crop before the middle of October.
 It should not be inferred from what has been said above that the writer expects anything except a large crop of cotton in 1904. With about three million acres increase in acreage and with prospects that until recently were very favorable throughout most of the cotton region. we have reason to expect a large yield. but it is to be hoped that the scarcity of the supply left over from the crop of 1903 and the lessons learned by spinners last year as to the disastrous results of defer ring their purchases until late in the season, will result in at least fair prices for the present crop.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22
i. OF THE ALABAMA POLYTECHNIC 1ssr1 rurr.
CONDUCTED BY rRof. ,. F. DUGoAK. OF I'll

MT. I. w M. Montgomery county, asks - T.; '-i -r growing plants and about I,rti4.-.Is ana .-Sc.
 Dear Sir-Your letter of August 9tn rcs~sca Auburn while I was absent on l'.mers Institute work. Among the soil improving plants which can be sown this fall and plowed under next spring are crimson clover. hairy vetch and burr clover. Of course among the n-leeuminous crops there is a wide choice, including dwarf Essex rape, wheat. rye, oats and barley.
 On examination of your fertilizer formula 1t seems to me that it con- tains an insufficiency of bone black or phosphate for cotton and perhaps an excess of nitrogen, I would by all means increase the acid phosphate so that 1t would make up about one-half the weight for cotton. I think your formula would be suitable for corn, but I am uncertain that on your soil the corn needs the muriate of potash. I am doubtful whether lime would pay on red clay soil for either cotton or corn. though it would doubtless pay for alfalfa, crimson clover, vetch. rape and small grain. Alfalfa does not do we'll on sandy soil as a rule.
 Your other inquiries are answered in the bulletin on alfalfa sent you.
 J. r. D.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22

Don't forget Monday. August 2sth. is the last cheap excursion of the sea son to Savannah and Tybee via Sea- board Ar Line By. adv-tf.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22

Bring the cash and take your choice of any shoe In our store at actual cost.
 BULLOCK & FLEMING.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22
CurInr Cow Pen Uav.

Several methods of seeding COW peas may be followed. Broadcasting Is commonly practiced, but that requires more seed and it is not easy to distrib
 ute them evenly, and if the weather
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22

south for the present year to keep constantly in mind the great damage which has recently been done by rain. at the same time to remember that there is yet time for part of this dam age from shedding to be made good by the development of the young forms recently set.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22

the  made broadoh
 
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22

SINGLE gentleman desires board tenn porarily, perhaps permanently, with private family, or else at desirable boarding house. References exchang ed. South Carolinian, P. 0. Box 562, City. wed-fri-su.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22

Farm Work for August and September.
 The seeding of forage crops for win ter and spring grazing and for cutting for green feed in the spring and for early hay, and, more important still, for making Il cover for the land du- ring the winter and preserving and i'm proving its fertility. should have at- tention. This month and September are the best months for seeding crim- son clover and hairy vetch. the two
 first crops to be sown. English vetch and rye may be sown up to the end of November, commencing in September or October. In our last issue we pub lished several articles on crimson clov- CT growing. and refer our readers to them We strongly advise that the whole crop of crimson clover should not be all seeded at one time. It is d plant easily killed by the hot sun when just starting growth. and many good stands are lost in this way every year. If. however. part be seeded at one time. other parS a week later and still more another week later, some is sure to stand. and a crop be secured When seeding crimson clover and the vetches always seed with them a mix~ ture of wheat. oats and rye, say from 10 to 3 pounds of me clover seed or 20 pounds of vetch seed per acre. with hree-quarters of a bushel of wheat oats and rye mixed in equal parts. This will ensure a crop. and make bet ter grazing and feed than either sown alone.
 August and September are the two best months in the year for seeding clover and grass in the South. Let this matter have early attention. We need to grow thousands of tons more of hay every year to meet our require ments. From recent statistics. which we have seen. it seems probable that we now in the State of Virginia alone import not less than from 750 to 1000 cars of Western and Northern hay each year. What the whole of the Southern States import we are unable to say. but 1t must be an immense quantity. Every pound of this can be grown profitably at home, and ought to be We are hoping to see such att tention given to the alfalfa crop. about which we published much matter in our last issue. and as to which crop there are several very encouraging ar ticles in this issue that very much of this deficiency shall be made good from this source alone. Alfalfa hay is the most nutritious dry feed that can be grown for all kinds of stock, and the possible yield par acre Is so larga that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-22
FOR RENT-STORES.

FOR RENT-The elegant store now occu- pied by Messrs. Bullock & Fleming. No IS pexter avenue, in the centre of business: in fact it is a superb location and will rent readily Call on or wire for information. Chandler 6 Douglass If