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The news & observer., 1904-12-30
Ginners Who Fail to Report.
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Memphis, Tenn. Dec. 29.-The
Memphis Cotton Exchange has SEM
the following telegram to Census Di-
rector North at Washington;
MANY ginners in this district deny
having made a report as to the
amount of cotton ginned from NoVem-
Der IA to December 13. Reliable re-
sorts from other districts Indicate thai
the same conditions exist. In makinp
up your report what per cent Of cot
ton ginned was allowed those not re-
porting and what per cent. Of the tot2-
did not report? Please advise.
The news & observer., 1904-12-30

CD To make the county-not the
municipaliy-the voting unit in local
The news & observer., 1904-12-30

call your attention to the fact that
the continuance of the census cotton
ginning reports is impossible without
the complete. sympathetic and whoie
.hearted co-operation of the thirty odd
thousand ginnerS of the South. The
Census Office cannot enter into COM
petition with a cotton ginners associa-
ton which proposes to gather the same
data for private information only
Moreover it cannot continue to pro-
mulgate statistics of the quantity OF
cotton ginned to certain dates after
il has reason to believe that these re-
ports are no longer correct, in conse-
quence of a concerted boycott by tho
ginners. Otherwise it would be guilty
of the identical evil of misrepre sen;a-
tions its reports We're established -
prevent. The Census Burau has no
interest in the matter whatever, be-
yond the discharge of its duty as e~~
tablished by law. and the maintenance
of its reputation for the compilation
land publication of accurate statistics.
II have. therefore, decided to notify
YOU in this manner and through YOU
the cotton growers of the south thar
the continuance of the movement
which they have begun VIII necessarily
result in the discontinuanee of the cot
ton ginning reports of the Census Of
flee, for without the hearty and gen
eral corporation of the ginners, those
reports would become Valueless and
their compilation an unpardoHabIc
waste of public money.
THE situation would then revert TO
what it was five years ago But after
the private and interested estimates
controlling the market price have
again for a few years been too h1gh
as they undoubtedly will be. and nc
repeated losses of the cotton growers
in consequence, have again convinced
them that the change they demanded
in 1901 was d wise one, ii Will be Far
more difficult and may be impossible
to induce Congress to re-establish a
system which the cotton growers set
up once before only to tear it down
wnen it chanced that a large knowi-
edge of facts was to their disadvant-
age.
81 deem it my duty 10 acquaint you
! with the probable course OF the Cen
sus Office in order that you may take
any steps which may seem to You de-
sirable or necessary in connection
| with the matter.
''VprV. rpSDectfully.
The news & observer., 1904-12-30
VH|SKEY QUESTION
Bills for and Against the
Traffic.
Chairman Bailey Urges Vigilance 10
Discovnr and Swiftness TO Re-
buke the Spread Of Sale
Of Whiskey.

To the Friends Of Temperance:
Bills Will be offered in the General
IL
The news & observer., 1904-12-30

Some men possess the ability TO turn
cheeks OF brass into pots of gold.
The news & observer., 1904-12-30

If She marries for money She earns
a lot more than she gets.
The news & observer., 1904-12-30

This is the one book for Justices
Of the Peace. without which they
cannot conduct the business for which
they have been elected and with
which they are independent All the
statutory law. every form and coIr-
plete fee bill.
price by mail $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
CONGRESS INVITED.
Asked to Attend Opening of the
Worlds Fair.

Washington, April 11--Congress has
been invited to attend the opening OF
the Louisiana Purchase exposition on
Saturday. April 30. The invitation
signed by President Francis was laid
before the senate by President Pro
Tenn Frye When the senate met to-
day the following bills were passed:
A joint resolution providing for the
acceptance of statue of General
Thaddeus Kosciusl1o, to be erected on
one of the four corners of Lafayette
Square, Washington.
To wind up the affairs of the Semi
mole tribe Of Indians, of Indian Terri
Authorizing the recorder of the gen
eral land Office to issue certified copies
Of patents books and paper.
On motion of Mr.. Stewart the con-
ference report on the Indian approprf-
alton bill was recommitted to the COM
nittee on Indian affairs.
In the House.
Washington, April ia formal in
vitatfon to the house of representatives
Purchase exposition at St. Louis on
April 80. was received today by Speak
er Cannon from David r. Francis, pres
ident of the exposition company.
When the house met today it was
ordered that bills relating to the Dis
trict of Columbia which were to have
been taken up today shall be consid-
cred on Saturday next.
The house then went into committee
of the whole for the consideration Of
the emergency river and harbOr i'm
provement bill. general debate being
limited to three hours.
Mr. Burton (O.9 in charge Of the biz
made an explanation of it and gave {
general survey of the subject Of rive
and harbor improvements. He said
that the amounts expended for this
purpose when the vast extent of oul
waterways was considered was very
small. The system pursued in the
United States he thought contrasted
most unfavorabIy with those of foreign
countries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
JACKSON IN TROUBLE.
Former Topeka Preacher Kid
mapped Child and Is Caught.

Clay Center, Kas., April 11.-Ex-
citement was caused here today when
the Rev. John Jackson. a minister of
Denton, Tex, kidnapped his own baby
and made an attempt to escape with
1t in a buggy. He was captured by
the sheriff after an exciting three
mile race and the baby restored to its
mother. No warrant was sworn out
for the Rev. Jackson. and no action
probably Will be taken against him.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson had separated
and she recently returned here to the
home of her parents. Rev. Jackson
ed. Before going to Texas Rev. jack
son was pastor of the Euclid Metho-
dist church at Topeka. While in that
city he was actively engaged in the
fight against saloons and gained some
notoriety.
Rev Mr.. jackson was very well
known in Topeka. He was radical on
the prohibition question. and kept
things stirred W most of the time
While in Topeka he had fav0rite
method of getting pictures with a
HashHght gun. This device looked very
much like a pistol. When the trigger
was pulled a photograph was taken
He pulled this contraption on Lyndon
Hazen one day in Hazen's drug store
below Sixth avenue, and compelled
him to open the door of his store.
Hazen pulled out a pistol of the gen.
uine variety and shot at Jackson. One
of the bullets lodged in plate glass
windows across the street, and HaZen
had a big bill to pay. A mysterious
story was also circulated in Topeka
that some people were trying to assas-
sinate Jackson at his home near
Washburn college.
Just after the Nation crusade. and
again last year while the town was
open under the Parker regime, Jack
son identified himself strongly with
the ants and favored strenuous meth
ods of closing the joints. He was a
regular in the ranks on that score and
preached it from his pulpit the
Euclid Avenue Methodist church,
which he held here for some time.
He is a former student of Washburn
college, and now has a brother in the
medical department of that institu-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
BOOKS RULED OUT.
They Cannot Be Carried as
SecOnd-class Matter.

Washington. April 1.-THE United
States supreme court today decided the
books published periodically and not
entitled to transmission through the
mails as second class matter The
opinion was delivered by Justice Brown
and covered three cases against the
postmaster general instituted respec-
lively by HoughtOn, Miffiin & Co.,
Smith and others, and Bates & Gill.
The chief justice and Justice Harlan
dissented.
The question decided has been the
subject of long controversy between
the postoffice and publishers, both be-
fore congress and in the department.
For is years and under eleven post
master generals these publications
were carried as second class matter,
though under protest from the depart
ment and with many efforts to have
the law modified or repealed, but with
out success. Failing in this, the post
master general issued an order in 1902,
excluding the books from the second
class rates. ThereupOn the matter
was taken to the courts, the effect be-
ing that the postmaster general was
sustained by the final decision as rem
dered today,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
ATTACKED BY SIX MEN.
Pueblo Editor Narrowly Escapes
Kidnapers.

PUEBLO. Col, April 11--Sensational
Developments are expected in the at
tempted kidnapping and assault Of
Charles DeNIolli, the enditor of the Ital-
ian paper, suppressed by order of Ma
Jor Hill, commanding the military in
southern Colorado fields, where a
strike is now on. It develops that De-
Molli was attacked by six men after
they had tried to force him into a
hack DeMollf asserts that he recog-
nized two of the men as professional
thugs. The police have secured evidence
that the plot was directed by a man
named PaEni and the six men have
since disa appeared. All surrounding
cities have been notified to watch for
the assailants and descriptions have
been furnished the police authorities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11

in this city. The only possible means
of covering this corrupt condition is
to continue in power the present po-
lice control. There can be no other
excuse for continuing this present
police control Place in that depart
ment man of integrity and force of
character and a story viii soon be
told that will astonish the public. Re
move from these people the fear of
persecution and it will not be long un-
Ill men in high municipal positions
will be cringing under the lash. Either
these saloons and wholesale liquor
houses should be driven from the
county or the revenue derived from
them should go to the city treasury
to aid in adjusting the expense
brought about by their continued
presence
4 knew all about these Bates charges
before the State Journal printed them
It was no news to me. came into
MeColIum,s Office the day Lynch was
there, and McCollum then told me that
Lynch was there trying to get him to
protect Bates. I told McCOllum that
the only thing I blamed him for was
he didn't kick Lynch down stairs.
The mayor refused absolutely to say
who would be appointed on the police
committee, or any other committees.
though he admitted that he had the
list completed ready for council meet
ing this evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
SEWED ON FINGERS.
Ray Brooks Took Severed Mem
bers to Doctor.

Ray Brooks. a stereotyper for a To-
cal publisher had the four fingers Cf
his left hand cut off this morning,
while shaving a plate. The members
were severed Just above the second
joint. They fell into the scrap box be-
meath the machine. Mr.. Brooks picked
them up and ran over to DR.. w. :.
Iindsey's office across the street, who
at once sewed the dismembered fingers
back on the hand. Il do not know
whether they will grow back" said DR..
Lindsey. THE chances are against it. =
Brooks lives on Jackson street near
Twelfth, and is married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
HEAVY WIND BLOWS.
Promise Is That 1T WIN Be Colder
Tonight.

Cooler weather is promised for
Kansas and as the wind at noon was
blowing 2S miles an hour from the
northwest, II should arrive ON time.
The forecast sent out today was,
Fair tonight and Tuesday. Cooler
tonight" The corn and wheat region
bulletin issued by Director Jennings
to-day says:
THE temperature rose decidedly
Sunday and has risen some this
morning over Kansas and western
Missouri. The sky is clear generally
over Kansas and partly cloudy over
western Missouri"
The maximum and minimum tenn
peratures recorded at the Kansas sta
tions for the "a hours ending this
morning at o'clock We're as follows:
Baker, $3.50. Concordia, 1916.
Dodge City, S2-42; Fort Scott, 703S;
Hays, 1896; Macksville, S2-40: Nc
Pherson. SO-46: Manhattan. 1898;
Usage City. 65-38; Sedan. 1894; To-
peka, $3.50; Toronto. 64-42; Wichita,
$3.50.
The hourly temperatures recorded
today by the government thermometer
today a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
FOR ROBBING MAILS.
Clerk in New York POstofIice Is
Arrested.

New York, April 11.-James Zebnor,
a clerk in the general postoffice, has
been arrested on a charge of stealing
letters and packages from mails. Ac-
cording to the inspectors, more than
1,0O0 pieces of mail. including register
ed letters and packages, worth in all
about 5000, have been stolen recently
from the mail Most Of the missing
letters were from the jewelry district
and contained either money or small
articles of value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
FIRST FOR PARKER.
He Has Two Instructed Dele
gates from Indiana.

Indianapolis, April 1.-THE first del
egates from Indiana to the Democratic
national convention, to be held July
Z in St Louis, were selected by the
Seventh district delegates to the state
convention. They were instructed to
work and vote for the nomination of
Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York,
for president They are the first dele
gates selected in the United States
that have been instructed for Parker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
Weather Indications.

Chicago, April 11.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler
tonight; fresh northwest winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11

nate him or not. We say for conven-
ience it will be Bryan or Hearst. Yes.
it is fact that we will hold our con-
vention as near the same time and
place to the Democrats as possible, SO
ing"
The representation of the various coun-
ties in the convention will be as follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11
QUAY IS ILL.
No One Is Allowed to See Him
but His Doctor.

New York, April 1i-United States
Senator Quay is reported to be i'll at
Atlantic City. No one is allowed to
see him and the physician has given
orders that no verbal or written mes
sage pertaining to politics or business
shall be taken into the sick chamber.
The senator is II years of age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-11

ccontonued on Page Sikh
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-09-24
HOUSE FROM THE OUTSIDE

yet there is little trouble in keeping the
flocks separate. Each house shelters
60 hens, and | keep ten cockerels with
four flocks They have unlimited range.
The eggs hatch better than when a cock
is kept for every IL or Is hens The
interior of the house is also shown. The
platform is whitewashed and dust or
sand is sprinkled on it. The perches
are or 3 inches in diameter. Between
the floor and dropping platform is an
other platform feet wide on which the
nests are placed.
The nests are sometimes boxes made
of short pieces of board, but usually are
small boxes bought at the grocery for
5 cents each. In the corner opposite the
door is usually barrel of road dust. The
hens use it for dust bath. and use it
for the dropping boards. They also use
1t for nest box, which disapprove of.
The cost of two houses was as follows:
Lumber. $7.S5 (the pine lumber was
secondhand. and got it for half price,;
nails, 80 cents; glass and putty. SO cents;
hinges and locks. 40 cents: paper, ce-
ment and nails. 1925; freight on paper
and cement. SIPS; total of $17.74 for ma
terial; six days labor at 81 per day would
add Sc, making the total cost S23.74, or
not quite S12 for each. Two other houses
made of new lumber and battens instead
of paper, which cost $20.25; oil and paint,
$1.13; IA pounds nails, Sc cents; three
windows, $1O5; wire netting. s1O5;
hinges. locks and hasps. 50 cents; 6
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-09-24
SOME FACTS FOR BREEDERS
Why Close Attention Should Be Paid
to the Individual Merits of
Farm Animals.

The breeder of cattle sooner or later
comes to realize the fact that individ-
ual merit must be the chief thing con-
sidered in an animal. At first he is
inclined to stake everything on pedi-
gree, but after a time he comes to
realize that pedigrees are indicative
only of certain facts in the past his
tory of the breed, but are not enough
to use as a foundation in building
up a herd. A remote ancestor Of his
animals may have been a wonder in
his ability to make meat, but it will
be seen. after little figuring, that a
very small part indeed of the blood
OF that animal can be in the animals he
owns. If in-breeding is not prac-
ticed, the tenth generation after an
animal each of his progeny will have
In him less than -thousandth part
OF the blood of that sire or dam and
the rest will be from the blood OF
animals not particularly noted.
Therefore individual merit must re-
ceive a large amount of attention.
Some one has said that pedigree run
ming back Is generations would contain
over $4,000 names, which will show how
little OF the blood of any remote ances-
tor any one animal can have Pedigrees
are of value, but sometimes they are
positive injury to the breeder, who keeps
an animal with a pedigree when he
would have killed the animal before
breeding it if it had no pedigree.
But for all this the buyer of cattle.
II they are to be used for breeding pur-
poses. puts great weight on the pedi-
gree, though there may be little in it.
There is always chance that something
unusual may come out of it, and the
ordinary buyer is ready to take the
chance. In many cases pedigrees are
profitable only in the sale of an animal,
and that only because of the sentiment
OF the buyer. We believe there is more
danger of losing sight of the individu-
ality of an animal than of losing sight of
pedigree. Therefore we say, pay
close attention to the individuality of the
animal that is to be used for a
breeder, and if he does not in conforma-
ton and other qualities, come up to the
type desired, fatten him or her for the
shambles. Farmers Review.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-09-24
FACTS CONCERNING SLEEP
This Writer Says Nap at Midday Is
Sometimes Better Than a
Good Meal.

The scholar and professional man,
like the anxious housewife, is apt to
carry his cares to bed, and insomnia be-
comes curse. Men and women who are
busted in getting and gaining, the mer-
chant, the banker, all alike, fail to secure
that self-control which can manage the
mind as well asleep as awake, says the
Pilgrim.
Normal sleep should be purely a
physiological repose similar to the rest
of animals, who go to sleep with the
darkness and awake with the light.
Some one has said that sleep is like
hunger and thirst, representing a dimi-
mutton of energy throughout the entire
body. | hardly think this can be true,
but in my judgment sleep rather sug-
gests the diminution of energy of the
brain, and he is a wise man who takes
the hint when brain flag sets in of an
evening and goes comfortably and prop
erly to bed
Of course it goes without saying that
night is not the only time for sleep.
Men and women who are busy could
steal just few minutes before or after
the MONDAY luncheon to catch a little
nap, and, indeed, | am nearly sure that
the monday nap is worth far more than
the MONDAY meal, for the digestive
are surely hindered during the
periods of mental activity, and it is the
person in this busy world
of ours who is not called upon to use all
his brain and Drawn to make a living.
1t has been my habit to advise mothers
to steal awhile away from every Cum
brous care" and even if sleep fails to
be wooed, to take about 20 minutes
every day in absolute peace and quiet
ness, diverting the mind from all ankle
ties and relaxing all the muscles. A
habit of this kind is easily acquired,
and we might have fewer neurasthenic
whose nerves make life hideous
% their families, if a word like this.
spoken from considerable experience,
we're needed
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-09-24

feet square, in end opposite door, for
air and ventilation; two exits for fowls
in front Have platform length of house
3 feet wide under perches to catch drop
pings. This is kept covered with dirt
or dust
Between dropping boards and floor is
a platform for nests. All platforms
and perches are removable. Houses have
earth floors. Each house has one large
door placed in the end, close to the front.
The exits are 12x16 inches, placed close
to the ground. On stormy days the door
is kept closed, the fowls going in and out
through the exits. The windows have
strong, fine meshed wire nailed on the
outside
These houses are about 5 rods apart,
and there are no fences between them,
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-09-24
NOT PRACTICAL FARMERS.
Good Profits Made in Small Fruit
Growing by Men Who Go
by Theory.

Farming, young man, Is a trade
not a profession. 1t doesn't depend on
theories. 1t depends on practice And
you can put it down as gospel that
these stories in the magazines about
men who make independent fortunes
off of one crop of strawberries, or
melons, or sparrow grass, or anything
else. are so many fairy tales"
With that the commission merchant
looked complacently around his stand,
measured the crates of berries with his
eye, lit cigar, and waited for a reply
1t came, but not from the reporter, says
the Chicago Tribune.
Pm not so sure about this theory
business" said the man across the way
1--WE seen good many farms that
wouldn't pay under practical farming
that yielded good, paying crops when
one of these agricultural professors
took charge of them.
There is such place down state
Always. Nobody could do anything
with it.
"Well. young fellow with glasses
came sailing along and he bought the
place Everybody laughed, of course
But he is a rich man to-day. And what
do you suppose made him rich? Why,
sparrow grass. And he grew it by the
DRY, at that"
In a moment or two the discussion
included half a dozen marketmen, and
these are the conclusions which the re-
porter felt were justified by their sew
eral Judgments:
That the profits in growing small
fruits depend almost entirely on the
care with which they are packed for
shipment.
That the big profits go to the pro-
ducers of extra" goods and that in
more cases than otherwise, the pro-
iucers of these extra" goods are not
what the neighbors call practical
farmers" !
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-09-24

MODEL HoGHoUsE.

more healthy in having clean feeding
floor and dry sleeping quarters.
The accompanying plan suggests a
simple hoghouse, which can be built
very cheap. This is a shed-roof build
ing facing south, which has several
windows to let in plenty of sunshine.
The height from floor to plate is nine
feet in front and six in the rear The
feedroom is 12x12, the sleeping-room
Sx12, and the alley four feet wide. Far
rowing pens are 6xS feet each. The dot
ted lines mark movable partitions
Each pen and room should be well
lighted. Small doors in front open into
lots. If desired, feeding crib or grain
bin may be built on the end of the house
adjacent to the feed room.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-09-24
A CHEAP HOUSE FOR HOGS
The Structure Here Described Will
Pay for Itself in the Course
of Single Season.

Every farmer who raises dozen or
more hogs through the season should
have suitable place for them to sleep
and eat. A neat and comfortable house
can be built from native lumber, the
cost of which can be made perhaps in
one season by the number of pigs saved
during narrowing time. and by econ
omy of feed. Besides, the hogs will be