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Smyrna times., 1905-08-02
CHESWOLD.
CantaIOupes Begin 10 Move From cheswOId
But Crops VIII Not be Very Large
Local happenings and Personals.

Local nappenlngs hnd PersOndis'
Special Correspondence to the Times.
CHEswoLD, July 31:-About fifty |
crates of cantaloupes came to our ship |
ping market today, being the largest |
quantity this year. Too much RAIN our
farmers fear is going toiniure this crop
as also the tomato crop.
The Epworth League of Cheswold
will hold festival Friday and Satur-
day evenings of this week on Mr..
Howard Garrison's lawn adjoining the
parsonage. The proceeds will be ap-
propriated toward the debt remaining
on the parsonage.
Our w. G. T. U. will meet Thurs
day evening of this week with Mrs.
Jennie Cantwell.
Pastor Goodhand preached stirring
sermon Sunday morning on 1.-The
True Type of Christian" to good au-
dience
A company which gave concerts and
short comedies and sold medicine of
the eclectic school, with corn salve
pitched tent in Cheswold and gave en-
tertsinments each night last week to
large crowds from the country as we'll
as town. The whole equipment was
moved to Leipsic to-day.
Mr.. Herman Baxter and Mr.. Sam
uel Unruh near Cheswold, will tent
with their families at the Camp Meet
ing near Marydel, which opens the
last of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kranze of Phil
adelphia, have moved to Cheswold and
are occupying one OF the apartments
of the Collins Block. Mrs. Kranz was
formerly Miss Edith Hardcastle, who
Is we'll known in this vicinity. Mr..
Kranz comes as a skilled blacksmith
and has opened business in this line
in all its branches.
Miss Elsie Cantwell entertained a
few friends at tea, Saturday in honor of
her friend, Miss May Cantwell of
Chester, now visiting Ter.
PersOnaIs:-Mrs. Mary Denney of
Clayton, was the guest of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. W. A. Carey last week.-In
moving from Greenwood to Eastop,
Md, Mrs. W. o. Merrick, little Frank
and Master Sherwood Merrick stopped
over with Cheswold friends when a
warm greeting was extended them.
Miss Jessie Pleasanton, daughter of
DR.. G. W. Pleasanton of Milford, has
returned home after making lengthy
visit to her aunt, Miss Belle Moore
Mr.. George Emett of Chester, is a
guest at the home of W. S. Cantwell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sigelkin are en-
tertaining her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bates of Oxford, Md.-Miss Elizabeth
Lewis of Dover was the guest of Miss
Deborah Goodhand at the parsonage
over Sunday Great anxiety was lifted
not only from the parsonage but from
the community last week when the
crisis In little Margaret Goodhand's 8
ten days illness changed for the better
, She is convalescing fast.-Miss Anna
May Belts, of Georgetown. Del, and
r Miss Helen Jones of Dover, were
] guests of Miss Ethel Hardcastle las
: Week.-Mrs. Clara Savin of Cheswold
l is visiting friends at Wildwood, N. J
Mr.. William Kelley of Adm, N. J,
t is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Emer,
: and other Cheswold friends.
Smyrna times., 1905-08-02

A large force of workmen are now
grading the track at the Coal Shute
which has been erected in the ''Yard."
The engine which is to furnish power
for the shute has arrived and put in
place but owing to a mistake in mea-
surement the roof will have to be raised
considerably before the job is COM
plete. The shute is one of the largest
of its kind on the Division and repre-
sents considerable work. The machine
will be a great saving in time in coal :
ing engines at this point and will
doubtless guard against a waste of
coal.
Smyrna times., 1905-08-02

James A. Burchenal, supervisor of
the Delaware Division with head
quarters at this place has received
transfer to the Middle Division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Miflin, Pa,
and leaves this week to take hold of
his new position. He will be succeeded
at this point by Mr.. Waters of George
asoVn who will move to Clayton. There
is regret at losing Mr.. and Mrs.
Burchenal from Clayton and they have
many friends who wish them well in
their new field of effort.
Smyrna times., 1905-08-02
N = Pinch. use Al,.r.s : ro.,.r....

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. 1t cures Oorns,
Bunions, Painful, Smarting, Hot.
Swollen feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c.
Smyrna times., 1905-08-02
Our August Sale Began With a Rush
SAVINGS FOURTH A THIRD AND MORE.


by makers of national
Whether
that makes
We tell things
S
disappointed exhibition worth
Fall we'll
liver pleasure.
Smyrna times., 1905-08-02

Large quantities of grain are being
shipped off of the Peninsula by W. G.
Hill the grain broker. Mr.. Hill
handles more grain than probably any
one man on the Peninsula and his
trade extends on all the divisions of
the Delaware Railroad. Many car
loads of wheat are moving off the
Peninsula just now, under his direc-
tion.
Smyrna times., 1905-08-02
CLAYTON DEPART TMEAT.
CLAYTON.
Items OF Interest Cleaned From the Dolugs
Ia and About Town:

A number of Clayton enthusiasts at
tended the Horse Show in Wilmington
last week.
Smyrna times., 1905-08-02

One of the busiest men of this town
is Constable w. M. Boyer. The Wood
land Beach cases have afforded him
plenty of work overtime and has
necessitated many miles of driving in
order to serve summons. He is one of
the most active constables Kenton
Hundred has had in many years and
he looks we'll after his cases, weighing
all details well,before taking them up.
Smyrna times., 1905-08-02

Last Thursday being a bright and
beautiful day, large crowd ayailed
themselves of the annual excursion
given at Woodland Beach under the
auspices of Ewells M. P. Church. The
Sunday School children were up bright
and early and full day was given
them at the bayside. Besides Ewell's
Sunday School there were several more
excursions given at the Beach, the
Thomas Clyde bringing down one of the
largest crowds of the season.
Smyrna times., 1905-08-02

values bargain prices have advertised this annual
awaited
Wimingtons retail merchandising
While waited planning until able
this
that all careful buyers must justice to themselves share III the great re-
ductions presented
enlarged bought in them the
fully whether
furnishings humble most elaborate home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
When to Plant strawberries.

F. r. Stiles, in Farm and Ranch.
 When the weather is favorable and the soil in good condition. both in re- gard to its mechanical condition and it's fertility, November is probably generally speaking. the best month of the year in which to set strawberry plants for spring crop. With cool fall and irrigation September would be better, but in the greater part of Texas abundant water and a propi- ttous temperature are quite too un- certain in that month or in even the next. If planting is done early in No- be satisfactory than if done later, but 1t can be done in January and give satisfactory results.
 I do not like to startle my readers or even to appear to be an innovator of customs, but must admit that I am not orthodox in my horticultural faith when strawberry culture is the subject for consideration. You, read CT. must therefore accept my advice only on the approval of your own judgment. l anla so often asked for advice which I %cannot give satisfac- torily in a few moments of conversa- tion or by letter that I find it neees- sary in order to make myself under stood, to resort to the Columns of Farm and Ranch, whose readers are largely the persons seeking informa- tion from me.
 The Texas horticulturist, years ago. depended very largely upon the North and East for information as to meth ods of producing his crops. He has gradually become more Relf-reliant and has by degrees developed Texas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23

system of horticultural practice, but the system is as yet by no means complete. Consciously sometimes, of- ten unconsciously, he still srnolds his
 methods by extra state >practiaes. This custom prevails to a considerable extent in strawberry growing and re- suits in loss to the commercial plan ter. Accept this apology for anything out of line which l may utter in the following, or in subsequent issues. l have neither time nor space to make comparisons or explain differences in this letter.
 From four to seven thousand plants are said to be required to set an acre of strawberries. In Texas that ques- tion must be determined by the sea- son of planting and the desires of the planter. Texas Is greater than the other states in this as in many other things-it has two distinct planting seaSons and two distinct objects to be attained. Ie I have at the present time made up my mind that I shall set out an acre of strawberries for the quickest possible return and have the mean to gratify my wish should not hesitate to set out not four thousand but forty thousand plants on that acre; provided. that the land Is now in q fine condition of tilth and fertility. that the season Is favorable and that can get suitable plants properly set by we'll say the middle of November From thise setting l should reasonably expect to get enough fruit in the spring to pay the whole cost of the plantation for twelve months and in addition supply me with all the plants could possibly use the succeeding fall. The probability is that I should have a balance in bank.
 On the other hand If did not want to be bothered with the handling of fruit in the spring and if [ did not have money to spare I should not care to set my strawberry plants in the fall at all and much less to etforty thous- and plants on the acre. Neither would buy Southern grown plants. But l should go right to work on the ground wanted to plant in the spring, if I had not already been at work on 1t since July. To grow strawberries successfully by which I mean profita- he, the land must be clean. I have had this lesson hammered into me on two separate occasions. The weed seed in the soil must be germinated and the weedlets killed. Of course you can set tho plants in the soil with the weed seed, but If you do you will be following the example of the man who took a short cut across >swamp with load of green saw logs instead
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
WHITE MAN IN TOLLS,
Joseph Pope Accused of Stealing from Negroea.

Negroes.
 Joseph Pope. a white man, who says his home is in Atlanta, and who has been employed in Montgomery for some months as a hostler in several livery stables is confined in the city prison, charged with burglary and grand larceny.
 Pope, 1t is said, did not draw the so- cial equality lines and lived with ne- groes on Bell street. taking his meals at a negro restaurant on Lee street.
 McCluster Williams, . the proprietor of the restaurant, had a fight Satur- day with another negro, Gilbert Cam dle. and both were arrested and locked up in the city prison. While the place was deserted, Pope is said to have en- tered the place and proceeded to help himself to everything in sight. A bushel of apples, some mixed nuts, pig tails and bread were stolen and were taken from the man when he was ar- rested at 1885 o'clock yesterday morn- ing.
 Recorder A. H. Arlington will hear the case this afternoon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
Fodder Said to Dry Up Cows.

It would be interesting to ascertain from what grain of truth or thread of fancy sprang the notion that corn fod- der (cured blades) dries up the flow of milk. Such a be1ief is frequently met with, and has been called to the attention of the correspondent in an- swer to whose inquiry the following letter was written.
 Dear Sir;
 Your letter of January 18th IS at hand. In replying I would say that While no exact experiments have been made by the experiment stations In feeding cows for long periods of time on corn. fodder, there is no reas- on Tor assuming that corn fodder would have tendency to dry up a cows milk. The feeding of wheat is practically this materfal-that is the cut corn stalks-by thousands of northern farmers Is conclusive evil dence that there is nu danger in the the use of corn fodder. Indeed. the composition and palatability of corn blades is such as to be quite favorab to milk production. the only objection to this material being It's high price.
 !. F D
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23

leaving Montgomery at gao D. m Tuesday "Wednesday and Saturday via New OrIean: and Southern Pacific.
 Train No. carries through PuIIma,s from New Orleans to New York and Cineine natl and Jacksonville to St. Louis mak,n- CT to Chicago. wy Train No. | carries through Pullna, sleepers from New Orleans to New York Cincinnati, Chicago and through day coach
 and sleeper Montgomery to St. Louis with out chsnge.
 All through trains make close connection at Cincinnati Evansville, St. Louis and New Orleans for all points North. south' East and West For further information pertain ar to rates. routes and schedules consult ticket agents |. & N. R. n. or write or all on lwM. BEASLEY. Pass. AEt- Union statioa,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23

Electric lighted dining cars are on trains and between Birmingham and NSw Or" leans Lebanon and CincElnati; Slso on trains 2 to between Montgomery and Nashville. Service la carte.
 New and handsome chair cars (seats free) operated on trains 1 and { between Cincinnati and New Orleans. High back seat coaches and chair ears are also run on all through trains between Cincinnati i Huntsville, St. Louis. Evansville, Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans.
 Train No. 1 carries through Punmans from Chicago, Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans. Also through day coach and sleeper between St. Louis and Montgomery.
 Train No. carries through Puilmahs from Cincinnati and New York to New Orleans and St. Louis to Jacksonville; also through tourist sleopers to San Francisco
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
Accused of Gaming.

John Schoaf and N. S. Schroth. white men, a mill employe and g. bridgeman. respectively, arrested Saturday night by Special Officers Ragland and McDade for playing dice in the rear of a saloon on North Perry street, will have a hearing before Re- corder Arlington this afternoon. The charge against them is gaming.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23

of following the road around it. This cleaning of the soil Is much more necessary for spring set plant than for those set in the fall Having got the land in good condition shall set four thousand plants on 1t in February, and wait twelve months instead of four months for my returns. l should ex . pect much larger gross returns from the spring planting, but if cannot the wear and tear on my nervous sys- tenn occasioned by worry with wet weather. with dry weather, with grass and with poor labor, my net re- turns would be greater on the fail planting. In the above I have men tioned only one point of divergence from the othodox.-Huntsvilie. Texas.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
NOTICE.

Tn the Matter of J. M. Merritt & Co. Bankrupts. In Bankruptcy
 Under an order heretofore made by Judge Thos. c. Jones, in the above entitled case, wherein the undersigned as Receiver of the estate of the said hankrupts. is direct ed to sell the certain stock of goods warea and merchandise and other personal prop srtv and assets belonging to said estate I will offer for sale and sell on Friday the z7th day of January. 1905. in the town of Hartford, Ala, between the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash at pub- lie outcry. all that certain stock of goods wares and merchandise, clothing, shoes etc and other personal property and effects be. longing to said estate. certified check for $500. % will be required to be deposited with the undersigned by the purchaser as an aE- surance of good faith on the part of said purchaser. which will be returned on faiI- ure of confirmation of sale by the court Said goods apparently in good condi- tton. the stock Is large and reasonably clean. and a splendid opportunity is afford ed to acquire it at a reasonable price
 January 18th. 1905 if
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
FINEST CUT FLOWERS

For Funerals, For Weddings. For Receptions, Roses and Carna- daily.
 Ten thousand rose plants, Held grown everbIoominE .varfeties,, ready. fOr prompt delivery.
 ROSEMONT GARDEN. Telephone FOO. Montgomery, Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
Total .2,OOO pounds

The kind of food fed to animals will vary slightly. The worth of the plant food in ton is valued at $2.45. When fresh manure is allowed to remain in a heap, decomposition commences in a few days. The carbon combines with oxygen from the air, producing carbon ic dioxide which Is given off of the ma nure pile. Considerable heat is pro- duced during the process, which dries out the water, and as the water passes out of the manure, the dry state causes the nitrogen to pass out. While the entire heap of manure is wet, the loss of nitrogen Is small. but the waste of the valuables is by teaching.
 Experience demonstrates that a ton of stable manure exposed for six months will lose almost one-half its weight, and 2.7 pounds of nitrogen. When exposed for one year the loss of nitrogen is little over one-third. If the exposure be continued for two years and over, as stated in the in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23

TO CURE COT D IN ONE DAY
 Take Laxative Promo ouinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. P. W. Groves signature is on each box 25c. weS-fri-mon
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
Insectlcide Experiments fin New Jersey

AHsecuchuc experiments tm New Jersey.
 Bulletin No IFS of the New Jersey Experiment Station, contains brief notes on the effect on San Jose scale of some old and a number of new in- secticides. Kill-O-Scale,i "a combina- ton of heavy kerosene. sulphuretted oil and resin dissolved in water" is mentioned as probably the best of the scale killers on the market" but it's price is prohibitive. Crude petroleum Is recomnended for penr trees and in 25 per cent mechanical mixture for some other fruits. The various lime and sulphur mixtures prepared with out the use of external heat were un- satisfactory. The ordinary lime, sul- phur. and salt mixture prepared by boiling, was the only successful wash or this type, and that only on peach and plum. 'Tn even the best cases this wash will not reach scales set among the fine pubescence of the terminal shoots of apple" is the conclusion of the author. Prof. John B. Smith.
 Kerosene limoid, a mixture of lime with kerosene, was effectively used as a summer wash when reduced to 10 per cent kerosene. One quart of resin soap in 25 gallons of this mix ture increased its effectiveness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
What Is the Loss in Exposed Manures

Mt. Olive, Tenn; can get about fif- teen tons of manure within q mile of me that has been in heap exposed to rain and water for about two and one half years, just for the hauling. Now, is said manure any account or worth the time of hauling and spreading?
 P l.. Jeffery
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
seaboard Air Line Ry.

Daily. Montgomery, Ala. Daily. 7:SOan H AJ O. Columbus
 Richiand Albany, Ameri-
 cds, Cordele. Jacksonsille,
 Macon (via Cordele), Sa-l
 vannah and points East. 7:56pm
 (Yia Western Railway
 and Atlanta.) e:45am For Raleigh, Norfolk Oidl 3:20am Point Comfort, Petersburg,l
 Richmond. Wasnington,I
 Baltimore, New York andi
 all points East. Pullman .. Sleeper Atlanta to NSr-
 folk and New York. Dining lear service on noon train lssopm from Atlanta s:2Opm s6 6:30pm Union Springs, Ala, andl points Seaboard be-
 tween Montgomery and Ft
 Davis. Solid train for
 Union Springs: no changei
 of cars. T.As.rn Delightful rail and water trip to the East via Norfolk or Savannah. Apply to ChaS- c. Hicks, c. A.. s. T. Suratt, U. r A Mont gomery, Ala. for full information or Charles F. Stewart A. C.. P. A, Savannah. Ga. Daily except Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23
ErperImept. on Beef Production.

A bulletin of the Iowa Experiment Station just received makes report on experiments in which larger num- bers of steers per pen were employed than in any experiment which has heretofore come to my notice. Fifty steers were used in each pen. com parison was made between different amounts of grain designated in the bulletin as light. medium, and heavy grain rations. However. the amounts of grain differed very slightly for the three lots. and so much corn was fed to each that feeders in this part of the country would consider each ration as very heavy. The amount of grain during the latter part of the feeding was about 19 pounds per day per steer for the lot designated as on a light ration, 23 pounds for the medium ration. and 27 pounds for the heavy ration. To produce one pound of gain in live weight required 10.95 pounds of gain and 9o9 pounds of roughage. chiefly hay.-this was tine amount from the lightest feeding. With the med- ium ration there were required to produce one pound of growth in live weight 11.4 pounds of grain, chiefly corn. and S.06 pounds of roughage; and with the heaviest grain ration. f2.12 pounds of grain and 6.63 pounds of roughage. Cne hog made its living from the droppings of eacn steer. In all cases there was a financial loss after including the returns made by the. hogs. These losses were due to the fact that the difference between the buying and the selling price per hundred pounds of live weight was not sufficient. It is calculated that the margin required to come out even in this experiment with the low prices of Iowa food stuffs (35 cents per bushel for corn, S4.00 per ton for clover hay &c.) would have been a difference between buying and selling prices of s1.3s. $f.46, and $1.52 per one hun dred pounds live weight. The selling prices were ranged better s4.s0 and $5.20 per hundred pounds gross.
 Beef steers from Indian Territory were compared with somewhat old CT steers from Colorado. The finan- cial results were slightly in favor of the southern cattle. A comparison was made between several nitrogen ous foods as additions to the corn ration. The following result is uuot- ed: With corn selling at 50 cents or over. with oil meal at $22.50 per ton, gluten feed at $22.50 per ton, cotton seed meal at $26.0o p~r ton. dried blood lor blood meal at $45.00 per ton, and with rather poor roughage, such as wheat straw, there can be no uues- tion as to the profit m using some of these supplemental feeds. With corn at 3b cents per bushel and with a fair grade of clover hay for roughaCe the most profit will be secured by leaving the supplemental feeds alone"
 J, F D.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23

dimensions Of an Acre-Estlmatfnn Yield of COrn-COrn for Roasting
 Ears.
 Questions on the above subjects nave been received from a correspondent in Tuscaloosa county Dear Sir;
 Your recent letter is at hand. and I reply to your questions in order as follows: CD to obtain the length of an acre divide 43.56O square feet. which is the surface area of an acre, by the width desired. If you
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23

GROVES TASTELEsS CHILL TONIt
 Has stood the test Twenty-Five yearn The first and original tasteless chiii tonic. 60 eentG a0d
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23

To correctly and satisfactorily an- swer the above question we must first ascertain what the component parts of an average ton of stable manure are. The annexed table gives the com position of one ton of average fresh manure.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-23

qufry, two-thirds or more of the fertf- lizing properties would be wasted, leav ing not more than 60 cents of value to the ton. Therefore. we would conclude that 1t would not pay to haul the ma nure for what it contains. The only advantage in its application would be the physical action 1t would have in ioosening the soil and increasing the soils capacity for retaining mois- ture.-Southern Agriculturist.