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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04

w ,oral department. par, i It t' Is the
fairy godmother Of Uncle
Sans children. II waves It's wand and
ten blades Of graas grow where none
would grow before II mods It's head
and a wheat crop comes from the Atlas
mountains, and covers the dry lands
of Texas and the far west. II speaks
and the lowlnnds Of the south are green
with rice fields equal TO those Of China
and Japan. II again shakes It's rod
ana the nitrogen Of the air, harnessed
20 bacteria bred In the department sta
bles, makes mother earth produce as
she has not produced before. The ag-
ricultural department Is the great cre-
alive department Of the government. Il
IL the department that Is doing things,
and ii has done 80 much since Secretary
Wilson took charge OF II that Is II now
giving object lessons TO every nation
ON the globe, a few years ago it was
laughed at as "a seed-seudng, gopher
farming organization. IL IL now known
ms a great scientific institution, oper-
ated for the enrichment OF the country
and the people, II has today more
thun two thousand scientists, expert
mentlng, here and I'm other parts OF the
world and about the only restriction
OF It's possibilities Hes In the mcager
appropriations which Congress ifIVes
20 carry ON its work I here advise
every farmer IN the United states to
write his own congressman that the ag-
ricultural department be treated liher-
ally, IN the way OF appropriations, FOR,
In a. L. -
his own pockets and those OF Uncle
Sam
OUR BIG TOBACCO CROP
You have already heard how we are
adding 20 our corn crop. The in
crease In its value within ten years
through careful seed selection, win give
us enough money 10 build the Panama
canal two or three times over. Hun
drods Of millions Of dollars viii be add
ed to the south by new discoveries as to
raising cotton, and ! now want 10 show
you some OF the wonders discovered dur
ing the past year along the line OF to-
baccos.
Tobacco has been one Of our big
money crops since the very beginning
Of things The plant was not known
until America was discovered, Co
lumbus saw the natives smoking It dur
ING ms illbt voyage, ma physician /
who was sent TO Mexico by Philip II
of Spain brought back the first tobacco
plants 10 Europe, About the same
time Jean Nlcot the French ambassa-
dor 10 Portugal sent some tobacco seed |
10 Katharine de Medicl, the queen OF |
France and from him the name NIco- |
tiana was given TO Il ana from that |
we get the nicotine ms the poison Of |
tobacco today 1t was in 1888 that the |
first Virginia tobacco was taken to |
England, and It was in 1912 that John |
Rolfe, the husband OF Pocahontas, be-
came the first civilized tobacco grower |
and raised tobacco for export Shortly |
after this the demand became so great |
that tobacco was raised generally In |
our southern colonies. 1t was used |
as money and a ship load OF girls who |
We're brought over from England to be
married TO the first settlers Of Virginia |
We're sold there at 100 pounds of to. |
bacco and upwards a piece From then |
on the business grew rapidly. hum |
dred years before the Declaration Of In |
dependence England was collecting
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04

suckers the children OF H..
mav ~, Sou you must rei oornts-
he conna u - no,I million children ,rI,,
Won seH tb bo,'Y WY iree from suckers, v. VI
SIi,, ~ cS ,uey can by seed alone n, o,'.S
United States '"e tobacco crop Of M
TALK WITH A TOBACCO Eypvn,
DurlnF my talk with Mr.. sh,,.-,
asked him whether the tob, Hu'mel |
erB IN different parts os n.y. grow.
states were lettering their oroos Gnlied
way. He replied: N''ps N this
Not yet The dlscove,,,
been made within q comnay,,in as only
months, and It Is practle1lio ,n,,ey few
70 the general public. Wa SnAhown
ma one seasons work M n only
nave gone far enough Ia V"V We
we shall succeed In gre3tlv o mat
ing the size of our tobsrc, .u.prov.
us value. We expect TO deveiopp ana
varieties BY crossing the bsst new
from different localltls ma pants
duce tobacco which viii hovo or pro-
hardness Of our native ioh,,nN' 1he
AT ne same time the flavor anG c,o 1nu
OF the Imported strain" 'uol'y
grown" '''''cos now
There Is much Experimental ,..,..
on IN connecticut and Florlds snug
Mr. Shamel. IN Florida ,boy sald
raising tobacco under slats va are
succeeding very well. TeXaa 'p are
growing filler tobacco from cuh,1 now
and promises to raise a nrodu Ctn see
TO the Cuban article. The oron tlull
VIII be improved by selecting ~ t1eIe
plants In the fields as seed pI5 ,"t 'aea,
inciioslIns them In bags as / have p d.
! should think the tobacco orc, -,
every state and every locality cowIgg ol
improved In the same way?" ''' ~
ut could" was the reply ohio r,...
ters. might use imported seed az p ,n
might take the best plants of tbcir oley
nelds and by bagglng them prodpce O,%n
BEST seed possible from their o we
crops for the next year BY doins VWSInl
year after year they would soon IN u',s
~ improve the crop In quantity t ari
quality" '' ana
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04

'AsHGNGToN, d. CT take
of my hat to the agrlcul-
tural department! II Is the
FL. t.A fr.y.t.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04
IT FILLS UNCLE SANS POCKET
BOOK.

This product brings in several hun
dred millions dollars year In the way
OF gross receipts, II Is one OF the most
profitable crops TO the government II
is classed as luxury and heavily
taxed Altogether the treasury gets
more than S65 100000 year out Of such
duties and taxes; and last year the rev.
enue tax from tobacco alone amounted
10 more than $ii.00O00
The value OF the crop Is enormous.
As far back as 1890, according TO an es-
Innate which ] have, our tobacco pro-
ducts brought In more money than the
printing and publishing trades The
people Were then paying as much for
tobacco as they were for boots and
shoes and twice as much as they paid
for sugar. Their tobacco cost them
more than all their magazines, books
and newspapers, and since Their II has
increased rather than diminished.
A MILLION DOLLARS TO TICKLE
UNCLE SANS NOSE.
Shutting is looked upon by many as a
custom OF the past, but the taxes on
the snuff used to tickle Uncle Sans
nose last year brought In more than
million dollars and we are now maxi
Ing enough SNUFF annually to give every
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04
pa Crepondencs Of Me Desere NOs by Ftank q Carpenl

100000 annually in tobacco duties, and
the product Of Maryland and Virginia
! alone, u little more than fifty years
later was worth IN the nelghborhood
! Of H2OOO0OO Tobacco became fashion
| able IN all the courts of Europe Il
| rapidly spread 10 Africa and Asia and
| today there is hardly 4 place In the big
round world where It Is not more or less
used
AN AMERICAN MONOPOLY
Indeed, the tobacco business OF today
Is an American monopoly. We control
the trade Of England and the continent,
and our big tobacco trust has rs
branches IN every part Of the world
with It's AFFILIATED companies Il has a
capital Of about $500 100000. and II Is
paying dividends upon that amount.
Tobacco manufacturing Is steadily
growing In the United states. There
are more than $4,000 establishments Of
this Kind I'm the country and they em-
ploy 10000 hands. They use raw ma
terlal worth 100000, 900, and their out
put has a value three times or more
that amount The Industry rs found
In every city md the cigar store In
every town, ana ] might say cigars,
cigarettes ana tobacco at every cross
road IN the United States,
A MILLION ACRES or TOBACCO.
In order to show what the crop
means 10 the United states. let me give
you a few figures We had last year
more than million acres under cult
walton, and we raised In round numbers
SlG.OOO0OO pounds. ,or more than 10
pounds for every man. woman and child
in the country. This tobacco came from
dozen different states. ana II was by
no means confined 20 the south. Here
are the localities which produced IT, /
give round numbers only:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04

bacco last year was greater still for
some Of II we paid $40 and upward per
pound, What the agricultural depart
ment Is trying to do Is 10 teach our to-
bacco growers TO raise this expensive
product at home. Experiments to that
effect are being made IN Connecticut
and Florida, and the discoveries of the
present year promise success. They al
80 show that the general grade of to-
bacco over the whole United States
can be raised and the value Of the crop
made enormously greater.
FARMING IN TENTS.
The fancy tobacco farming which is
now going on Is perhaps the most ex-
pensive farming on earth. There are
plantations In Connecticut which an
nually cost $1,000 an acre 10 run, not in
Guiding the cost Of the land. On these
plantations the seed is sown in hot
beds heated by steam pipes and COW
cred with glass, and the plants are set
out under great tents, acre after acre
being covered with cloth supported
by posts, In order to give the plants
about the same temperature as they
have In the tropical countries from
where our finest tobacco leaves come.
Let me give you the cost OF n single
acre OF such tobacco raising The
plantation I speak OF Is an irrigated
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04
TOBACCO AT TEN DOLLARS
POUND.

The most OF the tobacco raised in the
United States Is low grade tobacco The
lands in many parts Of the country are
worn out, the variety Is poor, and the
yield per acre comparatively small, In
some years II does not yield on the ey-
erage seven cents per pound to the pro-
Queer, Nevertheless, We imported
more than 33,O0O0 900 pounds OF tobacco
'eaf IN 1908 and paid out more than ST.
900. 900 for It, or more than so cents per
pound. The cost Of our imported to-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04

TOBACCO

man, woman and child in the country a
quarter Of "A pound. We use something
like I0000O00OO cigars and 5000, 900 900
cigarettes every year and an enormous
quantity of smoking tobacco.
Many people think that chewing Is
dying out but the product OF plug to-
bacco made in 1893 was enough to give
every man, woman and child In the
United States two and one-half pounds
and IN addition there were 1900, 900
pounds of fine cut, The snuff made that
year amounted altogether to $4,000, 900
pounds, and. strange TO say, 5000, 900
pounds were made In Delaware, 1900. 900
In Maryland and much Of the balance in
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Tennes.
see,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-04

10 70 l and better arc the chances OF
your getting perfect flour satiafaC ton,
when you use tho White Fawn Brand
Truth 60 tell, there's little likelihood of
your having anything but pure, whole
some yet economical product hut don't
% content with a lust as good" -four
demand tho White Fawn every time.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06
Letter to VIM. FAIRIES,
Smyrna, Del.


Dear Sir: Do you want to sell Devoe
lead and zinc for your town and coun-
try?
The whole doctrine of it turns on
these three points:
% 1t is all paint and true paint;
(2) 1t is the strongest paint;
(3) 1t is full measure.
Because it is all paint, true paint,
proportional for strength aud full
measure,
() 1t takes least for Job;
(2),Looks best all the time;
90 Last longest;
a. Gathers the trade, and holds Gus.
toners.
There is no such argument for any
other paint; there is no other such
paint; there is nothing but talk for any
other paint. Devoe is the paint, il
you want the facts on your side.
The country is full of experiences
we bring these experiences to bear on
your trade, if you sell Devoe.
Yours truly
T. w. DEvoE g. Co.
New York
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06
BLACKBIRD.
Improvements to Property Ia and Around
BIackbird-Pet Dog Run Over By An
Automobile Personals.

Special Correspondence to the Times.
BLACKBIRD, Dec. 5:-Mr. James
Fortner who purchased the DuHada-
way property in Blackbird, has built
himself very comfortable and cozy
home, and expects to move in, in
very short time. Mr.. David W Stats,
the mail carrier, is improving his home
with new coat of paint.
Miss Ethel Fenemore is leader for
the Epworth League next Sunday
evening, the topic being, The City of
God.
The Pet Dog, of Mrs. Jacob @. Spicer
was instantly killed on Monday by an
Automobile.
Personals: s:-Miss Edith E. Gibbons of
Flemings Landing, spent Tuesday
with Miss Ethel Fenemore. Mrs.
Hannah Reynolds of Thoroughfare
Neck, is visiting her cousin Mrs. Sarah
E. Hobson near Townsend. Mr..
Homer and Herbert Crossan and Mr..
Herman Macy of Wilmington spent
Thursday and Friday, with Miss Lizzie
and Mamie Pierson.-Mr Howard
Cullen of st. Georges, spent Friday
with Mr.. William Fenemore. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Fortner entertained q
number of her relatives on Thursday
Mrs. William Alfree, Miss Addie and
Eva Alfree, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Alfree, Jr., and children, Mrs. Mary
Butler of Townsend, and Mrs. Herman
Kumple and children of Odessa. Miss
Beulah Buckson is visiting friends anC
relatives in Townsend d-Mr. David d
Stats Jr., is visiting his sister, Mrs
Stanley Mathews of Still Pond, Md
Miss Lizzie B. Pierson left on Monda
for Wilmington where she will spen
some time.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06
CHESWOLD.
Thanksgiving Observed With a Number OF
Dinner Partles-LOcal Happenings and
Personal Mention.

Special Correspondence to the TIMES.
CHEswoLD, Dec. 5:-Thanksgiving
was less observed this year than IN
former year, business went on much
as on all other days, the schools were
closed and some efforts made for pre-
pared dinners were all that distin-
guished the day from all other days.
Among the dinner parties notlceble
we're those of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kranz who entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Boggs, Miss May Hardcastle, Miss
Ethel Hardcastle, Mrs. William Smith
of Wilmington and Mr.. Fred Hard
castle. Also that of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
S. Cantwell who entertained Mr.. and
Mrs. r. S. Cantwell of Clayton and
Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Goodhand.
A parlor meeting to be held Thurs
day evening of this week at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Hardcastle
under the auspices of our W. G. T. u,
promises to be the social feature o.
this week. A program of music, reci
tations, reading &C., will be rendered
and refreshments served. Mrs. Name
Cooper will have charge.
Nellie, the faithful and trusted family
horse belonging to John Moore died
last week after % years service, has
brought unusual sorrow to the female
| nortion Of tho family
Personals: s:-Miss Williams of FEEDER
alsburg, Nd, was a guest at the par
sonage last Week.-Mrs. Bessie O'day
of Seaford, is the guest of Miss Nelli,
Swain. Misses Bessie and Jenni
Hlnsly of Camden Delaware are guest
of Mrs. d. H. Boyce. Mrs. William
Smith, of Wilmington, is the guest o
Mrs. John Kranz.-Mrs. Eva Will
and daughter are guests of Mr.. an
Mrs. Claud H. Pearson near Cheswold
Miss Deborah Goodhand is visiting
the Misses BESSIE and Mildred Levi
of Dover. Miss Grace Moore of Mi
ford and Mrs. Lille Abbott, of Dover
were Thanksgiving visitors of thei
sister Miss Belle Moore.-Miss Mar,
Boggs is visiting Miss Bertha Dar
nenhauer of Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06
For Sale or Rent.

TVio-story Frame Dwelling House ~
thoroughly good repair. and over half aclf
OF land, with stable IN rear of lot, pump i,
good water and all conveniences, eneluI
located in West Smyrna. Possession Mai''
1st, 1906.
Il. II. CUMMINS,n
Meadow Lawn Farm, Near Clayton, p'''
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06
KENTON.
Norris Bull of Downs Chapel Purchases 9
Home in Keniou-Moffit- Mcdowell Wed.
ding Near Town-Personal Mention.
N Correspondence to the TIMES.


special Correspondence to the TIMES.
KENToN, Dec. 5:-Norris Bull, liv-
ing near Downs Chapel, purchased OF
Il. E. Bailey last Thursday, a house
and lot in Kenton, known as the Hill
yard property, for $425.OO
w. II. Mofit and Miss Katharine
Mcdowell both of Kent County, were
quietly married at the home of M. E.
Moffit, brother of the groom, near
Kenton, last Wednesday afternoon at
two o'clock. Father Waldron of Dover
oficiated.
One of our rural mail carriers went
cunning on Thanksgiving Day, trav-
cling about twenty miles aud says all
he shot was an old tin pan.
PsrsOnaIs:-M III. Hevalow spent
Thanksgiving with friends and rela.
tives in Greensboro, Md.-Miss Edith
Downs, Miss Catharyne McFaul aud
Mr. W II. Cooper, Jr., of Wilmington
spent thanksgiving with their parents
here.-Virgil Voss of Smyrna Land
ing, is spending few days with hi
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jame
Cook.-Dr, Corley and wife, and Ro
land Taylor of Dover, were home Of
Thanksgiving.-Mi Ida Downs wa
in Wilmington Friday and Saturday.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06
No secr.t About 1t.

1t is no secret, that for Cuts, Burns,
Ulcers, Fever Sores, Sore Eyes. Boils,
ETC., nothing is so effective as Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. 'It didn't take long to
cure bad sore had, and it is all o.
X. for sore eyes, writes d. L. Gregory,
of Hope, Tex. 25c at Benton N. We'll
don's drug store.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06

The people of Clayton are looking
forward to the first union convention
of the Sunday Schools of Duck Greek
and Kenton Hundreds which will be
held at Ewell's NJ. P. Church on Fri
day. The full program for the con-
vention will be found on the first page
of this ISSUE
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06

Truly this is the winter of discon-
tent among the sportsmen who have
tried field shooting in Delaware. The
fear that has often been expressed
that the partridge would be well-nigh
exterminated-is now an established
fact. Plans are rife now for action to
be taken and there are regrets over the
failure to do things which should have
been done several years ago.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06

John Ford is one of the busy men of
Clayton at the present time. To his
care has been given the adjusting OF
the signals at the towers and as it has
only been few days since the system
went into effect, his new duties keeps
him on the jump.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06

A Cough Syrup which drives q cold
out of the system by acting as a cathartic
on the bowels is offered in Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar. Clears the
throat, strengthens the lungs and
bronchial tubes. The mothers friend
and the chNdren's favorite. Best for
Group, WhdQping- Cough, etc. Sold
by VIM. T. DNnn.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06

Over 5000 gallons of oysters were
shipped alone from Cambridge in one
day last week, to supply the increase
demand of city markets. Other ship
ping points which are sending up large
quantities of oysters are Ohincoteague,
Cape Charles, Seaford and even some
of the shipping stations in Kent county,
Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06
A Bad Scare.

Some day you will get a bad scare,
when you feel pain in your bowels,
and fear appendicitis. Safety lies in
DIR. Kings New Life Pills, a sure cure,
for all bowel and stomach diseases,
such as headache, biliousness; costive-
ness, etc. Guaranteed at Benton n.
Weldon's drug store, only 25c. Try
them.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06

W. A. Griffith of Denton, Nd, has
opened meat store in the Graham
Building in the room formally used as
the shambles of A. @. Price. Since
Mr.. Price moved to Philadelphia there
has been but one butcher shop in
Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06
BOOKS!

deal because we had as
didn
and boys BOOKS OF
Humor- WoksBlble,
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06
CLAYTON DEPAR RTMENT.
CLAYTON.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From the DOings
In and About Town.

Mrs. Fannie G. Blades of 1916 White
St, Baltimore, died Friday, Dec. 1st.
Funeral and interment took place Sun
day, at Sudlersville, Md.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.

Fewer gallons; takes less of Devoe
Lead and Zinc than mixed paints
Wears longer: twice as long as lead
and oil.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06

PersOnaIs:-Mr. and Mrs. John
Brady have been visiting in Whining
ton.-Rev. V. P. Northrup has re-
turned home from Snow Hill.-Miss
Name Anderson spent Sunday in
Hartly. y.-Prof. McBee and wife have
returned from several days visit in
Baltimore. Mr.. T. G.. Metz and wife
arrived home from Jacksonville,
Florida.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-06

Samuel Blackiston, colored, who
wac shot near Alley Mills, Clayton on
Tuesday, died at the Delaware Hos
pital late Friday night, as a result of
the wound made by the shot. When
Blackiston was admitted to the Will
mington hospital he had a bullet
wound through his right temple, and
the surgeons trephined the skull and
probed for the bullet, which was
lodged somewhere in the brain and
could not be located. johnson never
regained consciousness from the time
he was received at the hospital. DR..
j. S. Cobb of Clayton, attended the
wounded man at Clayton and accom-
panied him to the hospital, Blackis
toms wound is supposed to have been
inflicted while be was handling a rifle
in his own home directly after return
ing from a cunning trip with Horace
Tribbitt. How the accident occurred
is-aot known but 1t appears that Black
iston was handling a rifle when it ac-
cidently went of. Tribbitt, his com
panion left Immediately after the affair
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
T.. Paulle Buys Buildings for + Factory

L. Paulle Buys Buildings for Factory.
L. Paulle,~ the well-known showcase
manufacturer, has purchased the build
ings on First avenue N and Second
street, formerly occupied by. the Inter
national Stock Food company, and has
installed. his. factory and offices, which
will be in working order Wednesday,
Nov 1st.s The buildings consist of a
four-story structure facing First ave-
nue. N and4a fve-story L facing Sec.
ond street, thus giving Mr., Paulle
ample space for his extensive dine of
machinery and materials Mr. PauHe
is one Of the oldest manufacturers of
the city. For the past thirty years he
has been manufacturing showcases,
bank and office fixtures and has built
up his business to be the largest of its
kind in the northwest. His. factory,
it. will be emembered> by many old
timers, was located originally on the
site Of the Minnesota Loan & Trust
building. For manyS:years Mr.. Paulle
changed from one place to- another,
each time getting larger quarters, the
best remembered of which will be his
place on Third avenue s opposite the
courthouse, which, burned in one of the
most spectacularz fires ever witnessed
in Minneapolis. @ Since that. time Mr..
Paulle has been located on Main street
Sc, in the old Iron Store building. The
necessity of procuring permanen guar:
tiers prompted him to buy the new
buildings where lat last he will have
a plaees@of his own. Much new ma
chinery has been installed ]. and ordefs
will be turned out without q moment :
delay. u SSs. ~, '''a. -..,s;'1 -.