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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
The Cotton Situation.

AS it becomes evident that there has
really been a considerable decrease in
the area of cotton planted, and the
area has been still further reduced by
bad season and insect attacks, cotton
has been advancing in price and at
present it seems that the prospect is
for a much smaller crop than last
year. We have a circular from John
II. Garner, Business Agent of the
Farmers Cooperative Union OF
America, who claims as the result of
a correspondence with 10000 cotton
growers, that the various causes at
work have made an actual reduction
of one-third in the area that VIII pro-
duce the crop, and that the present
prospect is that the crop of 1905 will
not exceed 100000 bales. Whether
1t is as bad as this we are not pre-
pared to say, but it is certainly evident
that the crop of this season will be
very much smaller than last year, and
that prices will be very well maintains
ed. The statistics of the Department
of Agriculture claim to show a de-
crease in area of IL per cent, and be-
tween this and 30 per cent. is proba-
bly, the true state of the case. There
is a strong suspicion that the Depart
ment figures have been manipulated in
the interest of spectators, and a strict
investigation is promised. AT any rate
the determination of the farmers to
hold last years cotton did certainly
prevent its going to very low point,
and taken in connection with the pres
ent prospect the holding has made the
advance in price. 1t is not so much
the number of bales raised that makes
low prices ruinous to the South but
the number of acres required to grow
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
Personally Conducted Tour to the Pa
cific Coast via Seaboard Air
Line Railway.

The Seaboard announces a person
ally conducted tour from North Caro-
lima to points in Colorado, the Yellow
stone National Park Los Angeles, San
Francisco, the Lewis and Clark Expo
sition at Portland, Ore, and other
points of interest on the Pacific Coast
to leave about August 1st to 8th, exact
date being decided later. The round
trip is only $3.50 and the route will
be via Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis.
st. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs, Salt Lake City. Los
Angeles, San Francisco, the Shasta
Route to Portland, Northern Pacific
TO st. Paul thence to Chicago and re-
turn via st. Louis
Through Pullman cars will be ar
ranged for the exclusive use of the
party, which will be personally con-
Quoted by Rev, VIM. Black and wife, of
Davidson, n. c., who successfully
handled the large party from North
Carolina last August.
Itinerary of the trip is now being
prepared which will give full details
as TO the rates, Stop-overs hotel rates
ana points of interest. 1t will be one
OF the most complete trips of its kind
ever arranged from this State and at
very small cost. Those who join the
party will be shown every attention
over the entire trip which VIII con-
sumo between four and five weeks.
Write for booklet and information
to Rev. VIM. Black, Davidson, n. c.,
or address,
CHAS. II. GATTIS, T. p. A..
Raleigh, N. G.
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Special Rates Via S. A. 1.

The Seaboard announces they viii
sell reduced rate round trip tickets to
the following points accounts special
OCCASIONS:
Richmond, Va.-Farmers' National
Congress, September 1922.
Monteagle, Tcnn.-Monteagle Bible
Training School. July 3rd-August 18th.
Knoxville, Tenn.-Summer School,
June 20th-July 28tk.
Tuscaloosa, Ala.-Summer School,
for Teachers, June 16-July 2Sth.
Nashville, Tenn.-Peabody Summer
School, Vanderbilt Biblical Institute.
June 14th-August 9Th.
Monteagle, Tenn. Woman's Con-
gress. August lis.
Monteagle, Monteagle SUN
day School Institute, July 17-August
5th.
Oxford, Miss.-Summer School Uni
versity of Mississippi, June 14th-July
26th
Athens, Ga.-Summer School June
27th-July 2Sth.
WrightsviIie, n. C.-Summer School
June 15th-21st Rate from Raleigh
$4.55 round trip.
Baltimore, Md.-United Society
Christian EndeaVor, International Con-
vention July 5th-10th.
AshevilIe, n. C.-Conference Young
Peoples Missionary Association, June
Buffalo. n. Y.-Annual Meeting
Grand Lodge b. p. o. f.. July 11th-15.
Denver, CoI.-International Ep-
worth League Convention, July 5th-
9Th. Rate from Raleigh, $42.75; VIII
mington, $42.75; Charlotte, 41.25.
Davidson College, n. C.-Piedmont
Summer School, July, 1905.
Asbury Park, n. Irrational Edu
catfonal Association, July 3rd7th.
Rate from Raleigh. $18.15; via New
York, $21.S0; Wilmington. SELLS; via
New York, $4,000; Charlotte, $27.75
via New York, $32.10. Permits OF
in New York.
Greensboro, n. C.-North Carolina
Teachers Assembly, August 1st-Sth.
Louisville, Ky.-National Associa-
ton Stationery Engineers, August 1st-
Sth, Rate from Raleigh $1970.
Niagara Falls, n. Y.-Arabic Order
of Mystic Shrine, Imperial Council,
June 20th-23rd Rate from Raleigh,
N. c.. $2050; rate from Wilmington,
N. c.. $23.50: rate from Charlotte, N.
c., $23.95. These tickets read via all
rail-
Norfolk. Va.-Annual Meeting of
Southern Wholesale Grocers, Associa-
ton, June 16th-19th.
Philadelphia, Pa-Patriachs Militant
and Sovereign Grand Lodge, /. =. =.
F., September 16th-23rd.
Charlottesville. Va.-Virginia sum
mer School of Methods June 9th
August 9th. Rate from Raleigh, $3.50
For further information address
c. H. GATTIS.
Travelling Passenger Agent,
Raleigh, N. c.
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SEABOARD
Ar LINE RAILWAY

Between points North, East, South
and Southwest,
Schedule in effect April l6, 1906.
Trains leave Raleigh.
NORTHBOUND.
No. "a at 125 a. m. daily for Nor
folk, Richmond, Washington, New
York and points north and northwest.
Pullman drawing room sleeping cars
to Portsmouth, Washington and Jersey
City.
No. 3S at 100 a. m. daily for
Portsmouth. Norfolk, where connec-
lions are made with steamers for
Washington, Baltimore, New York,
Boston, Providence and Nypan for
New York Pullman to Portsmouth.
No. &C at l1.50 a. m. daily for Rich
mond, Washington and New York
Connects at Richmond with c. & o.
for points West. Has day coaches TO
Washington Pullman Sleeping Car to
Jersey City and Dining car.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. IL 400 p. m. daily for all local
points, connects at Hamlet for Will
mington and Charlotte. Pullman sleep
ing car for Atlanta where connections
are made for all points Southwest.
No. 43 at 100 p. m. daily for Jack
sonville, Tampa and all Florida points.
connects at Hamlet for Atlanta. Pull
man sleeping cars to Jacksonville and
diring car to Hamlet.
no. 80 at 500 =. m. daily except
Sunday Shoo-Fly local train between
Raleigh and Weldon with connections
for Louisburg, oxford and Warrenton.
No. 20 Shoo-Fly daily except Sun
day between Weldon and Raleigh with
connection from Warrenton. Oxford
and Louisburg. Arrives Raleigh 10.15
a. IN.
For further information relative to
rates and time tables, address
c. II. GATTIS. r. p. A.,
Raleigh. N. G..
II. A. MORRISON, C. =. & r. A.,
Raleigh, N. c.
c. B. RYAN, G. p. A.,
Portsmouth. Va.
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Notice!

Scaled proposals FOR wood and coal
will be received by Deaf, Dumb ana
Blind Institution for 100 cords of
split and quartered dry pine wood 3
feet long. straight, and not having
been split more than or months
prior to this date. to be placed on
the yards of white and colored insti-
tutions in quantities as directed by
steward not later than Oct. /, 1905
Also 600 tons of steam heating coal.
run of the mine. and 100 tons of an
thracite egg coal to be delivered on or
before the date named and in uuan
titles as may be directed by steward
Bids will be received until July 9. 1906.
and the right TO reject any or all bids
will be reserved. The wood to be
placed in shape for measurement.
w. Fl. RAND.
Steward.
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Miss Mary Frances Johnson. both of
kITCHIN-CLOMAN.
The Pretty Church Wedding of Pop
ular Young COuDIe

ular Young Couple.
Hamilton, July 1.-One of the pref
test weddings ever witnessed in Ham
ilton took place on Wednesday even
ing at the Episcopal church, when Mr..
j. Arlington Kitchin led to the altar
Miss Norma Cloman, the beautiful and
talented daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
b. Cloman.
Promptly at six o'clock the bride,
handsomely gowned in white crepe lie
chene and large picture hat carrying
foot of the chancei accompanied by
Mr.. Paul Kitchin as best man. Miss
Selma Station was maid of honor and
carried white carnations, and little
Miss Fannie Cloman Gladstone acted
as flower girl. Rev. Mr.. Cox, of Green
vile, in an impressive manner read the
beautiful marriage service and pro-
nounced them man and wife. Mrs. w.
E. Gladstone sister of the bride, grace
fully and touchingly rendered Men
delssohn's wedding march before the
ceremony, and afterwards soft strains
from Tanhauser filled the air with
melody.
Misses Rushie and Mary Sherrod,
attired in white with large picture
hats, acted as ushers. The presents
were numerous and handsome, show
ing the great popularity of the bride
and groom.
Among the out of town guests were
Hon. and Mrs. Claude Kitchin, Miss
Kitchin, Mrs. Samuel Kitchin. Messrs.
T.. and L. Kitchin, DR.. H. /. Clark.
Miss Clark, DR.. Shields, of Scotland
Neck, and Mrs. Clarence Johnson, Mr..
and Mrs. c.. M. Parks and Mr. Lee
Station, of Tarboro.
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Notes from a Carolina Garden.

June 14th-The Voorhees, Red corn
is well cared, but will hardly be
ready to eat for a week yet. But foI
the unseasonably cool weather we
would have gotten it by this time
The Giant and The Country Gentle
man are not far behind it. Maule's
Earliest and the Eaflina are coming
right along other, and we do not think
anyone could distinguish one from the
other. Earlina seems TO be selec-
ton from Maule's Earliest which Is
much the older one in commerce. Mr..
Greiner says that he makes no sue
cess i'm growing green onions from
sets and always uses seed Climate
make a great deal of difference III
many things. We grow half a bushel
of sets of the Queen onion on a space
6X10 feet, and it is less trouble 10
plant these i'm the fall than to trans
plant plants grown under ground. We
would have no objection to the
seed if We could get them to grow
when wanted. But in this climate wo
are certain to have bright, hot and
dry weather in September and Octo-
Der, and it is hard to get the seed
up in the fall The sets of the Queen
are planted in September on raised
beds in which they are set deeply
as a winter protection. In spring
the beds are leveled so as to bring
the onions to the surface, and We be-
gin punching them in late February.
The larger varieties like the Prize
taker, grown from all sown seed would
not be so early. Then in the fall we
also plant sets of the yellow potato
onion, both for green and ripe onions.
My potato onions are now harvested
and cured after selling most of them
green. AS they are not good keepers.
we will try to get rid of the large
ones as rapidly as possible and plant
the sets before they sprout too badly.
We are cleaning up the last of the out
door lettuce today, as it is all boiling
to seed. Spring lettuce in the open
ground is of little value here, and
even the sorts recommended as hot
lettuce will bolt with the first
heat The California Cream Butter
lettuce stood longer this spring thar
the Big Boston, which is always the
first 20 bolt.
We are planting little muskmelons
i'm the ground occupied by the lettuce,
This piece of ground had fiat turnips
on it all winter, and when they got
too pithy in spring we cleaned them
out and set the lettuce. Now the let
tuce gives place to melons, and spin
lch will be SoWn later, between the
melon rows. In this way, with one
crop or another we try 10 Keep the
garden at work all the year round
Yesterday we set some tiny plants or
the new Baby Rambler rose. This is
claimed to be just like the Crimson
Rambler but is very dwarf and blooms
all summer through. The vines of the
Perpetual pea are still green and
blooming. They were sown in late
February at same time with other
which have lo&g since ripened
and their place is occupied now by
other crops. The Perpetual besides its
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
MIR. BERRY RENFRCW DEAD
Body Will be Taken to Lucana Thie
Morning for InteI1nent.

Mr.. Berry Renfrow. aged about So
years, died in this city last night at
$3.50 at 308 West Lane street. The
remains will be taken to Lucana this
morning for interment, leaving here at
half past ten o'clock.
The deceased. who has been i'll for
about three years, is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Fl. II. Austin and Miss
Mollie Renfrow of Raleigh and Mrs.
Joseph Finch of Durham. There are
also four sisters Mrs. e. r. Ellis Mrs.
Peter Hinton, Mrs Stanne Hinton, of
Raleigh, and Mrs. Martha Lee. of Sell
ma, and one brother, Mr.. Steve Rem
froW o. Selma.
The many friends of the family SYM
pathize with them in their bereave.
ment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
On Sunday Morning.

The Norman Glass of Edenton Street
Methodist Sunday School will hold it's
first anniversary on Sunday morning,
and a pleasant meeting is expected.
The exercises will be: Reading
minutes of June meeting. Reports
of Secretary and Treasurer. Receiv-
ing offering. Election of officers. Re-
marks of retiring president, intro
ducing his successor. Remarks or
newly elected president. Talk by the
teacher.
1t is earnestly desired that every
member of the class shall be present.
making the anniversary a rally day.
We shall be pleased to have our
friends meet with us, is the invitation
extended.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
Pyatt-BrOughtOn.

Goldsboro, n. c., July There
was solemnized in the Methodist par
sonage in this city. last night at eight
o'clock, the marriage of Mr.. z. Is.
Pyatt, the clever and popular young
foreman of the Headlight printing Of
flee, and Mrs. Katie Broughton, the
accomplished young daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew j. Casey. of this
city. Rev. A. r.. Surratt performed the
ceremony. Immediately after the cere-
mony the happy couple We're driven
to the home of the brides parents,
where they will reside for the present
and where they are today receiving
the hearty congratulations of their
hosts of friends here.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
AND NORTH CAROLINA
COMPANY

Circular No. Il. 1877.
Important Change in Schedule aud
Improvement in Service. Eject
i've June IL. 1905.
All Ticket Agents, Conductors and
Connections and the Public:
On Sunday, June II, 1905, following
schedule of trains will become effec--
i've.
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Free Seed Humbug.

Through his postofIice department
Uncle Sam seems to be guarding the
people against all kinds of fraudulent
schemes, but he certainly is blind to
the free seed proposition fostered and
kept in operation by the Agricultural
Department at Washington. Iowa
Homestead.
We do not agree with our contem>
porary that the free seed humbug is
fostered and kept up by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. We have found
fault at times with some things the
Department of Agriculture does, but
we protest against loading it with sins
not it's own The Secretary OF ASrl-
culture would doubtless be glad TO get
rid of the general free seed distribution
through congressman, and TO confne
the distribution to new things that are
likely to be Of value, and which the
Experiment Stations can aid him in
testing. The free seed humbug is fos-
tered and kept up by the Congress
men who imagine that few cents
worth Of common garden seed sent to
q constituent will secure his vote when
they next need it, The only reason
for the fostering and keeping up of
the fraud on the people is that 1T
furnishes the Congressman taffy for
the home folks without any cost to
distribution has not been dwelt upon.
That is that the free seeds are sent
out free in the mails, and the many
thousands of packages thus sent
doubtless cause a good part of the de-
felt in the post office accounts, which
the papers have gotten into the habit
Of charging against the rural free de-
livery. We would like very much to
see a comparison between the cost of
rural free delivery and the cost of the
mass of stuff, the congressman send
free of cost. But please do not charge
the Secretary of Agriculture with fos-
tering and keeping ia operation the
free seed distribution, for We fully be-
Eeve that he recognizes the inherent
humbuggery of the whole thing, ana
would very much like to be rid of 1T.
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The New Jersey Agricultural Report.


Secretary Dye has gotten out very
pretty and useful volume, which we'll
illustrates the active character of the
Board of Agriculture in New Jersey
Down in Virginia the people of Able,
marie county think that Virginia is
very decent State because it contains
Albemarle county In like manner
probably, we are inclined to like the
New Jersey report because it contains
one of our own lectures. One of the
most stirring speeches at the January
meeting in Trenton, was made by our
enthusiastic friend, II. W.. Colling
wood, of the Rural New Yorker, on
the Importance of the parcel post. He
argued that there would be little in
crease in cost. for 1.-The rural wagon
now carries ten pounds and could car
ry $50 pounds and the same man
and horse and the same wagon can do
it, and the revenues will be more than
doubled, so that the farmers them
selves, if given the privilege of doing
so, Will wipe out this deficit a1o
make the free rural delivery pay for
itself" To the argument that 1t Will
take more clerks he said, What dc
you think more dangerous to the lib
critics of America, few hundred mail
clerks. or a powerful and rich lobby
at Washington working in the dark to
influence legislation" The parcels
post has got to come, and the farmers
are going to make it come as they did
the oleo law.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02
Masonic Picnic.

LAGRANGE, N. c., July 1.-The an
nual independence Day picnic will be
held at Seven Springs Tuesday.
Lenoir lodge A Fl and "A. M. has
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year; Josepth Kinsey, w. M,
W. Gordon Parks, ST.. W.; d. W. Wood,
Jr. W.; w. III. Burke, Treasurer; DIR.
j. w. p. Smith, Secretary; f. S. Isler,
Sr. d.: l.. j. Moore, Jr. d.
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MRS. JosRPHus DANIELS.

My Dear Mrs. Rogers:-Your Home
Made Yeast makes the most delicious
bread and buckwheat cakes / have
ever tasted. Please send me fifty
cents worth this time by mail. I en-
close Is cents for hostage.
Sincerely yours
MRS. VIM. BINGHAM.
Mebane. N. c.. Feb. IL. 1906.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02

The soil surveyors have wonderful
knack of naming soils. We find in the
late report that they have found, IN all
parts of the country, Billings clay,
Salem clay, Galveston clay, Oranges
burg clay, Morse clay, PorterS clay,
Houston clay, Houston black clay,
Selma clay, Dunkirk clay, Ocklocknee
clay, Jordan clay, Hagerstown clay,
Clarksville clay, Guthrie clay, Mobile
clay, Shelby clay, Marshall clay,
Sharkey clay, Hobart clay, Lufkin
clay Sioux clay, Yazoo clay and lmper-
ial clay. Then they have about as many
fancifully named sands and sandy
loans and fine sandy loans. Now, II
you have a clay soil you must go TO
work and find what name is appned To
it, and the name will not help you "a
bit in the cultivation of that land.
Great is the soil survey, at least III
getting up names for essentially the
same thing. The next thing viii be
TO publish a glossary OF soil names, Tor
the clay-names we have given above
are but a small part of this fanciful
nomenclature, for the names do not
belong especially to the localities
named but they were found in various
parts of the country, and are named
so because they look alike and may
wash out similar parts of clay, gravel,
coarse sand, fine sand. silt, etc, ana
the farmers who have been working
these various soils know as mucn
about them as the soil surveyors, and
probably more. The sand on all our
ocean beaches is Galveston sand,
please remember unless you are on
the Pacific side. and then 1t is Dune
sand. Galveston could not send it oven
there until the Panama Canal Is fin
ished
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-02

the crop. The Department estimates
that there have been about 2S,000,000
acres planted. If every acre of this
made even half a bale there would be
an immense crop. But while some
good farmers will make a bale or more
per acre, there are thousands and
thousands who will not get a bale
from a dozen acres, hence if the aV~
erage is as much as one-third OF a
bale per acre over the 28,00O,O0O acres
estimated by Washington there wall
not be bumper crop this year. And
the prospect is that the average pro-
duction will hardly reach one-third OF
a bale per acre
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Lalks with Farmers
BY w. l.. MASSEY.

The Japanese seem 20 be wide awake
on scientific matters in general, as
the present war has shown Now they
have an chronological institute al
Gifu, which publishes a periodical on
insects, illustrated with colored plates.
and the text is in both Japanese and
English.
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Mrs. w. M. Rogers.
Homemade
YEAS

is meeting with the highest success
and will hereafter be handled by all
the leading grOcers OF Raleigh.
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ages and full directions 20 with each
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keep fresh and good two TO three
months In cold weather, and six to
eight weeks in summer. For sale by
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Ben Walters, Nj. ROsenthnl and w.
@. Stronach g. Sons.
Mail orders addressed to Mrs. w. NJ.
Rogers, 531 Halifax street, Raleigh,
N. c., will receive prompt attention.
A Few OF the Many Testimonials.
We use Mrs. Rogers Home-M Made
Yeast altogether and md II superior
to any we can buy. We take great
pleasure in recommending It to like
institutions as well as private families
Baptist University for Women, Raj
eigh, N. G..
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Gresham has his cooks with him at
Morehead.