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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-18
Department of Agricu1ture HELM

oCpd4lAACuS Va Agriculture delp3
The Department Of Agriculture has
become deeply interested 10. TIA city
gardens and has done ali 4. its power
to aid the enterprise. givs,g the ASSOC
citation all the seed that II needed to
plant the gardens. Secretary Wilson
is himself a member Of the advisory
board OF the association
B. II. Warner IS president OF TIA CITY
Gardens Association; John q. Sleman.
first vice PRESIDENT Prof 7. e Corbe8t.
second vice president: the Rev. Zedd
H. Copp. secretary, and Charles. 3. Nes4
bitt, treasurer.
The board OF managers Includes these
officers and the Hon b q. b. Ascfars
land. Prot. B. T. Galloway, Prof. Alex.
ander Graham Bell, Mrs, C. D. Merw1u.
Miss Susan 3. Sipe. and George 8. WI
son.
This year an advisory ncard was on
gained. It's members arc ax 1ollowH
Hon. James Wilson. Secretary OF Azri.
culture; Prof. WfIlett NJ. Hays, Cons
missioner Henry l. West. Commissioned
John Biddle. Thomas s. Noyez, e. D.
Shaw, Cuno RudoiIis Charles 3. Wei
Ter. Mrs. Giles s. hAtter. DE-. George
NJ. Kober. DR.. w. c. Woodward. Prof,
B. T. Janney. w. n. Weston. Mss
Helen c. Woodward, Rabbi Abram
Simon, Rev. John Van Schaiok. Fred
erick Moore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-18
RoMugA,Horye1uaa1skl oz

said a gray-haired gardener. leaning
upon his hoe and regarding The Times
reporter with scorn in his eye. AN
they don't come up Saratoga chips be-
cause they is raised in a city garden.
either, he added.
Next to the potato in favor come to-
matoes end corn, peas and beans, and
some are faithful to the delicately-
scented onion and cabbage. Possibly
there are number of city gardeners
who would willingly plant fruit in their
lots. watermelons,s cantaloupes, and ber-
ries. If there are. they are too wise
in this generation to try it on. For
while the neighbors may respect the
integrity of the potato, il is hundred
to-one shot that they would snatch up
an unguarded watermelon quicker than
Russia would take Norway on as a new
hand of the frozen empire If the powers
that be would permit the disturbance of
the balance of power in Europe. One
man was foolish enough to try water
melons last spring, but he might have
saved himself the time and trouble.
They did not even have a chance to get
ripe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-18
King Potato.

Potato is king in the city gardens
There may be some who prefer corn or
tomatoes. or even beans. If they hail
from the hub OF the universe" but
on the whole, the city gardener clings
to Irish potatoes-why should they be
called Irish, when they originally came
from America?-as dog clings to a
bone or fypaper clings to fly. There
are several reasons for this marked
preference. In the first place. the po-
tatoes have proved a great success.
Then. again. they arc a vegetable that
can be kept almost indefinitely. and
many Of tho city gardeners are wise
enough to think OF the coming winter
In fact. one man last season raised
enough potatoes to last him until late
in March this year.
Whats them? Them's potatoes -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-18
Large Profits OF City Gardens.

Many q good-loOking crop has been
raised and never paid the expenses OF
raising, as the truck-farmers can youch-
safe. But this has not been the case
with tho crops OF Wastaington's CIV gar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-18

THE scheme OF city gardens on
Washington's vacant lots. born
OF common sense year ago. fos-
tered since then by practical
care. Is today a success on its own
merits. There are a hundred and
eighteen gardens noS- under cultivation,
some In the Northwest and others in
the Southeast section Of the city. There
are scores OF mea. women. boys, and
girls working faithfully IN these gar
dens. and there have been hundreds of
applicants for gardens whom the City
Garden Society has had to refuse, not
because there was not plenty Of ground
available. but because the funds neces-
sary to nut the lots into condition for
planting were not at hand.
When 1t was suggested that the I'M
sightly, weed-covered, tin-can-strewn
vacant city lots could be made blooming
gardens: that these gardens would add
6ppreciably to the income Of many
family; that they would take the hot.
tired, pale. submerged men and women
and children Of the city out into the
fresh air and keep them there, many
raised their eyebrows, and If they did
not scout the idea as entirely imprac-
ticable. they cast at least enough cold
water upon 1t to make a chronic dys-
peptfc shudder- In spite OF all discour-
agements. however, the City Garden So
ciety persevered. Tho results have been
such as to convince the most skeptfcal
" ~
Solving the Farmers' Problem.
Periodically there comes a wall from
the farmers in the country that there
Is dearth OF good hands to work the
fields and the truck gardens. All the
farmer lads. they say. are up and off
20 the cities. where they think to come
by money more easily than in the coun-
try. Hundreds OF them find that they
nave made a mistake. but have not
enough common sense to go back to
their homes. But now. II this scheme OF
city gardens Ia pushed to its limit there
VIII be field for these country lads in
their spare hours from work What is
more. city boys will learn to be prae-
teal farmers and the city may eventu-
ally furnish the farmers OF the country
with many valuable hands; indeed, a
Few cases OF city-bred boys going out
into the country to seek farm work after
serving an apprenticeship on the Wash
sngton city gardens have already oc-
CURED.
The city garden scheme, as conceived
and carried through by the association.
Is as simple as a summer day is long.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-06-18

anxious to interest those men and We
men in Washington who are willing 10
give surlls-no matter how smau-for a
good. practical work. It is emphatieal-
" denied that the City Garien Associa-
ton is a charity. except IN that it helps
others to help themselves. perhaps the
highest form OF charity. but 1t has not
the faint about it which 50 many men
and women think that out and out char
ity by which some one gets something
without giving anything In return car
ries with It.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11
Negro Homicide,

A negro man named Frank Bur.
ris was committed tn jil yester-
daY for causing the death Of Alice
Collins, negro woman near Nc
Connellsville on Sunday afternoon,
under rather peculiar circumstan-
ces.
1t appears that Burris was visit
ing the house of the Collins girl :.
When he started to leave she fol-
lowed him a short distance from
the house, where the two engaged
10 scuffls, during which pistol
was fired. The woman presently
said, "I am shot" and returning
to the house sat down on the door.
steps and died within a few min
utes. .-Yorkville Enquirer.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11
Work Of tho Grim Reaper

The many friends here Of Court
Stenographer Harry | McCaw will
sympathizs With him in tho loss
of his mother, Mrs Belle Means
McCuw, widow Of the late Col II
q McCaw Of YorkyiIle. She was
a sister of the late Col John Brat
ton of Fairfield county, aud was
in her 18th year. Five children
survive her, viz: Mrs l. w Per.
rim, of Abbevllle, r. G., w. b
and Harry l McCaw, and Mrs
Joseph X Alston, all of Yorkvile.
Her death occurred last Wedues-
day, after long illness.
Mrs Nancy S Nicholson, wife
of Capt John N Nicholson, and
mother of Mrs John l. Reed of
this county, died at Bethune,
kershaw county, on the 5th in
slant, aged IS years. Mrs Mich :.
olson formerly lived in Lancas-
ter and her friends here will reere,
to learn Of her death and will sym
pathize with the bereaved husband
and family in their sore loss.
Mrs Frances Phillips, mothe,
Of Mrs. Il. S. Floyd of Kershaw,
and widow of David Phillips who
was veteran Of both the Mexican
and civil war, died at her home
ut Kershaw on Wednesday, March
s, 1905, aged about so years
She was consistent member OF
the Baptist church for years. He,
remains we're Inferred Thursday
at Kershaw.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11

"A petition Ia being signed 10y
numerous citizens asking the
Railroad commission to cause a
new depot to he erected by the
Southern at this place. Why not
a union depota
Letters remaining uncalled
for at the postotfice at this place
for week ending March IL. 1905.
Misses Carrie Jones, Dora With
erspoon, Ellen Plyler, Dessle
Wilson, Julia Hagans, Mesdamcs
Mary j Barnes, L w Broom,
Ruben Hunter, col Messrs j B
Blackmon, Ernest Witherspoor,
+ Brannon, Bord With erspoon,
Pomrt Reid, Philip Williams,
Jas H Hill, j L Pigg, (3), j ii
Hill, j E Bobbett, Hazel Thomp-
son, Albert Beckham.
JAS M Stewart, p. Nj.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11
Happenings in the State.
As Chronicled by the Alert Cor.
respondents of The Columbia
State and the Charleston
News and Courier.
(Specials to The State.)
Rock Hill Pastor Resigns.

oN iii'i astor hcslSns.
Rock Hill, March 9.-6ev J G.
Johnos, rector of the Church of
Our Savior, has resigned his
charge here to take up work In
California. He will begin his
new duties about the 1st of April.
Mr. Johnes has boon rector of
churches here and in Yorkville
for several years, but recently he
has devoted his entire tims to this
parish. He has also done much
work in Lancaster, Blacksburg
and othar towns of this section.
The expressions of regret heard
since his decision to leave Rock
Hill have been many and sincere.
Mr. -Johnes is a man Of rare per
sosality and has endearcd himself
to the community as a whole ir-
respective of his own church.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11

A peculiar fact was demonstrate
ed few days ago as the result of
friendly wager between Mayor
Lowry of Yorkville and Mr. d M
Hall of Kings Mountain town
ship, hoth farmers Mr. Hall as
serted that be could take an ear of
coru, mako a paper envelop to fit
it exactly, shell the corn, throw
away the cob, and the sheled
corn would refill the envelope.
Mayor Lowry held that the prop
osltion was preposierous and the
bet was the result. The expert
ment was made in the clerks of
fee with corn furnished by MIR
Hall, and at the second trial Mr.
Hall won. The shelled corn more
than filled the envelope that had
been made tightly around the ear
from which it WIS shelled. York
vile Enquirer.
President Roosevelt has appoin
ed Chas. w. Anderson, a negro
lawyer, internal revenue collector
of New York.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11

When you hear some ugly old
thing about twenty.saveu yearsold
stand up before an audience and
recite clips that touch liquor
shall never touch mine" doesn' t
it make you want to run and take
a drink right quick as a matter of
self protectione Any manager
or director of an entertainment
who will allow such a gag as that
to be pnt off on an audience ought
to be hauled up in court. Wax
haw Enterprise.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11

After June 1st liquor can be
sold legally in this county through
"a dispensary only, and by that
method on physicians prescription
only. A vote can be taken on
the dispensary matter 80 days af-
ter June 1st.-Monroe Enquir
or
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11

The United States Circuit court
at Flole ence adjourned rather sud-
denly Tuesday owing to the dis
covery of a case of small pox
among the witnesses.
Mothers can safely give Foley's
Honey andTar to their children for
coughs aud colds, for it contains
no opiates or other poisons. Solo
by Funderbur6 Pharmacy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11

Six prominent young white
Ten have been arrested in Marl-
boro county charged with an at
tempt to murder comrade, Tom
Gray. The evidence goes TO show
that all seven Of the young men
attended social function on the
night hf February 10th, and the
six planned to murder Gray. He
was brutally beaten and left alone
to die. The intSnse cold almost
proved f he managed to
pull thu = is now prosecut.
ing his It's.
"korC in plans to end the
war within month";" says Lon,
don cable. Oyama may decide to
shorten the time. Washington
Post.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11
lSr ecials to News and Couri.r)
Burned ut Camden.

Camden, March S.-The large
sheds at the Southern depot to-
gether with the cotton seed house
and several other small buildings,
were consumed by fire this morn
ing between 2 and O'Clock, A
considerable quantity of fertilizer,
o few hundred bushels of corn
and some cotton seed were also
consumed. Two empty box car.
standing on the track were burned
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11

A very appropriate tadge in
the form of Il miniature hplo of
cotton has been adopted by the
Southern Cotton Growers Asso-
citation to he worn by it's mem bers.
On the badge are thcse words:
"In Unity There Shall be
Strength; S. G. A., 25 per cent
Reduction; Ne'll Do 1t. - These
badges are sold singly ut 25 cents
each. In lets of 1000 they an
be had at Is cents each. Receipts
from all sales Of badges are for
the benefit Of the association.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11

- Mrs. !. X. Hall is visiting
her father, Capt. b. j. Wither-
spoon ut this place.
Mr. Levi Knight of this place
celebrated his S5th anniversary
last Saturday. MIR Knight is a
veteran who served through the
civil war and has two sons living
here who also served in the Con-
federate army.
Magistrate w p Caskey,
whose protructed serious illness
prevented his making his report
at the end of the last quarter,
turned over to the county trensur-
er Thursday s156, 20, fines, etc. ,
for the last quarter Of 1904.
The Newcut school has put
INA good order for books for it's
school library. We are glad to
know that SO many of the schools
of our county have gotten Ii.
braries.
DIR j j Haglns, Optician,
will DO in Lancaster the 14th, fit
ting spectacles. Examination
free. At Heath Springs 17tL.
DIR. M. p. Cra wford recently
had large oak tree on his prem
ises cut down and while some
hands were splitting it into boar d )
Yesterday they found two nals
deeply imbedded in tho body of
the tree which were evidently
driven into the tree years ago.
The indications are that the
farmers of this section will not
use more than half the quantity of
commercial fertilizers they did
last year.
See j K Blackmon if you
want 30 insure your life We
don't hesitate to recommend The
New York Life, which he repre-
sents, as one of the vvrr best.
Read the fifteen reasons he gives
in his advertisement in this issue.
Call on Blackmon and get your
life insured.
Garfield Bell, COL, was con-
victed IN Magistrate Crenshaw' s
court in Cedar creek township,
one day this week on two char yes
-overdriving stock and petit lar
c"ny and got 45 days on the
Chester chain gang for the two
otfenses.
Mrs ira B. Jones IS still
with her daughter, Miss Bessie
Jones, at DR.. Pryor's sanitarium
10 Chester. Judge Jones returned
home Thursday. Miss Bessie,
who is student Of Winthrop col
lege, has been unwell for some
time, but it is hoped now she will
fully recover her heath since the
very successful operation for ap-
pendicitis performed last Wed.
nesday by Drs. Pryor and Young.
w A Reckling, Photographic
Artist, OF Columbia, S. g., will
be at Lancaster March the 22d,
23d, Oath and 25th, taking pic
lures All who want the latest
up-to-date work please take no.
tice. Office at the Imperial Hotel.
Il have accepted the agency
for the V. 0. Remedies and will
have them On sale at Lancaster
during court week. They cure
rhelmatism, heart trouble, blad.
der affections, la grippe, liver and
kidney ailments, stomach disor,
ders and general debility.
} M dag;ns.
Ernest Howie, the 15-ye ear
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-03-11
Local Mattaa a' &

'oIN1MkNrs OF REV IL v1ITE
nit2sfst and Sd Sabbath.
Giifsgfeek, 2d and 4th Sabbath, II
M. -
Pie ssant Hill, q aud 4th Sabbath,
l. m.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-29
The Lottery Of Death. /"

The most singular and appalling Of all
true narratives OF the civil war is LAeu-
tenant Standings story OF The Lottery
Of Death" in the McCiure's Magazine:
The Confederate government had deter
mined upon the execution Of two Federal
captains in retaliation for the hanging as
spies OF two Of their own captains caught
bv the Union troops All the Federal
CAPTAINS. prisoners Of war in Libby
Prison. were compelled to draw lots 10
select two Of their number 10 be hanged
Tbe two Hateful black beans were drawn
bv Captain sawyer OF the LIST New Jersey
Cavalry. and Captain Flynn Of the Slst
Indiana Infantry, the first men 10 draw
nom the lottery Of death At a two
hours notice they were carted on 10 de
Lieutenant Stradling tells the story IN
graphie. unvarnished English as he had II
from Captain Sawyer: how the doomed
men were reprieyed at the foot OF the
gaIloWs-tree by the hard riding OF the
BishoD Of Richmond and the interference
NJ JeferSon Davis; how Lincoln heard the
story from Sawyer's wife. and at the end
81 a sIeepIess night devised plan where
nv the men were finally saved Lincoln .
plan was one OF the most pitiless moves
war ever forced from him He notined
the Confederate cabinet that immedlateiy
mon the execution Of Sawyer and Flynn
he would retaliate by hanging General W.
IF. Lee. son OF their great COMMANDER
and another Confederate oftcer. rms
threat frightened the Confederate cabinet
into abandoning their plan
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-29
Inc Deadly areton Tide.

A PhIladelphia girl was recently over
taken and drowned by the incoming tide
on the west coast OF France A trans
planted Breton said OF this fatality: Can
YOU, who see your own tides crawl in az
the rate Of ten feet or 50 an hOur. imagine
tides racing like wild horses up the nat
sands at the rate OF half a mile min
utsF The extraordinary fairness Of our
Breton coasts gives US these phenomenal
tides The sea does not rise and fail IL
appears and disappears You have vast
and nat plain OF sand At set hour the
sea rushss in. white. Wild. submerging this
vast plain At set hour an unseen hand
sucks the waters back--thlrty, torty, nity
mfles-nOthing Is visible but the plain Of
pale sand again Woe unto such as walk
on this desOlate plain when the tide be-
gins 70 rise. for they must dnossnl Moth
ing can save them Philadelphia Bull
Istfn.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-29
KEEP CLEAN INSIDE
a sh0rt sermon for the New Year.
Young man:

Young man:
Deliberately insult the man who starts
TO tell a filthy story in your presence, By
tuning on your heel
Such a cOrruptionist has no more right
10 steal your pure thoughts than TO put
his hand into your pocket and take your
money
These retailers OF filth are whIted
sepulcheTs-ciean on the outside but tn
Wardly filled with dead mems bones They
are debauchers OF clean minds. robbers
% purity
You should never permit yourself to
listen TO an improper story, story you
would not care to repeat 10 your mother
or your sister. The filthy suggestivensss
viii soak into your memory as spilled ink
soaks into blOtting paper.
Allow no man 10 drag your mind through
a sewer. Do you know. there is many
man who would sacrifice much today to
be able to wipe from his memory some
OF the things he listened TO when a boy2
The man who win deliberately repeat
risque story IN the presence OF youth
deserves no respect He Is an incarnate
devil Of meanness- He Is daubing
coarse picture on clean walls. No gentle
man viii tell a story he could not tell In
the presence Of ladies'
Do you remember what General Grant
said TO the oficer who began to tell stdEy.
remarking. There are no ladies' pres
emit" whereupon the silent soldier quick
ly retorted. There are gentlemen pres
ent-"
Keep your mind unsuIlied- A foul sug-
gestiOn may harden into a habit OF
thought that win lead you far astray-
Keep clean inside.
It Is more a matter o. importance that
you should keep the dirt on your soul
than to keep ii OF your elothes--IEx-
change
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-29
Land Of the little Faces.

l wonder. On. wonder. where the little
faces go.
That come. and smile. and stay awhile,
and pass like fakes OF snow
The dear. wee baby faces that the world
has never known.
But mothers hide. 50 tender eyed. deep
in their hearts alone
love TO think that somewhere. In the
country We call heaven.
The land most fair Of anywhere viii
unto them be given.
A land Of little faees-veEy little. very
And everyone shall know her own and
cleave unto it there
o grant II. loving Father.tO the broken
hearts that Plead
Thy way Is best-yet on. TO rest in per
feet faith Indeed.
To know that We shah ind them. even
them. the wee white dead.
At thy right hand. In thy bright land.
by living waters led!
-IJames Buekham In the Wayside Altar
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-12-29
THE BAT: a FABLE.
Why This Odd Little Animal Appears
Only at Night

Why This Odd Little Animal Appears
Only at Night
A mouse. one time, rendered a service
Of some importance to one Of the eagles
Of Jupiter. Ask" said the grateful
bird, 'anything that you desire, and in
the name OF my master, love, promise
to grant it to you"
~Oh. SIR said the mouse. eagerly. 7
have long felt the modification Of living
among such vulgar creatures as the
beasts and have ardently desired to
associate with the more refined society
Of the birds. II you could but grant
me wings. my happiness would be COM
plete-"
Consider ven what you ask" said the
eagle. gravely. Nature has placed YOU
IN certain grade Of society. and you
need not hope that wings alone viii make
you q bird"
I have considered the matter thor
oughly." said the mouse, and feel certain
that il I had but wings I could at least
associate with those that have 80 long
envied and admired"
Very WELL said the eagle be IT soi''
and instantly. wings springing from the
mouse's shoulders. the first bat was Gre
ated-
His ambitious desires, however, were
not realized. for the birds, percsiving that
he still had ears and a tail and was,
besides. covered with hair. would not
associate with him, while upon the other
hand. his own pride had withdrawn him
from his old companions
'-Alasi" said the poor lonely animal,
why was not contented with the hum
bic sphere that nature intended me TO
nle My very wings. that / hoped would
be my pride, now prevent me from walk
ing upon the ground. where belong So
So mortified and disappointed was he
that henceforth he ventured out into the
world no longer by daylight but only at
night. when all other creatures had re-
tired-ISt- Nicholas.