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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-04-01
How to Reduce the Cation
Acreage.

II. { DAVIDSON, Eldridgc. Tenn.
I'D. GAZETTE:
In accordance with your re-
quest IN the issue o! February
~ we otter a few thoughts.
We will base our remarks on =
one~mule farm, and suppose that
snch a farmer plants yearly 10
acres 10 cotton. He should
plant this year only five acres.
planting the other five acres in
cow peas or soy beans. Plant
two and oue-half acres of the
peas about the 10th or 18th OF
May and NOW same for hay.
Plant the remaining two and
one-hals acres al intervals OF 10
days from May 9Th 10 June 18th,
averaging 50 by the use of a
portable fence hogs can be turn
cd on the first sowing as soon a.
they begin to mature peas.
But enc says have no hogs
or money to buy them. Borrow
the money II need be. Buy a
pure bred VOW due TO farrow the
latter part OF March or first OF
April. Buy some wheat mid
d!lngs, and care for the pigs
unit. the first part OF the pea
crop IL ready for them. A. they
cat out nove fierce back; and by
the time the peas arc exhaust
cd, YOU will have a fine bunch oil
porkcrs that, with but little
corn, viii be ready for slaughter,
II your neighbors have not al
ready bought them for breeding
purpose at fancy price. Be-
sides, the mother will BIZ Octo.
Der first have another litter that
"ill he growing into money while
you sleep The saving in fer
tiiszer aud the pork will be worth
q than the cotton that would
grow on the five acres, Besides.
these five acres next year will
produce a good crop of cotton
without any fertilizer. while
talking OF the cost OF the brood
SOW To start with. one may not
make quite al much money the
first year; but at the end OF the
second year he will be ahead.
Pigs narrowed April -, 1904,
We killed February IL, 1905,
They nettcd 500 pounds of pork,
made almost exclusively in a
- 1900.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-04-01
- ERkSHIRE SWINE. Imported
* ROME TURKEYS. Mammoth
DUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS,
" IFF WRANDOTTS.

Toulouse Geese, White Mammoth
Turkeys, White o~uincas, Purple
Have the only flock of these
II n South Mention Gazette in writ
ing. j. &. FONkE. Ra:dock. : q
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-04-01

Please send your. paper on 20
do not want To miss a
| take five or six stock
papers. and yours IL the wei
contest visitor Of all.
". Y. ROGERS.
kossuth, Miss,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1905-04-01
Aliens Long Staple

Cotton seed for sale al ~ per bushel
These seed were grown ON good bot
tom soil. first picking.
". X. PERKINS, Agricultural College.
Miss.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
Interesting News Items.

A passenger train on the F.. w. & B.
railroad was wrecked near Northeast
Md. Three persons were injured.
The steamer Spartan. bound from
Providence for Philadelphia, ran aground
on Block Island in a fog and is COM
plete wreck.
1t is said that the President has de-
cided to offer Edward Addicks foreign
berth so as to enable the Delaware Leg
islature to elect United States Sena-
tor.
A carriage occupied by the Empress
of Germany struck 6-year-old boy in
Berlin and the Empress personally ex-
tended first aid to the injured and then
summoned the court physician.
The Common Pleas Court at Colum-
bus, Ohio. recognized the Jewish Sab
bath as within the meaning of the stat
ute relating to Sunday observance
Henry II. Rogers Of the Standard Oil
Company presented a high school build
ing to Fair Haven. Mass. the town Of
his birth. This makes a total of S., 600
600 given to Fair HaSen by Mr. Rogers.
Miss Rebecca Jones, who was sent to
Jail in New York twenty years ago be-
cause she refused to answer the judges
questions in the Gordon Hammersley BIZ;
will contest, Won by the present Lady
Berestord. is dead
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06

The Associated Press announces
from st. Petersburg that a step in the
direction of peace actually has been
taken. Russia has made known to
Japan indirectly the negative cOndi-
lions upon which it may be concluded.
There is no ceSSiOn of territory and no
indemnity. Japan is left to determine
whether negotiations can be begun up
on that basis.
Russia attitude was described as fol
lows by prominent diplomat: The
government is now for peace, but con-
tinueS 10 prepare for war"
Paris adviceS say that all official in
formation relative to peace is of Il neg
ative nature. At the same time the
official view is that peace is not far
distant. This view is not due To eX-
act information. but is the result of a
settled conviction that peace is the
only logical outcome of Russias pres
ent predicament.
Japanese official circles are pessi-
mistic concerning peace. This indi-
Gates that the preliminaries have not
made appreciable progress or that ia
pan does not intend to interrupt her
successful campaign. 1t is even init
mated in Il high quarter that it makes
no difference what st. Petersburg de
cideS relative to asking for peace, as
it will remain for Tokyo to accept or
reject it. Therefore. it is maintained
that Tokyo now holds the key to the
peace question.
Although official information is lack
ing, it is asserted in well-infOrmed
quarters that Japan has permitted
Russia to learn that peace conditions
will be rigorous and will not be re-
SpOnSive to the recent sentimental APP
peal to .Iapan's magnanimity. In par
ticular it is said that Japans indem-
nifty figure is SS00,0OO,00O. and that the
sum has proved so staggering to Rus
sian diplomacy that it is the principal
obstacle to the peace preliminaries.
Mail adyices received from Picking
are to the effect that high officials of
China realize that China will have to
pass through Il grave crisis, threaten
ing the very foundations of her indie
pendence and integrity, at the close Of
the war. and that to avert anarchy and
chaos the empire must be well armed
and ready.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
BOARD is OUSTED.
Canal Com III issioners Quit at Request
of the President,

President Roosevelt has asked for and
received the designations of all OF the
members of the iSthmian canal commits
sion. He is now at liberty to reorganize
the commission upon any basis that the
eXigencieS of the work to be performed
upon the isthmus may seem to require.
and the announcement is made that the
President has selected as the head of
the new commission Theodore L. Shonts.
president of the Toledo, st. Louis and
Western Railway. which is more widely
known as the "Clover Leaf" line.
Whether he will reappoint any of the
members of the existing board will de
pend upon themselves and circumstances
He would be glad to have Messrs. w IL
liam Barclay Parsons. William II. Burr.
Benjamin VI. Harrod and Carl EWald
GrunSky, who are civil engineers OF high
attainment, resume their old positions
with the understanding that instead of
financial details of the enterprise they
shall proceed to the isthmuS of Panama
forthwith and assume personal supervlS-
ion of certain sections of the canal,
which are to be created hereafter. This
will involve complete surrender of their
present authority as commissioners and
submission to Chief Engineer Wallace,
who is to be Il member of the reOrgan-
lied board
Ii is understood that Mpssrs. Parsons,
Burr and GrunSky already have signi-
fed Il Willingness to accept reappOlnt-
ment under terms which the President
will dictate and that hereafter they will
be prepared TO take UP their several res
licences on the iSthmus, where they can
personally look after the engineering de-
tails OF the work Of constructing the
canal.
The selection of Mr.. Shonts does not
imply that he is Il 100000 man, Il Wash
ington correspondent says. His salary
will lie $4,000 per year. the same as
that of Chief Engineer Wallace. The
fiction about the President seeking to
employ as chief executive of the canal
enterprise a oman of sufficient executive
talent and experience to Justify payment
to him of salary OF 100000 per year
was not conceived by the President. He
never said that he would pay any man
so large Il salary. but on the contrary,
has concluded negotiations for the SER
vices Of several ex-railway presidents
upon the theory that they would be will
ing to work for $4,000 per year. 1t is
10 violation of confidence to state that
the President could have employed any
one of dozen successful railway men
for that salary.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06

John ID. Rockefeller, the donor Of
100000 to the American Board Of For
eign Missions of the congregational
church. is shown at the left of the pic
ture: to the right is the Rev. Washing
ton GLADDEN. of Columbus. Ohio, who OPP
poses the acceptance OF the donation on
the ground that the money was illegally
eXtorted from the people. Rockefeller 5
gift has aroused Il storm of protests.
coupled with denunciations Of the bit
tereSt kind, from the COngrega tional cler-
gy. Below are two of these singing al
lusiOns to the Standard Oil magnate:
Rev. DR.. GLADDEN.. pastor of the lead
ing Congregational church of Columbus,
Ohio. says:
%The money proffercl to our Board
Of Missions comes out of Il colossal cS-
tate. whose foundations were laid in the
most relentless rapacity known to mod
ern commercial history. The United
States government is now engaged in Il
strenuous attempt to ferret out and pun
ish this injustice. And the people OF the
United States have il tremendous battle
on their hands with the corporate greed.
which has intrenched itself in this strong
hold and has learned to use the railways
for the oppression and spOliatiOn OF the
people And now, on the eve of this bat
tie. they are asked to accept great
gift Of money from the man who more
completely than any other represents the
system they have summoned to fight. |
hope COngrcgatiOnaliStS are not mean
enough to take his money and then turn
+,,,1,. l.,
not so faithless to their obligations as
to take his money and shut their mouths
or become his apologiStS.
I'VE do not want this mans money.
TO accept it will be to earn the contempt
of millions Of honest men: to reject it
will strengthen our churches in the affec-
ton and respect of millions who are in
clined to doubt whether the churches
love God more than mammon. Our mis-
siOnS Will be richer and stronger without
it than with it. and we shall lose moth
ing by our loyalty to the things unseen
and eternal"
In Brooklinc, Mass. Rev. II. q. Hale,
pastor Of the Congregational church,
says: Mr.. Rockefeller stands to-day I'M
der arraignmcnt by the American people.
He stands for il system which IS among
the most pernicious Influences in our
American life He is teaching the young
men of the nation the doctrine of sue
cess at any cost by methods of COMPETE
ton which shoot to kill. This is the
grosScSt matcriaism. In the nature Of
the case all money given cannot be IN
vestgated. This is case of unusual
transparency. Ny conscience is arrayeJ
irrevocably on the side of the protest. |
believe that the church has a rare oppor-
tunity to array itself on the side of dis
interested righteousness.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
THERE'S MONEY IN 1T.
Why American Consulships Are So
Eagerly Sought.

Eagerly Sought.
Never before at the beginning Of an
adminiStra ton has there been such 4
rush Of applicants for diplomatic and con
Sular places as at present. and never be-
fore have so few Of these places been
available. owing partly to the fact that
the President has already promised many
of them to personal friends and part
ly to the policy of retaining in office in
cumbents with good records. Ordinarily,
it is said there are from ten to n dozen
applicants for each foreign appointment
at the beginning of an administrator
At present there are twenty applicants
for each job.
These positions. especially in the con-
sular service. are rendered attractive by
the fees for administering oaths. for ac-
knOwledging deeds. etc. These fees at
some posts amount to far more than the
salary. III. Clay Evans. our consul gen
eral to London, receives a salary of So
600 per annum: but in 1903 his 'nota-
rial fees amounted to S10.36S. Thus he
received total of more than $4,000.
Consul General Gowdy. at Paris. realiz-
ed. all told, S13,916, $1,000 of.which was
salary. consul boyle, at L1FerpOOl, re-
ceived S6.S4S in unofficial fees.
Men of wealth among the applicants
are many. though they are not looking
for the money. The occupancy of an off,
cial post. even in the consular service,
gives a social standing abroad it is diff
cult to obtain otherwise. 1t is for this
reason that Americans with social ambi-
ton and wealth to back it up are 50
eager to get these appointments.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
BEEF JURY INDICTS.
Packing Official Accused of Interior
ing with Witness in Meat Inquiry.

Startling action was taken Tuesday
in Chicago by the federal authorities
and grand jury in the beef trust inquiry.
An Indictment was returned into court
against Thomas J. ConnOrs, a director
and the general superintendent of Ar
mOur Il Co.. chan ging him with tamper-
ing with witnesses who had appeared be-
fore the inquisitOrial body. Two hours
later Mr.. Connors was arrested by a
deputy United States marshal. lie was
taken to the federal headquarters, where
little later he was released in $1,000
bonds.
1t was reported about the grand jury
room that another high official narrowly
escaped Indictment on the related but
more serious charge of cOnsDiring 20 tam
per with witnesses. His escape was said
to be due to failure to link him definite
ly with the attempt.
In the Indictment of Supt. COnnOrs it
is charged that he tried to influence the
witness. T. f. Shields of Brooklyn. "
Y, to withhold from the grand jury GER
tain facts relating to the operations Ct
the beef trust. Mr.. Shields, who testi-
fed on Monday and who was recalled to
the stand Tuesday, formerly was an EN-
plOye of Armour 4 Co. in the New York
Office. 1t was his admissions on the
stand that led to the indictment of the
Chicago man.
The penalty for the offense charged
against Mr.. Ccnnors is a fine of $500 or
Imprisonment for three months, or both,
on each count.
The penalty for nspiracy-threaten-
ed for time against another high officer
is a fine of $500 to $4,000 or imprison-
ment of six months to six years, or both,
on each count. The jury finally decided
not to vote the Indictment against the
higher official for conspiracy unless more
conclusive evidence should be submitted.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
One Hundred Years AGO.

The amusement of Dull batting was
abolished in France.
Aaron Burr started on his trip west
to Louisiana and BlennerhasSett's ISL
and.
Nine American seamen were released
from Il British brig in New York har-
Dor
The British House of Parliament
went into committee on the subject of
a commercial treaty with the United
States.
Two hundred and fifty letters Of
marque were issued for privateers
against the English ut various Spanish
ports.
Congress ordered the clearance of all
armed merchant vessels.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
forty Years Ago.

Residents of Wisconsin, in the vi
cinity of EdgartOn and StrOughton,
were excited over the reported discOy-
cry of petroleum.
Reports sent from Mobile Bay via
Cairo, H.. reached the North telling Of
the attack by Union monitors OH the
city of Mobile.
Three men robbed bank in Louis
vile, Ky, in the early afternoon, get
ting away with $4,000.
Fort Stedman was taken by the Con-
federates and retaken by the Union
troops, who captured 200 prisoners.
A member of the North Carolina Leg
islature declared that body was ready
to take the oath of allegiance and to
ratify the slavery abolition amendment
to the constitution.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
WOMEN LEAVE HARDIN.
Russian Troops Preparing that Section
for Next Stage of War.

Women and children are reported to
be leaving Hardin and the business
houses are closing. The stationary hos
pitfalls are being moved back and the en-
tire railroad east and south Of Tsitsihar
is being prepared for the next stage of
the war. The conviction exists that Gen.
kuroki is now directing toward the north
east for the investment of Fladivostok,
changing his base for that purpose to
Gensat.
While the Manchurian railway is en-
ployed to supply the main army in it's
advance on harbin the japanese seem
still partial to the plan of keeping close
to their sea bases and instead of fol-
lowing the Russians some of the military
experts are of the opinion that the Jap
anese may relieve the pressure upon Gen.
Linevitch and thus induce him to con-
centrate in the region between Santoupu
and Tie Pass for another battle.
But throughout the campaign all the
representations of experts regarding the
plans of the japanese have failed, the
aspirations of the Japanese consistently
fattening upon the, victories achieved.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
Seventy-five Years Ago.

There were but seven navy yards
in the United States.
American indemnity claims were set
tied with Denmark.
One of the cOmbatants in prize
fight which took place in Manchester,
England, was killed before he could
leave the ring.
Turkey paid its second installment
of 100000 stipulated by the treaty OF
Adrianople for indemnity of the Rus
sian subjects.
Navigation by steam was introduced
on the Mediterranean, vessels making
weekly trips from Venice to Genoa.
Peace was concluded at Buenos
Ayres between BuenOs Ayres, Santa
Fe Entire Rios, and COrrienteS.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
@a lie &c. Side
S.,N@ Of ~
The News ~
~~~~NN~~~

1t il about time to name some good
race horse after Kuropatkin.
President Roosevelt doesn't find it nee
essary to throw the big stick into the
plum tree.
And yet. only a year or so ago, Prcsi-
dent Castro was hiding under Uncle
Sans coattails.
How many of the 100000 Russians
saved from Mukden broke the world )
running record!
Those French bankers might lend Rus
STA the money if it could get Japan to
60 on the note.
According to report a Russian warship
is patrolling the Red Sea. She may be
looking for blood.
Maybe the idea is that the Japanese
will be too chivalrOus to fight an army
led by a grand duke.
1t is to be hoped that that Denver reli-
gious revival will boil over into Utah
before it SINNERS down.
There are liars. worse liars. statisti-
clans, circulation managers and the
Weather Bureau experts.
Labor leaders note that the President
gets salary of $4,000 year, but has
to have Il Union to do it.
"Santo Domingo means Holy Sab
bath Live up to your name, Sanity,
and give us a day of rest.
Judging from Hoch's portraits, it was
an exceptionally smooth and persuasive
tongue that did the business.
The Kansas Legislature has adjourn
ed. but the beef trust and the Standard
Oil are still in executive session.
The tobacco trust has no need to wor-
~. Until the beef trust is made to toe
the mark it may rest perfectly easy.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
Twenty Years Ago.

The Reichstag adopted a measure
providing for the substituting of steam.
ship companies.
Chicago real estate men declared
that flats were becoming unpopular
and that rents would be cut.
The people of France were thrown
into panic by reports of Chinese vic
tories over the French soldiers.
The report of the first bloodshed of
the rebellion led by Louis Riel in the
British Northwest Territories reached
Ottawa.
A system of fast freight trains be-
tween Chicago and New England
points was inaugurated.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
Thirty Years Ago.

The announcement was made that
Gen. Spinner was to be succeeded as
National Treasurer by John c. New Of
Indianapolis.
Kossuth was defeated in contest
for a seat in the Hungarian diet.
The Cook County QllD Commission
ers engaged the architects for the
courthouse. now crumbling to pieces.
The Ohio Senate passed a bill for
bidding railroad officials or employees
from being connected with so-called
fast freight or transportation compa-
MES
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
Fifty Years Ago.

The State prison at Nashville, Tenn,
was burned.
The closing sale Of the estate OF
Daniel Webster took place at Marsh
field. Mass.
An unsuccessful attempt at revolu-
ton was made in Hayti, with the intent
to recall eX-President PaeZ.
Twenty-three persons lost their lives
in the fire which destroyed the steam
er Bulletin on the Mississippi River,
near Nicksburg.
Castle Garden. New York. was made
an emigrant depot.
delphia who had enlisted for foreign
service
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
Russians Pecuniary Loss.

The Son Of the Fatherand, a Russian
newspaper. recently declared that what
it called the 'Manchurian adventure
had cost the nation as follows:
Chinese Eastern Railroad ..... .S2JO, OOO.Vo
Port Arthur and Dalny .......-. 250ODo,ED
Cost Of the war ................ JpOpo,OD
The paper added that if this total of
$1,000, OO0,OO0 had been expended at
home for schools. sanitation and light
ing it would have given to each province
approximately $1OOOO.O00.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
Ten Years Ago.

In Chicago the mercury stood at IS
degrees above zero and ranged from
that up to 90 degrees in various parts
of Illinois.
Ii Hung Chang, Chinese peace en-
voy to Japan, was shot in the face and
painfully injured by Japanese at
ShiminoSeki.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
School Children at Half Fare.

The Legislature of Massachusetts re.
Gently passed a law declaring that all
street railway companies in the State
should carry Tupils of the public schools
to and from the schools at half fare,
The law was contested on the ground
that it was unconstitutional but the full
bench of the Massachusetts Supreme
Court has declared the law constitutional
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
WAX LOSSES IN THE
"MAkCHURlAN ADVENTURE. -"

Appended are the appalling figures of
the fighting from the Shakhe river Il
Tie pass, the outcome Of which was the
capture Of Mukdcn by the japanese. the
resignation Of KIropatkin, and the ac-
cessiOn of Lineyitch to the position of
Incidentally III"
battle showed the utter inability of Rus
sia to stnm the tide Of defeat:
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-06
FIRST PEACE STEP.
RUSSIA SAID TO HAVE GIVEN
OUT NEGATIVE CONDITIONS.

No Cession of Territory and No In
demnity Is Moscovite Programme
Japan Is Understood, However, to BE
Prepared to Demand O,OOO,OOO.