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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

| burned it-saii his horse would not eat
| it and bought baled hay to feed his
horse. The principal hay grown and fed
here Is ''grain" hay, oats, barley and
wheat. Oats has the preference think.
Barley crushed, is the main grain food
and ycu viii find as fine sleek horses
here as anywhere. Some alfalfa IS grown
in this county but most people only re-
gard it as good for cattle and consider
grain hay much better for horses.
The sheep raisers OF this section begin
shearing sheep in the spring, about
March Is, and again in September. They
claim it pays to make two shearings u
year. Last September a drove of 5000
sheep were sheaGcG about3 miles north
Of Corning. Most of the shcaring is done
by ''prOfessional" sheep shcarers, who
travel from one place to another. a
professional" will shear from 10 to i4O
per day and get about Sc per head for
shearing. Most of the wool is sold here
to local buyers.~ Wool sold IN Corning
this year for Is to 25c per pound. 1t is
"2' ''nlaied that TINS spring. clip Will
bring the wool growers of this county
S250,00O. During February and March
several car loads OF fat sheep-ust off
of the range-were shipped to Portland,
Tacoma, and other points, and brought
about S6 per head. There are quite a
lot of Angora goats kept in Tehama
county. Most OF the mohair is bought
up by q local buyer, formerly of New
England, and shipped to factories in
Rhode Island.
NJ. A. WALLACE.
Nnl
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22
ALFALFA,

Alfalfa is a plant belonging 20 the
clover family, altho it does not resemble
either the red or white clover. 1t is
native of Arabia and has had home IN
the United States for fifty years, but
only for about twenty years has its great
value been appreciated in this country.
1t is now fast becoming one OF the best
known crops in America.
Alfalfa belongs to that peculiar class
of plants which draw free nitrogen from
the air by means of little nodules on the
roots, which serve as chemical device
for extracting the free nitrogen from the
air. 1t is very hardy plant, and when
once established in the soil, will remain
for years. 1t has been known to remain
fifteen years.
The theory has prevailed in the past
that it would only grow in rich, swamp
land where the bacteria requisite for its
fgrowth had been placed by overflows,
ketc., but all recent experiments have
proven this to be false conclusion. At
the Cape Normal school Prof. Clothier
WINGED that it can be grown on the poorest
soil to good advantage. The land he
: used for his experiments isSery common
soil; the top having been removed to iii
PUP other places in the campus. His first
3crop this year weighed 3. .04 tons per acre
land there will be three or four more crops
this year.
The raising of alfalfa is no more trouble
than buying and using bone meal on an
Ordinary wheat crop. The field where
there is no bacteria placed by nature,
must be thinIy covered with earth from
the inoculated soil. When the inoculated
Soil is placed on one side of the field it
will spread over the entire field, but it IS
nuch better to spread a thin layer over
The entire field. This can be done at a
ery little cost per acre. The inoculat-
ID soil and seed would not amount to
ver 81 per acre.
Plants of this kind get a great deal Of
heir nitrogen from the air and thus save
=he elements of the soil. Every farmer
vho has ten acres of alfalfa should realize
It least S400 a year from it, as sixty tons
year is very low yield for ten acres,
hid it should sell at IS to S12 per ton.
The experiments at the Normal show
hat this crop can be put in the ground
II rom May to September. Experiments
5Aregard to this crop have been carefully
Aade here and at other places thruout
he country.
Prof. Clothier will answer any inquiry
Pncerning alfalfa and will furnish de-
billed directions for its culture.
a8 should like to see the farmers of
tEoutheast Missouri in general, become
IIhterested in this very valuable crop of
Y ature. Respectfully,
M H. NJ. AULSBURY.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22
California Letter.

During the latter part OF February and
r ten days in March, we had delightful,
arm, pleasant weather-boys going
lrefoot and ice cream parlors serving
cam as in summer. On the night of
arch %, while a heavy rain fell here in
e valley, quite a heavy snow fell on
e 'Sierra Nevada and Coast Range
ountains, and on the night OF March
|. a heavy frost arrived, the mercury on
e morning of March 30, marking 81
A-ees-two degrees colder than at the
b time New Years morning.
Il flEalifornia is q peculiar country and
Is a very unique climate. AS one writer
Is aptly said, "much has been written
la told about California climate, yetit
very difficult for esstf-n peorte to
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

Bro. w. W. WATERS Of the New
Madrid Southeast Missourian has
been appointed secretary Of The
hospital for the insane al Farming
ton and we predict will makea good
one. Mrs. Waters also has a position
there and they will be at home. The
salary of the secretary is $1,000 L
year, while the salary ofsrper:o. oss,
the position occupied by Mrs.
Waters, Is $500 a year. Surely, Bro.
Waters is to be congratulated.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22
Arthur Check and family wcr,
srie:Il -1A-IiGzA.

I ;-7r4 ,tI!.u wa& ;I,I-.fI ,vlli, =
co,.:3rs ,.,jn Sunday a1:.>,...oo,.
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

THERE are people who appear to
be very anxious to stand before
the community as law-abiding citi-
zens, and yet their conduct does
not Justify any such conclusion.
The person who is in earnest about
the matter leaves no doubt as to his
sincerity. Instead Of winking at
or encouraging violations Of the
law, they are always ready to dis
courage and condemn such conduct
everywhere and at all times.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

We notice in the County court
proceedings OF several of the sur
rounding counties that the people
subscribe to the road fund, either
cash or labor. and the court appro-
pirates a like amount, or probably
more IN some instances, and in this
manner they keep the roads in good
condition. IN any event, the people
must make the roads and they do
make the roads and where all want
3oads and are willing to help make
them. this seems to be as good Il plan
as any, and certainly much better
than sitting around "cusslng" the
law.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22
T@5:s%Es 7.

The hot weather makes Us hunt the
black spots.
Everybody likes a pretty front
yard and the days OF the pigs and
geese in the front yard are almost Il
thing Of the past, We are glad to see.
". II. Mayfcld had business at
Patton Friday.
Our farmers are almost done har-
vesting and will soon 90 to owork ia
their corn again.
T. L. Mayfield and Vestcr Angel
attended picnic at Jugtovn Satur
day.
?. II. Scahaugh recently bought It
new hay rake. He expects tc pat
mp 4 good crop Of hay.
J. II. Mayfeld had business ut
Patton Friday.
Jessie Scabaugh made a business
trip to PcrryviIlc Saturday.
Willie Green Of near Patton was
in this vicinity Friday.
John James visited relatives near
Scopus Saturday night.
B. c. Douglas had business ut
Patton recently.
Our Sunday school is pro rrcssIno
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

if it needs doctoring doctor ii.
What's . farm without an up-to-datc
| farmer?
Two men named Charles Booth
and Charles Fandcrpool, and Il boy
| named Cleveland parrett. and two
| WOmcn,-the wife Of BO0ti. and Il
widow whose name was not gwen
-&:'th Il supply OF booze, left Pop
! lar 5iuh the morning Of June Is.
/ Tor It fishing trip. The men fell out
over the widow and when the
smoke cleared from the battle the
men and hoy had been put out Of
/ business and the coroner and under
! t,l1er were called Oh to clear the
! battle field.
There hus been quite shakin@-ur
It: the enana9cmcnt of the hospital
Tor the insane nj Farminmton recent
II, and tEc board Of managers are
rather scvcriy criticised ~ the pa
pcrS there for some Of their actions
in the matter They called on the
old officers, with one or two cXcep-
lions, for their designations, which
were promptly filed by all bat one
and nc is said TO have been the most
Objectionable of the number, and
yet the board allowed him to hold
on 10 his position.
jackson Cash Book.
Johnnie CIodfeItcr, son OF J.
II. CIodfclter, has two curiOsitics.
They are calves, one about six weeks
old and the other two weeks old,
One of the calves has three claws |
on each of its fore feet, and the other
has no fore-legs at all. They are
strong, healthy looking little ami
mails and lively and happy as the
general run Of calves. They We're |
born on the farm Of David Talley, |
and Johnnie secured them for show !
purposes, and now has them on ex-
hibition in 4 tent down by the
marble yard. The calves walk up |
rightly on their hind legs. They
arc certainly curiosities woll worth |
seeing.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22
he New
Bridge
Is Open

! Cotton Belt Route trains
noT use the now bridge across
the mississippi River ut The
3os, Ill, doing away with the
ferry transfer and shortening
schedules about an hour.
The neW bridge is one of the
finest pieces Of engineering
work in the country, giving
the Cotton Belt m unbroken
track of solid steel, between
st. Louis and Southeast Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, Louisiana
and Texas.
Two daily trains are operat-
ad to and from ST. Louis, as
follows:
NO2 arrive StLouis G:35 a m.
No4arrive st Louis 6:O1 p m.
No1lcave st, Louis 9:32 p. IN.
Mob !@avc ST. Louis 9:2Oa. m.
Trains 3 and 4 carry buffet
sleeper between Shreveport
and st. Louis, Trains l and 9
carry sleeper between Texas
and st. Louis. All trains carry
chair cars.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

Look out, Bro. Campbell, the
pie lightning seems TO be -doing'
editors now and the supposition is
that it's liable to hit you one Of
these days unless you keep your
anatomy out of the way.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22
Southeast News.

The Baptists of Oak Ridge are
! preparing to build 4 new bricl,
| church.
Iron county VIII have special
election next Saturday, June p, to
elect Il sheriff.
y water works and electric light
proposition Will be voted on by the
citizens of Jackson June p.
Frcdericktown Tribune.
VI. }. Shelley brought to this
office Il sample OF the finest goose
berries we have ever seen. They
measured from two and half to
two and three tourths inches around
small way.
The shopmcn of the Mine Ia
Motto company's lead mine near
F'rcdcricktown went on 4 strike the
first of the week They requested
thc company to give them an eight
hour day, which was refused.
S. y. Lytle, a citizen of Wayne
county lost his barn, feed. harness,
three work horses and other prop
crty by fire on the night of June 9.
No insurance. The origin OF the
fire is not given.
Piedmont has an ordinance taxing
dOgs-maies at s and females Sd
and thc city marshal has served
notice on the owners Of dogs that
unless they pay the tax inside Of the
30 days limit, their dogs will be
promptly killed.
Miss Bessie B. Bowman, daughter
of Editor T. A. Bowman of the
FredcricktOwn Tribune, was marri-
ed to J. W. Alexander, a young
merchant Of Williamsville, at the
home of her parents in Frederick
town, June II.
Maiden Merit.
No better evidence ofthe advance
mcnt, progress and prosperity of
Southeast Missouri in general is
needed than pcrusal Of the various
bank statements published last week !
The volume Of deposits and the !
grand total indicates thrift and pros
perity.
Puxico Index.
Encouraging reports come from |
the developing parties at work in |
the mineral fields at Chaonia. ESQ. |
J. G. IIeaton of this place owns q |
tract Of land IN that section said to
be very rich in iron deposits. A |
smeltery will be put in at some !
point.
\ new born male child was dis !
covered in u pond Of water on the !
right-ot-Way of the Frisco railroad |
near Maiden by the crew of q freight |
train leaving town June l3. The 4,
child was nude and appeared to have
been III the water day or two. No |
clew to the perpctrator Of the inhu
man crime has yet been discovered. !
Advance Guard.
The Castor Valley Telephone
Company Of this place has been in
corporated with a capital stock Of
$4,000. Incorporators, ]. B. Nc
Kee, J. NJ, Watkins, c. A. Schonhotf,
Nathcn Lloyd, NJ. W. Ireland and
others. 1t is their intention to at |
once begin the erection Of line to |
Bloomfield and another to Marble |
Hill. They will also rnn a line TO
Bell City if they can make the prop |
er arrangements. |
St. Mary Times.
Mr.. ". L. Orr, representative of
the Arkansas Fertilizer Co., Of Little |
Rock is in our county this week ex-
our soils and taking !
samples for analysis SO as to be able !
to make fertilizers to suit local con- !
dltions. We understand they are |
dong this wherever they sell fertI-
iizers. Why not get IN the push and |
have a sample AIKEN from your farm,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

ed to five cents, and it is expected
th@t every camp IN the district will
join the association and help in the
good work.-Flat River News.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22
CIRCULATION 900.

The columns of THE PRESS arealways
zee :" the people of the county for tho
i:srnssion or questions o. local Interest,"
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

~ G-bie HiII Press
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

y water works and electric Hight
proposition viii be voted on by the
citizens of Jackson June p.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

Health is not very good nov.
We have h~"u havi,,.r ~1iuo very
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-06-22

tfI.IIpIT.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
HEYWARD IN NEW YORK.
Devoted Part of His Address Before
North Carolina Society Of New
York to Race Issue.

New York, February 26.-The fifth
annual dinner Of the North Carolina
society was held at the Hotel St.
Regis on Friday night.
Gov. Duncan c. Hayward OF South
Carolina devoted part Of his speech
to the negro problem, saying among
other things:
LAS the negro is becoming more
educated you will find that he is
voluntarily abandoning work and
congregating in the cities, that his
tendency is to go north, east and west;
that today Pennsylvania, for instance,
has a population of 56,845 negroes;
New York 100000; Missouri 1000;
Massachusetts, 1914; the District OF
Columbia $500 and New jersey o.
844.
"Our movement therefore in its
last analysis means the offering of a
solution of this great problem IN
which from it's very nature and rela-
ton to the other problem of immi-
grafton we will have the aid of the
thinking people of those sections po-
litical.y opposed to the south. We
offer a peaceful solution, and with It
the bringing about of development
OF resources that cannot but mean
much in the commerce and growth
Of he entire United States, -
Former Gov. Johnson Of North
Carolina responded to the toast
The South" and Mr.. Uchida, the
Japanese consul general in New
York. spoke evtemporaneously.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
BATTLE FLAGS RETURNED.
Senate Adopts Resolution For Re-
turn of all Confederate Flags.

Great interest has been manifested
among suotherners in the senate's &C
ton in adopting a resolution for the
return of all Confederate flags to the
States to which they belong.
Here are the South Carolina flags
to be returned:
Flag, number Of regiment un-
known by Thirty-ninth New York,
at Antietanl.
Flag, number of regiment I'M
known, by Eighty-second Pennsyl-
vania, at Malvern Hill.
Eleventh South Carolina, inscribed
Port Royal, Cedar Creek, Swift
Creek, Petersburg, June a. Weldon
railroad.'
Sixteenth South Carolina, by One
Hundred and Fifty-seventh Pennsyl-
vania, at Five Forks.
Twenty-seventh South Carolina, by
Eighteenth Massachusetts,.
Eighth South Carolina, captured
by Gen. Sheridan's forces.
South Carolina State flag, history
unknown.
Flag of Sumter's Flying artillery,
by Custer cavalry at Appomatox.
Sumter Heavy artillery, by First
New York Lincoln Volunteer caval-
~, at Sailors Creek.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
Conceit of the Rooster.

Minneapolis Journal.
Were it not for the disgusting self
conceit of the roosters one might en-
JOY a poultry show. The rooster IS
near to natures heart. He has not
civilization enough to veneer his
opinions with common po!iteness and
savoir faire, and his disgusting exhl-
bition of the art Of being it offends
good taste and refinement. How
the hen manages to put up with 1t IS
certainly one of the mysteries OF the
coop. If six OF eight hens would JOIN
a hens club modelled after Sorosls
and throw the rooster down good
and hard or twice, he would soon
discover that he was not the only
kernel on the cob.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
A Friend Of Washington.

General James Grant Wilson III
Cornhill Magazine.
While many persons have known
Lincoln and Grant and a few were
acouaninted with Washington ano
incoln. so far IS am aware but
one person was ever born into this
world who knew the triumvlrate OF
uncrowned American kings. lhat
individual was Horace Binney, lead
er of the Philadelphia bar and among
the foremost leaders of the protes-
sion throughout the land, with
whom I spent a memorable hour IN
the wear 1874 During that delight
f,,1 interview he stated that when
youth his home was near President
Washington's Philadelphia residence,
and that he had met him almost daily
for several years and that he ire
ouentlv held conversation with the
general. Mr.. Binney also mentioned
the interesting fact that he had been
acquainted with every president or
the United States up to the time OF
Grant during whose second admins
tration he passed away at the great
age OF ninety-tlve.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
Pert Paragraphs.

Marriage is a lottery in which
there are no blanks, but sometimes
there are blankety, blankety, blanks.
A woman may be suspicious Of 9TH
er men, but she will believe what a
beautiful doctor teNs her.
A sunrise may be beautiful, but for
comfort it does not begin to COM
pare with a morning snooze.
A man pays much more heed to
his conscience if he thinks the police
are looking.
If people were as willing to be-
lieve good OF others as they are to
believe good of themselves there
would be universal grin that would
compass the earth and lap over and
signal Mars.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
Mrs Reoinald DeKoven alta dinner

Mrs. Reginald DeKoven alta dinner
in Washington adverted to cruelty.
"Women can be very cruel" she
said. "Some of them can be very
cunning, too. Some Of them can
wound YOU so dexterously that be-
fore you know you have been wound
ed their escape is made.
"Once I saw young woman
wound a slightly older one IN that
way. She approached the older one
a. ball. She greeted her with ra-
diant smile. hSe inflicted her wound,
and while her victim still thought
the wound a com. >liment she walked
away. This is whit, in very loud,
clear voice, she said:
oh, Helen, dear, that perfect
gown! I think it looks lovlier every
year.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
Boston Advertiser.

Boston Advertiser
Ex-Governor Clahin was person
al friend of Lincoln, and was in close
touch with him during the exciting
campaign of 1860. He had rich fund
Of anecdotes and his favorite was a
story of Lincoln and Douglas.
Douglas, meeting Lincoln, made
characteristically unpleasant remark,
saying:
"Why, Abe, I remember you when
vou were nothing but young clerk
in a little western town, peddjlng
out goods at retail and selling liquor
over the counter"
Yes" answerer Lincoln, "the on
w difference betwee" you and me
was that I was on one side OF the
counter and you were on the other
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
GREAT SIMPLON TUNNEL,
The Two Boring Parties (Swiss and
Italian) Met Early on Fri
day Morning.

Piercing OF the Simplon tunnel
through the Alps was completed at
40 O'Clock Friday morning. The
Hor?; was commenced in 1898.
The meeting OF the two boring
parties (Swiss and Italian) was sig
nailed throughout Switzerland by
ringing church bells and salutes by
cannon.
Many unexpected obstacles were
encountered. the most serious being
no, springs. which threatened to
wreck the whole enterprise, and a
temperature which at one time rose
to 131 degrees Fahrenheit, making
a continuance of the work impossible
until the engineers found means OF
cooling the atmosphere.
Now that the borers have met, it
will enable the water accumulated in
the north gallery to be drawn off.
The work of preparing the tunnel
for permanent way will be pushed
as rapidly as possible and it is hoped
to inaugurate the tunnel about March
90.
The engineering of the Simplon is
regarded as being one of the greatest
engineering achievements Of the age.
Many difficulties were encountered
and overcome. The length Of the
tunnel from Briga, in Switzerland, to
Tsello, on the italian side of the
mountain, is about 12 miles. Work
was begun over seven years ago and
according to contract the tunnel must
be ready for traffic on IS May next.
The Swiss and Italian governments
Jointly financed the undertaking,
share alike, at the cost Of SIS, 900.
AS soon as the boring is thorough
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
First of the Lazy Men.

During the civil war, says the Phil
adelphia Ledger, captain of COM
pany which had sixty men in its
ranks none of whom was as energet-
ic as the officer thought he should be,
hit upon plan which he believed
would cure the mems habits of lazi-
ness. One morning, after roll-call, the
captain, addressing his command,
said:
Il have nice, easy job for the laz-
lest man in the company. Will the
LATEST man step to the 'front.'"
Instantly fifty-nine men each took
a step forward
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-28
United States Marshal J. Dunca

United States Marsha! J. Duncan
Adams, who recently returned 10
Charleston from Washington, ex-
pressed the opinion that # the new
judicial district is created District
Attorney John C. Capers or Assis-
tant District Attorney Ernest +.
Cochran would be appointed judge.
He said these were the only names
being considered in administration
circles and that a democrat would
certainly not get the Office,