davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-08-08

Mr. P. p. Byrd and SON Master Paul
R"rd returned yesterday from Old
Orchard Nc. where they have been
tor the last Two months. Mrs. Byrd
aud little dauohter who are also at
Old Orchard, will not return for sey
eral weeks.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09

pendent manufacturing plants, SO
that farmers, consumers, retailers,
brokers, leaf dealers and warehouse
men can get back something OF the
liberties of the past to turn their
experience and skill and labor and
capital to account.
The Only Thing Needed.
E.The only thing in the world need.
ed now is to have the provisions OF
the Sherman antitrust law outlaw
ing monopolies which restrain trade
enforced. There are most encour-
aging signs now that President
Roosevelt will have this long neg
lected and openly violated law
brought to life and executed, and in
twenty-four hours after it becomes
known that he really means business
there will be as fine an opportunity
for independent manufacturers and
dealers in tobacco to make money
as there has ever been in the history
of the tobacco trade.
owe have come to the conclusion
that the only way to be able to con-
tinue the cultivation of tobacco at
all is to begin at the end and start
factories
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09
TOBACCO FARMERS ORGANIZING
Thew Rapidly Joining Forces and Independent Factories Are TO
Pa North Rocky Mount

Messrs. Editors The tobacco
growers of western Wake and Chat
ham Counties want to say to the
growers of brights in Virginia and
North Carolina that We are rapidly
organizing In this section.
Only a few weeks past Mr.. 5. q.
Adams, of Virginia, visited our sec
ton and organized four clubs. Since
that time with but one or two meet
ings they have more than doubled
their membership. :
On the eighth day of April these
local associations met at Green
Level and organized county associ-
alton with A. t. Olive as president,
r. J. Boiling vice-president and l.. j..
Sears secretary and treasurer. On
the 21st day of April the County As
sociation met at the same place and
elected on executive committee COM
posed of W. B. Upchurch, of Wake,
and r. J. Bolin.,, of Chatham. The
men are trustworthy, practical farm
ers and full of business tact. We
can assure our brother planters that
they are not wild extremists and will
favor nothing but honest and fair
treatment to all.
As / see it, this organization has
but one material aim, one demand; /;
that is, that we get our share of the
profit made in tobacco.
Until a few years ago there, was
a profit to the grower of bright to-
bacco. There is every evidence that
the manufacturers were making for
tunes even in those days. We can
see in every tobacco town fine man
sions, stately prize and warehouses,
mammoth factories and large towns
which sprang UP in decade. This
and more was almost entirely OBJ
tanned from the profits there was
in the mandatory of tobacco.
In those good old days the thrifty
farmer was content and happy with
his family, making money and edu-
eating his children that they might
be useful and equipping his home that
it might be attractive.
Now the scene has changed; and
we are not able to see justifable
cause for the change. The manu-
factured goods are just as high as
they were twenty-five years ago, with
the leaf of our type being about one
half as much. Brother planters, we
know these conditions are wrong and
we are not willing to submit to
them longer. Therefore we, the
growers of the "Old Bright Belt"
are going to demand justice and our
share of the profits.
We want to say to our Virginia
brethren that we are with you to
stay. We also congratulate you on
the choice of your leader.
At the present rate of organiza-
ton it will be but a few weeks be-
fore 80 or 80 per cent of the tobac-
CO growers will be organized in the
south end of the "Old Belt"
Yours for justice,
A. T. OLIVE.
Wake County, N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09
Information Wanted.

Messrs. Editors :-Enclosed tnd
check for one dollar for one year
subscription to your paper. l nave
been taking paper for some time, anu
it has been a money-maker for me III
many ways, and if we could always
follow the advice it gives in prepar,
would greatly improve the old-tlluo 1o
way of farming. I should Ike ~
ask some of your farmer friends now
to keep mangels or sugar OeS'
through the winter.
Yours, etc.,
J. A. PEMBEkION'
Fayetteville, n. G.
That club of three-we are Wa"
ing for 1t.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09
NORTH CAROLINA EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETS.

This State Will Cooperate With Vir-
ginia-Steps Taken to Organize Two
Independent Factories at Once--A
Review of the Situation.
An important meeting of the
Executive Committee of the North
Carolina Tobacco Growers Associa-
ton was held in Greensboro last Fri
day night, at which the antitrust
movement crystalize into definite
shape.
The committee resolved to COOP
crate heartily with the Virginia AS
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09

bales, when he ought to bsro
300. He expressed the confdeu+ ep mad
lief that the boil weevil is in ~ Tol Oe,
to stay forever; that it Is ~ neHas a
ground, the timber, the cotton III ut1 me
and even the corn-stalks. and d''sIks a
it's rate of advance into new +orH: susF
tory has never slackened. lti'
Not Reducing Acreage NM,
II went on the market square be,,
where there were scores Of farn1oe roIe
and talked with them about tas cottnS
and other crops. Wagon loads s'ot Ill
cotton were coming into the o;t"
the custom among the farmers be;rs' H'
to bring considerable part Of tbo;s
crop in at one time. The impresc;onn
gained by the walk was that vn t6o,n
would be but little reduction of acro
age. The growers appear to th;nk
that in the other States there will
be but little reduction, and 50 thew
will plant as much as before, 7 vss
told of one farmer who was hold,
ing his crop of 1000 bales, in few
miles of here, having built a shed
over it, who said that he would plant
as much this year as last year, and
that two other farmers-brothers-
who have very large farm in com.
mon, and who raised 1900 bales, have
sold none, and say they, too, will
plant just as much. From talks with
growers, and with buyers also, it was
gathered that the reduction in the
Texas crop will be from to 10 per
cent as compared to last year. One
prominent citizen, a buyer, declared
that it seemed up to a few days ago
that the reduction mi ght be as much
as Is per cent, but is now seemed it
would be less. He said it would take
another big crop, which would mean
fve-cent cotton, and would bring
the farmers to their senses, to lead to
a positive and sweeping reduction of
the crop.
Money in Alfalfa Raising.
johnson grass is a pest which has
taken possession of much valuable
land. In some cases such land is
abandoned to it, and it is cut for
forage, half a dozen times a year
The farmers do not think much d
this grass as a forage, but think
Bermuda grass is better, the latter
also being troublesome. While they
were telling about this, there were
great wagons on all sides, piled high
with green alfalfa. They said that
this sold readily at $40 to $12 Per
ton, and that they cut it about SIX
times a season, averaging ton and
half to the acre. One Of them
said it paid for the land four times;
this wax land averaging, it was stat
ed, about $25 per acre. The inocu-
lation of land for alfalfa has begun,
though farmers did not at first be-
lieve in it.. but they do now. since
they see the wonderful results. 1t
costs about So an acre. Farmers
who failed to inoculate got only four
cuttings instead of six, and about
third of their crop died. johnson
grass reduces the value Of the land
about one-third, but it has been found
that the planting of alfalfa destroys
this grass and also the Bermuda
grass"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09


tablish independent tobacco facto-
ries at Madison and Rocky Mount.
Subscription books for 100000 fac
tory at Madison were opened and
nearly half of the amount was sub
scribed in less than an hour.
New officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: President,
John S Cunningham, of Person; First
Vice President, DIR. r. H. Smith, of
Edgecombe; Second Vice-President,
w. E. Crosland, of Richmond Coun-
ty; Third Vice-President, John MI.
Galloway, of Rockingham County;
Grand Lecturers, John S. Sharpe, of
Nash County; J. o. W. Gravely, of
Rocky Mount; Secretary, j. S.
Sharpe; Treasurer, j. o. w. Gravely;
Board of Advisors, E. L. Daught-
ridge, of Edgecombe; j. B. Davis, of
Warren; w. f. Parker, of Halifax;
d. J. Aaron, of Wayne; Jesse Brake,
of Nash; P. B. Neal, of Rockingham.
In discussing the matter In news
paper interview, member of the
Executive Committee gave out this
interesting review of the situation:
Big Profits i'm Tobacco Manufacturing.
"There is more money made in
manufacturing tobacco now than
ever before. Tobacco for which the
farmer gets an average of five cents
a pound is being worked up in mixed
lots, far different from the old-time
way of choice selected leaf for high
priced quality of finished product,
and it is sold to the consumer at
five cents an ounce.
"The tobacco manufacturing trust,
having run almost all the independ-
ent manufacturers out by purchase
or sand-bagging, completely broke
to a large extent Independent deal
ers in leaf from buying at the loose
leaf sales, thereby absolutely con-
trolling the price of the farmers
crops, while cutting profits of ware
housemen in half. Having gotten the
dealers, the warehousemen and the
farmers in its clutch, this same
trust went to work and for several
years has been running out of busi-
ness all independent retail dealers
who handled any but their goods, by
cut-throat competition until the
small dealer was forced to GO broke
or sell out. In this way almost every
merchant has been made to bow to
the yoke of the trust, and In some
cities North there is not single re-
tail tobacco or cigar dealer who is
not really an agent of the trust,
handling their goods on commission.
Plenty of Experienced Men to Be Had.
"In the manufacture of tobacco,
especially in plug goods, the princi-
pal asset of new business is the
skill and experience of the manager
and superintendent and bosses i'm the
different departments, from the ware
house where the leaf is bought at
auction to the drummer in the mer-
chants Office ten thousand miles
away, where the solicited customer
may be-
"In all old tobacco manufacturing
towns, where the trust has bought
or knocked out Independent fac
tories, there are numbers of splendid
business men and experts in the to-
bacco manufacturing and selling
business who are either idle or at
work on wages at other callings Weld
ing a bare existence. You can go to
Greensboro, Winston, Reidsville.
Durham, Raleigh, or any of the Vir-
ginla tobacco towns, and get your
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09
TEXAS NOT FORsAKING COTTON.


Thinks Rest of Country Has an Unfair
Advantage - Wild Threats as to
Spreading the Weevil-Big Money in
Alfalfa.
Col. f. A. Olds, the well known
Raleigh newspaper correspondent, is
now taking a vacation in Texas, and
in last Wednesdays Charlotte OBJ
server, he writes most Interestingly
of farming conditions in the Lone
Star State. He does not look for
reduced acreage there, and says the
farmers think that they are at dis
advantage In competing with the
non-weevil country. We quote from
his letter as follows:
"Mention has been made of the
fact that it was reported here, on
seemingly good authority, that
colonies of the boil weevil had been
taken by certain man to the other
cotton-growing States and thrown
out of the car windows, in order to
spread the terrible pest as widely as
possible.
Threaten to Scatter Weevu.
"I had a talk with the oldest cot
ton buyer here, who is also a large
farmer, and he assured me of his be-
lief as to this matter. He said some
very interesting things in this con-
nection, and declared very positively
that if cotton fell to five cents a
pound, people here in Texas would
scatter colonies of the weevil all
through the other cotton-growing
States, although this is in violation
of the Federal law and in violation
of the laws of some States, and
added that some weevils had already
been sent, largely as a test, to see
whether they would thrive and be
heard from. He declared that the
Texas farmers, as rule, resent the
planting of such a large acreage of
cotton in the older States, as they
think the planting in the other
States, with Texas having the weevil.
takes this State at disadvantage !:
the farmers say that they wish the
other States had the weevi1 and that
Texas could stand the insect If the
cotton growers knew that the other
States had the pest also, but that
# Texas has them, and the other
States do not, it is a hardship upon
Texas. All the cotton men here say
that if the weevils do get into the
Eastern country, where there is so
much moisture, they will multiply
very fast. My informant, already
referred to, says it is very untrue to
make a statement that Texas can
raise as much cotton with the weeyil
as without it. He cited his own case
that last year he planted 200 acres
and his crop last fall was seventy
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09

Thinks Rest of Country Has an Unfair
Advantage - Wild Threats as to
Spreading the Weevil-Big Money in
Alfalfa.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-09

That club of three-we are wal"
ing for 1t.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06
Printers and Mind Re.der..

V'sVSSsO anu VIUO W
An editor was sitting in his office
n day when a man entered whose
brow was clothed with thunder.
F%iercely Selling a chair he slammed
his hat on the table. nurled his UNI
brella on the floor and sat down.
Are you the editor?" he asked.
Eyes"
Can you read writing!"
"Of course"
Read that, then" he said, thrust.
ing at the editor an envelope with an
inscription on it.
B" said the editor. trying to
spell 1t.
That's not a B. It's an 81" said
the man. as
"'s" Oh, yes. I see. Well, 1t looks
like Sal for Dinner Souls for Sin.
ners.'" said the editor.
mo. sir" replied the man. nothing
Of the sort That's my name-Samuel
Bruner. knew you couldn't read.
I called to see about that poem OF
mine you printed the other day. en-.
titled "The Surcease OF Sorrow"
"A blunder Of the compositor, I sup.
pose"
II don't remember It," said the ed.
itor.
"Of course you don't. because I:
! went into the paper under the villain.
GUS title of 'Smearcase Tomorrow
Eyes sir: and that Is what I am here
to see you about. The way in which
that poem was mutilated was simply
scandalous. I haven't silent a night
since. 1t exposed me to derision
People think me a fool. (The editol
coughed.) Let me show you. This
first line, when I wrote It, read In
this way: Lying by a weeping viii
low, underneath a gentle slope Thal
Is beautiful and poetic. Now, how
did your vile sheet represent It t.
the public? Lying to a weeping Wild
ow. I induced her to elope.' Weep
ing widow mind you. A widow! Oh
thunder and lightning! This Is tot
much!"
ITS hard, sir, very hard" said ths
editor.
Then take the fifth verse. In thu
original manuscript It said. plain a
daylight, Take away the tingllnt
money. II is only glittering dross.
In It's printed form you only make nj
say: Take away the tingling money
put some flies In for the boss-' B!
George! feel like attacking some
body with your fire shovel! But. oh
look at the sixth verse. I wrote
I'm weary OF. the tossing ocean Is
heayes.' when tsopened your pape
and saw the lines transformed int
I'm wearing out my trousers till the!
lAre open at the knees I though
that was taking It an inch too far.
fancy I have q right to murder tina
compositor. Where 70 hep
HE Is out Just now" said the ed
ftor. Come In tomorrow"
II WILL" said the poet, "and I vii
come armed" British and Colonia
Printer.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06
Al Albuquerque View.


The fair association Is daily receiv-
ing letters from citizens Of various
parts OF the territory regarding the
fair. The following from B. Ruppe.
the we'll known. Albuquerque druggist,
and an officer Of the National Guard.
Is interesting:
81 received yon card when in Albu:
querque, and was unable to find you
at the time. but you may rest assured
that I have been doing everything
possible to help you folks along. and
believe beyond reasonable doubt that
your fair will be a success. As the
National Guards. or rather the Of
ficers thereof. will holds meeting.
the knights Of Pythias, the Odd Eel.
lows and the riremen all during this
time. and !. myself. will be represent
ed with four members Of my family.
you can figure at least that Albuquer.
que will give you a pretty fair send.
Oft: T.. tS
PERSONALLY I have always had q
kind spot for Vegas, and although
kindly treated when there, ! I have
such good connections and 20 many
friends there that I appreciate a trip
to the town. believe that you are
in an era Of prosperity and I hope II
will be permanent, and that there Will
he two big cities instead Of one.
believe New Mexico is large enough
to hold us both, end there IL enough
vacant prairie In between both Of Us
that We will not be encroaching on
one another"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06
PERSONALS
John Sinclair is In Denver. too.

John Sinclair Is In Denver. too.
d. +, Weider came In yesterday from
La Fayette. Ind.
judge II. l.. Waldo went down to
Albuquerque yesterday afternoon.
Elton c. futile arrived from the
east on No. | yesterday.
VII c. Barnes returned from up
the road yesterday afternoon.
J. S. Duncan reached home from his
trip 10 Denver yesterday afternoon.
MRS. Frank Roy is at home from her
trip over to Santa Fe, returning yes
telday afternoon.
Alberto Aragon has been in town
from la Cuesta; Guadalupe Quintana
from Cuervo.
Den Eduardo Martinez, wife and two
sons, came to town from Anton Chico
yesterday.
DR.. Williams, wife and her sister,
Mrs. Hinkey. were among those who
went out to the Harvey resort today.
J. NJ. Wiley of Albuquerque, the
deputy U. S. marshal, went over to
Santa Fe last night.
A. G.. Green. the old.timer, returned
from a trip TO Trinidad, Colo. last
evening.
S. A. Apgar, the man of insurance.
came in from the north on No. I last
evening.
t. c Metzger and family of Kansas
City. after a few days visit here, have
resumed their trip to the Pacific coast.
H. A. Harvey drove down from his
mountain resort yesterday, single
handed and alone. a thing that doesn't
happen very often.
Mrs. ]. c. Smithers. wife OF the
manager of the Castaneda, children
and maid. got away for New York City
yesterday, intending to be absent from
the city about six or eight weeks.
Mrs. H. w. Kelly went east yester.
day afternoon, accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Helen, who will attend
school at Notre Dame. Ind. and her
son, Dan, who goes to Harvard.
Miss minnie DIETRICH left for Bos'
ton, Mass, yesterday afternoon. She
will likely change her name and not
return to Vegas, at least for the pres
sent.
The Rev. Jesse s. Moore. called to
be rector Of st. Paul's Memorial
church, arrived from Biloxi. Miss, last
evening, accompanied by his wife and
three children.
Misses Mary and Ethel Grant, daught'
ers Of E. w. Grant, former resident
civil engineer in this city for the San
ia Fe, departed for their home IN To
peka yesterday afternoon.
Juan Gallegos Of Villanueva, father
of the deputy superintendent o.
schools. has brought his son, Perfecto
up from that place to attend the Nor
NAL.
W. F. Althoff, representing W. F
Althoff & Son, manufacturers OF ic'
and refrigerating machinery. left TO
his headquarters in Denver yesterda!
afternoon. !
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06
Y 3.
BALL GAME SUNDAY
At GAlllNAS PARK,

The ball game between the carpen-
tiers and printers will be played next
Sunday, Sept. 10th, 300 o'clock, AT
Gallinas park,
All tickets sold on Labor day will
be honored on this day. Tickets are
on sale at Murphey's drug store OF!
east side: Mrs. Baily's drug store
and Gibson & Seitzs' on west side;
also at electric railway office.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06
c, Y. HEDGCOCK,
200 LOTS TO BE GIVEN AWAY.

We will give a good w%arrantee deed
for.two lots each within mi block Of
water main and street cars to any
party or parties that will improve
them to the amount Of one thousand
dollars. For particulars see NJ. 8.
.BElDEN.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06
Bureau Of information.

It is now certain beyond n per-
adventure that an immense throng will
visit Las Vegas during the Northern
New Mexico fair. The six conventions
alone will represent hundreds and
crowds are coming for purposes Of
pleasure only from every direction.
This being the case. 1t Is going to be
up to Las Vegas to provide accommo-
dations and entertainment for the
crowd and that without any sharp
practice or hold up schemes. As this
will be the first fair for Las Vegas
it will be Of vital Importance to send
everybody home we'll pleased and anx.
ious to come back again.
The attractions Of the fair are going
to be just what they have been ad-
vertised to be-. Every Las Vegas
householder must cooperate with q
view to ensuring board and lodgings
at reasonable prices for all the Wis
itors. =
A bureau Of Information has been
established with N. s. Belden as man.
ager. and during the fair it will have
Its headquarters at the depot. Every
guest may thus be directed as soon
as he arrives to a place where he may
obtain comfortable accommodations
Las Vegas people will be called upon
before long to inform the bureau Of
the number of rooms they a spare
for fair week, the price they will
charge and the location, in order tina.
each guest may be supplied with full
Information In advance. This Is one
of the most important departments in
connection with the fair and Las
| Vegas must see that it is attended tc
in the best possible manner.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06

For Sale-A good six-room house on
25-foot lot in good location, $1,000;
also S7.foot vacant corner with brick
sidewalk. $3.50. The Investment and
Agency Corporation. Both phones 45o.
$40
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06

The Sunday morning schedule will
begin with the 7:40 car.
The Sunday time table is the same
as the above with the addition OF a
1.40 and 800 o'clock car going, and
a 2:25 and 3.45 car returning which
gives a Commute service after 100
O'Clock.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06

The Young man who Is saving
money Is travelling on the road 10
wealth: and the Plaza Trust l. Saw.
ings bank stands for him as the gate
way OF success. SIT
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06

Prevent a case OF sickness, per-
haps a death, by having the Las We
gas Sanitary Co, clean your cesspool
OF vault. Office at Vogt 4 Lewis
Isl
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06

Bookkeeper-A lady in Chicago,
keeping books, would move to Las
Vegas. II she could secure a position
at reasonable wages. Address 7. OPP
tic. $500
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06

Parties going TO the country viii
consult their best interests by calling
al CLAY a Rogers livery barn whore
nice rigs AZ reasonable prices NAV al
WAYS be had. ll.35
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06
Turner for cheap meats.
90

For fine favored fruit ask for
Esmeralda green label fruit and see
that YOU get it. For sale at Davis &
Sydes' and Graaf & Hayward's. S-112
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06

Look out for our big ad In tomor
rows Optic. Rosenthal Furniture &C,
$50
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06

See my new line of tailor made
hats. SWEETEST in the city. Mrs. l.
Poole Wright. 9.54
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-09-06
aeheduls 70 canyen.

The Street Railway company has
established the following as the per-
|insnent schedule to Gallinas canyon
and return:
Week dav time table, a No. 1902.