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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21
The Seedless Apple Fraud
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE DENOuNCES
SCHEME AS HUMBUC

either paper stock or nursery stock. in
New York State.
The attractive plan proposed by the
parent Spencer company, as learned az
the Department OF Agriculture. is that
these subsidiary or local seedleSs apple
companies may be formed in the vari-
Gus States The local company is 20
pay a cash bonus 10 the mother com
psny and also issue it 81 per cent. Of
its Stock-a controlling interest. The
public is 70 be let in on the remainder.
40 per cent To facilitate the sale OF
this stock Assistant Pomologist W.
a Taylor says that the company some
time ago issued a statement 70 the ef
feet that the retail price OF trees will
De held up 20 50 each. while the cost 70
the local company viii not exceed 50
cents. and II Is estimated that on a
local investment OF $1,000. $50, Gee
could be quickly rounded up.
at seems" said Mr.. Taylor. who in
speaking OF the matter appeared 70 De
entirely convinced Of the shadyness OF
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21
4 Trial by Telephone.

Robert Willard. a farmer living near
Elkhart, In Logan county. Illinois. up
on being arrested by Constable Petit
on charge OF iDtoxicatIon and dis
orderly conduct, pleaded guilty by tele-
phone. When he was informed OF the
$i4 fine by the justice in Lincoln. he
agreed 10 send the amount by mail
The case is unique ia central Illinois
Jurisprudence.
The constable found Willard busily
engaged ia a cornfield and read the
warrant TO him willard agreed that
II was all right, but pointed 10 the
work that be was doing and declared
that be could not possibly lose a day
or two by driving TO Lincoln sod wait.
Ing Tor trial lie suggested the use Of
the telephone. and when the constable
somewhat dubioassy acqulesced the
two repaired 10 the farmhouse. Fl
ally they got connection with Justice
Rudolph. Ia Lincoln. and over the wire
l tie unique trial was held The justics
received a letter later with the fins
enclosed
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

One OF Uncle Sans duties. and IL Is
an extremely important one. is showing
Up. s1d where possible. stopping
frauds and fakes and preventing the
people from being mulcted OF their
savings. Through its issuance of
fraud orders" the Postofhce Depart
mcnt prevents millions Of dollars every
year from being sQuandcred on worth
less projects and fake schemes ex-
plotted through cunning advertise
ments. The vigilance OF the Govern
ment against lottery concerns is an
other instance Sc much Is done now
through clever advertising that officials
nave come 10 be very chary about Civ
iag their Endorsement 20 any schemes
which have not been pretty thoroughly
tried out
The Spencer "SeedleSs" Apple.
A case In point was the efforts o. the
Colorado seedless and coreless apple
concern. headed by a Mr.. Spencer
which attempted last year 20 secure the
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

(No. III, Beans. Peas and Other
Legumss as FOOD.
mo. 32) Sllos aud Silags.
(No. 1s4) The Home Fruit Garden
Preparation and Care.
mo. $50 Peach Growing for Market
(No. SD Meats; Composition anC
Cooking.
(No. 1927 Barnyard Manure.
(No. 200) Turkeys: Standard varie
ties and Management.
(No. 2l4) Beneficial Bacteria foi
Leguminous Crops.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

Il now turns cut that the Spencer
seedlesE apple. 50 Tar as its being z
new and valuable production IS con
cernec, Is al entire fake. and u would
appear that the plan is more Of sock
and bond selling proposition than =
nursery stock raising one The seed
less and coreless apple Is almost IS old
as history. Pliny. the Roman natural
is1. described II two thousand years
ago. Hundreds OF references appear IL
the books Of bor1icultprists about this
freak. the whole story having been &C.
scrfbsd BY Professor Bailey Of Cornell
about fifteen years ago The bad faith
OF the Spencer apple people IS shown
IN their circulating q partial quotation
fron Professor Bailey written about
the sesdless apple years ago. and hev-
fnR no reference 20 the EC-caIiec Speo-
Ger seeolesS apple
The reason nov appears for the care
ful educational work done among tie
newspzperE last wear. The Spencer
See6iess Apple Company q New York
has been organized with alleged Eur
series IN Niagara County. has issued e
EnzEniacent catalogue with a full col
ored Autograph Of the Spencer SEED
less apple" and also showing cross sec
tons Of the apple with no senb.ance Of
core or seed
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

SHlLLlNGS APIECE
trees are being grown in New York.
Iowa. Utah and Colorado.
It is questionable whether the Fraud
Order Office of the Postofiice Depart
ment will be able 20 bar the use Of the
mails 20 the company owing 10 the
skillful preparation OF its literature.
though such action. IL is stated. would
oe sustained by ali reputable fruit men
and nurserymen.
The wonder Of the whole story is
that in the face Of such lamentable
failures where the promoters have con
sentcd 10 exhibit their apples the work
still goes forward Of successfully fool
ing the people. Ii is not denied that
there is an apple which may be called
secdlcSS aud with an imperfectly de
velOped core. but il is a freak and
worthless. and, moreover. is thousands
Of years old. Wherever the Spencer
apple has been exhibited it has been a
fzzle. one claim made by the company
is because the apple Is bl0Omless 10
offers no opportunity for the cooling
moth 20 lay its Cgzs that therefore.
the apple cannot De wormy. One OF the
apples reluctantly submitted by the
Spencer people 90 Colonel Bracket. the
Pomolo-ist OF the Department. con
tanned. when cut good. fat codling
moth worm. while al the apples sub
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21
Proper Seasoning OF Farm nipple
mcnfs.

1t is full time that all moving ma
chimes. harvesters. and other horse
implements should be left out In the
field 90 obtain the benefit OF the fall
weather. Flows and harrows will, OF
course De needed yet, and these will
be kept under cover for awhile. but
can be left out later after the fall
blowing. This practice Of fall wealth
ering Of implements is quite general in
many farming sections and is encour-
aged from year TO year 10y large
class OF farmers. Ii insureS thorough
wcathering OF the wood and produces
I'm the metal parts OF the machinery
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

Endorsement % the Fruit Division OF
The Department OF Agriculture. The
apple men 81 the Department were ex-
trsmely doubtful Of the claims made
by Nj. Spencer that he had evolved a
Eee6less apple which would revolu-
tiOnize the apple industry Of the coun-
try. and they were wise In refusing 20
give * Endorsement Colonel Bracket
the PonOloEist q the Department
nov states that the Eeedless and core
Jess apple propaganda IS apparently one
% the most carefully considered and
iuteIliceutly worked out schemes FOR
fOolinE and defraudiuE the public
which has ever been attempted along
agricultural lines Taking advantage
OF the remarkable results o. fruit and
plant Improvement made by Luther
Burbank and other wizards OF plant
science. the statement was sprung upon
an transporting newspaper press and
public that = wonderful seedless and
coreless apple had been discovered.
Hundreds O. columns OF newspaper de-
sc-iptionE o. this fruit have since sp-
peared IL not only the daily and weekly
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21


nected win the general company. with
the exception OF the president or al
legged discOverer o. the new apple. are
men entirely unknown 90 the horucul-
tural world"
Reckless Statements.
The company appears 70 be well or
CANNED and has apparently engaged eN-
celleul leEal talent The statements
ia al the literature issued BY the com
pany are very skillfuliy worded." said
SIR. Taylor. the statements made
through the public press. for which the
company cannot De held accountable.
and which are influencing the people
have been recklessly misleading and
untrue The shrewd method by which
this apple was advertised IN England
and aElin readvertised in the United
States shows that a master brain is en-
cheering the promotion OF the scheme
Having prepared the British public
through numerous articles. for some
thing startling. a specimen OF the seed
less apple Was sent 10 King Edward.
4 lnclosed IN a plush-lined 1ewelry box
he English papers commented widely
upon the occurrence and several add
rional apples were sold az public auc-
F tlon for enormous prices and the pro.
. cially well written enc0mlum on this
4 happening ard on the value Of the
4 apple was inuOcently transmitted by
4 the American Consul 10 our Depart
ue1r OF Commerce and through its al
F vance consular sheets distributed 20
every newspaper in the United States
A feature OF this incident was tie
ceremony connected with the cutting Of
two apples which brought the largest
prices-namely SIS. 4 number % dis
tinEuished British horticulturists were
present. the apples we're taken from
cold storage cases. and everything vas
proceeding beautifully until the knife
was applied. then IL was found that the
apples were neither seedless nor core
less and the indignant purchasers
Messrs- Shesrn. demanded their money
back
Must Make the Fakirs Smile
A somewhat amusing feature. as re
lated BY Colonel Bracket. is the con
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

THE .sEEDLESs~ APPLE PRESENTED
TO King EDWARD.
mitted 20 the Department and 20 the
ST. Louis Exposition apple judges con
tanned either seeds or cores. The
apples were. moreover. small and in
lerlor. bur the newspaper account CT
these events tell a different tale
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

papers. but n magazines and scieuuh
journals.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

Gross SECTION OF EPESCER EEEDLEss
APPLE. REPRODUCED PROM SPIN
CIR CATALOGUE
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

A somewhat amusing feature. as re-
lated BY Colonel Bracket. is the con
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-10-21

the scheme. that all OF the people con
nected with the general company. with
the exception OF the president. or al
legged discoverer % the new apple. are
men entirely unknown 90 the hOrlcul-
I'll rrn--l
La Junta tribune., 1905-04-05
BOnGARDhfR WINS.
l1lepe1leat Ikket. floa IoD
70 Bottom, Elected.
BOND ISSUES DfffATfD.
fkttIt tislt Sal W6td Bsa1 lSsueS
Bs.l IHnsl Dowa By Jllpsyefs.
Auns(ieai 0wsefshe lSalasiel

We have met the enemy and we
are their'n in several places. With
the exception of Bomgardner. lnde-
pendent candidate for mayor. the
TRIBUNE ticket won out hands
down. Both bond issues were de-
feated. and for the next two years
we will have neither water nor
electric lights-or rather 50 much
thereof as we are willing to pay for.
The total registration was AS. and
the total vote about IS per
cent. as usual. The official vote by
precincts is given above.
La Junta tribune., 1905-04-05
sssss.s ss.sss In e.s,ias A6rsy

Hubbard Savage. of this city. was
mixed up in . cutting affrzy"
which took place at the Denver
University College of Music one day
last week. in which . frenzied cook
named Hanlon STACKED his bene-
factre@. Miss Bell Cook with .
butcher knif4 eighteen inches in
length. Mr, bvaee write. of the
occurrence r. 1ollows: while eat
ing dime ksard Mix Cox scream
and ran g he kitchen just as she
fell. Hanlsn jumped over her and
r.issd tie knife to hit her again. I
caught him around the body. picked
him up and carried him to the side
Of the kitchen He kept slnshine e
me with tie knife, but finally one e
the students hit him over tie heoh
with . stowe poker and smother tosk
La Junta tribune., 1905-04-05
song noaG LOCAL irGMS
'rade with II. G.. Todd.

Trade with II. G.. Todd.
See Bowen for Scotch goods.
Trade az the Palace Drug Store.
Trade with the La Junta Drug
Company.
Cheap cook stoves at the store
Furniture Exchange Company.
Port K. Beeman. sanitary plumb
ing:E. Trinidad Plaza; phone east l65.
For painting. papering, granting.
decorating. etc. see Nidy & Myers.
Second hand carpets at the new
store. Furniture Exchange Com
panv.
Low prices first. last and all the
time. Furniture Exchange Com
pany.
Just arrived our spring line Of
wall paper: prices from 10 cents up.
Jack Devine.
Gem" -four. best IN the market.
Every sack guaranteed or money
refunded. La Junta Milling Co.
Mayhew House Furnishing Co..
undertaking. embalming. Phone.
az black; night phone. A62 red.
Six room frame house: with barn
llx24: one lot: a good property: for
81. .25O: will take team Of good
horses for first payment; balance
easy R. B. Cook.
We are now in the second hand
business, but by low prices and
square dealing we expect to merit
your business. Exchange
Company. Dougherty Block.
The Beatty Bros. have been in the
picture business since its infancy.
and have the only genuine diamond
projecting lens used in the business.
At the opera house next Friday
evening.
Why can Beatty Bros. give better
pictures than anybody else. Be
cause they have the only picture
machine with diamond-projecting
lens on earth. At opera house next
Friday evening.
FoR SAlE-Five room brick house.
five acre tract: stone stable. stone
chicken house and corrall. two cis-
terms. eleven acres adjoining also
for sale; will trade for city proper
II. Inquire Of Scott Stafford.
An afsdavit Of incorporation ol
The Citizens Exchange Bank. IS
of Sugar City. was filed in the
ogIce Of the county eiefk -
Monday. This u the same hank
sAne has hitherto been known - ths
.-Cstisens' National Bank" which
- been unnatiomlised and orH1n-
ised - . private hank- The o(iicen
a DE- new hank are - follows:
President. George Coar.d. of nasy-
We, No.: VICE president, n c.
W5Ninns. II Sugar City. e1shier. j.
r WnEnms. Il S0gAr City, The
0efre nnnnnge0ent q the hank , in
- hnDds Il the cnGhjef.
La Junta tribune., 1905-04-05
Card - the osOsse-

To the public: Owing to the num-
erous exaggerated reports circulated
as to my leaving town I wish to
state that | will be absent not to
exceed 80 days. After May lst q
Trustworthy physician will be in
my Office and will have charge Of
my practice. All bills not settled
prior to my leaving town can b
paid to DR.. Hubbell.-E. W. Rags
dale. NJ. d.
La Junta tribune., 1905-04-05
0Otiee - osoOotvtioN.

The co-partnership existing here
tofore between Geo. A. Nidy and A.
I. Myers is this day dissolved by mu-
tual consent All claims due said
firm are to be paid to said Geo. A..
Nidy. The new firm name will be
Eckert 4 Myers.
GEo. A. NrDY.
April /. 1905. A. I. MYERS.
La Junta tribune., 1905-04-05

away the knife. He cut me under
the shoulder blade Ia cash about
three inches long across the back.D
and two of my fingers a little. ] am
a little bruised and nervous but will
be all right"
La Junta tribune., 1905-04-05
aeehy sees Gees ''osy."

Rocky Ford yesterday voted to
remain dry" the entire No-License
ticket being elected by majority Of
about fifty.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
A Marvellous Enterprise

Every day the expression is heard
"It is marvellous how Sunday news
paper can give to its readers free Of
charge such a beautiful color magazine
as is given with THE PHILADELPHIA
SUNDAY PRESS"
This magazine is equal to any ter
cent magazine and is given absolutely
free with THE SUNDAY PRESS, a Sun
day newspaper which costs only five
cents per copy. THE SUNDAY PRESS
also has two other beautiful color mag
azines, consisting of Woman's Maya
zine, which is unexcelled, and Comic
Magazine, equal to the best.
Such WONDERFUL and valuable parts Of
Sunday newspaper which is ably ed
tied throughout, constantly add thou
sands of copies to the circulation OF
THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS. DO you
read it? If not, notify your newsdealel
at once to begin serving you with this
newspaper. augIrt
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
Making FlaWlass Stael.

BY the use Of the substance called
thermite, which consists principally Of
l mixture Of aluminium and iron oxid.
and which possesses the property OF
continuing to burn spontaneously after
having once been ignited, producing
temperatures as high as 1900 degrees
Centigrade, 1t has become possible to
make steel castings Of enormous size
and weight free from flaws. The
thermite is introduced into the steel as,
in a molten state, 1t flows into the cast
ing mold. and ignfting, It raises the
mass to- An extremely high tempera-
ture, thus filling up any flaws that may
have started to form. When liquid
iron is treated with thermite the metal
shows much finer grains when 1t solidi-
fiss, and the surface possesses q re-
markable polishing capacity.-Youth's
COMPANION.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
Heat from Mirrors.

Even looking glasses, the favorite
furniture of the Frenehman's drawing
room, are exploited in the Industrial
world by the French, who are said to
admire mirrors enough to use them
on their collins. Scientifically the new
invsution reads that reflected solar
heat is used to obtain extremely high
Temperatures In a new furnace. The
inyeator expects to secure a heat Of
$500 c., which is higher than that Of
the electric furnace. The reflector is
built up of more than 5000 mirrors,
arranged side by side in parallel rows,
each measuring about 4x5 inches. The
width at the top is IS feet, at the base
Is feet, and the depth is IS feet.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
DIARY OF THE SUMMER GIRL
Ups and Downs Of Life at the Sea-
side Resort Faithfully
Related.

Monday-Arrived this afternoon
Dull. May have to fall back on the
hotel clerk II something doesn't turn
I'D. There must be a hundred old
maids around. I'm about the only one
who dares to appear In bathing suit
Tuesday-Two 17-year-old boys
made their appearance to-day. We'll
they're better than nothing. / shall
kiss them and make them say Their
prayers before they go to bed tonight
Wednesday-Engaged to both Of the
17-year-olds. Wanted to be fair 70
each Of them.
Thursday-Broker from New York.
Says he's single, but doubt 1t. Money
to burn, however. Proprietor Of hotel
swsars he Is single.
Friday-Broker proposed. Promptly
accepted. Seventeen-year-oids both In
mourning. Broker good company, but
foolish. Has wired for ring.
Saturday-Two college men and a
champion golfer came at noon. Also
two blondes. They are fends. Broker
introduced to both of them. Wore my
smallest bathing suit.
Sunday-Playlng college men and
golfer against broker. He is mad with
jealousy. Dull is prospect. Seventeen
year-olds recovering. Seen with
broker. Wants to elope. Told him l
would give him an answer tomorrow.
Monday-Broker's wife arrived.
Have Just engaged myself to two col
lege men and the golfer. Too Dad
about the broker. suspected he was
too much in love with me to be sin
Rle.-Life.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
aug17t9

VIRGINIA-In the Clerks Office Of the
Circuit Court of the County of Taze-
well, on the LIST day of August, 1865.
Tazewell National Bank, corporation,
Complainant.
ys. In Chancery.
Vivian Hash, +. D. Eddins. j. A. Hash,
Sarah G.. Hash, j. A. Gillespie, I. K.
Smoot, T. G. Bowen. Trustee, H. s.
Bowen, K. ID. Brown. Jesse Mundy,
Charles f. Brown and Essie Smoot
Brown, his wife, Defendants.
The object Of this suit lie to set aside
and annu three deeds, one OF said deeds
executed by Chss +. Brown to Essie
Smoot Brown, dated 18th of February
1905, conveying "a acres Of land, lying in
Tazewel county, or the North Fork Of
CIinch River, at or near Witiens Mills;
and another OF said DECIDE, executed by
Chas. f. Brown and wife to T. K. Smoot,
dated 18th February, 1905, for 80 acres of
land, lJing in 1azewell county, on North
Fork of Clinch River, in Lynn Hollow;
and the other of said deeds executed by
Eseie Smoot Brown and Chas. +. Brown,
her husband, to T. G.. Bowen, trustee,
dated May 8, 1905, for "a acres Of land,
lying in Tazewell county, on North Fork
of Clinch River, at or near Wittens Mills,
and conveyed to said 7. G. Bowen, trus-
tee, to secure r. D. Brown and II. s.
Bowen as endorsers on note executed by
Chas. +. Brown to Jesse Mundy; and to
subject the said "a and 36 acre tracts OF
land to the payment of a judgment in IA
vor of 1azewell National Bank againet
Chas. F. trown, J. A. Hash and Sarah Q.
Hash, for $60l so, with interest on 5000,
pant thereof, from the LIST day Of January,
1904, and 1915 costs; and also to subject
said lands to the payment Of two Dego-
table notes, each for the sum of 5000,
dated the lst Of January, 1904, and bear
ing interest from date, and made by
Vivian Hash and Edgar Hash to 4. N,
Eddins. and endorsed by j. A. Hash,
Sarah G. Hash, J. A. Gillespie and Chas.:
F. Brown, and one of said notes due in
10 and the other in 20 months from date;
and also to subject to the payment Of said
judgments and notes certain tract OF
l20 acres of land, lying in Grayson coun-
ty, belonging to J. A. Hash.
And an affidavit having been made and
filed that the defendants, Vivian Hash,
E. d. Eddus and ). A. Gillespie are not
residents Of the State Of Virginia, il is or
dered that they do appear here within
fifteen days after due publication hereof,
and do what may be necessary to protect
their interest in this suit. And it is fur
ther ordered that a copy hereof be pub
Iished once week for four successive
weeks in the Tszewell Republican, a
weekly newspaper published at Tszewell,
Virginia, and that a copy be posted at the
front door of the courthouse of this coun-
ty as prescribed by law.
A copy-Teste:
7. E. GEORGE, Clerk.
Chapman & Gillespie,
p. q.
Greever & Gillespie. aug9t4
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-17
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Mr.. H. w. Pobst is quite sick at his
home on Tazewell Avenue.
H. C. Combs, Secretary Of the Vir-
GINA Christian Missionary Society, will
speak at the Tazewell Christian church
next Sunday at II a. M, and at Graham
Christian church at 8 p. m.
A. D. Bentz, of Knoxville. Tenn,
division superintendent of the Interna-
tional Corresponding Schools, of Scran-
ton, Pa, has been at Tazewell for the
past week in the interest of his schools.
Wanted-A young lady with seven
years experience desires to secure a
position of Governess. References
given on request. Address
MISS IDABELLE BLAKE,
Harmony Village,
aug3t4 Middlesex Co., Va