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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24
n. : .Norns ABouT WOMB.


Mrs. jane Evans, 73 years old and once
p slave. has just graduated with honora
krom the elementary grade Of a night
school in New Haven. Conn. she tegani
attending school last fall wishing to
learn to read the Bible and newspapers.
AIRS. Evans was liberated by Lincolns
Emancipation proclamation.
Elizabeth Duse, daughter and only
child OF Nine. Eleanora pese The Itai-
Gan tragedienpe. has entered an EnglAh
6ollege devoted TO the study u farming
and horticulture Signorina ins3 is only
AZ years old. 10 her mother great Joy
abe has shown no desire los stage lifes
her tastes are, in fact. stroasly alti-the.
ater and she has never evsa seen Duse
act. In appearance, however, The TWO
are wonderfully alike
Mrs. Alfred Chaplin, OF New York, IS be-
3ieved to own the finest Collsetion of
black diamonds in the counry.1 Most Of
Mrs. Chapin's sable g9rrF sls from
Abe province Of Bahia, Sa Ee and
nearly all are Of excaptj6e.i BEAUTY.
They do not sparkle IKE .~nitc diamonds
nor, though opaque, are they as glossy
,aB jet, but they have q beatty OF their
'Owa and their rarity gives them addi-
ltippAl charm, In the sight ofstbe enthuss'
ass.
Mrs. Peary Will not accompany her
husband on his next tsip 10 TIE arctic
Nat that she does not wish to go, fol
.ahe is a hardy traveller, 1T because
Lieut.. Peary.ts going b taiiesueh chan
sces this time ,Rslhe .nevcs tpqS before
land he docs Rgt wish his " i1e 10 share
Rhe peril. MES. Peary, was most val
liable member g. The expeditis I II which
she took part Strong, cs0i .geods and
determined, she was willi~r AXE her
share Of privation and dar ~cr. refusing
TO accept any odds because oi her sex.
Nine. Loubet, mother OF h5 president
sof the French republic. who cied the
sother day, passed away Ia the house in
Marsannei iin.which she.syas tDrl. reared
sand married. She wasEn her ninety
third year4an activeiup aiAI@st,to tn
lend. Although lher.fapsily for genera
eions had owned the land oawaich the
little farmhouse, La .Tcrra ie. is sit
uated Nine. Loubet WAS not wealthy
She had little education a, v hat little
sshel had acquired of letters aad the arts
WAS gained in. her later life. She never
visited Paris and the only city OF ans
oiEe in which she ever set -oot was the
trity Of Nalence, near her home. No
even when her son was ilalalied in tn,
highest office in the gift Of the FrencE
people could she be persuaded to deser
her home.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24
soMr rNrERrsrINa FAcTa.

In England one woman IN every nl1.
.arns her own living.
one pint Of milk produces, on an aver
age. one ounce Of butter.
In Italy the value of land is considered
o be "a times the annual rental.
China is believed 10 hold 20 times az
much coal as tie whole Of Europe does.
The polar currents, according 20 ex-
aerts. contain less salt than those from
he equator
Fully 100000 domestic animals, valued
At S6.QO0.0OO. are annually massacred BY
wolves in Russia.
Asia contains R}ore than one-half OF
he total population Of the earth, and
europe nearly one-fourth
The finest cotton is that grown on
he low sandy islands lying on the coasts
ii South Carolina and Georgia.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

In this county We have been.
unable 10 find many persons who
has any pro Joint statehood senti-
ment. Quite the reverse. A big
Of our people want state
hood but they want seperate state
hood. No more no less. The
speeoh Of Senator Beverage on
@Arrizona the Greatn has been
read by number Of citizens who
received copies of the same from
the Albuquerque Joint Statehoc'
League. 1t has not had apy j
Auenee in changing sentime.
and has done the joint statehot
cause no good. The Senator's
.utterance is considered unjust and
misleading. at any rate.it is very
easy to prophesy what will hap
pen, but between prophecies and
actual occurrences thete is gener-
ally wide margin. The people
of Taos county do not care to help
the real estate spectators in AL
buquerque who are for joint state
hood simply because they want
the offices and the Capitol and to
boom their real estate holdings.
In Albuquerque A they make no
bones that they have already par
celed. out all the big Offices and
/ propose to have the lions share
they also watit'to get as many Of
the public buildings Of the new
state as possible, it-they have tc
remove some of the institution.
from their present location. III.
all for themselves and for theil
town and as far as the rest of u.
are concerned why we can take
care Of ourselves.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24
BEEoHERs PRESCRIPTION

Thus characteristic story OF Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher has been re-
called as indicative Of his saving
sense of eumor
A country clergyman called on
the great minister and esked his
advice what to do with persons who
90 to sleep in church, something
which had become quite prsvslen:
in his congregation. Nr. Beecher
listened very attentivelg, admitted
that it was serious, and then said
"when 4 first came to plymouth
church / tho6ght about THE brob-
lem, and 1 viii tell you the course
/ decided upon. | gave the sexton
strict orders that if he saw any
person asleep 10 my congregation
he should so straight to the pulpit
and waken up he minister" "
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

A German periodical, the Gartenlaube
offers three prizes for the best answers
to the question, which is becoming more
and more serious to mothers; How
can marry of my daugbters2"
A man arrested in Dinapore Bengal
died before his case could be heard, but
the local magistrate nevertheless tried
and convicted and fined the dead man
and then ordered the heirs, his nephewa,
to pay the fine. The high court has re-
versed the judgment
Having taken dislike to his daugh-
ter and her husband. Louis Rung, OF
Basle, Switzerland, poisoned 800 apple
trees in their orchard With arsenic The
next time they made a pie those who
ate it nearly died Ruhg confessed and
was sentenced to five years imprison-
ment
A woman in Paris claimed heavy dam
ages from a man who lived next door az
she said that his horses made such a
noise that she could moi sleep. She in.
troduced her dressmaker as a witness al
the trial to show that she had lost tw1
inches in her waist measure because Of
loss of sleep
A court az Darlington, England. has
awarded q quarry man and his wifa s25i
damages and costs agaftst q local ini
spector Of the Nationa9 sceiety ior til.
Prevention Of Cruelty t9sCnildren, and 4
police officer for AnlalWfull ly entering the
plaintins' house tp see If their children
were we'll cared for,
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

1t is reported oy uRe ,la...
that the D. & & G. railroad people
have bought the Wyoming railToad
which runs FROM IriRidsd to Ter
clio. Some believe that the Rio
Grande company will extend the
wyoming branch and connect with
the proposed broad gauge road
from Fort Garland to Santa Fe
coming down Bitter by the Iude-
pendence aise, fgssing throukh
Red River and uniting with the
Garland branch at Questa, making
Red River the most important
station on through line.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

The Prospector IS of the opin-
ion that the battleship Kansas
will do just as good service and
last just as long i it was Chris
tened with bottle of Kansas wa
ter and not by the old traditional
custom Of Christened it with a
bottle of champagne.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

The Santa Fe New Mexican is
making a great kick because the
assessments Of property for this
year are lower than they should
be and because many property
owners who are well able 10 pay
are escaping taxation There are
thousands Of dollars Of delinquent
taxes on the books of the county,
but neihes she.colleCtor nor the
Distriet Attorney are pushing
the collections and therefore the
delinquent tax payers do not pay
|up They are saving their money
and making money outof it while
the tax payers who pay promptly
and in accordance wirh law are
suffering 1t is certainly inlust-
ice that one part Of the commune
~ should be practically exempt
from taxation while another part
because il ais honest pays up
promptly and suffers by its hon
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24
Ficndleh SuHerlnp

- often caused by sores. u.cers and
cancers, tAateet away your SKIN
VIM. bedell, Of Fiat ltocA, Mich
sa6s"l haye uhed Bucklins A,mca
salve,fo Ulcers SORES suu Cancers.
l. IS The best heshug otessng [
ever found "Soolhss an4 b,ais euts
burns ana ecalds 25c alR j. olev
ems store; Guaranteed
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24
The Pennington Fair will 30
held August I3, IA, IS ard 40


j. d. Rnnyan, Of l3u le.vilie, O.,
laid the peculier disaplssanee o.
his painful SYMPTOMS, ~ irilgesiiou
and billousness, to br kiag's New
Life Pills. he says lbsy are q
Terleci remedy, for dzg'ness, sour
fiocmach, headache st's'ipaiion
elo 9parenteei Stevens
fcfe, price 19
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

sety and piibhe spiritedness. San.
ia Fe county seems to need some
new officials in several directions
apd that badly.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

"A raeehOrse owner was sued by James
Lucas. OF Blackpool, England. for sac.
which included $40 for ch4--IasAe sup
piled to horse The court struck out
the champagne
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24
A Touching story

is the saving from death, "f The ba-
by girl af Geo. "A. Eyles,Camber-
land, MD. He writes. At the age
of al months, our htsle girl WAS de-
clining health. with serious Throat
Trouble, and two physIcians gave
her up. We were almost in tlspair,
when we resolved TO try Dr Kings
New Discovery for Cuusumhlion,
Coughs and Colds The tirst boftle
gave relaf; after taking four bottles
She was cured, and Is now 81 per-
feet health" Never fails 10 reluye
and cure ceugh or coli Atk U.
levenss: 50cano 81 90 slarantrsd
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

5f musk o.
tEat.
Studies at the YerIes observatory
aaye determined the varying periods
of the solar rotation. in zones FIVE de-
grees wide, from the equator to lati-
ude 55 degrees Within FIVE degrees
of tbe equator on either side.
period Of rotation is a tribe mo
241s days The length OF tho
radually increases toward th
becoming about 25A days
attitude IS degrees and lati'
degrees, and nearly 25 l-3 q
.ween latitude SS9 degrees
IS degrees.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24


Scandals concerning the Albu-
querque Police department and
charges that corruption and graft
exist in that department and in
other official departments of the
city government have been made
recently and they look as if they
were true. The town is wide open
at all times and open gambling is
is the order Of fhe day and Of the
night. Albuquerque is prosper
GUS at present but should, never
theless, make an attempt to puri-
fy itself, close mp as many of the
gambling dens as possible and
procure an honest aud eficiept
police forceg Blaeknailings poor
woman and enforcing contribu-
tons from boarding house and
lodging house keepers may pay
for awhile but they are bound to
iniure the city they are practiced
in in the long uun.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

When in Elizabethtown call at
the Miners lam and get square
NEAL Mrs. James Vickers is in
charge.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24
omcaI directory.
NEW MEXICO.

Az - W NAA4aAA-'Os
w a. Andrews Delegate to Congress
NJ. A. Otero Governor
J. w. Raynold Secretary
II. L. Bradshar Internal Revenue Co.
M. o. LleweiIyn Surveyor General.
George w. Pritchard Atty General.
C NJ. Foraker u. 8, Marshal.
M. r. Otero Register Land Office
Fred Muller Receiver Land ONCE
VIII. Il. Llewellyn u. S. District A tt'y
Hiram ITadley sup't Public instruction.
II IT, Vaughn Treasure
W. G. Sargent Auditor
Chas V. Stafford Travelling Auditor
Page b. Otero Game ano Fish Warden
A.A. Keen Commissioners Of Public
Lande,
H. o. Bursum Superintendent OF
Penitentiary.
W. J. Mills Chief Justice Supreme
Court.
John II. McFie District Judge.
E. g. Abbott District Attorney
A. M. Bergere District Clerk
TAOS COUNTY.
ALEX. GusdO
Manuel Ghacen Commissioners,
Jose a, Lopez J
Jose NJ. Medlan Treasurer.
Enrique Gopzsles Recorder
! D lnlei s.sasr)s slp't Of School
Manuel Garcia Probate Judge
Tomas Rives Assessor
Silviano Lucsro Sheriff
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-08-24

Fe over this route would do 2 good
passenger business and with prop
er advertisement in a reasonable
space Of time, would become espec-
tally valuable for excursion and
tourist traffic. This line cannot be
built any too soon for the develr
ment of the rich natural resr
cf Taos County, and Of n
ia Fe County, and for tn
Of the freight and passens
Dess Of the road. This
connection with the SAINT
trail and the Ell Paso & !
ern, With Pullman sleepe
become the favorite 70
Derva-
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1905-10-19
Sur Grnteaett.
3te Sftp6er 9iummer Der Seutstjeu
Sausfrau.

9fit Der Gftobernummer bes 9. sa6rs
ganges Der r9euti6en Sausfrau" bat bic
Seiti6rift etnen 9lGn3enoen 8etpeis ibrer
GtelIetti9teit i'm 8erfolgen ibrer praftts
lden 1otpobl als audi ibrer ioealen Spede
geliefert. 9as Seft lit ebenfo prahtia
aus9eItattet ipie Die SubiIGumsnumr,er
nnb uod inbaltsreic6er aI5 oieie; es 5dblt
80 Seiten. Ser llm16la9 NIT ieinen
tbaltfrti6en gSeintrarben in id)6n ae>
Seidneter umrdrhun8 ruff Die Ionniae
3ett Der Srnubenernte in Der aIten
Seirnatb in Die grinnerln9 Suriid.
Cine 01eibe intereIIanter eoitorieIIer
Nnfiinbi9ungen nuf Der 9. Seite er0ffnet
ben Hci9en Der piclen intereiianten Mrti>
fel uno prnttiit6en Slbtbeilungen, ,u1ter
benen audi itattli6e ErGmieuIeiten be.
lonbere @cabtung pcrbienen. cyn elm
prdAt9es Silb Der bin1melan ragenoen
Spdnlpen nit bunflen SannenlpdlDern
lit oas 10 lebr belebte 2ieb: v@enu ib
midi na1 Der Seimatb lebn'" eineefiiat
noroen. 9arunter be9innt eine neue
bod)interciiante Gr3d6luu9: Ser SSins
tergalt i'm 9orfe 3eeoam", cine niebers
rbeiniId3e gr3dhlune bon Iare Qen8en.
Sraulein Sannp 8afer, Die eif,3ge
Snuderiu ber 8elt, lit cine 10 ielteu
intereiiante grideinlne, bab ibr aeben
unb 8irfen 9enib nrdJ ,nlere 2eicrinnen
intereIiiren tpiro. 9ie Summer bringt
eiuc lebbafte. id)on illuitrirte edible
rung ibrer 9efa9rboIlen 2aufbabr.
gSas S[n1erifa in Der Sbltfultllr leis
5tet, lit in einem ebenfaIs iehr
fd)Du illnltrirten Srtifel eingebeno mits
getlelt 8eipnbers 5u 9cr5en gebeno
Iinb Die Elaitoereien fir 6rauen nnb
Wdodjen, nno cine prdbtiee 9oppelieite
lit nit 10 ldouen uuD perl6icbenartieen
Sorlngen fit Sanbarbeiten allseeItatfet,
oaB ale 2elerinneu gclpi6 ent5iidt Icin
mcrben. gnolf) lit bie IobenIeite nit
belpuberer llmiidbt uno J1iidiid]t anf ben
bcramabenbeu 8intcr 5ufammengeitellt
lporben ltub Giic]e, Saus unb Serb, ssrds
gen unb Intipprten, HdthielnaIIe ioipie
Ser 8rieffa1ten 1inb boiler 4nresungen.
&abrli6, bic Sftobernunmer Der
.9eutIden Sausfrau" inocbt ben bent-
lben Srauen glmerifas 5oipie Der 9ie.
baftipn bieIes 8lattes ale gbre unb fnnn
nidt feblen, alle Oieienigen, Die nod nibt
auf .Sie 9emtif]e 5ausfran" abonnirt
babeu. 4bpnnentiunen tperben 5u laiien.
Brobenunlinern Der 9eutiden Roiisfrnn
5inb BEL bem 3ernusgeber bieies Bsnttee
5ii erbnlten, Der AUDI 9erne Gbonnement3
enteegennimmt.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1905-10-19
Sur s1etyd,notl, In eentSa,IaaD

=
9lus Waiindhen tDirb atfhrftben:
Waan lit in @iibbeutfhl1nb bet dlsr
Deutfdfreunblihfeit unb in sfDsifels@
rein edit bentfh aefinnten Rrtiitn ires
aen aar monher Dinae feit sSdhrta
mebr unb mehr UNCUT auf YreuBefs
au fprehen. Nph litmdls dber pat
man 10 bittere Morte aeb0rt. tDie ieBf
iiber bic ssleifhpolitif Der preuBiides
gteaierunq, eegen tptlhe bic arDerta
ginaelreqierunaen iih niht duf5u,
lebnen tpdqen. @ana befonbers bort
man bariiber febr bittere Wprtt, bnB
preuBifhe Weinifter benz Meihe bte
sFleifhpolitif porfhreibtn sDnnen.
9em Sab ben 8oben dusgeftoBen boz
ben bic betunnten MeuBerunatn bes
treuBifhen 6anbels> ilnb bes prtuBts
fhen Qanbpirtbinaftsmtntfters su
ben MeBaern. Man finbet iie fhlehfs
meg emp0renb. Die 8emerfuno bes
5anbelsminiiters, baB bic Qlrbeitcf
tDeQen G0bnnermsbrunq uniprunSs
boiler aeporben unb Dfter als stpeis
mai in Der Wohe ssleifh boben tpcns
ten. tpirb dls unbeareiflihe lfnfennts
niB Der Dinae aeeeiBelt. sSletfh az
erfrhfptnolihem Dreife 1T Ia bns Bette
unb birliafte NabrunasmitteI. Gsn,iife
tptrb nur au einerr oerfnaen proaent@
fab berbaut unb brauht, nm ndhs
runesfrGftta All fein, cine quite unb
fettrethe, olfo toftfpieliae 3uberets
thug, bic fleine 2eute niht erfhtpin.
oen f0nnen. uebrieens finb bic preife
fir Semitic unb 3artpffeln felt einem
Sabre nm so. 80. ia ioaor 100 PRO.
aent oeftieasn. ueberbaupt fteiaen dIIe
Qebensmtttef entfprehenb benz ssleifhs
preiie. Die NeuBerunq bes 6anbeIsz
mtntiters muthet einen an ipie BITE
Neuberuna Der R0niein Marta Mntot.
rette Dor benz Musbruh ber franaDSis
fden Hepolution: .Mds f6rett benn
bas 8olt, boB bos 8rob 70 theuer fet
lit bod Der Sudden TO billiq." Ser
6tntpeis bes preuBifden 2dnbtpirtbs
f6oftsmtnifters, boB nG6ifes sSabr
bic Nreiie nod mebr fteiqen, fpirb al.
Qemein !pie 6ohn enpfunben. Gr
tptrtt ouf bic 8olfsfeeIe, pie tpenn
aliib.nbes Gifsn auf lie aefarIen mare.
Ods itnb bic grfahrunoen, bic man In
alien 8oltsz unb 9eieIIf1oftsfreif.n
matbt. HiGt nur BEL ben Mrbeitern
unb in ben unteren 8plts> unb 9iirs
oerfdihten, Biz in bic hohsn @efeIs
fdaftstreiie hinein, in benen man
bic preiIe aahlen fann, fpirb iiber bic
Dirt Der 8ebanbluna Der DING. IL
Berlin Elm febr ubfG0iaes ltrtbeil ees
fd1t. Bel uns in SiibbeutTdlanb Bat
man eben nod BON friib.r Der Elm ee,
tpiiTes 9erehtiqtettseefiihI fir bic
8olfsintereifen unb bat cine gmpfin.
buna Fir bic 9efahren, bic aug Der
eertnaIhGbiqen 8ebarblune bes
8oltss unb aug Der 9leinaiiltiateii
fir beien gsotb entStsben 3onn.n, la
sntitehen miiffeu. Wenn man .s mis
@efltFentIihtett barouf abIeben
ipiirbe, ben Geuten bic 2uft unb
sFreube am beutfhen Reih su pergGIs
len, bann miiBte man es 70 MAIDEN,
tpie man es iebt in Berlin ma6t. Die
2tebe fir bds beutf6e Reih iif aIIer>
htnQs fart. @ber fie FnlGqt mebr
unb mehr ing @eqentbeiI nm, ipenn
BreuBen in sFraoe fommt. Win man
benn bas in Berlin Qar ntdt einTeben
unb beqreifen?
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1905-10-19

Die Maffen ruben iie mSsss
ruben in Jrieben!
4
gsiemann meib 70 bief Ghlentes
BON uns, tpie mir felbR, oofiir 0enfk
aber audi Niemano 10 gut BON uaz,
tpie mir fslbh.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1905-10-19

1ugd. gs brannte in Der Naht
ons Mohnbaus uno 5duppengebGnoe
Der Qlrbeiterin Mnnu Runae pollItGns
big nteoer. Cine 3iese. s @Gnfe unb
8 0iihner finb nit berbrannt.
0ttenbnrf - Gin @hubenz
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1905-10-19
9annoper nmo 2srannfd6snets.

@retbern. - Der beim Mbbre=
den eines 8obrtburmes bef1dftiete
Mrbeiter Rofe aus 8iihten 3og fiA
eire1 fAiperen 1lnfdn 5is. Beim
6inaus5ieben zines Nohres itiirate Elm
ettpa 80 gentner fhtperer She'll oes=
felben in Dem Mugenblide nieber, als
oiefer bon einem anberen @tiif eez
rabe losgefhroben mar. Das Nohr
fhlug oem SC. duf ben linfen l1nterz
arm, 10 odB biefer uu0 Die 9an6 oers
mulmt tpllroen.
6ameln. Dor Rursem ert1n=
ten nud lGnserer pauie bic Geueriigs
male. Die Qange'idx 8abednSfalt
tpurbe Elm Rdub ber Ylummen. Die
felbe branrlte anf Sen Gruno nieoer.
R1niQaIutter. Cine pez
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-08
MADE FINE SHOWING
Stockholders OF Atlantic Trust and
Banking Company Net YESTERDAY. !.

The stockholders of the Atlantic
Trust and Banking Company met yes
terday afternoon with 35S out of 500
shares of stock represented. Colonel
Walker Taylor was called to the chair
and Mr.. F. l.. Higgins requested to
act as secretary. President Heyer
read his annual report which showed
the bank to be in a fiourishing condi-
ton. He was congratulated by the
stockholders on his economical man.
agement and the success Of the Lank
during the past year.
During the year just ended the bank
has gained in deposits $4,000. A divi-
dend of 6 per CEN was declared and
II per cent was placed in the surplus
fund.
The stockholders elected the follow
ing directors: Messrs Matt ]. Heyer, B.
FL. J. Ahrens, J.. G.. l.. Gieschen, Mar
tin O'Brien, 3. Solomon, G. j. Mitchell,
c w. Yates, B. O.. Stone, L. B. Rogers,
John II kuck and I. NJ. Bear.
After the meeting of the stockholders
the directors met and reelected the
following officers for the ensuing year:
PreSident-Matt !. Heyer.
Vice President-B. H. j. Ahrens.
Cashier-MiltOn Calder.
Secretary Board Of Directors-L. B.
Rogers.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-08
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN
For the Week Ending Monday. Sep
TENDER 4. 1905.

The weather during the past week
has been especially favorable for the
saving of fodder and hay and plow-
ing. There was plenty Of sunshine and
in general crops of all kinds were
benefited, although there are some
complaints of dry weather through
the eastern part Of the state. The
days were moderately warm, but the
nights cool, and frost was reported
to have occurred in Mitchell county.
Heavy rain occurred in some sections
on September Fad, and was very op-
perfume.
In the eastern part of the state the
tobacco is about all cured. In r1e
central and west portions cutting and
curing are generally under way. There
are some complaints of tobacco firing
and speaking, but on the whole the
cOlOr being good but the leaf LACKS
body. The crop is below the average.
During the past week cotton opened
NC1S ldSI plChiuS udu UcCOIlS 4ut[S
general in the east and central ror-
tons of the state, while in the west
picking was started on several farms.
There are less reports of shedding and
rusting in the central and west por-
tons, while in the east there are still
complaints in this regard, the plants
shedding their top bolls and in places
the cotton is turning yellow. The cot
ton in the east is opening, it is said.
two weeks earlier than last year and
prematurely. The yield is under the
average, and some report only a one
half crop.
Corn is about made in the east and
central portions of the state, and in
the west it is maturing nicely. In the
east the corn needs rain, looks fair,
and crop will be below average. Ths,
prospect is for a good crop in the
west and fair in the central, par o.
the state. Saving of fodder and hay
is under way in all sections Of the
state and in most sections of the east
it is all housed. Peanuts promise q
good crop. Sweet potatoes and turnlDs
are doing fine in nearly all localities.
In most places COW peas are prOmis-
ing we'll, but there are reports of vines
being fine but very few peas. Irish
potatoes are doing we'll in all sections,
but in some places in the west they
are rotting in the ground due to wet
weather. Grapes r promising we'll
in the east although there are few re-
ports of a short crop Peaches are
scarce in all sections and apples are
nearly all lost, having rotted and fol-
len to the ground. Buckwheat where
planted is doing fine. Land is being
turned for wheat and rye, and in som
sections rye and oats are being sOWn.