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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21
Taxes In Corporation.
Another Bouquet.
Decrease,

Professor U. s. Fleming has been
chosen as Principal of the Fairmont
Normal School. He was formerly a
resident Of Fairmont and will be sat
home. in more ways than one, when
he assumes the duties of his new po.
sition- He is in every way compe-
tent and worthy to become principal
OF this. one OF the best educational
institutions Of the ceredc Ad-
vance.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21
BURGLAR aot seared

A burglar broke into the residence
of Mr.. Dorsey. Hanger, s14 Walnut
avenue, last night shortly after mid.
night. The marauder became alarm
ed and fed before securing any plum
der SO far as can be discovered. He
effected an entrance through an open
window. ~ =. =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21
TAX. RATE TAKES AN
OTHER TEN CENT
TUMBLE
TOTAL DECREASE NOW 40 CENTS
ON THE HUNDRED IN THE CITY

The Common Council met in ad,
journed session last evening and
heard the report Of the finance COM
mittee. The figures reported and &C
cepted by the council are as follows:
Tax assessors estimate. total value
real and personal property. $500. 900.
Levy, general tax, s5 cents on 500.
$29,750.
u Seven cents on 500, sinking fund
of sewer bond, Issue. $2,45o.
Eighteen cents on 800, water
usage, $1,000.
Other sources, licenses. etc. $1s,050.
Total income. s56,550.
Total expenditures, s55.745.
Balance, general fund, sS05.
Income, water system, s35,420.
Expenses. water system, s33.4o0.
Balance, water fund, 5000.
There was some little argument
over the general tax levy, a motion
to amend the report to make the fig
ures so cents on 800 instead OF S5
being finally lost by close vote
5 to 4.
The River Front Peril.
The proposition to extend for three
years the time for the F., NJ. and p.
franchise, which expires April 1, 1906,
was referred to a special committee
appointed some time ago to confer
with the B. and o. officials concern.
ing the granting of a right Of way
through the pumping station proper.
ty. To this committee was also
added the ordinance committee. I'm.
portant work is ahead of this com.
mittee. 1t is expected-in fact. 1t is
considered essential, that before
granting the extension of the fran
'chise or the right of way, the com.
mittee will insist on sufficient river
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21
Burned In Explosion.

Emra Poe was brought to the
Miners Hospital from Berrysburg
yesterday afternoon suffering from
severe burns received from an ex-
plosion in the Berrysburg mine. He
is resting fairly well to-day.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21
Before Squire Amos.

Tony Guzzi is mp before Magistrate
Amos this afternoon on the charge OF
having incestuous relations with his
daughter Teresa. The complainant
is Tony Levato. and the parties are
all from up river
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21
CHICAGO TRANSFERS STRIKE IS dead
END WAS "A STAMPEDE {
OF STRIKING DRIVERS TO
Get BACK TO THEIR JOBS

imposed by the strike: {B
Loss in wages to teamsters, $780,
900.
Contributions to strike fund by
teamsters, s25o.o00.
Daily cost to board and lodge strike.
breakers, $1,000.
Employers Association, strike fund,
,75o,oOO.
Daily cost to city for extra police,
ss.s25.
Total cost to city testimated) $780,
Daily cost to county for deputy
sheriffs. s1,s75.
Total cost to county (estimated)
100000.
Grand total. s1.s6o,soo.
During the strike eighteen persons
were killed during riots. Two more
were killed in disturbances indirect
1y caused by the strike. About four
hundred persons were injured In
strike riots and nine hundred arrests
were made. The strike began April
7th.
The teamsters went out in sympa.
thy with striking garment workers,
who had been employed by Montgom.
cry Ward & Co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21

Mrs w. H Nicholson. who has
been very III for the past two weeks,
IS much better at this time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21

Twenty pounds Of granuIated sugar
with every $40 order at j. H. Leon
ards grocery.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21
THE WEATHER.
Showers Saturday

WASHINGTON. D. c., July
21.-Forecast for West Virginia:
Showers tonight and Saturday;
warmer in western portion Sat
urdays 49,. , ~, 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21

Howard Clark. Of Pittsburx. was in
the city on business yesterday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21

The dog tax has been fixed at so
cents for the first male dog and 81
for each additional male dog, and at
8 for the first female dog and 50 for
each additional female dog.
The salaries Of the county officers
have been fixed as follows:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-21
COUNTY COURT APPORTIONS
COUNTY FUNDS FOR 1905

The County Court has announced
the apportionment of the county
funds for the ensuing year as fol-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20

good authorities are again urging the
excellence of crude petroleum. DR..
John B. Smith of New Jersey, speaking
of experiments in the state during
1904, says few growers used it with
excellent success, and it is the only
material which has not been more or
less of a disappointment. As the result
of observation made, the undiluted oil,
a little warmed and put on in fine
spray, is advised ON pear trees in pref
erence to any other material. Good re
suits on other fruit trees have been OBJ
tanned with % per cent mechanical
mixtures.
AS good an authority as Mr.. 7
Greiner of Ohio places himself ON rec
ord thus:
when l consider all the disadyan
tages of the lime-sulphur treatment
the nastiness and corrosive nature of
the compound. the necessity of the ut
most care to prevent clogging of the
nozzles and to protect the men who
handle it and the horses, tool come to
the conclusion that | must stick to IN.
old and tried remedy for the scale, Tx
clear petroleum spray, which when
properly applied and at the proper
time makes a clean sweep so far as
the scale is concerned with a minimum
of labor and Inconvenience and at rea-
sonable expense.
The lime, salt and sulphur mixture
has the advantage of controlling peach
leaf curl and to some extent at least
the apple scab. 1t seems to act also as
stimulant to clean and thrifty
growth in the tree. If only one spray
ing can be made, apply in March or
early April and cover thoroughly. The
plum has been injured if sprayed too
early in winter.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
CORRECT FORM OF TOP.

the bearing wood will be further from
the trunk of the tree each year and
the limbs will grow long and angling.
The tree may overbear one year and
rest the next. Pruning back the ends
of the limbs will conserve the life of
the tree. The top should be kept well
thinned out to give the peach plenty
of light and air to color up the fruit.
A few growers claim that low topped
trees are more difficult to cultivate, but
we now have tools that will cultivate
the ground well under most any kind
of tree. High headed trees with droop-
ing tops are frequently as difficult to
get under as low headed trees with up
right tops. The low headed trees do
not usually suffer from sun scald. Pro
fessor Price of Virginia in American
Agriculturist.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20

The state of Massachusetts is greatly
stirred up by the rayages being made
by the gypsy moth and brown tail
moth upon its forest and fruit trees.
The state grange of that state has
taken action to prevent such depreda-
tons, and the New York state grange
also voted to request the United States
department of agriculture to take such
steps as would seem justifiable to pre-
vent the spread of these insects in the
state of New York and to ask the state
legislature to enact laws to prevent
this danger to the fruit and forest trees
of the state.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
THE GARDEN KEYBOARD
Plant beets; it will pay.

Plant beets; it will pay.
Work some good manure well into
the soil of the asparagus bed before the
crowns start.
Do all that you do as well as you
can.
Clean culture is the sure road to sue
cess with onions.
Any shrub and tree planting that re-
mains to be done may be finished up
in March.
Remove the winter cover and prune
the roses as soon as hard freezing
weather is past.
The cutting Of CRAFTS before grating
is no good in cherries. The best way
is to cut and then go and graft them
right away. This is one fruit growers
notion
Do good to yourself and give show
to that neglected but very delicate eat
able, satisfy, or oyster plant, in your
garden this year. 1t takes long sea-
son, so seed must be sown early-not
too thick, for the plants do not stand
crowding. Thin to four or five inches
between plants
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
A BROAD IDEA.
Formulated by the King of Italy, hut
American In Origin.

The king Of Italy has put forth a
project which appears ideal if not uto-
t,lan from the sentimental and CONTRA
ternal standpoint, YET excellent from
an economical and technical point Of
view could it be sincerely and thor
oughly carried out At the instance OF
King Victor Emmanuel the Italian
government has addressed note to
the powers proposing that confer
cnce be held in Rome next May for the
purpose of considering a scheme for
establishing an international chamber
of agriculture.
The king explained his proposal in a
ment, frankly admitting that the orig
inal idea had been introduced to him
by citizen of the United States.
Briefly put, the king proposes, there
fore, that the different leading nations
should combine to form an information
al institution absolutely unpolitical in
its aims which would consider the con-
ditions of agriculture in the countries
of the world and which would periodic
ally notify the quantity and quality of
the crops in hand so as to facilitate the
production of such crops and make
their distribution less costly and more
rapid
Other points would be the supplying
of information as to the demand and
supply of agricultural labor in differ
ent parts of the world, the promotion
of agreements necessary for united de-
Tense against diseases of plants and
domestic animals and the encourage
ment of societies for rural co-opera-
ton, for agricultural assurances and
for agraran credit.
Naturally such an institution would
not only tend to consolidate the agri-
cultural classes. but would yield pow
erful influence for peace, for by pro-
noting knowledge of other countries
ana by extending the business rela-
tons of the various nations with each
other war would daily become more
hateful and impossible thing than ever
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
CARE OF PARROTS.
How They should He Fed and Taught
to Talk.

to Talk.
The parrots food may consist OF
warm sopped bread, boiled maize, oats,
hemp seed and canary seed. 1t will
thrive all the better for having small
quantities of ripe, sound fruit-for in
stance, one cherry, grape, strawberry
or slice of apple, says the New York
Journal The sop should be prepared by
pouring boiling water over a slice or
crumb of bread and allowing it to
stand for couple of minutes, when all
superfuous water may be poured off.
The maize should be boiled till soft and
O fresh supply of about four table
spoonfuls given every morning, when
the tin in which it is put should be
scalded thoroughly. Maize left over
from the previous day should be thrown
away. The sopped bread should be laid
above the maize, and the dry grains
and seeds should be kept separately.
A few slices of ripe capsicum may be
given to the bird occasionally if it is at
all heated, or some cayenne pepper
sprinkled over its sop. The capsicum it
will eat with great satisfaction, this
forming part of its natural food in its
wild state. Sometimes when the bird
seems to be suffering from Indigestion
it is a good plan to give pinch of BIZ
carbonate of potash for few days in a
little water
When parrot takes to feather pluck
ing, bathing for few days with cold
salt water will generally effect a cure.
If the feather plucking be very pro-
nounced and this treatment proves in
effectual, proceed as follows; Take the
bird into the kitchen every alternate
day for an hour and sprinkle it with
warm water with a small syringe Aft
erward dust it well with powder made
of equal parts of fuller's earth, pound
ed quassia chips and insect powder.
After two or three weeks it will only
be necessary to repeat the treatment
twice a week. Usually the cure is
wrought in about two months. When
dry, the bird may go back to its usual
place
The best time to teach parrot a sen
tence is at dusk. The words should be
repeated over and over again until per-
feet, when the bird should be rewarded
with some special dainty.
The cage, which should be large,
should be kept in a sitting room, not
only because the bird likes human com
partnership but because warmth is nee
essary. A temperature of from 50 to Go
degrees is excellent for it. 1t must be
kept from drafts. and its cage should
be scrupulously clean and literally
sprinkled with shell gravel
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. w. BARROW. Chatham. N. Y.
Press Correspondent Ncao York State
Grange
SENSIBLE PATRONS.
Reference to Certain Restrictions
Not Adopted by State Grange.

Reference to Certain Restrictions
Not Adopted by State Grange.
Sometimes the wisdom of body
refuses to do as by what it does, and
some of the propositions turned down
at the last meeting of the New York
state grange may come in the former
class. One asked for a repeal of the
SO called Armstrong Higbee road law
on the ground that the state law i'm
proves only the short, isolated sections
of the road and that the amount of
money expended seems exorbtant in
comparison with the small amount of
work accomplished
Another proposition relative to the
road question was not adopted 1t was
to the effect that, as the road commits
sioners elected under the present sys-
TEN are chosen without II reference
to ability respecting the taties of the
Office and believing that the present
method should be abolished and the
public highway placed, ia n measure,
under state control. it was proposed to
ASH luc grange 10 IdNOE the QeleSdttOH
Of power to the state engineer by the
legislature and appoint under the civil
service rules the highway commission
ers i'll the counties and towns where
they are to serve, but this resolution
was not approved.
Another resolution recited the fact
that the average farmers son is not
able to avail himself Of Il college ag~i-
cultural course, and it was proposed by
this resolution to ask the state leg.sil-
ture to provide the means of estab-
fishing a four months agricultural
course in each normal school in the
state. The resolution was opposed. as
it was deemed impracticable at the
present time and unnecessary
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
The Grange and me Common schoo

The Grange and the Common school.
The oranges throughout the United
States should take 4 deeper interest
in the common schools than they do in
most sections, not only in relation to
matters within the school building, but
without e., in making the grounds
inviting and attractive, keeping the
buildings il good condition, setting ont
shade trees and doing many such
things as will make the school pleas
ant and attractive place for children.
Every subordinate grange in rural
community should have a committee
to visit the school in its district and
keep in touch with the work OF the
school This committee should make
reports occasionally to the subordinate
grange in order that it may be help
full. if it can, to the school.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20

4Iuueu anu lSduy lUI LIE SSSolld SSdI.I
tops low down If you do not, young,
thrifty sprouts will continuously come
out from tile trunk. to the detriment of
the top higher up.
If there are any native seedlings
growing near by, observe how nature
has made the tops on these. Do not
take the form of top on the nursery
mans tree as your ideal. These trees
grew in a crowded condition, and the
top was forced to grow high in
switchlike form. If set out in the
orchard, sprouts will usually be thrown
out lower down on the trunk, especial
ly in the southern states, and thus
make a very ugly top.
In Fig / is shown a one-year-old
peach tree standing alone as grew it
in Texas, where | planted the seed. 1t
will be seen that nature formed this
top just above the ground. / adopted
this form of top for my orchards in
that locality and never failed to grow
fine peach orchards that bore we'll each
year, while nearby orchards frequently
failed In Fig. is shown peach tree
that I purchased from a nurseryman.
1t had the usual form of top of all
nursery trees. Notice the great differ
ence in the form of this top and that
shown in Fig. /. Now is the time to
make your ideal and begin training
the young orchard Cut the top back
to within twelve or eighteen inches of
the ground for the extreme southern
states. The baby tree will then be
ready to form its top correctly In
Fig. 3 the young tree is pruned and
ready for planting. In Fig. 4 is shown
head form of top pruned and ready
for the second years growth. 1t viii
rarely be necessary to prune so severe
~ as this in order to carry out d good
IDEAL
My ideal of a good peach tree top is
shown in the second cut I stood on
the ground and gathered the fruit from
such trees. The limbs neither break
nor split off, the wind does not blow
off much fruit and the ends of the
limbs are pruned back to make bear
ing wood for next year.
Peaches occur singly, as a rule and
nearly always on one year old wood.
Hence BY careful pruning the peach
crop can be thinned at pruning time.
If the ends of the limbs are not cut off
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
A WORTHY COMPLIMENT.
What an Editor Thinks of the
Grange and Its Work.


Grange and Its Work.
Says H. w. Collingwood, editor of
the Rural New Yorker:
'sWe would like to take company
of the city men who dread the future
of this republic to such meeting as
was held at Ogdensburg New York
state grange) If they We're able to
recognize hope at all they would see
it in this gathering of strong, earnest
well dressed men and women of the
farm. 1t was one of those meetings
in which one could start singing Amer
lea without words or notes and find
90 per cent of the audience capable of
singing every line. We always come
away from such meetings convinced
that, while true to its fundamental
principles. the grange is capable of do
ing better work for Americas civilian
ton than any other fraternal organiza
ton in the land This is not because
of its political or business power,
though these are considerable. but be-
cause of its quiet uplifting work in
the home or in the rural community.
The grange may elect governors or sen
ators or presidents. yet we can see that
political victory of this sort might
be won in such way that it would
be moral defeat for the Order. The
grange will make a vital mistake if it
permits d few shrewd politicians to use
it as a mouthpiece for their personal
desires. Its strongest power is moral
ana social. Its best work is done quiet
" in the farm home. where every mem
Der tries to live up to the principles of
the order"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20

Arthur Starr, administrator of the estate of
Catherine M. DELL deceased. by direction OF the
Surrogate of the County of Gloucester hereby
gives notice to the creditors of the said Catherine
NJ. Dell deceased, to bring in their debts claims
and demands against the estate OF the said de-
cedent, under oath or affirmation, within nine
months from this date or they win be forever
barred of any action therefor against the said
administrator. ARTHUR STARR,
Dated A pril 3, 1905 Administrator
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20

John s. Kincad, administrator of the est tie of
Robert G. Kineaid, deceased, by direction of the
Surrogate of the County OF Gloucester. hereby
gives notice to the creditors OF the said Rob't G.
Kincaid, deceased, to bring in their debts, claims
and demands against the estate of the said de-
cedent, under oath or affirmation, within nine
months from this date, or they will be forever
barred of any action therefor against the said
administrator @. T. A..
JOHN G. KINCAID.
Dated March Doth 1Q05
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
The woods Are Full of Them.

Oranges are pretty thick in New
Hampshire. One of every fifteen peo-
pie in the state belongs to the grange,
and two of every nineteen in the towns
and villages are members. The town
of Haverhill has five active subordi-
nate oranges, and one inhabitant in ev-
cry eight IS Patron of Husbandry.
In Litchfield one person in four is a
member of the grange. In the town of
Atkinson three out Of every eight in
habitants are Patrons.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
PRUNING THE PEACH.

The Ideal Peach Tree Top Found In
Nature-How to Cut Each Year.
Before attempting to prune the peach
tree one should have clear idea of the
form of top best suited to the locality.
Trees in the southern states require a
lower top than those grown in the
northern states. The peach grower
should observe the form of tops of the
native trees If the oaks make low,
bushy top, by all means start the peach
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-04-20
Monday the eighth day Of May, next.


between the hours of u and o'clock, to wit at
Court House, in the City of Woodbury., County
of Gloucester, and State of New Jersey, all the
following described Real Estate that is to say:
All that certain lot or piece OF land, situate in
the First Ward of the City of Woodbury.. in the
County of Gloucester and State of New Jersey,
bounded and described as follows
Beginning at corner ofla lot conveyed TO the
said Martha s Sweeten by Theodore F. Scott, in
the line OF land late of Jane Pickering, thence
a. along the same south thirty-four degrees and
thirty minutes west, one hundred and eighty-one
feet and two-tenths of foot to corner in the
lire of lands late of William r. Tatum, thence
(2) along the same north ffty-iive degrees and
thirty minutes west ffty-two feet to the edge of
the lane or street leading from Red Bank avenue
to the planning mill, and known as Tatum street,
thence (3) along the same north thirty-four de
grees and thirty minutes east, one hundred and
eighty-one feet and two-tenths of foot to a
corner of said Sweeten lot, thence A along the
same south fifty-five degrees and thirty minutes
east, fifty-two feet to the place of beginning
Being the same premises that William T.
Cooper, Elizabeth S Cooper, his wife and Eliza
beth W. Smith granted and conveyed unto the
said Samuel L. Sweeten in fee by deed dated,
October sth, 1891. And which said premises the
said Samuel T.. Sweeten, ct ux conveyed to
James Forrest Sweeten by deed dated April 18th
1902 and recorded in the Clerks Office of Glou-
cester Couty at Woodbury., in Book No. 1872 of
Feeds pages 4SS, &c.
Seized as the property of J. Forrest Sweeten
ct ux. et.als defendants. and taken in execution
at the suit of Elizabeth s. Cooper, complainant,
and to be sold by
Robert s. Clymer, Solicitor Sheriff
Dated March 81 1905. Prs. fees, $3.50.