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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-11-20
County Court.

The following BUSINESS has been trans
acted not embraced in our last report
The license of the Leder-W eideman
Brewing Co. at Harper's Ferry was as
signed to the Jefferson Brewing Co.
The assessment of Miss M. A. Grove
on $1,000 in money was reduced to
$500.
The assessment of the Harper's Ferry
bridge was reduced from $2o,625 to
$4,000.
A large number Of orders on the sher-
iff were passed.
Coupons orders. ETC.. amounting to
$I,7Io.64 were received from ex-Sheriff
]. D. Billmyer.
Ordered that ]. D. Billmyer. former
sheriff, pay to J. w. Gardner. sheriff,
30, o4o.7I with interest. said amount be-
ing ascertaiued to be due the county
from him on account of county fund.
Ordered that same pay to same $40 50
amount due on account of Middleway
road fund.
Ordered that same pay to same $I,75s,-
II amount due on account of Kabletown
road fund.
Ordered that the Fidelity and Deposit
Co.. surety of ]. d. Rillmyer. former
sheriff, as well as ]. D. Billmyer. be
mailed copy of the foregoing orders.
and further that said ], d. Bllmyer and
his surety be notified by mail that unless
said order is paid within 80 days, suits
will be brought for the amounts OF said
orders.
Ordered. further, that j. Davis Bill
myer be notified to deliver to clerk of
this court the copy of the settlement of
his accounts made bv Cleou Moore and
Geo. NJ. Beltzhoover. Jr., commission
ers.
A number of persons were relieved
from payment OF capitation tax on ac-
count of physical disability.
Received from ]. w. Gardner. sheriff.
coupons. orders. etc., as follows.
Coupons $5.ISS IS
Miscellaneous orders 1906 GO
Parish orders I.428 2s
Jury and witness orders Io6. 10 |
SI4,7ao 60
Charles Town road orders 1904. IL
Middleway = :. SIS 90
Kabletown . 444 As
II a Trerc Eerry far II
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1906-11-20

G. w. M. Tabler was released from
erroneous assessment.
Ordered that the prosecuting attorney
appeal the case of the County Court VS..
Hurst &c. to the Supreme Court.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-15
FArALLY SHOT HER FATHER
Daughter Fired Two Bullets Into Par.
ent's Head Defending Mother.

Daughter Fired Two Bullets Into Par.
ent's Head Defending Mother.
Philadelphia. Dec. II. - Miss Mary
McAtee shot and probably fatally
wounded her father. the Rev John
Quincy McAtee, at their home h,re.
The shooting. according 20 police Off
cials. followed a quarrel between Rev.
McAtee and his wife in which the
minister. t. Is asserted. was trying 10
throw Mrs. McAtee down the cellar
stairs. The daughter. who was in the
upper portion OF the house, rushed
down stairs with a small revolver in
her hand. and fired three shots at her
father. two OF which took effect in the
head. One of the bullets penetrated
the brain. Mrs. McAtee and the
daughter told the police that the hus
band and father had been drinking
lately and had been quarrelsome and
caused them much trouble. A short
time ago. the daughter said. he had
choked her and tried 20 throw her over
n stair rail while in one of his quarrel
some moods. The mother. daughter
and a colored servant who was in the
house were arrested.
The McAtee family is widely
known. Rev. McAtee was a member
of the Lutheran Synod. He was for.
merly pastor OF the Lutheran Church
of the Holy Communion in this city.
but is now on the retired list. He was
for five years in Nova Scotia, and re.
turned a short time ago from Pal sine
AM the Holy Land. where he went IN
the interest of the church. The daugh.
ter who did the shooting is % years
OF age.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-15
Mo HazIno At AnnanoIIs.

Annapolis. Md. Dec. 12.-After an.
other quiet investigation the board -
pointed by Admiral Sands during the
Merriweather court martial last win.
ter TO keep an official lookout for in
dications OF hazing at the naval acad-
envy. reported TO the superintendent
that they have found no further evil
dences Of haZing or running AMI tina,
the indications are that the practice
has died out.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-15
Killed BY a Train.

Philadelphia. Dec. lie. r. Dixon.
a contractor at the BALDWIN Loo m y
tive Works. was struck and XII ei b. a
train on the Reading railroad he~e.
Mr. Dixon. who was 60 ar ol vas
crossing the railroad tracks near an
iron works wtoIe be - place
an order when hc W IN and
kille4
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-15
FINED $4,000 FOR REsArINe
Sugar Trust Must Pay $4,000 and
CocperaQe Company $4,000.

New York, Dec. l2.-Fines aggre
eating $l5O.0O0 were imposed by Judge
Holt in the United States circuit court
upon the American Sugar Refining
company and the Brooklyn COoperags
company. after the defendants through
counsel had pleaded guilty to indict-
ments charging the acceptance OF re,
hates on sugar shipments in violati Il
of the Ekin anti-rehating act. The
sugar refining company was fined
$4,000 and the cOOperage company
$40 900.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-15
OUR AIM

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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-12-15

We furnish "Cuts" when desired and we will arral
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Cards, Policies, both straight
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Application blanks, Agents
Report Sheets, Rate Cards,
etc.
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1t is thoroughly equipped
to do all kinds of printing on
short notice. We make a
speciality of Society printing
and work for Insurance Com
panies, such as Financial
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opes, Note and Letter Paper,
Bill-heads, Monthly State
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Circulars, Check-books, Pam.
phlets.
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We print Handblls, Quarter-Sheets, Half and Whole
Sheet posters, Tags Tickets Pacards Society Cards. Min,
utes, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stationery.
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cover the box with a piece Of glass. or
other tight material, to prevent the
evaporation Of the water from the
cloths, and set the box aside for q
few days to await the results Of the
test. Where only a limited number Of
ears are to be tested, similar germ
mating apparatus may be made by
using cloth between two dinner plates
Ten inch plates will give ample space
for the testing of Is or 20 ears at one
time 1t is important that the ears
be numbered or arranged In the same
definite order as the corresponding
tests In the terminating box. One OF
the most satisfactory methods is the
use of a rack as is generally used for
drying seed corn. This is generally
piece OF by 2 inch piece Of pine
from which extend on all four sides
long nails, each Of which is numbered.
After the kernels from the first ear
have been placed in square No.
Of the terminating box, the ear is
showed on nail No. of the drying rack.
and so on. These racks can then be
The daily tribune., 1906-05-11
WOMAN'S ADVICE TO FARM
ERS.

Miss Edith Urmey. an Iowa hospital
specialist, states that many Of the in
mates of eastern insane asylums are
sons and daughters of the farmer
pioneers. They have been brought up
to lives of idleness and luxury or suf.
fered from monotony of country sur
roundings. In either case the direct
cause for mental arrangement is the
lack of diversified work for body and
mind. The pioneers of the country
had no time for brooding over imacin-
ary troubles and were happy. But
they neglected to map out the proper
courses for their children and in
treating them with kindness have
paved the way to insanity.
The cities present numerous cases
of physical and mental wrecks Of
young persons brought on by dissipa-
ton and strenuosity In the battle for
commercial supremacy. Farmers
warn their sons and daughters of the
dangers that lie in their paths when
leaving the farms, but often forget TO
correct the evils at home. They give
their children all the benefits OF
schools and colleges and leave out the
essential fundamental principles of
life. Too many are left to remain In
ldleness because they are taught In
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JOURNALISM IN CHINA.
Dialect Newspapers Increase Gulf
Between Provinces.

United States Consul Anderson, at
Annoy, has made report on Journal
ism among the Chinese. He says:
1T Is rather surprising, In view OF
the comparatively small population
of foreigners in China, how many
large publications there are in foreign
languages. The prices they obtain for
their publications and their work
probably explain the situation.
Shanghai has five daily newspapers,
three morning and two evening pa.
pers: one is French. 1t has six for
eign weeklies, one German. 1t also
has four Chinese dailies and a large
number of Chinese weeklies.
Practically all of the foreign pa
pers sell for Az cents gold per copy.
The subscription price is about SIS
gold per annum, postage extra. The
Chinese dailies sell for about " cent
gold per copy. In addition to these
publications there are many religious
papers. mostly in Chinese, published
by the mission authorities.
"In the south Hong Kong domi-
mates the publication business, and
as 1t is British colony, English publi-
cations might reasonably be expected
to lead, but on the face of the record
Iut SHlueSc pTeuOuludlo. lueTc are
four English dailies, the Post, the
Press, both morning papers, and the
Telegraph and the Mail, both evening
papers.
There are six Chinese dailies, and,
as in the case Of Shanghai, there are
large number of publications de-
signed to fill various wants in South
China, a Portuguese weekly and the
Government Gazette being among
them. In nearly every port of i'm.
portance in China there is an English
publication of some sort.
"The publication houses, as a rule,
both newspaper concerns and con.
Germs for general printing only, are
fairly well equipped for their work
Some of them attempt work in the
| line of high grade magazine and book
publishing. and while it is not always
an unmixed success from a technical
| typographical standpoint, it demon
strates that the Chinese workmen
who do most of the work under for
eign supervision. will in time ac
quire considerable merit in this line
Of effort.
"It is rather interesting to note
that China at present seems to be
passing through much the same pro
cess with its newspapers and other
publications that many parts of the
| United States have passed through
All over the empire native newspap
ers are being started in the colo
quial dialects, and are more or less
local in character
''It is unfortunate in many re
spects that the publication of news
papers in the several local dialects
has developed so generally. While
such publications will afford means
of educating the people of the EN-
pire in some lines, they also furnish
the means for deepening the CULTS
dividing the several provinces which
differ In dialects. Each newspaper
center, If it performs its natural mis-
sion. will develope its own Language
in its own field to the exclusion o.
a language which might in time be
come common to all China"
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Better Now Than Not at All.

termination tests should be made
five or six weeks before planting time.
but even II 1t is necessary to stop the
plow in the field, it is far more prof.
table to have good stand of corn on
19 acres than 1t Is to have poor stand
on 20 acres, thereby saving the time
and labor necessary to prepare the
ground and to plant and cultivate the
additional acre. Yet many farmers are
every year planting and cultivating 3
or 4 acres in every 90, for which they
receive comparatively no returns
In making the tests 1t is essential
that each ear tested should be given a
pumber and all kernels taken there
from given corresponding number
so that after the tests the faulty ears
may be thrown out.
Many kinds of terminating boxes
and methods for testing seed corn have
been described in various publications,
but the Department of Agriculture has
designed a simple box which Is be-
lieved to combine most of the advan-
tages, and give good results In the
hands of almost any operator. The box
would be about ~ or 2 inches deep
inside and the length and width such
rs to suit the needs of the individual
farmer, but It should not be made wa
ter-tight Instead OF filling the box with
sand, soil, or sawdust. as is commonly
the seed bed is made
Of heavy canton flannel or similar ma
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KING cORM.
How the Farmer Can Double Ills
Great Americas Crop.

Corn planting timei The United
States this year will have over 10000
900 acres planted to this king OF crops.
For this enormous acreage 100000
bushels OF seed will be required.
Probably but little thought Is given
by the average farmer to the germtn-
ating quality OF the seed used. for he
has so long been accustomed TO get
ting stand, under ordinarily favor
able conditions, varying from 60 to IS
per cent, that many have come to
think q more complete stand impos-
sible. Yet experiments have shown
that barring unfavorable weather at
planting time, the work Of grubs. wire
worms, ana the like, there is no rea-
son why a stand Of corn should be less
than 95 per cent. OF recent years, how
ever, conditions have much improved,
and never before has there been such
= demand for seed corn Of high vital
ity. Some Of our best farmers are be-
ginning to realize that one OF the great
est factors In profitable corn produc-
tion is the use Of seed which will show
= high per centage Of termination.
II each corn grower would give u lit
tie time during the early spring to the
testing Of the seed, the vitality OF each
individual ear of corn intended for
planting could be readily determined.
The poor ears could then be discarded,
and the millions of bushels of seed
corn which fall to grow each spring
could be very prof1tably converted in
to pork and beef. OF the 100000
bushels Of seed corn which will be
planted this year. 1t is almost certain
that from two to three million bushels,
or nearly 20 per cent. of the corn first
planted, will fail to grow as result
of the low vitality OF the seed. Thou
sands of acres will have to be replant-
ed either In their entirety or In part.
and many thousands more will grow
to Maturity with an imperfect stand.
The daily tribune., 1906-05-11
OLDEN DAYS OF WHALING.

The days of the old-time whaling
fleets when more than two hundred
full-rigged ships sailed out of New
Bedford harbor on three and four
year voyages to the most distant and
dangerous seas, were over more than
half a century ago. The right of
Greenland whale of the Arctic waters
with his mouth full of whalebone and
his cousin. the sperm whale OF tropi-
cal waters. bearing in Its head the
precious spermaceti, were practically
exterminated by those all-daring, iron
nerved. keen-eyed Yankee shippers.
Their splendid ships, the Annie b.,
the Mary Jane, the Blue-Eyed Susan
great lovers of their wives and sweet
hearts. were this race of gentlemen ad-
venturers-rotted at the wharves or
were degraded to service as coastwise
and with them vanished a world Of
romance and adventure. No men, in
no time. more truly than they, went
down to the sea In ships.
But when the pennant OF the last
old.time whaling ship was hauled down
forever, there still proudly swan
the oceans tho vast rorqual or racer
whale, greatest OF all his mighty kin
To the sailing feet OF the old days, the
rorqual was an almost impossible prize
because OF its tremendous speed. It
was practically unmolested. and mul.
tfplied exceedingly in both North At
lantic and Pacific waters.
II was the abundance OF this levl-
nthan. measuring ninety feet in length
and weighing almost as many tons
bulking larger than whole herd OF el.
ephants-which WAS the inspiration Of
the modern whaling Industry.
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WHAT MAKES THE CORN AVERAGE Low.

suspended in some suitable place and
there need be no fear of the ears be-
ing mixed while the termination test
Is in progress.
The kernels in the testing box
should begin TO germinate freely a.
bout the third or fourth day, but the
counting should not be done until the
sixth or seventh day. or until most Of
the shoots or stems are from / to IL
inches long. This part of the testing
must be done with considerable care
and requires good judgment, as ker-
nels will be found in all stages OF de-
velopment. II the six kernels in any
one square in the terminating box
show six good healthy sprouts. the ear
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sons for this. the principal reason Is
probably carelessness In the use OF
seed of low vitality.
To Test Each Corn Ear.
The statement is made by officials OF
the Department of Agriculture that
while corn breeders have achieved
marked success in the production OF
improved types OF corn during the last
decade, unless the farmers take better
care of their seed corn and test each
ear separately. preparatory to planting,
the chances are that the average yield
OF corn per acre In the United States
will not be materially increased.
In our principal corngrowing States.
corn Is planted In hills 3a feet apart
each way. giving S.556 hills per acre.
In most sections three stalks to the
hill is considered perfect stand; In
some States. two is the standard. Yet
II each hill would produce but one
medium sized ear, 0 or Inches In
length and weighing trife more than
3 ounces. the yield for each acre would
be 2S.S bushels, the average yield per
acre In the United States In 1905.
A single ear OF corn to the hill the
size shown as A in the illustration
WOuiu SAN' u'NaukV VA 900 eA'",s"
to the acre; n single ear shown as b
would give 30 bushels per acre: an
ear such as c would produce 40
bushels per acre. nm car such
as d would yield 45 bushels per acre:
while IN ear like Il. which weighs a
tribe less than pound, would yield 80
bushels OF Bhelled corn per acre. count
ing only one such ear for each Of the
$3.50 hills. There are. however, very
few farmers who raise as much as 80
bushels Of shelled corn per acre. Yet
every corn grower can probably pro-
duce many ears which are larger than
that shown ~ r In the cut Eliminat.
ing, howevsr. both ears ID and Il and
granting that every farmer could har-
vest erom each hill two such ears as
the one shown ~ G. an ear which ID
lsss than ~ inches long. and weighs
le.o ounces, the yisld would be 80
bNahels of shelled corn per acre. Are
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EARS LIKE EACH coRNHI1Ir

schools and at home that manual
labor Is not honorable. There is no
reason why farm life should become
monotonous to any one residing with
in the boundaries of ordinary civiliza-
ton. The rural mail carries the daily
papers and magazines to the farm
door yard: telephones place the farmer
In direct communication with the out
side world: railroads open the channels
OF trade to every commercial port; ;
yet there is n life of monotony on
many farms. The places are not I'm
proved, the owners follow the fashions
OF their fOrefathers, they do not
adopt new methods in any line and
their children become discouraged.
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there any corn growers who can not
produce the equivalent OF at least two
such ears to every hill? How many
grow so bushels of shelled corn per
acre?
The time required to test Individual
ears for vitality ts very small when it
Is considered that IL OF is ears will
furnish enough seed to plant one acre.
Experiments have shown that II a few
kernels (preferably six) are taken
from different parts Of an ear OF corn
and all are found to germinate we'll
that is, to produce good healthy sprouts
all OF the kernels on that
ear will likewise show strong vitality.
On the other hand, II the part OF all Of
The daily tribune., 1906-05-11
BICYCLES ON THE WANB.
Over Three Times as rlany Fae
tories In 1900 as at Present.

Statistics furnished by the Census
Bureau at Washington show marked
decrease in the manufacture OF BIZ
cycles. Since 1900 the business has fall
len off 65 per cent, the number Of
establishments being reduced from 312
to 81.
Formerly there were 2,034 salaried
officials and employees Of the facto-
ries where now there are only $50. The
falling on in the number Of ware earn
ers was 81 per cent. The capital in.
vested in 1900 was $29.7s3, $50, where
as In 1905 it was s5,S47.s03
The production In 1900 amounted to
nearly 32,000.000 bicycles and was re-
duced in the five years to little over
100000.
In contrast with these figures, the
motor cycle factories increased from
159 to 2,2s9.
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which they represent should be taken
for seed. There will also be cases In
which all six kernels have germinated,
but will be lacking in vigor. While
these kernels might produce good
ear OF corn. the chances are that they
will never develop, or else will produce
but barren stalk. 1t is only necessary
to remember that all ears showing
dead kernels or weak and poorly devel-
oped sprouts must be discarded and
only those used for seed in which
every kernel tested has given good
healthy sprout. The ears which have
shown n perfect termination are now
ready to be butted and tipped and
shelled for planting. In order to in.
sure further uniformity in planting 1t
is advisable to sort the ears before
planting into two or three grades, &c
cording to the size of the kernels
This grading may also be done by
screening, II more convenient.
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1t seems Incredible of realization.
that the average yield of corn in the
United States in 1905, when the total
production was the largest In our his
tory. was only 2S.S bushels of shelled
corn per acre. 1t is still more sur
prising to know that the average pro-
Luction per acre is practically the
same to-day as 1t was forty years ago.
In fact, the average yield per acre for
the ten years from 1866 to 1875 was
26.07 bushels as compared with 25.2
bushels for the ten years from 1896 to
1905. While there are several rea-
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A SIMPLE TERMINATING BOX.

terial. using two or three thicknesses
Of cloth in the bottom OF the box and
one or two thiclsnesscs OF cloth for
covering the kernels after the frame
has been filed The cloth at the bot
tom should be marked off into squares
2 inches each way. and numbered, each
one OF which is to be filled with ker-
nels from ears which are given mum.
ber corresponding TO the square used.
A Very Simple Test.
For use. first wet the cloth thorough
ly by soaking In water. and then place
the half cloth. double thickness, which
has been marked In squares, in the bot.
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Remarkable Results of Government
Tests.

The Department of Agriculture re-
Gently made tests of seed corn fur
nished by farmers in the corn produc-
ing States, and of the 3.322 ears tested,
1,9O6, or the startling percentage of
more than one-half. were unfit for seed.
These samples were taken from ears
picked for seed by good, careful far.
mers, and are evidently much above
the average. The average termination
Of the 1.90G poor ears was only TIT
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samples tested are representative Of
the present supply Of seed corn, the
testing Of every ear and the subsequent
rejection Of poor ears will increase the
stand 1877 per cent. This increased
stand would mean an increased yield
of 298, lac, ,695 bushels. with value of
500, ,739, 1921 calculated on the basis
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per cent. while the average germina.
ton OF both the good and the poor
ears. tho seeds OF which would ordin.
nrily have been used for planting, had
not these tests been made. was sG3
per cent, showing that 1917 per cent
was gained by discnrding ears Of low
vitality Granting. however, that the
The daily tribune., 1906-05-11

the kernels tested fail to germinate or
show only weak sprouts, the proper
ton will be the same for all of the ker-
nels on such ears. And the experienced
corn grower will be not little sur
prised to find many a fine looking ear
of corn among his selected seed. the
kernels OF which will not sprout at all.