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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-08-04
OUR FoNDNEss FOR FRUIT.
Americans Paid Producers S17O,ooo'-
600 Last Year.

Americans P01O tFOiucCfH Ff'NtNN~t-
600 Last Year.
We Americans possess an amazing
fondness for fruits, and we spend
lot of money to crafty 1t. For strict
" orchard products which found mar
kets md presumably were consumed
during the wear ended June 30, 1903,
the American farmer received SS3,fol'-
$40. and we raised in American VINE
wards during the same period 1900
100000 pounds of grapes, which crop
brought our American vineyardlsts over
SIS. 900 more. Nearly one-third OF
these grapes went into wine, but the
bigger portion went to the consumer
in eight and four pound baskets and
were presumably eaten. American
subtropical fruits brought the produ-
GERS nearly $1O,OO0.O00 and we import
ed from the West Indies and southern
Europe $25OOO,O0O worth of tropical
fruits.
We paid the American farmer over
So, 100000 for his berries during the
short summer season Of 1905, and, put
ting the latter in the lists with fruits,
we enriched the producers of the vari-
GUS fruits which found the American
markets within the time mentioned
above nearly $1O,000OOO.
In selecting our fruits our first choice
is for apples, for American Orchardists
marketed 2,O00.000,000 bushels of this
healthful fruit as against 16OO0,OOO
bushels of peaches, 100000 bushels
of pears and 100000 bushels of
plums.
The packing, shipping and retail sale
of our fruits and berries give employ
ment to thousands Of persons and ere
ate numerous related industries Of nc
mean size.
The idea of selling berries from at
tractive quart baskets found expression
less than thirty years ago, and up to q
very few years ago orchard products
and grapes never FOUL. the markets
packed temptingly in individual pack
ages But just think how the idea has
expanded into its present universe
practical adoption! Why, the manu-
featuring of fruit and berry baskets
alone brings TO the various factories
over $7,O0O,000 annually, and the ulti
mate annual cost to the fruit and berry
raisers is, with the middleman's profits
added, between 100000 and $4,000,
| 600. This branch of the carrier bust
/ ness produces 1.250,000,000 berry
| baskets, over 100,000,0O0 four quar-
peach baskets, and over 100,000,00(
eight and four pound grape baskets
, California alone uses over 50O,000,OOC
| carriers Of various kinds for frui
shipped east Of the Rockies.
The making of crates is almost anC
in some sections wholly Il separate
branch of the carrier industry and /:
extensive and very profitable. The
manufacture of baskets is carried OF
in from 5000 to 5000 factories" stu
ated all over the United States, anC
ranging In size and Importance from {
single work bench to a vast establish
ment with wonderful equipment anC
employing hundreds Of persons.
Here at Paducah, KY, have visitet
by far the biggest enterprise of thi
kind in the world, where almost ever.
bit of the work is done by machinery
and am told that it is the only factor.
In the world where the actual process
Of making the baskets is performed
wholly by automatic machines.-E. c
| Rowe In Leslie's Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-08-04

VIRGINIA:-At Rules held in the
Clerks Office of the Circuit Court, for
the County of Accomack, on the
Third Monday in July, A. D., 1905,
same being the 10th day of said
month. n.a
Nathan H. Gordy, ......... Plalntin.
against
Annie Gordy,. ......... Defendant.
In Chancery.
The object of the above suit is to
secure from the defendant, ANNE
Gordy, a divorce mensa ct thoro.
Affidavit having made before the
Clerk of the said Court that Annie
Gordy, the defendant in the above
entitled cause, is a nonresident OF
the State of Virginia, on the motion
of the plaintiff, by his attorneys, it is
ordered that she, the said non-resi-
dent defendant, do appear here within
fifteen days after due publication OF
his order and do what is necessary
to protect her interests; and that this
order be published once a week for
four successive weeks in the PENN
sula Enterpris, D." newspaper pub
Iished at Accomack, Q. H., Virginia,
and also posted at the front door oil
the courthouse of the said county on
the first Monday in August, AZ. d.,
1906.
John d. Grant, G. @.
A Copy
Teste John D. Grant, @. Q.
Mears & Mapp, p. q.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-08-04

Virginia I'm the Circuit Court Tor
the County OF Accomack, in the va
cation of the said Court, the 25th day
of July, A. D., 1906.
George w. Hack, Plaintiff.
against
Minnie B. Hack, ........ Defendant.
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to divorce
a mensa ct thoro the plaintiff and de-
PENDANT and to have the custody OF
infant child granted to its father, the
plaintiff in this suit.
Affidavit having been made before
the Clerk of the said Court, that Min
ME B, Hack, the defendant in the
above entitled cause, is nonresident
of the State of Virginia, on the motion
OF the plaintiff, by his attorney, it is
ordered that she, the said non-resi-
dent defendant, do appear here with
in fifteen days after due publication
of this order and do what is necessary
to protect her interests; and that this
order be published once week for
four successive weeks in the "Penin-
sula Enterprise" newspaper pub
lished at Accomack G. H., Virginia,
and also posted at the front door of
the Courj House of the said County,
on the First Monday in August, A. D.,
1906.
John d. Grant, O. @.
Teste: John d. Grant, O. @.
Warner Ames, p. q.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
CHALLENGE MORMON VOTE. Democrats To Fight Latter Day Saints
 Tn Idaho.


 Boise. Idaho. Oct, 2S.-The Demo- cratic State committee tonight gave out the following statement:
 The Mormons of Idaho will be chal- lenged as to their constitutional right to vote in Idaho. ChasIes Fl. Jack son will leave today ,or the south eastern part of the State to take charge of the work. The State com mittee took the view that under the sworn testimony of church leaders given in the Shoot case no Mormon can vote under the provisions of the Idaho constitution.
 The committees view of the situa- tion has been augmented by the posi- tive statements made Tn various cam paign arguments by Senator Hepburn in which he contended vigorously that the constitution was an effectual bar without the enactment of a statute to any one voting who teaches polygamy, plural or celestial marriages or who places the ecclesiastical law above the civil law.
 The challenges will lay the founda- tion for contest in congress as to the right of Mormons to exercise e>ec- tive franchise under snc provisions Of the Idaho State constitution"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29

tChicago, iii. Oct. Firm cables and wet weather in the Cnited e, Sta.es caused strength today In tne wheat
 At the close wheat for December deuvery was up 1-2. Corn was shade higher. Oats were i-sa ,d higher. Provisions were unchahseo 'o : l-2Q5c lower.
 Trading m the wheat pit today Was more active than at any tune , ing the last month and prices S snoM CTS who have been hanimerlns .Prite' for several days turned 10 the o.n CT side early in the session ana scran bled energeticaliy to cover 'he'f s"'' sa les. Ouerlngs were few.
 The bullish factors were sniaiiet .. ceipts in the Northwest the a,tNais i today at Minneapolis and Duiutn @ oe lns .sS cars less than for the cores bonding day one year ago. and high er prices on the curb at Mlhneapolis' Foreign markets were also Ionh ,h wheat at Liverpool closing 3-sd niS CT while at Paris there was a somes what sensational rise in the price oI flour for October delivery as well as a substantial gain in wheat , values In addition to these influences wsata E,,,as CT conditions in the United states were far from ideal for the, etNp west and northwest reporting neany rains During fs1 sdmsxbat last haar Because %" % Of realizing sales but the close was ilrm.
 December opened l-4Ua-s to S-SQ 1-2c higher at 73 to 13 1-S advancea to 73 3-S and closed at i3 l-sg l-4,
 Ciearances of wheat and flour were equal to 25s,2OU bushels Primary re- ceipts were 975.000 bushels against l, 237.0oO for the corresponding day one year ago. Minneapolis, suluth and Chicago reported receipts of 5'1 cars against 7Y4 last week and eh4 one year ago. - h,,n
 Sentiment in the corn pit vas pull, ish and the volume of trading was quite large. Shorts and commission houses were active bidders, but oHer- ings were not large. Firm cables. throughout the corn belt and the strength of wheat were the chief req sons for the firmness. Late Ill ths day realizing sales lowered the market somewhat but the close was steaoy', V
 December corn opened Is to 3.s higher at 43 3-S to 43 o-S. sold ofi 10 4s 1-4M3-s and closed at the IoM m point. Local receipts 1s2 cars. l"' contract grade. ,o.
 Oats were quiet ana firm' Wet and corn were the main incentives 10 buyers Cash houses were the prlnci- pal bidders. December oats opened i-sa1-4 higher at 33 1-2. sold up to 3a 5-s and closed at 33 1-2 Local re- ceipts 234 cars.
 Provisions were firm at the open. ing because of 5-cents advance in the price of live hogs. shorts were sooo buyers early in the day but later the market eased off on selling Dy Ioca, ru was d shade lower at 1872 l,2 Lard was unchanged at S.37 1-2. Ribs were , 1-2m5c lower at 7.45 @7:47 l-2.
 Estimated receipts for Monday:
 Wheat 70 cars: corn 23i; oats 352: hogs 33,000 head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29

tion of varieties of oats oy means of seed alone is at best cry difficult and uncertain matter; it i'll be well for farmers buying seed oats to look for this additional character in oats purporting to he Red at Proof The bristles alluded to can be seen by the naked eye. especially when the grains are held between the eye and the light. To decide whethc, these bristles are long CT snort may require a comparison. between the Red and some other var-etv most va rieties having short base oristles.
 It is not necessary that Red oats come from Texas, Oklahoma, or Kan sas I should prefer them from a Southern latitude. but ould rather have plump grade of t-labama oats than to get seed from Texas. I have never been able to find inv evidence that oats run out" in this climate and experiments with ner plants shows plainly that there s usually no virtue in mere purposeless change of seed.
 While we have not ye, enough ex- perinental evidence on watch to base generally preferable that the seedoa.s sown in the fall he from astrain that has usually been sown ia the fall
 There need be no smut in oats. al- though this disease is usually permit ted to destroy from five to thirty per cent. of the crop The following ex- tract from bulletin 'ow being mailed by the Alabama Experiment Station (No. 13O, gives the two most practicable methods of preventing oat smut:
 Several methods may be used, the most convenient being the use of form alin. Unfortunately. this useful mate rial is not generally found in tn smaller drug stores but may be
 dered from wholesale drug store $ through local druggists, The cost should not exceed $1 per pound, includ
 ing express charges. and in largr amounts the cost is much lower. Pour one ounce of this liquid formalin into
 three gallons of water. Into this liquid the oats may be dipped and then drained and spread out to dry, or the
 liquid may be sprinkled over the pile
 of oats until the grains are thoroughly
 moistened. Then the pile of treated seed should be kept covered from two to ten hours. so that the gas generated may destroy the germs or "seed' Of smut. which are present on the oat kernel. One ounce of formalin will treat a number of bushels of oats, making the cost only a few cents per acre. The saving or increase in the crop will usually ne rom 5 tc G0 per cent or say two to eight bushels per acre We cannot afford to plant oats without this or equivalent treatment In case formalin is not quickly oo . tainable smut in oats may be destroyed by the following method: Obtain an accurate thermometer. A dairy the.
 mometer costing % to 50 cents will
 usually answer. Then dip the bags of
 seed oats into hot water which must be of grees, not dropping below 130 nor run ming above 135 degrees Fahrenheit Keep the coats in this hot water for ten or twelve minutes. stirring them so that every grain becomes heated. Then re- I1ove the sack of oats and dip into cold water After this cooling the oats should be spread out to dry. never spreading them on floor on which un-
 treated seed oats have been stored j. F. b
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
Winter Killing of Oats.

From Bulletin No. 137, Ala. Experi-
 ment Station
 Oat plants from sowings made In the fall are liable to be killed by cold weather at any date between Decem- her and March l in the central part of Alabama. As illustrating the edrli- est and the latest dates OH which se- were winter killing has occurred with- in the memory and observation of the writer, l would say that March l, 1890, was one of the coldest days Of the winter, and oats growing on ricn land. which had already thrown up ten- der seed stems, were entirely kilie1, while other plants at an earlier stage of growth were severely injurd.
 The earliest date recalled on which oats were injured was on December 15, 1901, when the temperature suddenly dropped below the freezing point fol- lowing a period of heavy rains There were severe freezes at night and com- plete thawing during the day for near ly a week, thus affording extremely favorable conditions for the heaving and destruction of oat plants.
 The lowest temperature ever recOrd- ed in Alabama, and probably the most complete destruction of oats by cold was experienced in February, 1893,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
MONTGOMERY CURRENT QUOTATIONS.
 fCorrecfed llniIv


 tCorrected Daiy.l
 These prices are at wholesale and not ,s starch-Corn s0lOc; standard goods pearl 4kc; gloss lump 4Ao: nickel pack Rice~Extra fancy she: head lose; broken 3hc. Japan 6c,
 salt-Liverpool sl: Virginia Soc
 Vinegar-Per gallon l4022c. TX Gllhc: choice lz@l2ho: fancy la0 Sandie.-stiek sMc: fsney sg1Sc.
 Crackers-xXX soda sho: XXX Ginger oil S1ta'as'-A"s''sAa ss.ae, "D'' ''.1'' s,ssss Is. Ssar ;':s :s Pserss. Pse sss1 .s
 Lard-Leaf 1oAc: compoudn 7hc: basis terces
 Fiour-Basis of barrels: High paten, N.2o; fancy patent s4.75: half patent Grain and Hay-Bran sl.2o; shorts ,1. 30; corn chops 6oe; white corn 7lc: oats mix oats 52c. Burt seed oats roc: winter turf Cotton Seed Meal--2s.oo
 arapesN4 4 ib' baskets zooaane: . lA Fruit and Produce-,Potatoes s5c bu.: onion. red globe, soc bu Western green head cabbage Dbl crates $, a5 sI aPpes B 25a s3. 50 per bbl.: fancy Kings $4. %: apple and white wine vinegar 15c gal fan full cream CneeSe, odlSies loC, nancy H P peanuts 6c h.; lemons choice s7 box ;: Florida oranges s2 50 box: Denia onions per crate s1 50: ruta baga turnips $l.75 150 ib sacks; cocoanuts s4. % sack.
 IIdes-Dry Hints 1Slsc: dry salted 1Shc; green salted 9c.
 Chickens--Hens s0035c; fryers 260so9; broilers IS 5320c.
 Molasses-Georgia Cane, barrel g., per saSn s c.pin aons s.ons n sis s ..aa: q 50: quarts $4.25 per dox
 Sugar--Granulated 5ac: F. Y. c. sHc Country butter-16c. ~~@ seed-Rye, s1 per bu. wheat S1. .o5: barley
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29

when on the station farm practically all Red oats were killed except near
 woods or protecting fences. where
 part of stand survived. That cold
 weather, during which the minimum temperature was degrees Fahren
 heit. not only killed Ited oats. hut Turf oats well.
 The following precautions used sin
 gly or together will greatly reduce the danger of winter killing and prac | tically insure in this latitude the sur
 vival of fair stand of oats, except in unusually severe winters:
 FirSt-Sowing the seed Tn deep drills
 not completely covered. as discussed in d later paragraph
 Second-Sowing in October so as to give the plants time to form strong root system as an anchor before severe freezes occur.
 Third-Sowinr -ith grain Jr,li. which leaves ,ne land slightly ridged
 and the plants close together, thus ap
 parently furnishing a small amount of
 mutual protection.
 field on which the plants have been
 heaved and the white roots exposed
 by alternate freezes and thaws Fifth-The sowing of Turt oats. which are harder than Red oats. but are not to he preferred where the Red
 oats ordinarily succeed.
 Cold weather may kill oat plants in
 either of two ways. directly by tho action of the cold on the foliage and
 crown or indirectly by the heaving or
 lifting effects of alternate freezes and
 thaws. The first method of preven- tion mentioned above is effective
 against both results of cold. but is
 chiefly useful in preventing heavinS. The use of the roller just after a slc- cesson of freezes is intended to coun- teract the results of heaving. since
 the roller presses the exposed crowns
 into contact with the soil, thus favor ing the development of new roots. We have repeatedly used this method with
 good results, It should, however, be remembered that the use of the roller
 while the land Is still wet may result
 in unduly competing the surface. Before deciding whether 1t is best
 to rely chiefly on fall sown or on spring sown oats it is worth while to recall how many complete failures duo
 to winter killing and how many par tial killings have occurred within one or two decades in any given locality.
 Applying this test to the fall sown Red Rust proof oats on the statlon farm at Auburn we find that durinS the past eleven years there has beeti but one winter in which practically all red oats have been killed, namely in
 1899. In 1902 in spite of the trying
 weather or the preceding December, part of tho oats on the experiment Station farm afforded fair yield. The winter of 1904-5 was perhaps the
 eards winter killing. Although the stand was very much thinned. yet the variety plots that year averaged
 about twenty eight bushels per acre
 It is believed that farmers "Veresti, mate the danger of winter killing ol
 oats or the frequency with which the stand is reduced to a point where the yield would be less than with oats sown in the spring. This tendency IS natural. since few have put in effec. the above mentioned measures that may be taken to reduce the amount and frequency of winter killing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
Arberry Arfested.

J. c. Arberry. a former resident of Montgomery. but recently of Birming- ham, was arrested by Patrollman Mur- rell last evening, a telegram request ing him to be arrested and held hay ing been received by Chief of Poltcs Taylor yesterday morning. It is charg' ed he jumped hls bond on some cbarSe ir. the courts At Birmingh2ni and it is said he is also wanted on charge of Vagrancy there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
Bankers Indicted At Scranton.

Scranton. Miss, Oct. 2S.-Indictments Were found today by the grand jury, against O. Randall. president of the Scranton State Bank; H. S. Rourke, cashier and J. w. Stewart and Ed mond Mitchell. directors All four men were arrested late this afternoon and placed under a twenty-five thousand dollar bond which was furnished in each case. The arrest of these men caused sensation both in Scranton and Moss Point
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
SAILOR IS ARESTED.
Believed to Know Something of Mys,
 riOus Murder.

New York, Oct. 28.-Clinton c. Clark. Fl years of age, d sailor on the United States battleship Indiana was arrested today when he was found aslep on tho grass in Riverside Park and near by the lifeless body of an unidentified woman
 A coroner's physician, who performed an autopsy on the womans body. said that in his opinion she had been mur- dered. Five of the ribs had been bro ken and there were bruises on the shoulders
 Clark was held as suspicious per son. He told the police that he had been drinking and could not remember having been in the company of the wo- man. Clark enlisted in the Navy at his home in Columbus. Ohio. two years ago,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
ss.5s5.so..1s

the memorial at Vicksburg yesterday paraded in New Orleans today, they were said to be the first military or ganization from the north which has borne arms here since the civl war. They will be entertaind in New Or leans tomorrow night when they leave for home
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.

New York, Oct. "t.-Cpffee futures open ed steady at unchanged prices to ten points higher on better demand from scattering sources which attracted by steady ga ,xchaugc and the recent bulish crop news The close at about the best and steady with the general range net unchang- ed to ten points higher. Sales 92,79O bags.
 Naxemhcr .... .... .... ..6 90
 D. ccmbcr '''' ''''O oo " 0''' January ..'' '''-' . eo March " oo " May ...' ''''''- .o' ~ If V'' -
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29

crop of COW peas. velvet beans pea nuts. or soy beans. all of which crops whether only the stubble or the entire growth was plowed under for fertliizel, afforded an increase in the succeeuins oat crop of from 6.2 to 53.o ooshe'' per acre.
 J. F. Duggar, Director Ala Experiment station.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
Nru YORK DRY GOODS.

New York, oct. 27-Large sales Of WhIte goods have been made recently in the dry 11ng orders for a year and a half ahead. i%T l'inens arc much firmer in tn. primary market Burlaps have been selling better Tn. general outlook is still very good and urices art quite independent of the price Of materials owing to the shortage of the sup ply in most lines
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
 FnRECAST

WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
 FORECAST.
 Trday's weather chart shows a well de- fined storm over the lakes that is givinR cloudy. rainy weather in the Ohio and upper Misstssippi ValIeys as well as in The Lake region The greater portion of the terri tory to the west of the Mississippi riVer Us under the influence of high pressure area and fair weather prevails. In the cast Gulf and south Atlantic States. tne weather is also fair. and somewhat warmer weather will continue fair tonight ana Sunday Tn. high pressure moving east ward will give colder weather in the north- west part of the state tonight. and through out the state Sunday.
 COTTON REGION BULL LTTlN. For the 24 Hours ending at a.m.. 73t>
 Meridian Time. -
 Montpomery. Oct 27, 1So6
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
Murder fin Florida.

Jacksonville, Fla, Oct 2S.-Word has been received here of the murder Saturday of Mrs. Holder in Double Sink. Levy county, FL, twenty miles from Bronson. No particulars could be learned except that there were no eye witnesses. County officials have left Bronson to hold an inquest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
REMARKS:

There has been slight fall in tempera- ture in the Carolinas and rise elsewhere. There rain in any portion of the cotton region.
 MONTROSE W. HAYES
 Local Forecaster. Weather Bureau
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
TIE METAL MARKETS.

 New York oct. 27.-The metal markets prices were firmly held Spot tin was s42 65 bid si9 sa asked Lake copper quiet at S2i 75 a s2G !O cleo trolytic >-1 50Q $23 %: castings s2l 2oV $2l75. -.- o- Lad qu,st and unchanged s. 75 4$ $59 95 Sp"ltor St. 20M S6 30. Iron firm and unchanged
 NEW YORK PRODUCE. New York, Oct. 27.-Cotton seed oil easy. priln. crude fob. mills 2Sl2 c 29c; do. vel low zoe, nominal
 Coffee spot Rio quiet; No, invoice Sc mild steady. Cordova s% @ l.c. sugar raw steady fair refining acc: centrifugal 9G-test 4c: molasses sugar Y c: refined steady; No. s4 4o No; S So : r. s4.05. No. l3 S4. .OC; No. 14 $3.95; c"o. fect.oners A $40; mould A s5. .25; cut loaf s5 50, crushed s5. 50. powdered So.o0, granulated $4 90: cubes s5. IS.
 CINCINNATI PRODUCE. Cincinnati Oct. 27-Flcur dull Wheat easy 7512 G7sc. Corn steady 4sG4Siac. Oats steady 35t. q 36c
 Rye steady 66 i. a 6s 42c. Fro, lsions steady.
 Vhlskev firm $1 %
 NEW ORLEANS SUGAR MARKET. HeU orleans, Oct 27.-sugar steady 4ACA4n6ed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29

$1: crimson clover 12c; alfalfa 1lo3oo per
 b.; onion sets. white skin $2; pearl (3; blue grass 1601So.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-29
LOCAL COTTON. Spot cotton in tho Montgomery market
 


New Orleans. Oct. 27.-Cotton futures on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange closed barely steady today. Quotations ranged as