The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-03

| penSes incidental to the transaction.
 6. The control ana management of said corporation shall be vested in a board of thirty-eight directors. seven of whom shall be elected by the stock holders living in the State of Texas: three by the stockholders living in the State of Arkansas; four by the stock holders living in the state of Caklaho- Dsl. two by the stockholders living in the State of Tennessee; four by the stockholders living in the State of Mis- l sissippi; four by the stockholders liv- | ing in the State of Alabama; four by the stockholders living In the State of 1 Georgia: three by the stockholders liv- ing in the State of South Carolina. and three by the stockholders living in the State of North Carolina.
 2. The officers of said company shall be n president. vice president, a sec retary and a treasurer, who shall be elected by the board of directors, and whose terms of office. duties. obliga- I tions and compensation shall be fixed I and determined by the board of direc- tors.
 | 8. The president. secretary and 1 treasurer, and the directors elected by the stockholders in each State shall constitute a board invested with the power and authority to manage, con- duct and direct the affairs of the com pany In said State, In all matters sub tect to and in pursuance of the provis- ions of this charter. and subject to the control and direction of the general
 g. The board or directors shall pres pare. adopt and pass aIi bylaws for the management of this corporation and for the transaction of it's business, subject to the provisions of this char 1 ter.
 | 10. All the cotton. funds and assets | of said corporation shall be kept and retained in the States and localities In which the same were contributed or raised, as nearly as possible. and said funds shall not be removed and used | In the purchase of cotton in other States or localities than those in which they were raised or contributed, un- less so ordered by the president and bis advisory board. and then only for such length of time as Tn the judgment of the board the necessity and reason tor such removal may exist.
 | Il. Each of the of1cers and agents. of this corporation shall be required to execute bond with good and snf- dcient sureties, to be approved as the bylaws require. conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties, and In penalty amply sufficient to cover all funds that may come into the hands of such ofdcer or agent.
 II IF. An advisory board shall be pros vided for by the bylaws of the com
 pany, which shall fix number. mem
 bership. duties and compensation of said board.
 IS. The company IS authorized to lend such of its capital as it may not need for the purchase of cotton on such terms and with such security as may be fixed by the by-iawa
 I sF Apple Hitter Rot.
 sl Bulletin United States Agricultural De- partment.
 The apple bitter or ripe rot is the cause of some of the most extensive losses experienced by apple growers. It is due to a fungus which has been given a number of scientific names. the one by which it Is known being Glomerella rufomaculans The disease occurs throughout nearly all the coun- try east of Kansas and Texas, and Is especially destructive in q broad belt from Virginia to Oklahoma. It is somewhat spasmodic in Its occurrence and at times occasions almost total loss It is stated that in four counties in Illinois In 1900 the loss. due to this cause alone, amounted to 1,500, 600, and
 the estimated loss to the apple crop for the United States during the same year was $1o,0O0,O00.
 : The fungus lives on many different plants, causing a ripe rot of their fruits. but is best known as causing the bitter rot of apples ana the ripe rot of grapes. The first signs of the bitter [ rot on the apple are to be seen in a slight light brown discoloration under the skin of the fruit. The spots in- crease rapidly in size, maintaining a more or less circular outline, and be- } comes darker brown in color. Soon the tissues underneath the spots soft
 en and the area seems sunken. When the spots have attained a diameter of about half an inch small black spots appear beneath the upper surface through which they finally break, dis , charging pink masses of spores which . are very sticky when moist. These black pustu1es are usually formed in
 rings, and as the spots increase In size } a number of concentric rings may be ? seen. The brown coloration of the
 spots is an indication of the decayed
 condition of the tissues underneath
 and there is usually sharp dividing
 line between the sound and the dis
 eased tissues. The fruit is seldom en-
 tirely destroyed, although 1t Is rem
 dered almost worthless. The tissues are at first hard, followed by the break
 ly decayed portions usually have d pro-
 ing down of the cells, and the partial
 nounced bitter flavor, from which is
 derived the name bitter rot. The fruits
 never become excessively soft and
 mushy, but often dry into what are
 called mummy" fruitA
 It has been claimed that the fungus
 passes the winter in these fruits ! spfSaoinB the lHIeCIiOn the next Sea-
 son. While the spread of the fungus
 may be favored by the presence of the
 mummy fruits. yet a more important
 method has been found in the pres
 ence of cankers on the limbs of the
 trees. These are due to the same fun
 gus as that occurring on the fruits,
 and their relation to the disease has I been well established by Burrill and
 Blair, of the Illinois Station, and von
 Schrenk and Spaulding. of the Bureau
 of Plant Industry of this department
 From these cankers the spores are
 washed by the rains over the young fruits causing their infection. The spread of the disease may often be
 traced to it's source by the conelike in
 fected area, with the canker at the
 apex. Atwood of the Virginia Station,
 claims that infection sometimes takes
 place without the presence of cankers,
 and he thinks that mummy fruits are the principal source of primary in-