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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-10-01

The best farmers have their
crops half cultivated before the
seeding is done. Getting the
land ready to support a crop
we'll il more than half the battle.
Poorly prepared land costs the
farmer all his profit thousands
OF times, aud the weather or
something else Is blamed fer
it.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-10-01
Agents.

We want a good agent for this
paper in every neighborhood in
each state. We want an agent
TO solicit advertising aud sub
scr,p,ions aud also to collect.
We want 4 permanent agent.
w rite ia for uarticulara
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-10-01

AZ much net money per acre
can bc made by raising hay as
by raising cotton. The cotton
briggs in more but il costs
more. The hay nets the most
money when it il ted on the
farm and tho manure ~ used
for improving the soil.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-10-01
Needed

Eniros GAzIIt:
think your paper is filing a
long felt want in this State.
II. : MARTIN,
Macon. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-10-01

soil during winter and that
other wise might bc lcachcd cut
BY rains. and because they more
than paw for tho m selves in the
quantity OF excellent winter
grating they furnish. Ii the
land ~ wanted Tor a SUN mcr
crop before they mature, the
farmer may turn them into his
soil in the green stage in Fcbrn
AIRY, thus getting an additional
prof, in the vegetable matter
they supply.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1906-10-01

Whatever can be done this
winter TO advance the work that
~ com monty done IN spring aud
summer aids in getting u start
ia the race for al early yield and
a large crop next summer. By
not loahng all winter one does
no, get IN the habit oil idllng
about. and consequently will not
dislike work 40 much when it
lust must be done.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27


A good deal OF comfort MAY We So
cured for $l,rVV or $l,IU" u! cumming q
SeVen-room mouse IKE 'lI'S. rou'
rooms DOWNSTAIRS with three io"ii'S III
the roof, bathroom ana TWO Po''''eS >
briefly describes a mousse mat i "ei!
arranged and convenient FOR a SINAI
family. 1t is a house eSpeclaIiy wei!
adapted for the village Ollc reason
why this house can be biull Tor 50 III
tie money Is that the work Is all pam
and straight. Inc greatest cost III
building these days IS Iahor. CaEpeh-
ter work is expensive ana al odd
corners and queer shapes cost money.
working on a gingerbread house IS IKE
plowing a narrow field crossWays. lon
spend most Of your time turning
around instead OF getting &nead ana
making 4 show for the amount OF labor
you are putting on the job.
The rooms are large enough for COM
fort, ana every one one Is well llghled.
There is something about the manner
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

Patrick's next move was more sue
cessfui. The court of appeals on July
"a, just IA days before Patrick was 10
die, granted a stay OF execution pend
ing new hearing and reargument on
the grounds of newly discovered evil
dence. This was followed on October
2 by a motion for a re-argument OF Pat
rick'S original appeal, but on October
q the court Of appeals decided against
Patrick by refusing to reopen his case
and denying the motion for d re-argu-
ment.
On November 10 Patrick asked the
court of appeals to amend the record
Of1decisiOn in the case. His motion was
denied. Matters began to look grave.
On July Justice Rogers called Pat
rick to the bar in the criminal branch
Of the supreme court and sentenced
him TO die in the week beginning Janu
airy % of this year. Then Patrick made
a personal appeal to Gov. Higgins for a
stay of execution. The appeal was de-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

liminary examination, he was held for
the grand jury, and on April % that
body returned an Indictment against
Patrick, charging him with murder
in the first degree. Next day Pat
rick was formally arraigned before
Recorder Golf and remanded for
trial
On October ii, when more than a
year had passed since the death of
Rice, Patrick's lawyers went into
court and made a motion for their
clients release on the ground that
two trial terms had passed without
the district attorney bringing Patrick
to trial This motion was denied.
Patrick was placed on trial for his
life on the following January 20
Postponements came on February 4
and 3. owing to the illness of Juror
John D. Campbell, and it was not I'M
til March 2G that the trial ended
with Patricks conviction. Imme-
diately following the announcement
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27
Sentenced in 1902 for the Murder Of Millionaire
William Marsh Rice, By SllufuI Maneuver-
ing He Has Thus Far Evadet the
Hands Of the Executio1er.

Nov, vo,l. To,.o ~, o,,,,oo,, ,,,,,-.
,ono. ra..s,oJ H. =, Co.,.
40 coon,in,r i,,o,.;tar,0 r;I.o .Liao
n.hoso cni,;4 hoe aInood,, amo,aoa 10
hor9orEna fron, ifa 70 donth ho
,,.noh,,in,Il,. ,,,ai.o fan 40 ona no,,o
tin,o. r,oanira soroayin,oe nrarino
h.,+ o1,,,o,,s ,,,oit;nn ,,,,oitino for no
o..oo,+io,,a,. - tooI.o, hi,,, fo.41
Nou,baro con moro e+,,;Eing oor.
,rost IA tno ohovo ho fonnd +hor i,
tho o~,o,iro and ovo, hriI1iont foht
- or,vo, 11hor+ n pai,aaI, aooinat
tho law ifo Gr.n sf3,t in trodo sovs
tbo Nor;. Wi, v,,Ij Va -
-. ~ -s4-
~ ~ "a. > iI0i, w '"0
!rIs.i ~ ~, ~ i''%t e.: ""i 81 ~ On
I,''''Iio U'o li''iloI'''''e VINO n"o
"e9li l0'iio Ne'' ~ t;'ol'ii' PIE
49, $500 0''!SS' su'p'0lo"S ChCuhi,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

house. 1t is not necessary to finish the
whole house right off from the start.
II the frame is put up and inclosed the
inside finishing upstairs may be done
later. | only suggest this as a means
to an end. know that the start is the
hardest thing in building a home.
Once started home is almost dead
sure to be finished because an interest
has been awakened, and that is the
main thing.
Some towns are noted for the num-
Der of homes owned by the families liv-
ing in them, while others are just as
we'll known from the fact that almost
all the houses are rented. | can dis
tingrish from the two places by simply
driving through some Of the streets.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

The rooms are just as well arraT
as rooms in more expensive hOEt
The bay window adds to the GUS
appearance While giving to the intE
a pleasant outlook. The library o.
a room for the man and his
friends with a door opening on the
porch communicating easily VIII
garden. When men have such an
to themselves, their acquaintance
invited to the house instead OF mesl
them in other places.
In this plan a good deal Of atteno
is paid to the kitchen. The m0sI
porrant room in every louise IS
kitchen, but many families seem Io|
ashamed OF it. They have little q
corner partitioned off with lev .
ing and one little narrow window !
call this q kitchen. Very often ths
tie window is so placed that II Is
possible to get any air through H.
not much light comes in that VA!
there is any outlook at all 1t IS
most uninteresting direction. ia'
little eight by five affairs, SO a'
used as a makeshift, are very daA
winter and hot in summer espeVS
when cooking dinner.
1t may not be necessary to put
kitchen in the front part OF lac nO'
still this would be a better aTlaA'
ment than some plans met with. !"
builders make the front OF the lO'
as elaborate as possible, often COM
lot OF expensive work 10 have the y
lor very fine: but the kitchen S
only badly planned but it ma!
placed wrong and finished Tor un
| ished) in the cheapest kind OF w
and often with q poor floor
All this is wrong. The best hoCi
| the house should be in the N'e-
The kitchen should be near to the y
try and near to the dining-rOOm
save steps as much as possible :,
this does not mean that the slDe'
cooking should penetrate ln'O
other rooms.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

and shrubbery than it is to spend the
same amount of time holding down a
box in the grocery story, telling the
other loaferS how the government
should run the country. 1t is better to
have $500 house with few outside
attractions and contented family,
than to envy the luck of some other
fellow who has had the ambition to
work and plan to get respectable
home.
This plan is within the reach of any
man who has the ambition to own a
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27
HILBERT I. pATP/CK.

Ficks execution, and after prepara.
tons for putting the condemned man
to death had already been commenced
at Sing Sing. 1t was the closest shave
Patrick ever had.
When Millionaire Rice was found
dead in his apartments at No. 500
Madison avenue, on September %,
1900, there was absolutely no suspi-
cion that his lawyer, Patrick, had muir.
dered him. Not until four days later,
when the funeral had been stopped
by order of the coroner and Rice's
body sent to the morgue. did Patrick
learn that he was a suspect. Six
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

MED. Patrick then made a public APP
peal for "a square deal" This was on
December 80 Time was getting short
and Patricks resources seemed ex-
hauSted.
AS a result of Patrick's appeal many
petitions reached Gov. Higgins on De-
cember 80, asking him to save Patrick's
LIE. Patrick followed these with an
other appeal to the governor for stay
or execution, but this, too, the COVER
nor refused to grant.
When January Is came and Patrick's
execution was only distant seven days,
the governor granted Patrick an extern
sion to March 10 in order that he might
present the testimony of the Texan wit
nesses who came to New York city la
ter to tell what Valet Jones had told
them about Patrick's innocence.
Patrick waited until February IS be-
fore filing his motion for a new trial on
the grounds Of newly discovered evil
dence. His fight for new trial began
before Recorder Golf on February 81
and ended disastrously, one of the Tex
an witnesses being arrested and sent to
Jail for perjury.
On March IL, one week from the date
OF execution, Patrick received another
reprieve, this time to May q, and on
May IA, with the day of execution one
week away once more, Gov Higgins
granted further respite to June Is.
Gov, Higgins dealt Patrick a hard
blow on May 80 by vetoing legislative
bill passed at Albany which would have
permitted him to obtain easily a new
trial on the grounds of newly discov-
cred evidence.
Another very hard blow came on
June II, when Recorder Golf handed
down decision denying Patricks mo-
ton for new trial. Patrick apparent
ly had reached his last ditch. He was
to die within a week.
But on June u writ of error was
granted on his application to the Unit
ed States supreme court. This acted as
stay of execution and is not returna-
BILE until the October term of court.
In his prolonged fight Patrick has
had the assistance of many celebrated
attorneys, but almost every move made
has been at his own suggestion or that
of Attorney Bell Thomas, who has been
| his most constant adviser
Public sentiment in New York has
been great factor in the case. That
Rice was murdered has been proved be-
yond all doubt, but many believe the
milliOnaire's valet, Jones was the as
sassin. Both Patrick and Jones bene-
flied in pecuniary way through the
death Of Rice.
During his stay in Jail Patrick has
made himself the idol of the prisoners,
acting as their legal adviser in many
cases. His knowledge of the law Is
profound, and many criminal, Il Is
alleged, has attained his liberty
through clever technicalities devised by
Patrick. The states attorneys office
would be glad to have him liberated or
the death sentence, so long delayed,
carried out.
The case shows as perhaps never be-
fore in criminal history how easily a
man of resources can evade punish
ment for bis misdeeds.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

liberate him, was produced, and Pat
rick had already left his cell and was
almost free, when orders came to re.
fuse the bail and put Patrick back
in his cell. Two days later Patrick
was formally charged with the muir.
Ger of Rice and held without bail
pending hearing.
Events in Patrick's case came swift
~ after this. On April 9 Jones de.
clared that Patrick had admitted to
his lawyers in Jones presence, that
ne had killed Rice. On April IL Pat.
rick was remanded on the charge of
murder. Four days later, at a pre-.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

of the jury's verdict of guilty of
murder in the fist degree" Patrcks
hWyes filed notice Of their intention
to appeal from the verdict, and to
move for new trial.
Sentenced to Die.
Recorder Golf called Patrick to the
bar on April 7, and after denying the
motion for new trial and another
motion for the arrest of judgment,
he sentenced Patrick to die in the
electric chair in the week beginning
May 5.
A notice of appeal was at once filed
with the court of appeals. This acted
temporarily as stay Of execution,
and the dreaded week of May passed
with Patrick still alive.
A delay of almost three years fol-
lowed, during which Patrick success
fully checkmated every move made
to end his life.
Patrick's lawyers had six months
from the date of the notice of appeal
In which to present their case to
the court. The six months expired
on October Z, 1902, but on the day
previous went before the court of ap
peals and asked for an extension to
January Is, within which to file Pat,
riek's appeal for a new trial.
Two days later the court refused
the application for an extension OF
time.
This left the case in suspense. The
court record stopped with the courts
refusal to extend the time limit,
which, by the way, had already ex,
pired. The court of appeals, although
it had stopped the execution of Pat
rick, had no jurisdiction to fix new
date for carrying out the sentence
Things were at standstill.
Patrick broke the ice on November
II, 1902, by filing a motion for new
trial On November &c the hearing
of the motion before Recorder Golf
was postponed until Decmeber 5. The
year 1902 closed with Patrick wait
ing in his cell for Recorder Golf to
decide whether he would grant the
motion for a new tial or not.
New Years day, 1908, found Patrick
anticipating an unfavorable decision
from Recorder Golf by preparing an
appeal from the anticipated decision
February 8 passed without the record
er's decision being announced, and
the court of appeals granted Patrick
an extension of time under which tt
file his appeal if necessary.
On March Recorder Golf denied
the motion for a new trial. Patrick
Immediately filed his notice of appeal
and nothing more could he done to
ward carrying out the death sentence
for another six months at least.
The court of appeals the following
June decided against Patrick, refusing
to grant a new trial and affirming the
judgment Of conviction.
Two days later Patrick prepared q
new appeal for presentation to the
court of appeals for new hearing and
argument. This time it took the court
of appeals just three days to decide
against Patrick's newest move. On
June IA his application was refused and
the court fixed the week Of August
for his execution.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

will. | have seen Il nan build
house on BIT Of waste quary
erty, and in a few years make +
som with roses and fruit bearing
But we have seen luchiess. 81
fellows renting rundown proper
presents a hopeless appearing
living in il year after year withC
ambition to DO better. This cha
tie house offers a solution for
condition of affairs, and | hope a
many will take advantage of it.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

days from the date Of RiCe'S death
detectives began to shadow Patrick,
and finally, on October t. Patrick
and Rice's valet, Charles F. Jones,
were arrested, not on a charge of
murder, but for forgery connected
with Rice's will and a $4,000 check
which Patrick had tried to cash after
Rice's death.
On the day following their arrest,
Patrick and Jones were held in $1O,-
900 hai! each Oh the forgery charge.
The bail was purposeIy placed at that
high figure, in order that the two
prisoners might be detained while
the investigation Of the circum.
stances surrounding the mysterious
death of Mr.. Rice could be probed.
Then, while Patrick and Jones were
endeaVoring to get somebody to bail
them out, the police and coroner
worked hard to solve the murder mys-
terry. On October q the result of
the analysis Of Rice's body was an
nounced, showing that the aged mil
lionaire had been poisoned.
Had Been Poisoned.
Next the police turned their at,
tentiOn to Valet Jones. They third
degreed" him for thee days, and then
he told them what they already sus-
pected; Patrick had murdered Rice.
Two days later Jones made a still
more detailed confession, shouldering
all the guilt on Patrick to save his
own neck. Having done that, Jones
cut his throat in prison. but the po-
lice doctors stitched up the cash
and saved him for further comics,
siOns.
Then, suddenly, on February %,
Patrick made his first move to get
out. The bail, $4,000, necessary to
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27
Like Mother Made.

"An eastern physician says s'
berries cause insanity" .
Il guess that's right; I'm crAH
a piece of strawberry shortcake ~
now Houston Post.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-07-27

The neglected appearance cts.
n houses sho" at once that The /
living in them have No inter-.
property. On the orhcr hand +
and Villages where ihe n,,.'
owned by the occupants. : ~,
kept lawns. nice walks. Wei, :.
trees handsome shruhbsrv ~,
many flowers.
1t is almost impossible for a,
own a lot without improving +
thing about the ownership Of ,
land seems to awaken IA int,
lite and its possibilities rs ro,,.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-12-14
suRLEsouE AT eRIDlaoN CLUB.
Governor Magoon on Red Hot Stove
Roosevelt Guest.

washington, Dec. 9.-With the
president and vice president, the am
bassadors from Italy, Great Britain,
Russia and Japan, the speaker of the
house of representatives, senators, rep
resentatives in congress and many OF
the great captains of industry present,
the twenty-third annual dinner of the
Gridiron club tonight at the New Will
lard marked the high tide Of the clubs
achievements. Satire, burlesQue and
straight comedy were the dominating
notes in the most successful dinner
this famous club of Washington cor
respondents has ever given. There
were sharp contrasts, the tribute to
dead members of the club abutting
closely upon burlesque Cuban revo-
luton and an exemplification Of what
happens In the "lawn tennis cabinet"
which meets with the president every
day, Sunday excepted.
In the Cuban burlesque, member
of the club impersonated Governor
Magoon of Cuba. Sitting on red hot
stove. he ''held down the lid" while
the CLUB SolocL6u u CdDiHcL lOI ILL
composed of the Tame ducks" gentle
men who failed of election in Novem
Der, club members impersonating VIII
liam Randolph Hearst, who was nom
mated for governor of the island; Mr.
Babcock, Mr. Moody, Mr.. McCleary and
Governor Grosvenor. Mr.. Moody was
selected for the place-of trust buster
or trust matador," the Cuban revolu
tionists insisting that Mr.. Moody was
not trust matador," but "picador,
the difference being that a matadol
kills. while the picador only leases.
Probably the strongest feature OF thu
diHner was the Gridiron Simple
speller" and dictionary" which wal
issued in the form of booklet o
some 40 pages, containing quaint spell
ings and cuts illustrating the denni
tons.
The initiation Of two members CAV
an opportunity for a quiet dig at tn
war department for the discharge @
three colored companies Of the Twer
ty-fifth infantry at Brownsville, Tex.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-12-14

The last generation has been remark
able for Its development of colossal fpr-
tunes. 1t is well within reasonable
estimate to say that the combined for
tunes of six great capitalists of to-day,
fortunes which have been the product
of the enterprise of the last thirty
years, make total Of $1,100,0 100000.
In 1870 1t would have been difficult to
have discovered In this country six pri-
vate fortunes which would have aggre-
gated $3.50, 100000. This simple fact is
perhaps the most striking Illustration
which could be given Of the extraor-
binary growth Of wealth in the United
States In a few hands. 1t should not
be forgotten, however, that the wealth
of the country has In the same time
increased from $4,000, 100000 to s1O4.
600, 100000, and the per capita wealth
from $779 to about $1,254.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-12-14

A remarkable example of the skill
and preciseness of engineering achieve
ments Is afforded by the measurements
which were taken before completing
the junction of the tunnels under the
Hudson River at New York, under con-
struction by the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. 1t Is shown that these struc-
lures, starting from the opposite shores
and meeting in the middle of the river,
have been carried forward under the
river bed with such accuracy that they
will meet and fit into each other with a
variation of a sixteenth of an inch In
other words, hundreds of yards of sub
te~rauean construction through mud
and water have been traversed with
practically no more variation from the
prescribed lines than If they had beer
laid out on an open plain. Joined witt
this is another record even more cred
table. Although this sort Of TUNE
work 10 iclassed as extra hazardous ant
In similar enterprises fatalities hav'
occurred, 1t is stated that not single
life has been lost in this construction.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-12-14
THE MOUNTAINS OF MYsTERv

A Rhapsody Upon the CatsI<ills of
New York State.
Rips "village Of Falling Water"
Palenville, lies at the base Of old High
Peak, in the Catskills, and from the
summit, looking far out over field Of
fieecy. cloud-tipped peaks, the gilded
dome of the capitol at Albany losses
back the sparkling sunlight which glis-
tens In the siivery Hudson below as
though seeking to detain it In its mad
onward rush to the painless sea.
Side by side on the southern border
of this forest mountainland, rising over
1000 feet out of the valley beneath
stand as sturdy, silent sentinels Round
Top and High Peak-the latter SC
graphically described by Cooper's
Misunderstanding in "The Pioneers
Halfway up the northern slope of these
twin guardians, from the rustic veran
da Of one of the artistic mountail
homes within the confines of the ra
stricted residential districts of Sunset
Santa Cruz and Twilight parks. look
ing out over thick branching tree tops
natures color scheme presents never
, ceasing change. Beginning with earl
morn, looking eastward through tn
Glove across the valley Of the Hudso
to where the sun gradually wheels hi
broad disk up from behind the Dol
skyline of the Berkshire Hills G
Western Massachusetts, and through
out the midday, when the picturesqu
play of thick cumulous clouds present
unceasing attraction, as their softer
ing shades silently creep from peak
peak, until, at fading eve, out throug
the glen westward appear silhouette
against the sky, massive banks of BIZ;
ing fires, dazzling prelude to til
mellow afterglow Of the declining go
as he passes out over the threshold c
another day.-Four-Track News. :
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-12-14
Keep In Good Health.

There are many thousands of people
all over the world who can attribute
their good health to taking one or two
Brandreths Pills every night Those
pills cleanse the stomach and bowels,
stimulate the kidneys and liver and
purify the blood. They are the same
fine laxative tonic pill your grandpar'
ents used, and being purely vegetable
they are adapted to children and old
people, as we'll as to those in the vigol
of manhood and womanhood.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use
for over a century and are for sale
everywhere.