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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25
SUCCESSFUL HORTICULTURE.
Fruit Growing Requires intelligence
and Care.

The following article from an ex-
change contains some thoughts which
cannot fail to interest anyone who is
engaged in fruit growing or who con.
templates engaging in this work:
Some writer figured year or two
since that peach trees had been plant
ed so numerously in the southwest
that 1t would be a physical impossi
bility, when these trees reached the
bearing age, to transport the fruit to
the market. In expressing that opinion
the writer forgot the old adage:
There's many slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip" The writer has in mind
an orchard not thousand miles from
here and of size that would be
called large even in this day of big
things, in which rs per cent. of the
peach trees died the first year, and
this was not the fault of the trees.
but Of the men who planted without
experience and cared for them as II
they we're hay field. Perhaps this is
rather an exceptional case. but II Is
nevertheless surprising the number OF
trees that are lost the first year en-.
tirely on account Of lack of care. Here
is the first slip"
But assuming that the trees grow
off all right there are other slips
awaiting the unwary and the mex
perienced. Diseases and insects are
ever ready to get all that they need
- AI,aw Ataf
there is comparative freedom from
these troubles, but they multiply In
time and then eternal vigilance Is the
price Of liberty" and the price Of sue
cess. The brown rot" for instance
Is one of the diseases that you scarce
with the age Of the orchard and with
favorable seasons. Then there is the
ever present borers and the San Jose
scale which has not troubled the
southwest much yet, but which has
played the everlasting mischief II
some sections of the country. AnC
then come, occasionally, unfavorabl'
seasons, like the present one. TheI
the new orchardist fails to plan prop
erly for picking. packing and shippini
and possibly gets skinned by som'
commission merchant. This caps thu
climax of other troubles and man,
who start out bravely get disguised
with the whole business and go bacl
to the old crops and the old ways.
This Is not written in discourage
ment Of fruit growing. but rather Il
emphasize the need of experience ant
accurate knowledge all along the line
We read, occasionally, of the immens
amount of money made out of fruit ol
q small area The writer has In min
a man who, In one year, sold $4,000
worth of peaches from 40 acres. Sue
successes are always heralded far an
wide, but the numerous failures ar
not recorded. The fact is that tn
fruit business has great possibilitie
in II for tremendous gains and lament
able failures. There are chances in
for 1000 per cent. profit likewis
chances for losing everything. TIL
only way to succeed is to learn tn
business from the ground up and kee
the brain as busy or buster than tn
hands. OF the millions Of trees tina
are planted only a small per cen
produce salable fruit; the rest go b
the board The fruit business is
good business, but 1t requires INTEL
gence to run 1t.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25

soils the beets will mature earlier.
but the yield will be less per acre. On
such soils the beets will grow large
but the percentage OF sugar is likely
to be low Sugar beets are not more
exhaustive on the soil than other
cropsif the tops are left on the land
and the pulp Is brought back from
the factory to be fed on the farm.
Planting is done early In the spring
and the best returns are secured with
q we'll distributed rainfall during May,
June, July and August with fairly dry
weather In September and October.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25
Insect Pests Increasing.

Year by year the damage done to
the crops OF the farm. orchard and
garden by insects and fungous pests
seems to be increasing. Some OF these
pests may be blessing In disguise. in
that the remedies used for their Grad
ication have been beneficial In other
respects; but, in order that they may
be successfully combatted. It Is essen
tial that the farmer know how to
fight them to the best advantage. and
that he have clear idea OF the ma
ture 81 theeremedies employed and the
precautions that must be observed In
their uss.--Prof RI sHarcourts ~
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25
Bordsaux Mixture.

The Bordeaux mixture is the proper
remedy to use for all fungous trou-
bles; viz. mildew and rust of beans;
potato and tomato rot and leaf blight;
melon and cucumber diseases; aspar-
agus rust; celery leaf blight and rust.
etc. The half-strength mixture 1.-TWO
pounds copper sulphate. two pounds
quickiime. 50 gallons water) lie strong
enough to use In the vegetable gar
den. except for potatoes.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25

"What do you think of the party
platform hat ! propose ?" asked the
ambitious young statesman.
sits like most platforms that |
have seen lately" answered Senator
Sorghum; "pretty good literature,
but not much politics, Warrington
Star.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25

"Mamma, why don't you want me
to play with that Kudger boy ?"
because, dear, know the family.
He hasn't good blood in him"
X tWhy, mamma, he's been vacctnated
twice, and It wouldn't take either
time. Chicago Tribune.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25

$50 your daughter intends to pursue
her studies abroad ?"
"Yes," replied the self made man,
"she pretends she does, but between
me and you don't believe she stands
the least show of overtakin' EN-
Chicago Record Herald.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25

Germany's labor famine has become
90 acute that at one place women and
girls have been put to work on the
railroads, while the farmers put In
their time tearing their hair because
they can't get women to work in the
zelda
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25

The kaiser has four chefs-a Ger
man, an Italian, an Englishman and a
Frenchman-so that he can have his
meals served in any style he may
fancy. Sausage is one of his favorite
dishes, however, and he has fresh
supply of frankfurters made every
day,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25
SUGAR BEETS.
The Best Soil for Their Production Is
Heavy Clay Loan.

There Is a distinction between the
two sorts of beets. For sugar produc-
ton the best crops are obtained from
rather heavy, welldrained and fertile
clay loan soils. On lighter sander
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25
Pop, what's a pessimist ?"

"P0p, what's a pessimist ?"
"a pessimist, my son. is a man who
10 very gloomy over the way that the
public are going to suffer If he Is
obliged to give up any portion to them
of his monopoly Of prosperity. BAL.
timore American.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25

A company of settlers, in naming
their new town called 1t Dictionary,
because, they said, "that's the only
place where peace, prosperity and
happiness are always found"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25

Lawyer Ito his opponent)-You are
an ass, sir.
Opponent--And you are mule.
Judgc-Well, now that you have
idehti6ed each other, gentlemen, we
will proceed with the cross'examiua--
ton Vie pour Rire tFrsnce).
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-07-25

Most men know better than they
do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-17
SEEK S1O0,O00 FOR
 HOME MISSIONS
Even Expanding Work Makes Neces- sary Increased Expenditures In
 This Branch.


 Rev. S. L. Morris of Atlanta read the report of the executive committee on home missions. These are the recom- mendations:
 q. That the assembly again call upon the church for aOO000 to meet the needs of our corresponding work; that the same be apportioned to the presbyteries as in the past, upon the basis of their benevolent contributions and pastors sal ary and that each presbytery be affec- tionately urged to undertake it's fair pro- portion of this amount.
 '2. That the assembly express its gratl- fcation in view of the large increase in the number of those who are now un- dertaking the support of individual mis- sionarles and commend them and their example to others
 "3. That the assembly again approve of the organization of home missionary so- cieties, or at least home mission depart ment where practicable in every church.
 A Recognizing the need of a maga- zine to furnish information fresh from the field to and stimulate greater interest in the growing cause of home missions that the assembly authorize the execu- tive committee to issue such a periodical for the church at moderate price as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-17
STILLMAN SEEKS
 $15,000 THIS YEAR
Is to Be Expended for New Building and Other Needed Equip
 ment.

The report of the committee on ,colored evangelization of pr. J l.. Suedecor has already been published. He-calls for s15 600 in these words:
 "when we reflect upon the growth of StilIman institute from the half dozen scholars gathered by it's distinguished founder in a single room, to an equip ment worth s20o0O. with fifty men in training for missionary work among their race, we are constrained to think that no limit to it's development should be fixed by our lack of faith. We have, therefore, unanimously resolved to ask the general assembly to authorize the raising at once of a special fund of $15, ,0O( for a new building, and other needed equipment"
 Other than. these requests there will be numbers of others to come up before the assembly during the next week. and the amount which the Southern Presbyterian church will place before 1t to raise in the coming year will not be less than 5000, s QOO F
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-17

soon as the way in it's judgment. seems clear"
 The committee at present consists of s. l.. Morris, secretary, and J. G. Patton, chairman, and the members whose terms of office expire at this time are W. l.. Linsle, ], T. PlunlSet, w. P. Inman and R. O. Film.
 For one year-J G. Patton, A. R. Hold erby, C. D. Mckinney and Charles J. Martin.
 For two years-T. H. Rice J. H. Patton, Marion Nell. Hull and T. P. Cleveland. These are the most interesting parts of the report
 ''The future of a church depends large ly upon it's attitude towards and It's aggressiveness in home missions. The costliest mistake of our Presbyterian church in the past has been the neg feet of this great cause. It has cost us golden opportunities, which can never be redeemed at any price. It has lost us an empire in the west. The bone and sinew of alien congregations have been fur nished by Presby but let the dead past bury it's dead.
 'The next great awakening must be along the line of home missions A new spirit Is coming over the church. AL ready we are beginning to see signs of it's approach and to feel the inspiration of it's larger life. The awakening is manifest in larger gifts Of the $10o,OO0 asked by the assembly, we have realized this year S4Sl4.14 The increase in our churches and membership Is encouraging Never before in the history of our church was there a brighter outlook. Many are turn ing to us in various communities A hopefulness characterizes the work of the church. VIII the church respond to this rising spirit of new life and take the current while it serves?
 with profound gratitude to our Heavenly Father for his gracious favor unto us, we are again permitted to re- port year of great prosperity In our work. It Is remarkable a matter demand ing signal recognition on our part, thai for five years in succession we have beer able to report "the year of greatest pros perity." In each instance this statement could only be justified by the fact that each year has been a decided advance over the previous. During the closing year our receipts have been from all sources IA, being S10, ,256 99 in excess of the previous prosperous year. By actual calculation 1t has been found that more than 1900 have been added on profession of faith to the churches, assisted from the home mission office; and it Is esti- mated that more than 150O were received by certificate, so that the total gain can not be far from 5000. In some instances whole congregations have been received by us in a body. We believe 1t is the beginning of even greater things for our beloved church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-17
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
 NEEDING $15,O0O
Church Has Some Fine Opportunities for the Organization of New
 Schools.

The Rev. Dr. A. l.. Phillpis general su- perntendent of Sabbath schools, read an interesting report. Here are few of the most interesting items
 "The attention of this general assembly is respectfully called to the statement In this report of last year to the graci- ous opportunity given us to extend the influence of our church into spiritually destitute regions by the organization of new Sunday schools. Old communities. like our mountains, are asking eagerly for new light. The very rapid growth of our towns and cities makes new effort necessary. New towns are spinging up along the railroads in all the states. Vast multitudes of people are moving into our territory, especially in the southwest. The Methodists, always ready, are taking advantage of their opportunity. The Bap- lists are very active. The union of the Cumberland and Northern Presbyterian churches makes 1t inevitable that their vigorous efforts shall be put forth in close proximity to us. If ever we are able to take advantage of this opportunity we must do so at once. Much can be done in this direction by the Presbyteres through their committees. Church ses- sions can redeem the opportunity by planting and nurturlng new schools in ter ritory near by. Experience however. seems to make 1t clear that the most effective means of meeting the needs ad- equatey is the Sunday school missionary. phe executive committee Is eager to en- ter this field more largely. but Is face to face with the fact that the past year the schools gave sS15 less and the church. es gave si513 less than last year. We can i'll afford to do less education work than we are doing. We should employ at least ten missionaries at once. They would cost. at the very least $l5. 000 It is perfectly evident that we cannot stand still Will not the assembly call strongly upon the churches. schools and individuals of means to provide the funds for this extension work?
 Figures can tell a remarkable story Of work done and energy created. They tell us that many different paces scattered over our whole territory. have had the benefit of careful instruction in the best modern methods of work and have seen the best kinds of literature. They say that the number of schools visited, rep resented at institutes, equals 10 per cent of our whole number of schools, and that the attendance at the conferences annd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-17
ASK $1,OOO,OOO FOR
 FOREIGN MISSIONS
Contributions Averaging $4.5o Per Member Asked for This Special
 Work.

This is the mark set by Dr. S. H. Ches- ter of Nashville, in his report for the executive committee on foreign missions:
 "A contribution of $l,OOOO0O from our church would mean an average of about s4. 50 per member, and the foreign mission chairmen of our synods and presbyteries are hereby urged to use their best en- deavors to secure an average of that amount from all our churches. The as- sembly would also earnestly appeal to men of large means in our church to sup plement by individual gifts the regular contribution of the churches in amounts proportioned to the need"
 The committees report is full of inter esting information, Here are some of the extracts;
 "The executive committee of foreign missions herewith submits to the general assembly the report of its work, together with the volume of its minutes for the year ending March 31, 1907.
 Notwithstanding many hindrances and difficulties, by the blessing of God the work has made encouragi ging progress in all our mission fields
 l lie dluudl 1eDOll OL liit <Aliicdh sion failed to reach us in time for this report. We received quarterly reports, however, up to the first of September, at which date about HOO persons had been received into the communion of the church by baptism. We also learned through private letters of about 125 who were received after that date. On one itinerary of two months through the vil- lages of the Lulua country, MT. Martin and MT. De Yampert examined 15OO ap- plicants for baptism, all of whom could recite the eateehism. Of these about SOO were baptized, and the remaining 700 were continued under instruction as cate ehumens. Our work In this field has been hndered by the action of the kongo gov ernment prohibiting any of our mission- aries from remaining more than fifteen days at any one place outside of their regular stations. One result of this regu- lation, however, has been that the mis- sion has felt it necessary to make special effortsto train and use native eYangelsts, and these evangellsts have proven very efficient helpers in the work.
 Twenty new missionaries were sent out during the year. Dr. w. R. Coppedge, Mrs. w. M. Morrison, Rev. A. A. Koch ester and Miss K A. Taylor were sent to the African mission. Miss Margaret Douglass was sent to the North Brazil mission ana Mrs. k. D DtlnH WAS duueu to the West Brazil mission by marriage, Rev. w. H. Stuart, Dr. D. T.AStuart and Miss Carrie l.. Moffett were sent to the Mid China mission. Rev. and Mrs. c. F. Hancock, Rev. J. w. Vinson and Miss Josephine M. Woods were sent to the North Kiangsu mission. Miss Lois Russel! was sent to the Japan mission. Rev. and Mrs J. s. Nisbet and Miss N. B. Rankin were sent to the Korean mission. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Ross and Mrs. J. o. Shel- by were sent to the Mexico mission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-17

institutes equals nearly one-thrd of our whole church membership. One institute was held every day in the year with 115 left over and nearly three address and sermons were delivered every day-t We see that many individual schools and families were encourgaged by visits The
 Bible was introduced into the lives of hundreds by the establishment of 106 home departments. hat a great number of lit-l tie ones were made to feel the touchl of the church through many new craddle
 rolls is made evident Teachers were. introduced into a better acquaintance. with the Bible. the child and the school through the introduction of eight-sevent new teacher training courses. Little folks
 were brought into larger life because 1l0l new libraries were put in. The number of miles traveled by these faithful work CTS would have carried them around ths earth more than three times. The most blessed fact of all Is, that 7l0 were brought to confess Jesus as Lord and Saviour by these labors. The beneficial effects of
 this kind of work can be known only in eternity" |,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-17
HOME AND SCHOOL
 ASK FOR $25,0OO
Past Year Has Been Most Successful In Fredericksburg Instiu-
 tion's History.

Dr. s. w. Somerville president of the assemblys home and school at Fredericks- burg, Va, said:
 We ask:
 '1. That the assembly endeavor to raise $25, 000 at least for the support of this work from the collection in December
 ''2. That each presbytery be requested by the assembly to appoint a committee on this work.
 ''3., That you will order this cause placed on the statistical reports of systematic beneficence. eve do not ask for a column in the minutes of the assembly,.
 A. We respectfully overture the general assembly to divorce this cause from the cause of church and Christian education and to restore 1t to It's place in the scheme our our church collections"
 The board of trustees of the assembly's home and school made their fourteenth annual report:
 "Within no year of the history of the assembly's home and school, perhaps has it accomplished so much good as within the one that has just passed. There have been more under it's care than ever be- fore and the demand for It's privileges in- creases as time goes on. As the ministers of our church, one by. one. are called to their reward we have, in every in- stance we know of when depen- dent family has been left, offered to such a family the privileges of the home and school These privileges. you all know, are board and tuition free to the children of deceased ministers and of missionaries. Our foreign missionaries rejoice in this provision of the chunch and many of them are leaving their children here to be edu- cated under the care and direction of the church while they are preaching Gods gospel to the nations that sit in dark ness.
 "A glance at our roll will show you that there are sxten students from Brazil seven from China, two from Japan, three from Indian. Territory, thirteen from North Carolina, five from Mississippi, nine from Georgia, four from Alabama one from Arkansas, two from Kentucky, four from South Carolina, sixteen from Vir- ginia. The students in the home and school as a class, stand high, both men tally and morally. The church at large is< unaware of the great need of help among the families of our deceased min isters.
 ''The institution is making no debts With no endowment and no visible means of support 1t moves forward, providence caring for 1t day by day. The last year has been trying one. because. besides the fact that our number has increased and there has been an Increase in the cost of living, the annual collection has been small Many of our strongest churches contribute nothing. The total amount contributed to this cause during the past year is s11, 1,79s.76 taking from this amount the personal contributions Sf135.1f, the amount contributed by the churches is S663.65. We believe it is time for the church to make e special effort in it's behalf We are satisfied the church ought to raise $25,00o per annum. at least for the support of this work. We are satisfied. too. that there is still a great lack of Information about this among our