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Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-04-13
uas HOPELESSLY DIVIDED
- coyyI,D NEVER AGREE
ON VERDICT
n FOR MURDER VERDICT
p..,oodeti to Jail Without Bail
"a prospects for a Summer
In the TOmbs

worry April 12.-HOpelessly
,,.a--seyen for a verdict of guilty
uurder in the first degree and hVe
.eouittal on the ground of insani-
The jury, which since the 2Srd'
..t January. had been trying Har-
3 Thaw, reported today, after
|v.seyen hours and eight minutes
Eeliberation, that it could not pos
agree upon a verdict. The
1--we men were promptly discharged
,ustice Fitzgerald, who declared
he. too, believed their task was
s,ess. Thaw was remanded to
Tombs, without bail. to await a
ma trial on the charge of having
Edsred Stanford White, the noted
hitect.
cben the new trial would take
3 no one connected with the case
ght would express an opinion.
rney Jerome declared that there
4 many other persons accused OF
hieide awaiting trial, and Thaw
lid have to take his turn with the
As TO a possible change OF
ue the district attorney and coun-
for Thaw declared they would
q no such move. Thaw's attor-
viii have a conference tomorrow
the prisoner to decide upon their
step. They will make an early
lieation for bail. Mr.. Jerome
he would strenuously oppose it.
added the belief that as seven of
Jurors had voted for guilty" his
osition would probably be success
In that event Thaw has anoth-
bong summer before him in the
prison, for his case on the al
ly crowded criminal calendar can
possibly be reached until some
enext fall.
Prisoner Remanded-
Then the Jury arrived Justice Fitz-
i'd notified them of the jurys COM
hication that a disagreement
ned inevitable. Every one con-
bed with the case seemed willing
ccept the situation as Offering no
and then followed the brief
i room proceedings at which the
Teement was announced, the jul
was dismissed and the prisoner
landed.
paw, when he had returned to the
os, prepared and gave out the
pEing statement:
believe that every man on the
possessing average intelligence,
ping possibly Mr.. Bolton, COM
snded the weight of evidence
balanced 1t for acquittal. All
amily bid good bye with courage.
ast I'd. VI we may all keep
Ills attorneys, Thaw said he
deeply disappointed. But /
hardly expect anything else in
OF the events of the past few
ne added. Earlier in the day
y had given out another state
In which he said he had de-
mat his fate should be judged
the written laws of the state
sw York." he declared that the
sace adduced had convinced even
f'ct Attorney Jerome of his in
nce under the strict letter of the
How They Voted.
~ nnal ballot-taken Just before
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-04-13

Henry C. Harvey. No. 5; Malcolm s
Frazer, No. z; Wilbur F. Steele, No.
9,Sand John s. Dennee, No. 10.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-04-13
How They Voted.

r. mai ballOt-taken Just before
|'ory reported its disagreement
Purt, was as follows:
conviction Of murder in the
aeeree: Messrs Deming B.
foreman: George Pfaf, No. 2;
= d Fecke.f No. 3; Harry C..
'ey' No. s; Charles D. Newton,
= Joseph B. Bolton. No. IL, and
sfo Gerstman, No. IL.
aequittal on the ground of in
Aesrs Oscar A. Pink, No. 4;
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-04-13

E. l.. Macarthur has returned from
the Park where he has just compiet-
ed six nice cottages for DR.. Ander-
SON.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
FARMING IN
THE SOUTH
DAIRY NOTES.
Bad luck In the Business Invariably
Follows Bad Management.

A cow that averages less than one
and half gallons of milk per day
can not be kept at profit.
There may be such thing as bad
luck in the dairy business, but it is
a peculiar coincidence that it always
follows bad management.
Keep the calf growing at all times
from the moment of it's birth. 1t re-
quires twice as much feed to raise I;
stunted calf as it does to raise the
one that has been kept growing.
1t is important that the milk pail
be kept clean; how important is shown
by an experiment. Before the first
washing there were 1883, 900 bacteria,
before the second $4,000 and after
the third, only $4,000.
Do not oppose the cows appetite.
She knows what it takes to make a
balanced ration better than any reed
ing standard. If she gets tired of eat
ing bran and corn, try oats and corn
If she Is tired of fodder, by all means
try little clover hay.
The dairyman who winters the dry
cow finds that his bank account is but
little if any larger at the end of the
year than it was at the beginning. The
cow should be giving enough milk
during the expensive winter months
to at least pay her board.
An Iowa dairyman writes: "Once
each week I give my COWS all of a
mixture of two parts salt and one part
ashes that they will eat The ashes
should be rich in charcoal. The cows
require a great deal of charcoal and
can not do their best without it."
Could the reader live on one tea
cup Of cold soup each day? A ration
Of dead grass alone at this time OF
the year contains about as much g
the food elements for the cow as
teacupful of soup for the person. Do
not thing that it is waste to feed
the dairy animals a. little additional
in the way of grain and hay or grain
and fodder.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Need of Winter Work On Farms.

One of the greatest needs on the
average southern farm nowadays is
more work in winter. Every since
could remember it has seemed to me
that life on the common Southern
farm is too much of a happy-go-lucky
style. To get results in anything one
has to keep everlastingly at it, so to
speak. For years I have heard staid
old farmers discussing fall blowing
and spring blowing, but I have seen
too little of it in actual observation.
There used to be an idea, which is
still prevalent, concerning results
from fall and winter blowing. Some
argued it was injurious to pillow deep
in the fall; others that it was absurd
to plow in the spring time to any
great depth. The truth of the matter
is that good blowing at any time
when the soil is in good condition is
a good thing to do. Usually in the
spring the subsoil is too wet to ploW
and when it is turned up or broken in
this condition damaging results are
likely to occur.
The fall presents the most accept
able time for blowing, for generally
the soil is in excellent shape. In addi-
ton to this the benefits accruing
through the rentention of winter rains
in the soil is something that can not
be overestimated. However, another
of the chic: benefits lies in the fact
that through deep blowing in the fall
the soil is prevented from washing
and the land preserved in splendid
shape.
Another consideration comes from
the fact that if blowing is done il the
fall and winter, when there is not a
rush of work it will lessen the amount
of work necessary during the summer
season when everything seems to
need attention at once. Farmers who
have not tried this plan will find that
it will pay handsome on investments
placed in the soil-J. G. McAuliffe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
BREEDING HORSES.
Seven Rules For Farmers Engaged In
the Business.

4 famous breeder of hunting horses
tells Of the rules by which he was
governed in the conduct of this bust
ness. Such rules are likely to be large
ly applicable to the raising of the best
live stock generally, and should be
known by all those engaged in such
work. Every farmer is likely to be
helped by making them his own. Seven
rules are thus given:
1. Determine what it is you really
desire to produce, and having done so.
stick to it closely.
2. Procure young mother that has
arrived at maturity, and is healthy,
roomy, well shaped, round, large sized,
with good temper and good action; and
remember that the better breed the
mare is that possesses the qualities
the more valuable she will prove.
3. The dam, as a general rule, has
more direct influence on her Offspring
as regards health and size, than the
sire has.
4. The offspring bred from greatly
dissimilar parents in either size or
character should never be used for
breeding purposes; their offspring will
certainly prove to be mongrels of non
descript character. That the parents
should be as similar as possible is a
rule the neglect of which has led to
more disappointments than any other
with which am acquainted.
5. A pure thoroughbred sire that
has produced good descendants should
be selected, and I do not believe d
really good weight-carrying hunter
will ever be bred from anything but
a thoroughbred horse.
6. The sire has more direct influ-
ence on the bones, heart, tendons ana
nerves of the foal than the mare.
Z. Breeding too early is quite incom-
patible with hardness of constitution
and lasting qualities. Hence, / believe
the mare should be at least four years
old before she is put to the horse
Home and Farm.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Sales to Mail Order Houses.

Proprietors who sell mail order
houses directly should, by every law
full means, be induced to discontinue
marketing their goods through these
avenues. If desired results can be &C
complished in no other way, the pro
prietors should be given the alterna
tive of choosing between the retail
druggists, the logical distributors oil
their goods. and the demoralizers
named. It is the opinion of your com
mittee that druggists would receive
far better treatment from all the pro
prietors If aggressive efforts were
made by each druggist individually
to discourage the sale of products that
are overpriced, those that are not
protected in any way against price de.
moralization, and those that are sup.
piled by proprietors to mail order
houses with full knowledge that they
are to be sold to the consumer at
wholesale prices.
AS for the denials that are promptly
forthcoming whenever this subject is
preached to the proprietors that they
are supplying mail order houses, the
free use of electrotypes illustrating
certain lines of goods) as are con-
stantly appearing in the catalogues OF
these houses, electrotypes that are
identical with those the proprietors
themselves are constantly using, GER
tainly demands explanation Detroit
Retail Druggist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
ALL ARE INJURED
5Y SENDING MONEY TO ENRICH
MAIL ORDER HOUSES.
VALUE OF FARM LAND HURT
Prosperity Of Town and Prosperity
of Country Surrounding 1t Are
IdenticaI-LocaI Merchant Is
Friend of Farmer. b

A writer in the Fullerton (Neb.)
News-Journal gives some pointed rea-
| sons why the farming community sur
rounding every town should get be-
hind the town and push it's business
interests, urging consideration of what
that would mean compared to patron
izing mail order houses. If the town
grows, land values grow all around
it. If business men are compelled to
reduce their stocks or go to other
fields in order to get business, it is
not the town only but the farming
community that suffers. The question
is asked, what personal interest is it
to any one in that country to enrich
the mail order houses? The money
spent away from home is taken from
the prosperity of the town, and just
as directly from the prosperity of the
country surrounding it. The writer
declares that it is as much to the in
terest of every man who owns farm
in Nance county to keep Fullerton
fiourishing as it is for the people in
side the city to keep it fourishing.
The continued growth of a good town
always gives added value to all farm
lands adjoining The local merchant
in town is the friend and neighbor
of the farmer The mail order house
is nothing of the kind, and it cares
nothing for the individual interests of
the Iarmer except to get his money.
The local merchant, besides bearing
his share of taxes, is always assisting
the churches and charities of the COM
munity. No such help comes from
mail order houses. The larger bust
ness that is given to the home mer-
chant allows him to carry the larger
stock and to sell at smaller mar
gin. To sacrifice your home town
is TO depreciate local real estate val
ues and retard the growth of values
of both town and farm property. The
town that seems prosperous and looks
prosperous invites investment not only
in the town, but in the locality, SO that
q stranger, looking for location, be-
comes interested and purchaser,
while he would ordinarily leave the
dead town and its surrounding terri
tory out Of consideration.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Deal in shoddv Clothing.

Many of the old-timers these days
wonder why the clothing they used
to wear years ago was so much better
than is now securable unless extreme
ly high prices be paid. A little thought
makes an explanation easy. This is
an age of advancement in every way,
and frauds increase along with i'm
proved machinery, scientific methods,
etc. In fact the whole system Of i'm
proveInent seems to involve means of
lessening cost of production.
Thirty years ago such thing as
shoddy was not known When one
purchased suit of clothes, it was
''all WOOL" but at present it is an ex-
ceptional thing in cheaper garments
to find this the case. The reports of
the government show that each year
hundreds of tons of shoddy, or wooden
goods ground up, are imported into
the United States, and a heavy duty
paid on the same. This shoddy is
manufactured into cloth by various
processes. It is most often woven
around a cotton thread, and some
times is forced into the texture after
the cloth is woven In samples sent
out by the cheap clothing concerns,
this shoddy can be picked out. Often
it is so loosely woven that if bit of
the cloth be crumbled between the
fingers, it will fall out in the form of
dust. Great quantities of this
cloth are utilized by the makers of
cheap clothing who do business
through the mails direct with the
wearers. A suit of this kind can be
purchased from eight to $20-and
dear at that. The goods generally
look well. but lose shape, and in a few
weeks show all their defects. Seldom
are such goods sold by regular cloth
ing merchants, who have a reputation
to maintain, and if they are, they are
sold without Misrepresentation.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Selecting Seed Corn.

November is our great corn-gather'
ing month in sections where it is not
cut and shocked, and in those sections
there are many who shred their corn
in November. To those we wish to
suggest that the corn stalks shall be
thoroughly dry before shredding, 9th
erwise the shredded corn may mold
and lose much of its value for fee6-
ing purposes. Where the corn has not
been cut we advise the selection OF
the seed corn while the ears are We
on the stalk. Save much more than
you will need to plant, so that in re-
selecting next spring there will be no
need to use any but the very best ears
for planting.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
OiliHu Harness.

Oiling harness is a task that farm
ers generally put off too long. 1t is just
the work for stormy weather. One
quart of neatsfoot Oil will be sufficient
for double harness. Wash the harness
well with soap and water and hang in
a warm room over night to dry. Next
day it will be in good condition to
receive the OIL Add little lamp-black
to the oil to color it; apply with rag
or brush, rubbing it well into the
leather and hang in warm room over
night, Next day rub well with dry
cloth and it will be ready for use. Har-
ness thus treated is much easier to
handle and far less liable to cause
gals to the horses and will wear much
longer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
GOODS MADE IN sWEATsHoPs.
Workers in Large, Cities Compelled to
Labor for Little Compensation.

The average resident of the small
town or Of the farming district has
little conception of conditions which
prevail among the working classes Of
the large cities. Now and then some
article may appear in magazine or
newspaper relating to the "sweatshop"
system, but few understand what this
means. 1t is simply this: In the gar
Matchmaking line and kindred indus
tries different articles of goods are
made by contract for so-called manu-
facturers. The sweatshops are found
in the closely croWaded tenement dis
tricts, and generally are small rooms
into which the workers are crowded
The different garments are cut out at
another place. and are sent to be sewn
together to the "sweatshops" which
serve as living place as we'll as a
work shop. Each worker receives so
much per dozen for garments sewed,
and the price is barely sufficient 90
pay living expenses. A woman will
work all day sewing shirts together,
and will receive from 40 to so cents
for her labor. Those who work on
shirts confine themselves to this par.
tScular line; the ones who sew trous.
ers, the same, and the coatmakers and
vestm&kers are all confined to their
particular classes of work. What
they receive is so scaled down as to
allow the poorest kind of an existence.
These shops are controlled by men
who dispose of their goods to houses
which compete with the regular deal.
ers throughout the country Keep
the price Of production at the lowest"
is the motto of these manufacturers,
and the result is worn out and miser.
able women and children whose unfor-
tunate circumstances compel them to
thus labor in order to buy food.
Benevolent associations and socie-
ties for the prevention of crime have
repeatedly tried to break up these
horrible places, but they manage to
exist in every city of any size. par
ticularly in eastern cities People
who live in the country can assist in
preventing the operations of these
shops by not patronizing any con-
Germs which make extraordinary of
fers in the line of clothing for men
and women in catalogues and circu-
lars sent through the mails. It is
such concerns that support the sweat
shop system. No reputable clothing
dealer handles sweatshop goods. So
therefore the entire output of the fac
tories go to the concerns that do
miscellaneous class of business by
mail throughout the country. 1t is
only the very cheapest kinds of cloth
ing that come from the sWeatshops.
The better classes are manufactured
in large and roomy factories, where
there is plenty of fresh air and light,
and where men and women are paid
good wages, and these are the classes
of goods sold by the regular trade.
There is danger in wearing clothing
made in the sweatshops as owing to
the closely crowded rooms and gener-
al squalid conditions, germs of dis
ease are plentiful, and it has been
known that smallpox, measles, scarlet
fever and other infectious diseases
have been carried and spread through
out the country by clothing from
these infected places.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
How About the Fruit Trees2

Have you all the fruit trees you
need, and is your family abundantly
supplied with a variety of fruits
throughout the season? November is
the best month in the year to plant
out trees. Get catalogue from some
reliable nurseryman and make a Sc
lection. If you make more than you
need for consumption at the time, and
have not market for it, it can be
canned for future use. Remember that
good ripe fruit saves doctors visits.
And while you are thinking about
the fruit trees do not forget to add
some strawberry plants and also some
dewberry plants later. There are en-
tirely too few of these grown by our
farmers.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Objected to Outside SUPPLIES

Master plumbers in Newburgh, n.
j., have declared war against the mail
order business as applied to their line.
and have refused to handle stock
bought of mail order concerns. The
decision was arrived at in the case of
! man who is building on Washing
ton Heights. The plumbers said this
man sought for bids for doing the
plumbing and was not satisfied with
the prices. He then asked how much
it would cost to do the work if he
would furnish the materials The
plumbers refused to consider this at
all.
They said they are content with a
reasonable profit on their supplies.
but If these are not purchased from
them they may as well go out of bust
ness for all the profit they will
make on the wages of the men alone.
The man had sent to Chicago for
his materials and they had arrived
here, but one after another of the
plumbers refused to touch them. One
reason assigned was that the western
connections were such the local men
were not familiar with the work.
The man was in quite a quandary
for time, because to have sent to
Chicago to bring a man here, or In
fact to bring anyone here from out Of
town would mean an expense of at
least $25, this being the sum demand
ed for a license to do plumbing work
in Newburgh. Under state law,
master plumbers must have license.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Race of Luxury.

Buenos Aires is already one of the
most magnificent cities in the world.
Enormous sums have been laid out in
widening the streets and erecting
splendid public buildings. But appar-
entity the Argentines are not yet con-
tent, for the Chamber has just au-
thorized the raising Of new munich
pal loan of $15,OO0,O00 "for the pur-
pose of improving and embellishing
the city" This is probably due to
jealousy of Rio de Janiero, for the
Brazilians have recently spent good
deal of money in identifying their cap
ital, and the Beunos Arrears are de-
termined not to be beaten in the race
of luxury.-London Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07

"When the fattening season ar
rives," says an experienced goose
farmer, keep the geese shut away
from bathing water and feed barley
mean, cornmeal and beef scraps and
chopped celery and keep in subdued
light for three or four weeks, then
let out for couple of days to enjoy
the use of a pond. Then return to
their clean quarters and feed on bar
ley meal and milk and chopped cell
cry for two or three days, letting
them go for "a hours before Filling,
and you will have a goose fit for a
king"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
keenlnn Seed Potatoes.

The ideal method of keeping seed
potatoes is claimed to be cold stor-
age Potatoes thus kept at Ohio sta
ton have come out sound and fresh,
with no indications of sprouang, and
their vitality unimpaired, even so late
as the first of June. It is important,
however, that the temperature Of the
cold storage room should not fall be-
low IS degrees, nor should it rise
much above 40. When cold storage Is
not available, sprouting may in some
measure be prevented by shovcling
the potatoes frequently.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Mail Order House competition,

The competition of the mail order
houses, one of the most threatening
perils of the country druggist partic.
ularly, continues to grow. The pro-
viding of successful means for com.
batting this unfair competition is i'm.
perative but exceedingly difficult to at.
tain. Conferences with commercial
organizations in other lines of bust
ness concerning this matter are adyis-
able, providing no legal ENHANCEMENT
would result theIefrom. Detroit Re,
sail Druggist.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Save the Peas.

The man who had to pay 81 to So
per bushel for seed peas last spring,
and the man who could not get them
at all, should not require the above
advice. But the information we gel
from the pea-growing districts indf
cate a short crop and high prices for
next spring and summer. With this
information we again say: Save the
peas; it will mean dollars in your
rockets.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-12-07
Make Plans FOR Next Years Crops

Make Plans For Next years crops.
Begin now to plan and prepare for
next years crops. The early fall is
the best time to break heavy or clay
land, so as to get the full benefit OF
the winter breezes. Plow little deep
er than the land was ever piowed be-
fore, and if possible, sow a bushel
Of rye per acre as soon as the land
is plowed, to be turned under next
spring when the land is replowed. In
the warmer sections it will be profta-
BILE to sow rye for this purpose even
as late as the middle Of December.
Keep the plows breaking the stiff or
clay lands wherever possible. 1t will
help very much in the spring rush.