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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-03

offender that II he did not stop |,
sbusing his wife, some Of his
nsighbors would wait on him in
Klu Klux fashion, Well, we
printed the item, and in not more
than three days twelve different
men came into the office 10 ex-
plain that some Of his nsigbors
had been lying on him---and the
most singular fact in connection |
of the affair is that the man that
the article was written and print
ed for never did show up. Now,
last week we made brief mention
OF of the fact that some fellow,
the Sunday previous, had sneak
ed to the creek on q fishing ex.
pedition instead Of going to
church, and every day since g
fellow has been the office telling
how he happened to go fishing
on that particular Sunday.--Iron-
ton Register.
i We learn that considerable
corn and cotton has been planted
and the farmers seem well sd-
vanced with their work for this
time of the year. On account Of
the scarcity of labor it would be
well if they would plant less cot
ton, as the expense Of cultivating
, and gatheringitis SO much great
er in proportion to what it brings
. than corn. Then 1t would be the
better way to make it the side
, crop and plant only little more
: than can be handled with their
own force,-Hayti Argus,
[ J. s. Williams, living at Puxi-
, co, in Stoddard county, has an
{ unique curiosity. 1t is a chicken
, with four perfect feet and well
1
!, developed legs. Mr.. Williams
/. volunteers the prediction that
; lii is a premonition Of hard times
and the hind legs win be needed
to assist in scratching for 0 liy-
q ling.
n Missouri now has Aye ex-gov-
' ernors still surviving and doing
r we'll. They are Crittenden. Fran
|, els, Stone, Stephens and Dock
. cry. Some have dropped al
most out Of sight. others are still
9 fighting for Democracy and
ready to carry the Democratic
Q banner to victory.
The Benton Record says Scot
n county expends from $4,000 to
$3.50 a year on patching up
a roads from year to year, and sug,
O gests that $1,000 would maoada.
n mize a mile of average road and
v by proper use Of the money the
A county could have permanent
It roads,
: Campbell is to have one OF
y more new cotton gins for thu
!, next crop. A committee repre-
y senting five Farmers Union lod-
. ges have signed an agreemen
d accepting q bonus Of $3.50 for one
d and the eitizsns offering the
same bonus for anosher.
y Judge L. A. Lewis expresses
" the opinion that Q good deal q
:" the wheat in this vicinity had adj
in growth till it was joint
al and that late froaf damaret
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-03


make yourself well at this season
10 to go 10 the woods and stuff |
yourseH full Of . lot Of grub that
would kill you OF home. |
II hss been asserted by a Mis-
souri, professor that the perfect
kiss ives invented BY a woman.
The Nodaway Democrat wagers
that some man put bis mouth in
TO It.
More light has been thrown on
the subject Of the Arkansas CHS
mate by q man who moved to Po-
mona, Mo-, from that state re-
Gently, bringing his % children
with him.
A Lamar merchant offered .
S25 suit of clothes to the farmer
who would bring to his store the
greatest number ct persons in
one wagon. The winner had %
men and boys in his wagon.
Here's hoping, remarks the
Carthage Press, that the stories
of damage to the fruit by the re-
cent freeze will prove to be
t'grsstly exaggerated" 40 Bill
Nye wrote in reply TO the runor
that he was dead,
Fhs Monroe club Of st. Joseph
js planning a big harbecue at
Lake Contrary August 10 to oele-
brata the seth anniversary Of the
admission Of Missouri into the
union. Among the speakers will
bs William Jennings Bryan and
Bourke Cochran,
The Rolla Herald Democrat
advises poultry raisers that the
: old notion that . nest egg was
needed 10 induce . hen to lay is
merely one Of the poultry super
stitions. They cut no figure
whstsyer in influencing the hen
and were long ago discarded on
all the large poultry farms.
A young bride Of Norborn,
Mo-, after serving to her husband
o Thanksgiving dinner that was
so.so said, as the mincs pie was
brought on: VI intended, dear,
to have some sponge cake, too,
but it has been q total failure. "
t'Hov was thate" the husband
asked in disappointed tone, fol
he was fond of sponge cake,
.'The druggist she explained
Z. t'sent me the wrong kind ol
sponges."
The Odessa Democrat tells the
following story: "Thsrs nevsl
was anything small about Colon
sl John T. Crisp, Of jackson
county, from his girt measure
msnt Of 65 inches, to his appetite
for water qp . hot day. While
making an out door campaign
speech one exceedingly hot day
in Sullivan county, the svea
pouring of him like the Shove
from . sprinkling cart, he stop
ped short and asked Il someone
would bring him q drink. 4
glass Of water was presently pas
sed up to him. 'And what |
thats' asked the Colonel, eyeinI
the glass critically. Why, water
70 y ST y Z
cf course,' was the reply, 4
that's wster ssid the Colonel
bring me . bucket full, for | au
thirsty, You people don't kno,
me. When | am ct home I
Jackson county and ask for
drink Of water, they eithsr TAX
ms 10 the watering trough or lee
me down to the creek. :
Govsrnor Folk wants the publ
% kpow that many u the nshin
storise publiahsd about him "
not correct. He admits frank
that lhs 4 pot : ishsrmsl
wh>n hs nshe1 hevsnte the d
a ma atanlllv. Ard onlv the bi
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-03

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New Madrid county voted for
county school supervision ct the
recent school election.
Eleven hundred pounds Of gin
ssng was shipped from Iron coun.
ty snd brought $1,000.
The next meeting Of the Poplar
Bluff District Conference of the
M. e. church, South. viii be held
at Morehouse.
The Rolla Times says, "TheI
annual battle between the hen
and the housewife over the gar
den plot is on in earnest now."
The citizens of New Madrid
are making great preparations to
entertain the drummers, when
they meet in that city next
month.
The clerks of Dexter are try
ling to work up q summer closing
movement among the merchants
after 1880 o'clock each evening,
except Saturday.
An pndsnomipational revival
meeting will be commenced in
jackson, Cape county on May Is.
A tent will be used that has a
seating capacityof 1900.
The Southeast Missouri Lumber
Dealers convention will be held
at Charleston on June 11th,
About sixty retail dealers COM
lprisss the association and it is
expected to increase the number
, at the aproaching meeting.
There win be . thinning out Of
worthless dogs when the tax goes
into effect making the owner oi
dogs pay the tax fixed by the
legislature. The tax is 81 on
! male and 50 on female dogs
! The sheep industry may now
: have a chance.
On the first Tuesday in Aug.
ust, 1908, all candidates for Office
1 In this State Of every party, ol
: no party, will Re nominated BY
, direct vote Of the people under
/, the Australian rules governing
, general elections. The candi,
!, date for office need be of no OK,
III
penss whatever, unless he seel
, fit to announce in the papers
travel about seeing the people
, and make q fool Of himself .'set'
ting 'em ."-=Jackson Casl
;, Book.
al Under the new game law
a lperson does not need a license t,
Q hunt in his own county and Cal
: hunt in adjoining counties b,
d paying q license fee of 81.
3 $3.50 license is required to hun
q in any other county, and non
: residents are required to pa,
r s15 for each county they hunt in
!. Game may be sold in the count,
: in which it is killed. On privat
d reservations game can be shippe
Z by first having It inspected an
eI labelling It ''privats property.
! The open seasons are PRACTICAL
10 the same as before. This ne,
n law becomes effective June 16th
! The doing away with politics
conventions for nominating can
didatss in this State is Q deaf
y blow 10 the liquor trafiic.
" eliminates the saloon 90 . factc
!, in naming candidates. for Office
y The saloon out Of politics mean
y the saloon out Of Missouri In
= very short time. The elsmsr
p tlnov in eur legislature represent
7. ling the saloons, in fightin
'e against submitting : prohibitio
lsmendmsnt, are fighting for II
1t lvery life Of the liquor traffic
ig Missouri, But the hour b,
and the saloon In Missou
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-03

Goysrnor's idea Of enjoying good
fishing Is based upon an sxper-
isnce he had with Governor
Beckham, Of Kentucky, last sum-
mee. up on the occasion OF . vis-
il to that state. The two exscut.
ives went to 3 private lake or
pond. A platform was built out
over the water, supporting a club
house with . kitchen attached.
The two were supplied with camp
q young negro assigned
10 each to bait their hooks and
take OF the fish ensnsred, and
pass the same into the kitchen,
where they were fried by sole
black mammie" and served to
the Governors, with hot corn
cakes and black coffee. While
this was 3 good deal like going
out in the barnyard and shooting
tame towels, yet Governor Folk
declares 1t is the kind Of fishing
he epjoys,-St. Louis Republic.
While making an investigation
of cases of hog cholera and swine
plague in Southern Missouri re-
Gently, DR.. D. F. Lucky. State
Veterinarian, has found near
West Plains q farmer who ia sue
oessfully combating this disease
in q way that surprised the State
Veterinarian. For four years E
F. Yeoman, Of Howell Valley,
Howell county, has been raising
hogs that are immune from hog
cholera. He began with .
SOW that had recovered from the
cholera and which had thereby
acquired immunity. This SOW
was fed with flesh Of hogs tina
had died Of cholera, and the pig'
raised by the SOW have nevel
taken the disease, This treat
lmsnt has been kept up turins
the four years, about the tim'
when pigs were duss 81 Whil'
farmers in the vicinity have los
hogs from cholera, this farmer
swine has remained healthy anc
none has died. While it is trut
that cholera germs remain il
hogs Of this farmers herd an,
can be scattered by the wind o
conveyed from place to place il
mud on the shoes of persons
DR.. Lucky believes this nethot
a good way to fight the plague
If every farmer in a comnunit!
4
would adopt the plan, hogs woul'
be raised that are immune from
cholera, and even il the germ
still existed in the hogs the di
sease In fact could be stamps
out. For the last four years hol
cholera has been prevalent II
this State. Not only does it ex'
list in Missouri, but in many othe
sections of the United States
Experts from the Bureau Of An
imsl Industry Of the Unite
States Department OF Agricul
ture who have long studied tn
disease can find no way OF com
batting It. Solutions Of blu
stone aud corrosive sublimate !
some instances will do good, b.
no general remedy has yet bee
discovered.
In the United States distrit
: court at Cape Girardssu lai
week Dave Rossnthal, . More
! house merchant, well know
here. who recently assigned un
der suspicious circumstances ".
committed 10 Jail for contsml
until he could remember VIII
went with goods not occounts
lfof. Charleston Courier.
4 The Poplar Bluff Dsmocr'
Igivss An account Of q dog beir
|. robbed. Mrs. Frank Phillips hi
sIgivsn her pockstbook pontsiniu
so to her pet dog. A man nan
LED John Arthur snatohed Y
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-03


The Odd FelIowsof Hayti are
talking Of building q hall.
There were 76 patients received
at the Pennington Asylum dur
ing the quarter ending Mar. Stst,
making an enrolment Of AIS,
Pennington wants a town
clock and the "Nsws" suggests
that some home talent plays be
given to raise the money to buy
|it.
The much talked OF smelter for
the Cape is now assured. Eight
car loads of machinery have ar
rived and work Is expected 70,
commence on the building at
once.
The two branches Of the Gener.
al Baptist church in Southeast
Missouri are in Judge Forts
court, fighting over q proposed
incorporation. They are the
"Leeites" and the ''Mixers."
The old hack line between
Cape Girardeau and Jackson has
been revived. Owing to the poor
service of the Houck railroad II
became necessary to fall back on
the old way to travel between the
1.-TWO cities.
The U. s. Supreme Court has
ruled against Lord Seymour
Darlington in his appeal to thil
court to change the order of the
Supreme Court Of Missouri
This action of the Supreme Cour
Of the United States, vituall,
sustains the action OF the lowe
court in sentencing Darlington tt
be hanged.
Richard Byrum has ten acre.
of Alberta peach trees, about 15(
in all, which are preparing t
bear fruit this year. An exami'
nation was made of the tree
"Wednesday md Ale fssAeAs'
which are now about the size 0
q marble seemed to be in a heal
thy condition and not injured
by the recent frosts, ,-JharlestoI
Courier.
| Tom Suddith, night marshal a
l Charlottesville, shot and killed
, man by the name Of Mccall
from Knoxville, Tenn, last Wed
! nssday night. The coroner
jury returned a verdict of justi'
, fable homicide Thursday after
noon. Mr.. Mccall was an ad
vance agent for q show and wa
4 making an attack upon Mr.. Sud
, dith when killed.
t The Methodist Sunday schoc
has increased in attendance
, such 9 great extent that tn
a 4 church is not large enough for a
the classes. To make extr
room, for the present at leas
4 one class will be taughtin a ROOT
of q dwelling house just east {
: the church, and the Bible elias
in charge Of ]. A. Hess, will us
the front part Of the Herald offic
= for their class om.--Sikesto
4 Herald.
The Commercial Club Of Perry
,,lyille is Of the energetic sort ST
! the kind that helps q town. |
" members have obligated then
selves to furnish q free site an
y give $1,000 bonus to get q sta,
= factory. They have also agee
9 10 subscribe stock to the amoul
e of $4,000 II necessary, They he,
d sold 81, 800 worth Of stock for
county fair and It IL expects
\ that q county fair association "
be organized soon.
ii After . business career ofabo
h twenty years, IN the printil
ptl business in this city 8. G. Ts
luy,far for about oix xra.ro waa
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1907-05-03

CThis Picturs 90 Every Bcttse1
Cures Chilis. Fsvsrs. Malaria. Hfiisuss
ness. Take 10 % Q General Toais and at an
times In place Of Quinins Breaks up Coughs.
Colds and Ls9rippe no CuR1. NO PAx
J. Q. MKNpxNHALL.
Sole Owner Evansville. Indisna
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03
Raising Mules in Georgia.

We have repeatedly called your at
tention to the fact that money could
be made raising mules in this state.
The feed and care necessary to raise
a mule colt is but little if any greater
than that required to bring calf to a
marketable age, but the price would
be several lines as great. The South
ern Cultivator has found man sln
Georgia who is already trying the ex-
pertinent, with very satisfactory re-
Suits The Cu1tivator says:
1t is certainly refreshing to meet up
with "a man in the south, who is max
ing a success in raising live stock. 1t
is quite common thing to find farm
er who is raising hogs and some cat
tie, but it is very rare to find one en-
gagged in raising mules. Last week we
met Mr.. J. McWhorter, Of Boards
town, in Oglethorpe County, Ga, who
is a successful merchant and farmer.
In conversation with him, he informed
us that he was raising mules on a
small scale and was very much pleased
with the result. He has six mares and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03
Keeping Boys on The Farm.


A progressive farmer writing THE
Fruit Grower" gives these sensible
suggestions:
think any farmer Or orchardlst
who does not take agricultural and
horticultural journals is back num-
Der. He certainly does not get all he
could out of his farm. We read much
nowadays about keeping boys On the
farm. My idea OF the best way to
keep boys on the farm is to take plenty
Of good agricultural publications Isl
take nine. And we should give the
boys money to spend and make them
understand it is a cooperative ranch,
that they own stock in it, and then
let them see some dividends sometimes.
If the boys want to raise something
for themselves, whether small crop or
an animal, let them, and let this be
their own, to do with as they like.
Have a decent buggy rig on the place
so if they want to take a girl riding
they don't have to go to livery
stable or walk If this doesn't inter
est the boys in the farm, give them a
course at the state agricultural col
1ege-and then if they don't hold, let
them go at something else, for they
are not built for farming
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03
GROWING TRUCK
IN WEST FLORIDA

wires stretched and tackled cross ways
SO that when l pull my canvas over
it will keep up off the tomatoes, and
have, wire nails abou, one foot apart
driven about half an inch through on
the side and fasten it down. SO when
| want my plants covered at night, all
| have to do is to pull it over them
and hook it on the nails.
One week ago today the ground
was frozen hard on my bed on the out
side, but the plants were all O. K and
I'm quite sure | can carry them
through with my canvas cover. I did
last winter. About the 10th of Feb
ruary I took my plants out of
this frame and set them in others
just like it 6x6 inches and will let
them stay till danger of frost has
passed, about March 10th. Then I
will take up with a trowel by cutting
out square piece of dirt with them,
lay my rows off 4 inches apart with a
big shovel, mix my fertilizer well in
that furrow, have my stakes driven
three inches apart in bottom of fur
row, then set the plants with dirt on
them in furrow close to the stake,
tie them as l put them out to stake,
take my plow with small shovel and
run around them and my plants are
in the field and won't be likely to ever
wilt.
My tomato land is rich sandy land
| had it in melons last year. After
the melons were gathered | let it
stand for hay, but the September
storm blew the hay down SO bad I
could not NOW it, so just before Xmas
| went in it with my finch steel
beam and rolling coulter and turned
under the weeds. Last week l went
back over it, with the same plow, go
ing about II inches deep. III let 1t
stand now till just before I get ready
to set my plants, and then turn it one
more time with small plow and lay
off the rows fiat. My tomato plants
are Redfeld Beauty and a few Sparks
Early. I shall cultivate the toma-
toes altogether with a 5-tooth Guilt
vator and small sweep about every
week, and shall use some nitrate Of
soda just before they start to rlpen-
ing
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03

raises six mules a year. This spring
he sold one OF his raising for $21O. 10.
This mule did not cost him any great
er outlay of money than he would
have had to expend in raising two
bales of cotton and yet brought him
just twice as much. The farmers are
right in not having any, but large
heavy mules. 1t takes power to pull
the pillow deep. Paying $4,000 and
more for mule has begun to open
our farmers eyes ITO the vast drain up
On Our cotton crop, that is annually be-
ing made to keep up the enormous
supply of mules. Now let us go step
further and begin to raise them.
Percheron mares make fine working
animals and will breed large mules
Every man who has as much as two
hundred acres of land or a good past
ure, should also have at least two good
mares to raise mule colts. A fine Jack
should be in every county site, in our
Southland. The mule will always be
largely used by our cotton producers,
then why not raise them; since rye,
wheat, oats, peas, velvet beans, sor-
ghum, bermuda, and alfalfa will grow
here with us just as we'll as anywhere
on earth, if we only give them good
chance. We feel deep interest in Mr..
J. L. McWhorter's venture. We hope
he will persevere and we trust hum
dreds of Our successful farmers will
join with him in this important and
long neglected branch of farming.
We feel better since we know there is
one man raising mules in Georgia At
LaGrange they have fine jack and
many farmers are raising one or two
mule colts; but we don't know of any
man who has as many as six brood
mares. So many are talking of the
scarcity of labor; build good bermuda
pastures and raise mule colts. They
will gather most of their feed them
selves and convert it into a valuable
and saleable shape. Here's to the
Georgia mule, may his tribe increase
And so may the enterprising number
who will join Mr.. McWhorter in his
effort to diversity our farming and to
render our South more self-sustaining.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03

Some time ago | asked for your ad-
vice in planting cabbage. / started
my bed as soon as 1 received your let
ter, and now have over 6,op o hardy
plants set out in field When I plant
ed the seed the last of Nov ember, I
was hgur1ng on keeping the1h in the
cold frame until the 18th of February.
but the warm weather during the first
half of January made the IN grow
so fast that I set the largest plants in
held January 18th. They were good
stocky plants about inches high.
I'm setting the cabbage where
had velvet beans last year. About
SIX weeks ago [ went into the bean
patch with a finch plow and a roll
ing coulter, with two horses, and
ploWed about inches deep, and you
just ought to have seen what nice
work ut did The coulter cut all the
vines and grass in short pie ees, and
the pillow covered them completely.
In three weeks | went in with the
same >plow and coulter, al Id went
across the field about two inches
deeper. Then / took my ftve-tooth
cultivator and went both WAYS over
the field. Then I had it ain host like
seed bed.
laid my rows off three feet apart
with o-inch shovel, going twife to the
row, and put my fertilizer in the fur
row at rate of 1900 pounds to the
acre, taking four-inch shovel to run
in bottom and mix it we'll. then took
medium sized turn pillow ahd made
a small list, knocked it down with d
light harrow about level, and have
my cabbage plants set on lit about
Is inches apart Jersey Wakefeid).
| will cultivate them about once a
week with my 5-tooth culti9ator, as
| know my land is well bro ken, and
it's not necessary to go deep. After
they get started to growing | will
put about $50 pounds nitrate of soda
per acre along side of them hnd har-
row it in. When tehy start to head
I'll give them another light tdp dress
ing Of nitrate Of soda.
You ought to see my tomatoes. |
planted them December 27th in the
center of the piece of groun|d | will
set them out on, SO they Would be
handy My bed is 20 inches by 6 feet
and they are as thick as the hair on
a dog, and about four inches high
now. I broke the ground with
turn-plow. Then | broadcast stable
and chicken house fertilizer about
four inches deep. Took nv cultiva-
tor and worked it in. Then l put
another layer and did the sd me way.
I put three layers on and W orked it
all in with cultivator. Plan my
seed in rows about three inch es apart,
pressed the ground with board, and
now you can scarcely see the ground.
I built me a frame out of I2-inch
plank around them, making the end
plank about three inches higher III
the center. sloping both ways Put
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-03

Until further notice we will send
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cents to new subscribers only.