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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16

This is interesting if it is not
simply shot air" newspaper fake.
1t is said that it is possible that the
weather may be warmer in the arctic
regions than in Britain as was illus
trated by telegram received re-
Gently from Tromso, more than 200
miles within the arctic circle. 1t
was therein stated that the temper
ature was 70 degrees in the shade.
In London about the same time it
was 56 degrees. And in the earlier
part of the year, there were occasions
when the temperature of Iceland was
higher than that of Britain. A still
more remarkable state of affairs oc.
ours when that strange warm wind
known as the fahn blows down from
the ice and snow in Greenland
Then in midwinter, during the long
arctic night, extensive thaws may
occur, and for several consecutive
days it may be warmer in Northern
Greenland than in southern France
Marion Register.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16
Truthful George Made Some Slips.

Documentary evidence has Just
been discovered in Fairfax county,
Virginia, Ito. prove that George
Washington was not always regard
ed. by his neighbors'as a model of
veracity.
At the May term of the Fairfax
county court in 1850 he was pub.
licly presented by the grand jury
for swearing to false list Of his
taxable property. In other words,
twelve citizens of his home county
officially branded him as liar and
tax dodger.
The discovery of this record was
made by CAPTAIN S. r. Donahue,
editor Of the Fairfax Herald, the
weekly paper Of Fairfax Court
House. While seeking data for a
history of the county which he is
engaged in writing Captain Donahue
examined the ancient records of the
county court. In the musty depth
Of pages yellow with age, he un-
earthed day or two ago proof of
the fact that in 1850 criminal pro-
ceedings we're instituted against
Washington for not entering his
property for taxation, an offense
which involved the making Of a
false oath.
To protect the public revenues
against fraud the law provided that
subjoined to the list of property
should be the following oath, taken
by the owner: Il do solemnly swear
that the property entered in the fore
going list is all, both real and per-
sonal, subject to taxation of which l
am seized and possessed in the
county of -, in the colony Of Vir-
ginia.'
This oath was duly made and a:-
tested before an authorized official. .
The offense Of swearing falsely to a
property list was made separate
offense by act of the house of the
burgesses. Thus it was that Wash
ington was criminally charged not
with perjury but with not entering"
certain property.
In short. the greatest of Ameri-
cans was believed, on Judicial in
quiry and examination by twelve
substantial men of his county, to
be guilty of what is today termed
tax lodging"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16
The Effect Of Frost on Corn.

We hear it frequently stated by
farmers and grain men that little
frost does not hurt corn, but rather
helps in Fastening its maturity. We
have never been able to agree with
this opinion, provided that by frost
is meant a temperature which freezes
the cells Of the plant. Freezing the
cell simply means disrupting it, or
at least stopping all cell growth. It
sin the cells that the plant food is
formed, and any disruption of the
cell or any drying out, which inev-
itably OCCURS when the temperature
gets in the neighborhood Of thirty
two degrees. must necessarily de-
range the functions of the plant and
prevent any further growth. Hence
whenever there is even the slightest
frost before the crop is matured
there must necessarily be chaffy
corn, to say the least.
On the other hand, we do not
think a low temperature which does
not reach the frost line does corn
any damage except by arresting the
process of maturing, and hence MAX
ing the corn late and more liable to
bo caught by a later frost.
Every plant has a temperature at
which cell growth begins and below
which it ceases. In wheat this tenn
perature is thirty-eight degrees Fab.
renheit. We cannot state exactly
what it is in corn, but probably fifty
or perhaps a little over. A temper
ature below that Of cell activity, but
above thirty.two, will therefore sim.
tply arrest growth without putting
the machinery of growth, so to
speak. out of order. Hence the
cool days in the first week Of Sep.
tember, which prevailed over the
corn belt, will not necessarily do
corn any damage further than to de.
lay its period of maturity. When,
however, the thermometer sinks be.
low the freezing point cell growth
must cease; and a cell once disrupt
ed is for all practical purposes de.
stroyed.
Itfollows from this that when the
season is late it is better to harvest
corn rather than take the risk Of
frost. Farmers in Canada, northern
Minnesota and North Dakota cut
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16
Gas Tar on Streets.

Gas tar on the dirt streets of the
CITY, says the Sioux City Tribune,
has proven to be an ideal way Of
keeping the dust, water and even
the mosquitoes under control, and
the city will soon close contract
with the gas company to secure this
oily substance which will be laid on
all the dirt streets of the city twice
a year.
Several blocks on Sixteenth and
Ninteenth streets have been covered
with this gas tar, and the expert
ment is success from every stand
point. In a day or SO two more
blocks on Nineteenth street will be
covered.
Since placing the tar on these
several blocks of roads, the dust has
been an absolutely absent annoyance.
Not the slightest cloud of dust has
arisen on any day, and the water
from the recent heavy rains has run
off the road. A wagon going over
those few blocks after a heavy rain
will not pick up the mud to any ex-
tent, and what is more, the fumes
from the gas tar apparently keep the
mosquitoes away, for Alderman
Kerby who lives on Sixteenth street,
stated that he had not noticed any
of the pests since the tar oil was
placed in front Of his home.
Alderman Kerby estimates the
substance can be. laid over one
block of road for $25 and since it
is not necessary to go over the road
more than twice a year, the expense
is very light considering the bene-
fits which results. The tar oil can
be secured in large quantities for
about 3 or 4 cents gallon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16
The Peanut Boom.

One ofthe most remarkable things
of the year is the great interest TAX
en- in the peanut industry by the
Texas people. There is hardly a
paper which comes to the table that
does not have something in it about
peanut growing, and that man who
has already entered on it receives
the most fattering notices and full
some praises. One reading these
papers would conclude that next
year the cotton crop would be short
on account Of the great acreage in
peanuts. AS long as the farmer has
hogs and other stock he can not
grow too many of the nuts. The
markets will never be glutted. X Gal
weston News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16
Dog as a Light Bearer.

Mack is an essential part of the
municipal street cleaning system OF
Muskogee, l. T., says the Kansas
City Star. He is only we'll bred
Llewellyn setter dog, but during the
closed season for game he puts in
full time at street cleaning. He
works at night. His owner, Mack
Bishop, says that the dog is Of great
service to him and to the city. Mack
seems to be fully aware of his i'm.
portance when on duty.
For the sweeping Of the paved
districts in Muskogee a large roller
sweeper, drawn by four horses, is
used. The driver Of this sweeper is
the owner of Mack. While the mas.
ter is driving the four horses the
dog walks at the side of the sweeper
carrying largelantern in his mouth
to enable the driver to see that the
machine is working properly.
Every night the faithful dog can
be seen at his post of duty. He has
a lantern which, while large, is not
heavy, and the handle is heavily
padded SO that the wire will not cut
his mouth. AS the big dust gather.
ing sweeper passes along the streets
the dog keeps alongside in exactly
the right position. When the sweep.
ers slow down he moderates his gaii
and when it stops he stops also, sets
his lantern down and rests until the
sweeper is started again. When il
starts he picks upthe lantern and
the sweeper may leave his horses
and machine for an hour or two al
a time, but in the meantime no Other
person can touch horse or the Ian.
tern which the dog carries.
Mack took up his task Of his own
account. One night his master was
using lantern while adjusting the
sweeper and when he had finished
he started his team, leaving the Ian.
tern. Presently he looked around anc
saw Mack carrying the lantern il
his mouth. The dog has been carry
ing 1t regularly ever since.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16
Corn is Staff of Life.

1.-TWO hundred distinct dishes
may be made from corn, all palat.
able, and all for few cents each
Having made this observation
Mrs Elizabeth o. Hitler, 29S East
Ohio street, said it was a matter fol
regret the people of this country
especially the laboring class, were
not educated to the manifold uses oil
the grain as food.
She had charge of the corn
kitchen at the National Corn expo
sition at the Coliseum for the two
weeks beginning Oct. 5. Mrs. Hill
Ter formerly was principal of the
Chicago Domestic Science Training
school.
"The other evening" she contin-
ued, 81 served half dozen people
here with a delicious corn dish, and
what do you think it cost? Just 9
cents"
The dish she described was Pam
haus, an old Pennsylvania Dutch
combination of cornmeal and liver
sausage, that was invented in the
Broad mountains in the days when
people were poor.
"The average person." Mrs. Hil-
Ter continued, doesn't know corn to
great extent will take the place of
meat. It has fully the food value
ofswheat and is not heating, and is
of course much cheaper. For few
cents one may always have plenti-
full supply, and it should be kept in
every we'll appointed household"
THE simplest thing, of course, !"
said Mrs. Hitler, sis the pone or
dodger that the Indians bake on the
roeks-simply a little corn meal
mixed with salt. They parched the
corn first and then ground it into
meal. They mixed it with salt from
the 'licks' and called it journey cake,
for they would halt to make it while
on q journey. From this we haye
the corruption Johnny cake
"The Indians had more elabor-
ate dish, something like the Pam
haus. 1t was porridge in which
they mixed bits Of fish or game and
berries, ,andthe nearest thing we have
to it is Philadelphia scrapple, made
from beef livers and the delicate
flakes of meat from pigs head. :"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16
No Place Like Iowa After All,

Occasionally good man grows
dissatisfied with Iowa. The milk is
too yellow or the honey too sweet
and he doesn't want them to- flow
over his land anyway. So he parts
with his farm, sells his livestock and
other things too numerous to men
ton, and moves to Oklahoma There
he takes his good Iowa money and
buys farm which today is and to-
morrow is not, because the wind has
blown it away. Or he tries Colora-
do and slushes around in the mud
irrigating strip of bottom SO mar.
row that COW can't jump into the
field because she jumped over it,
Then he hears Of Texas and goes
down to hunt the bag of gold at the
end of the rainbow. In the daytime
he scratches sapdburs out. of his
flesh and at night centipedes crawl
over his face. When his money is
all gone he begins to feel like he
did the first night he stayed away
from home. He yearns for good old
Iowa, and the yearns stick in his
throat and chokes him till the tears
come to his eyes. He would give
months work to see the cows stand.
ing at the bars on the old Iowa farm
and hear the horn blow for supper.
Memory is a marvellous painter
and paints the best things we love
best. 1t pictures to the traveller the
corn silking in the field he once
owned, the wheat yellowing for the
harvest, the clover stretching away
in carpet of red and green, richer
than the rugs of Persia. 1t shows
him the elms as they whispered to
his children at play beneath thenl
points to the roses in the corner of
the old rail fence, and infinite de-
tail paints thousand things that
touch the heart and proves its whim-
steal power. Happy is the man who
wakes from sleep to find that he has
wandered from Iowa only in his
dreams. Seneca Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16

Sir Hiram Maxim. the great in
ventor and experimenter, has been
doing the dangerous thing. He has
been predicting that wireless tele-
graphy can never supercede the
ocean cable. Eminent men, and
scientists too, foretold the impcssi-
bility of communication by cable
under the water. 1t is not more
than 10 years since these same wise
men were telling us that it was con
trary to all laws of nature to talk
through the air without any direct
and visible means of sending the
message. Science is always at work
making the impossible of yesterday
the easily understood Of today.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16
.nr} MANCHESTER 1907

their wheat at stage Of greenness
which would never be thought of,in
the country souths They can do
this with safety, for two reasons:
First, in that cool climate wheat cut
green and shocked will not spoil as
it will further south; and second,
cell life is not destroyed immediate
ly by cutting the stalk from the
ground. The cell goes on develop
ing plant food until it is dried out,
whereas in the case of frost its oper-
ations cease at once.-Wallaces'
Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16

ated only as church. THE state
authorities had prepared papers in
actions which were to have begun
in few days, and the Rollers were
greatly alarmed over the possible
outcome Of the suits.
In the fertile brain of BENJAMIN
Purnell, however, there was hatched
the idea which was explained to the
faithful 300 at mass meeting, and
which was embraced by them as a
heaven sent inspiration.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16

Customer-You have deceived me
outrageously! You told me that I
would be provided with a good watch
rs long as lived, and now after bare.
ly fortnight 1t is quite good for moth.
ing! Watchmaker-But it is not my
fault that you were SO thin and sick
looking!- For Transatlantic
Tales From Fliegende Batter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16
Souvenirs.
Hava We been in Europe:
Ishould rather smile!
Piked across the Continent.
Travelled round 10 style,
.nsaVnpna s.nr p.,,t. ~.

Have We been in Europe:
Ishould rather smile!
Piked across the Continent,
Travelled round 10 style,
1stored from Berlin to Pest,
Watched the miles unravel-
And we've brought from every place
Souvenirs Of travel.
Here's bit from Notre Dame
Rnocked It OF myself;
Gargoyle. this. from Ely's church.
Cunning little elf!
See ttis key from Windsor. pray
bWiped II from the guard!
And this piece OF Luther's chair
Wood was awful hard!
Marble here from Bony's tomb.
Pretty near got caught;
Old Etruscan pottery, this.
Kind that can't be bought;
Plece of Venus hand. you See
Artist had the trick-
Gotit In the Vatican.
Broke It OF right quick.
Have We been 70 Europeo
Well. / should opine!
Piked across the Continent,
Travelled down the Rhine,
Pertinent was out Of sight
Here's the speakers gavel!
Brought, you see. from every place
Souvenirs Of travel.
william Wallace Whitlock In New
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16

Eyes, I'm going abroad atSonce.
gotta CO." }SS2
"Oh, you mustn't let the doctors
scare your S,,,
81 got this from a lawyet9 Wash
ington Herald. s.E;35j
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16

Jeweler-This ring is shillings more
than the plain one on account of the
chasing. Buyer-But you won't have
to chase me. I'm going to pay for
what get-London Lady.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16
Inaratitude.

One of the passengers from wreck
ed steamer who was saved by pigs
swimming ashore with life line ate
bacon for breakfast as soon as he ar
rived at Sydney.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-16

No man was ever SO muclI .dekstyed
by;another, as by himself. .-Gfevi1SHE
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-03
AN OLD TIME
PRESENTMENT

The Gadsden county court house at
Quincy contains many ancient and in
teresting documents. Following is a
copy of a grand jury presentment,
dated April, 1924, which indicates
some Of the troubles with which the
people had to contend in those early
days:
An Old Document.
Territory of Florida, Gadsden county,
April term 1924.
Present, his honor, Jonathan Robin
son. Judge.
We, the grand jurors for the county
of Gadsden, congratulate the homo
rable court and the Inhabitants of the
county that few subjects worthy OF
presentment have come under their
knowledge during the present term.
but situated as the white population
of this county are surrounded by many
of the aboriginal Inhabitants. who,
though very friendly and well dis
posed, are yet liable to be reused
and impelled to the most atrocious
acts, by the misrepresentation of bad
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-03

is calculated to advance the interests
of his town and county.
The Social Side.
Quincy, like nearly every Southern
city, is noted for its open hospitality
and for the social graces Of its fair
women and the county chiyalry of its
gallant men, In the homes Of Quincy's
good people may be found a society
equal in culture and social attain
ments to the best that the world af-
fords.
The Empire Club, an exclusive
social organization, has a membership
of about so of the city's best people,
and the handsome club rooms are al
ways open to the friends of any of
the members.
A new opera house with a seating
capacity of 900, is one of the most
important of the social features and
some of the best attractions on the
road are seen there
As Shipping Point.
1t may seem broad statement, but
Quincy probably does larger annual
shipping business, outside of the sea
ports themselves, than any place in
the state of Florida. The Seaboard
Air Line passes through it and the
G. F. & A. has run branch which
connects Quincy with its main line al
Havana.
/ The Seaboard receives about %
cars a day and does monthly bust
ness of over $4,000, while the G.. F
& A. receives about IL cars a day
| and does a monthly business of over
$4,000 When a town Of Quincy's
size receives 80 cars daily and sends
them away loaded to their capacity'i'
means that some business is done
| there.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-03

While his father was serving as
collector of the port Of Apalachicola
under Jackson's first term, Judge
White, then a small boy, saw the first
steamer enter that port, the steamer
Fannie, and it attracted a great deal
of attention.
Tried Hayes-Tilden Electors Case.
Judge White was Judge of the cir.
cult court of the Second judicial dis
trict from 1869 to 1879 and it was be-
fore him that the famous Tilden-Hayes
electors case was tried, with the re-
suit that the Tilden electors were
given certificates of election, from
the. state, but only to be unseated
when the case was carried to the
higher tribunal.
The case came before Judge White,
sitting at Tallahassee, in the form of
a quo warranto proceeding, brought
by the Tilden electors to test the ques-
ton as by what right the Hayes elect
ors held office. Judge White heard the
evidence lin the contested counties
and decided that the true vote gave
the election to the Tilden electors
and that they were entitled to certifi-
Gates. The case attracted widespread
attention at the time and many promi-
nent men in the United States ap-
peared in it at Tallahassee.
There is not a single lawyer now
alive who was here when Judge White
began to practice law in 1874. He
was a contemporary with Judge R. L.
Campbell and Gen. j. j. Finley. both
/, of whom are now dead. During the
civil war he was the chief commits
sorry for the state. and he was for four
years, under Bloxham's administra-
ton, commissioner OF land and immi-
grafton.
The judge, despite his 81 years and
I long activity, is still active both men.
tally and physically, is fascinating
conyersationalist and one of the most
interesting characters whom the state
affords. He has seen Florida develop
/ from a wilderness, whose only inhabi
tants were Indians and wild animals
into a great and productive common
/ wealth of 100000 people who have
now, in natural resources, one Of thu
richest states in the union with q
future Of promise second to none.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-03
The Oldest Inhabitant.

The oldest inhabitant' Of any COM
munity-and every community has
one-always possesses a distinction
which time only can supply, and
Quincy's Oldest inhabitant has other
things besides long life which give
him a distinction separate and apart
from his fellow citizens.
The patriarch of Quincy and Gads.
den county is Judge Pleasant Wood
son White, now 81 years cid, still hale
and hearty, with a vigorous appetite,
and a love for outdoor exercise that
still calls him for long horseback
rides through the county in which he
Is the oldest surviving white settler
Judge White has had long and dis
tinguished career He was born in
Putnam county, Ca, May %, 1920
and he came to Florida, when the
state was still territory, with his
father in January 1923, and has lived
in Gadsden county ever sipce. His
father was DIR. David l.. White, ply
stefan and for so years Methodist
preacher, and he helped lay out the
town of Quincy in 1926. In fact the
receipt for DR.. Whites entry for the
land on which Quincy is now located
is still filed in the circuit clerks of
fee in the court house at Quincy, and
bears the signature of R. K. Call whe
was at that time receiver of the U
s. land Office in that district.
When Judge White came to Florida
there were no roads, no clearings, and
only two or three white settlers in
the county. There were three or foul
Indian towns in the county, but the
red men who lived there have Ions
since vanished, and no signs now
mark the places of their early abode
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-03

and designing men, they feel sorry
to be compelled to present as a griev-
ance that Stephen Richards, the In
dian interpreter, who residing beyond
the jurisdiction Of this court is in the
naoit OF using the influence which his
situation as interpreter gives him OF
poisoning the minds of said Indians
by false representations against the
white population Of this territory.
They also present as grievance
the practice of sending spurious
liquors to the Indians.
HENRY YONGE, Foreman.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-03
Gadsdcn County.

Gadsden county. according to the
state census OF 1905. had population
Of 1851. of which 1851 were white
and 1e,S4S were negro, 1t has a land
surface of about SOC square, miles ana
It produced farm products for the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-04-16
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEyVBERRY.

Under and by authority of an dr-
der of Court signed by His Honor R.
0. Purdy, Presiding Judge, dated
April list, 1907, notice is hereby Civ
cn that Il special term Of the Court
of Common Pleas for Newberry
County will be held for one week at
Newberry Court House beginning
Monday the 29th day of April, 1907,
at 2.30 O'Clock p. NJ.
All persons interested in said court
will please take notice thereof.
Jno. c. Goggans,
G.. c.. c.. P. & G. S.
April LIST, 1907.