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The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01

Hon. Oscar J. Smith,
chairman .5O2rd of Regents If
university o. Nevada.
Dear Sir
Yours of January 27th, received
and contents noted. In reply will say
that l did say that l would ask the
committee on state institutions and
education to investigate the university
and report to the house why it costs
more to run the institution now than
when the attendance was much larger
that at the present time. And why
with our unparalleled prosperity, that
the State Universities attendance
does not increase. If it is the man
agement it should be remedied. 1t
seems strange to me that so many OF
our people are sending their children
out of the state to be educated. | did
say l am going TO try and find out
what becomes Of the register fee and
why an educational institution sup
ported by the state should have a
register fee.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01

The funeral Of the late Frank Tru-
dell took place this afternoon. From
Downey's undertaking establishment
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01

Mrs. Governor Sparks is spending q
few days in Carson meeting hosts OF
old friends.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01

The Convict's Daughter tonight.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01
Chairman of the University Regent.
Demands an Immediate inveS-
tigation.

The following is the correspondence
between Speaker Skagg5 and Oscar
Smith:
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01
PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE

There was no session of the AS
sembly today.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01

Today at 2 o'clock Superintendent
Brock of the Tonopah and Goldfeld
Railway addressed the senate on
Pynet's railroad tariff bill.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02

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Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02

THE WAsHERWoMAN's PROB
LEM is SOLVED AT THE PHOENIX
LAUNDRY.
2oo-206 Main Street. Both Phones 50.
SUITS CLEANED AND PRESSED.
j15-tf q. i
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02

II It is Hattiesburg dirt you want
to buy or sell, see Ferguson, $40 Main
Street. That is his business.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02
MEET.

lone of the
trade conven-
Exposition will
|e Tobacco AS
d States will
session. Con-
lave bee nes-
| Inn and vir-
~ all Of whom
Pociation, have
ms for the re-
bs from other
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02
liz CIRCUIT.

aggre-
I'll be distribut-
4 winning hors-
L which opens
1.-THE first OF tho
Racing circuit;
will be trans
Jam, and during
|uly 20 the Cir
i in connection
b State Fai, at
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02
nan Il cures.

han 1t Cures.
ave a rough and
kmpting to cure
he wounds they
they have cap
5. Ice baths be-
|tients are buried
|he hope that the
khe fever. They
several days, UNI
killed or cured.
|illed.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02

y lin" PiiiN- L AVoC otuinpS
removed by dynamite, by boring
holes through them and burning, by
digging them out, by stump pulling
machinery and by all known meth
|ybds, Boring and burning is the meth
nod appearing to be cheapest, and a
pachine for boring has been ordered
2rof. +. B. Ferris, the director of
station, is persistently striving
lid up this pine woods land to a
of high productivity by means
NAL manure, rotation of crops
pg peas, peanuts and vetches,
axe their nitrogen from the air,
pmercial sterilizers, etc. AL
md that unimproved would not
pre thon one-fourth to one
bale OF cotton per acre has
ght to a yield of bale per
very moderate applica-
lizer, say So to SO worth
ion of Field Crops.
on of field crops most
plant the land the first
and peas, the second
followed by peas, and
in cotton. An acre
pduced in 1904 thirty
800 pounds pea hay.
ats sown in the fall
ID 1920 pounds of
pats were cut peas
land and yielded
hay. In 1906
pounds of seed
IA bale. The
Ipr the three
h per acre.
tton each
Ae yielded
per acre
arly 400
Pm was
The air
hubble
acre
or of
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02


. AIR,
II AS STEEL. :
is in receipt of . I
Charles Austin .
are so many .
and witty say .
few are here .
| does not pay .
Pnd paper. He :
ct in peoples :
% ar ana as
beams.
\ lmperisnapie
umnie' priuses
y olsrup'ed.
on forever,
Y Morq' an luea,
meyer ~n0ns
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02
On well-enriched land


- at the rate of 100 crates pr
acre. giving shippers net Of over $500
ordinarily, and a much larger amount
this yeac of extra high cabbage prices.
Green beans have generally brought
SIS to 500 and more per acre, after
paying shipping and selling expenses,
and are not expensive to grow and
handle. Asparagus has done equally
WELL About two acres of strawberries
brought net returns of 5000 per acre
for three years in succession, net re-
turns here meaning the proceeds after
paying freights and commissions. To
matoes have also done we'll.
The bean. cabbage and early potato
crops always come off the land in
time to grow corn, peas or cotton on
the land the same year.
The Mississippi experiment stations,
four of them in all, are doing great
work for Mississippi and particularly
marked and encouraging are theresults
being achieved at Mcneil. Just now
the labor market is so active and
wages so high that most people are
deferred from engaging in agriculture
in this great timber belt, but with
large yields of high-priced crops such
as may be had under intelligent man
agement here, agriculture can COM
pete in any labor market with any
other pursuit If properly backed up
with capital to do business with The
station grows good, large acreage
of chufas and peanuts to fatten hogs
on, and finds growing pork in this way
quite remunerative.
Near Wilmington, N. c., in the pine
woods. some ten years ago, little
truck-farming interest started up.
Last year one small place shipped
200 carloads of Strawberries alone.
Land worth from SO to SIS an acre
then is said to be worth from $50 to
$3.50 now. The early fruit grown in
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas for1
but a small fraction as much
Atlantic States from FL
BOSTON and
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02


grow fall Irish potatoes
them profitable. Dozens of
Mere have opened farms to raise
bral crops as well as early vege-
F6les. The yields of corn, cotton,
cane, sweet potatoes, etc., prove in
every case tire splendid possibilities
of this pine land
The Lacey Lumber Company and
the w B. HARRISON Lumber Company
both do large lumber business at
Carriere.
The mercantile houses are: The w.
G. Lonnergan Mercantile Company,
Watson & Co., Smith & C O., Elias
Saik, J. M. Lopez, w. M. Harper, j. r.
Gordon and R. L. Chisholm. Quite a
good business in charcoal, firewood
and piling timbers is done.
Carriere has two as nice churches
as any town would wish, and has
about 1000 people.
The people at Picayune are wide
dWdhC. hCy bCiiCfS III tleiI lOWu
and the country surrounding A bust
ness league has been formed to push
it along, induce settlers to come, and
to offer special inducements to truck
farmers and dairymen to settle the
beautiful lands adjacent. Fine arte-
sian water, possessing valuable min.
eral qualities. flows in a bold stream
twenty feet above ground Second
story residences are easily watered
by the natural pressure. OF course,
this fine water makes irrigation posi-
bilities on the level land of the very
best, and besides a large creek near
by would enable the easy irrigation of
thousands of acres of the prettiest
land one ever saw Although this
particular land is of the kind to hold
moisture better than any other pine
land, irrigation to supplement the ~
urai moisture would be extrema
liable for fall crops of Irish
cabbage, sugar capahl
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-02

4 police, who
hg answering
brought there
I've fears that
|dered or had
/. Nothing in
led.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02
10y EHSZ1IN l(9

the writ of habeas corpus CFor n
fuller account of my arrest see state
ments of United States Senator Reagan
w. Il. Johnston. President Tulane Uni
versity; F.. r. Lubbock. Treasurer OF
Texas, b. n. Harrison, Esq, of New
York City, all eye-witnesses; also "The
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Gov
ernment," page 700, Vol. II. For my
life at Fortress Monroe see THE
Prison Life of Jefferson Davis" by DR.
l.. J. ]. Craven. New York: Carleton
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02
Nh. 100000 horsepower Ship.

The producer problem has received
the attention of the ablest engineers
OF the world. as the present wastetui
use OF fuel with steam cannot continue.
and the men who give their time ana
attention to reduce the fuel bill OF the
world and conserve Its latent energy
are rendering a service OF supreme
Importance to mankind. The nara coal
gas producer now Is in general use,
and rapidly Is forcing the steam plant
aside, especially In factory plants. the
scft coal producer is giving good re-
suits, but must be developed further.
I've next important development VIII
be q simple and easily manipulated
crude oil gas producer
With its coming as commercia.
product we shall see the gas engine
in future tramps, and with the advent
OF the first passenger. liner It's univer-
sal adoption on transatlantic passenger
steamers will be assured. Whether the
steamer will be made smaller or not
is hard to say. but probably on account
of the greater steadiness and the
lesser influence of waves tho vessels
will continue to grow.
One hundred thousand horsepower
can be Installed In the space and on.
the weight OF $4,000 horsepower Of
steam, as put on n modern liner. The
consumption OF crude oil will DO about
7bO tons per day for such power.-En-
cheering Magazine.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02

Hon. Joseph f. willard, late Lieuten-
nt-Governor of Virginia. for many
years member of the General Assem-
BIZ for Fairfax. and at present a mem
Der of the Corporation Commission,
WHO has lived In Virginia since he was
six years old.
Mrs. Willard (Antonia Ford) WAS de-.
scended from the Rev. James Keith and
Mary Isham Randolph, daughter Of the
FIRST Thomas Randolph. OF Tuckahoe,
who was second son of William RAN
dolph. of Turkey Island.
Daring Scotchmnn.
Perhaps Miss Ford inherited the dar-
ing spirit of this James Keith, Scotch
man with q peculiar history.
He was a member of the house of
Keith, who were Earls- Marechals OF
Scotland, and Iineal descendant of
Sir Robert Keith. who commanded the
Scottish cavalry at the battle OF Ban
nockburn.
James Keith was a divinity student
at Aberdeen when the rebellion of Ills
broke out For the active part he took
in this and the attempt to revive the
Stuart cause in l719. price was set
upon his head and his patrimony was
connscated. He escaped to France in
fishing smack and continued the
study OF divinity. Returning to Eng
land he was ordained minister of the
Church OF England. He was first rec
tor OF Henrico parish, in Virginia, and
afterwards rector of Hamilton parish,
In F'auquer county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02
LIFE OF PRESIDENT
DAVIS AS TOLD IN
HIS OWN WORDS
CONTINUED from Sixth Page.)

1860, / was appointed one OF a Senate
report on some practicable adjustment
of the controversies which then threat
ened the dissolution of the Union. l
at first asked to be excused from the
committee; but at the solicitation of
friends agreed to serve, avowing my
Willingness to make any sacrifice to
avert the impending struggle. The
committee consisted of men belonging
to the three political divisions of the
Senate the States rights men of the
South. the Radicals OF the North, and
the Northern Democrats, with one
member who did not acknowledge him
self as belonging to any one of the
three divisions-Mr. Crittenden, an old
ti:ne Whig and the original mover OF
the compromise resolutions. When the
committee met it was agreed that, I'M
less some measure which would receive
the support of the majority of each OF
the three divisions could be devised.
1t was useless to make any report; and
after many days of anxious discussion
and a multiplicity of propositions,
though the Southern States rights men
and the Northern Democrats and the
Wing, Mr.. Crittenden, could frequently
agree. they could never get majority
of the Northern Radicals to unite with
them in any substantive proposition.
Finally the committee reported their
failure to find anything on which the
three divisions could unite. Mr.. Dou-
glas. who was member of the COM
mittee, defiantly challenged the North
ern Radicals to tell what they wanted.
AS they had refused everything. he
claimed that, they ought to beewtlling
to tell what they proposed to do.
Took Formal Leave.
When officially informed that Mis-
sissippi had passed the ordinance of Sc
cession, took formal leave Of The
Senate, announcing for the last time
the opinions had SO often expressed
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02
FATALITIES IN
THE CIVIL WAR
Compared Witt, Other Great
Losses Sustained on Other
Historic Fields.

Many persons who will be the guests
of Richmond during the Confederate
Reunion Will readily recall the address,
of General Joseph Wheeler at the con-
elave of the survivors of the Southern
confcderacy In Charleston. S. G., IN
1899. In that address General Wheeler
presented facts and figures to show
the losses sustained in battles In the
Civil War. as compared with some OF
the most. desperate and tragic strug-
giles in history. The following extracs
from his address will be read with
Interest.
AT Waterloo. one. Of the most des-
peratc and bloody fields recorded IN
ties did not reach Y per cent, HIS HIS
wounded. in more than 100000 mens
while at Shiloh. the first great battle
of the West, tho casualties on one side
were 0.74O out of $4,000, while on the
other the number of killed and wounds
ed reached isis. amounting to 80 per
cent. Napoleon at Kngram lost per
field and retreated AT Racour Marshal
Sake lost 9 1-2 per cent; at zurich.
Massena. only per cent; at Lagrlzs
Frederick. - per cent: at Ma III.
plaquet. Marlboro. but 10 per cent, and
at Ramilliers, 6 per cent.
Henry OF Navarre's troops were re.
ported cut to pieces at Contras, and
| yet his loss was less than 10 per cent
At Lodi, Napoleon lost | IL per cenN
At yalmy, Frederick Williams car
mage. cost Napoleon an average loss
of less than IL 12 per cent The aver
| age loss OF both armies at Magenta
and Solferino was less than per cent
| AT Eonlgsrath. in 1866. the loss was
per cent At werth. Specheran. Tour.
Gravelotte and Sedan. In 1890, the COM
bired loss was per cent. Whiie. On
the historic battlefield Of Hohenlinden
General Moreau lost but per cent. and
| the Archduke John lost but Z per cent.
| in killed and wounded, Americans
would scarcely call this lively skir.
mish.
At Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chicka-
manga, Atlanta, Gettysburg. MISSION
airy Ridge, the Wilderness and Spos.
syivania the loss frequently reached,
and sometimes exceeded 40 per ce ds,
and the average of killed and wounded d
on one side or the other was over 30
per cent.
OF the young men who were at West
Point during the short period OF my
| cadet ship, ffty-six were killed In battle,
and estimating the ratio of killed and
wounded at one to five, ESQ were
wounded.
.From tho date of the discovery OF
| America to 1851, in all wars with otner
nations. find the record OF deaths In
while from 1861 to 1865. both sides
tbejng opposed by Americans. more than
i 100 general officers fell while leading
i their triumphant columns.
/ "From 1892 to 1851 the Killed ana
wounded upon American soil IN az.
battles. combats and sklrmisnes auuuu
together. as shown by reports. hardy
| exceeded the casualties of single bat.
ties of the great conflict of the C!vh
War;
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the Provisional CongreS\ / removed
the Confederate capital from Montgom
cry to Richmond.
Among the many indications of good
will shown when on my way to and
after my arrival at Richmond was the
purchase of very fine residence in
Richmond by leading citizens. 1t was
offered as a present; but, following
rule that had governed my action in
all such cases. l declined to accept it,
continued to live In Richmond until
tine Confederate forces were compelled
to withdraw from the defenses of the
capital.
That event was not quite unexpected
but it occurred before the conditions
were fulfilled under which General Lee
contemplated retreat. After General
Lee was forced to surrender. and Gem
eral Johnston consented to do so. |
started with very few OF the men
who volunteered to accompany me for
the Trans MIississippi but. hearing on
the road that marauders We're pursuing
my family. whom l had not seen since
they left Richmond, but knew to be
en- route to the Florida coast, 1 changed
my direction. and. after a long and
hard ride. found them encamped and
| threatened by a robbing party. To
give them the needed protection, !
travelled with them for several days
until In the neighborhood of Irvinville,
| Ga, when 1 supposed 1 could safely
! leave them. But hearing about night
| fall that a party of ma uders We're to
attack the camp that night. and sup
posing them to be pillaginE deserters
from both armies. and that the Con-
| federates would listen to me, I waited
their coming, lay down in my travelling
clothes, and fell asleep. Late in the
night my colored coachman aroused me
with tho intelligence that the camp
was attacked and l stepped out of the
tent where my wife and children We're
sleeping and saw at once that the as
sailants We're troops deploying around
wife, who urged me to escape. After
some hesitation l consented, and SER
want woman started with me. carrying
bucket as If going to the spring for
water. One of the surrounding troops
| ordered me to halt and demanded ms
! surrender. l advanced toward the
trooper, throwing off a shawl which
! my wife had put over my shoulders
/ The trooper aimed his carbine, when
| my wife. who witnessed the act, rushed
| forward and threw her arms arount
me, thus defeating my intention, which
! was If the trooper missed his aim t.
ltry to unhorse him and escape with
his horse. Then with every species OF
petty pillage and offensive exhibition
| I was taken from point to point unit
| incarcerated In Fortress Monroe. Thers
/ I was imprisoned for two year.
before being allowed the privilege OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02
Testing EGGS.

Science has devised means whereby
man in a darkened room, with Q
strong light outside peephole, can
tell without breaking them whether
eggs are good or ancient OF necessity
In great city there must be many
egg testers. and in New York they
lave formed union. The other day
tho walking delegate of the Egg Test
ers' Union went to one of the largo
concerns. claiming that several men
in its employ had failed to pay their
dues in the union. and demanded that
the firm discharge them. The employ
ers declined to be collecting agency
and a strike Sollowed. II uttcans Eo-5
ing to New York find themselves
served with eggs that have survived
their usefulness, they viii understand
and appreciate the reason.-Utica
Press. rs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-02

as to State sovereignty. and as CON
sequence of it. the right of State to
withdraw its delegated powers. Before
l reached home / had been appointed
by the convention of Mississippi com
niander chief of it's army. with the
rank OF major-general, and / at once
proceeded with the task of organiza-
ton. / went to my home in Warren
county in order to prepare for what l
believed was to be long and severe
struggle. Soon a messenger came from
the Provisional Confederate Congress
at Montgomery, bringing the unwel-
come notice that / had been elected
Provisional President of the Confeder-
ate States. But, reluctant as 1 was to
accept the honor. and carefully as I
had tried to prevent the possibility OF
1T, in the circumstances of the country
could not refuse it; and L was maui
gurated at Montgomery. February IS.
1851, with Alexander Il. Stephens, OF
Georgia, as Vice-President
From this time to the fall of the
Confederate government my life was
part of the history of the Confederacy
and of the War between the States.
It is impossible, therefore, to follow ii
in detail.
No Party Distinctions.
In the selection of Cabinet was
relieved from difficulty which sur
rounds that duty by the President of
the United States, for there We're no
sections" and no party" distinctions
All aspirations, ambitions and-interests
had been merged in a great desire for
Confederate Independence.
In my inaugural address + asserted
that necessity, not choice, had led to
the secession of the Southern States
that as an agricultural people their
policy was peace and free commerce
with all the world; that the constitu-
ent parts, not the system of govern
ment. had been changed.
Tie removal of the troops from For
tress Moultrie to Fort Sumter the guEs
of which threatened the harbor oil
Charleston, and the attempt to throw
achievements into that fort thus
doubly brea king a pledge that matters
should be kept in statu quo, constl
tuted the occasion as well as the JUST
fication of the opening OF fire upon Fort
Sumter. Speedily following this event
came the call for large army by Mr.
Lincoln and the secession of Other
Southern States as the consequence OF
this unmlstakahlc purpose of coercion
Virginia, which had led in the effort
by peace convention to avert national
ruin, when she saw the Constitution
disregarded and the purpose to compel
free States by military force to submit
to arbitrary power, passed an ordinance
Of secession and Joined the Confederate
States.
Moved to Richmond.
Shortly after this as authorized hS