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The Southern farm gazette., 1908-07-11

The above method os handling
may ee necessary ON low bottom
lands that AZ" quite likely 10 over
aow. But for second bottom ana up-
lands there ~ a better aay ana one
iha. ls whole iss better The writ
~ has watched good snaay men
pull fodder and has wondered -
many times II theT had Any Idea %
the anoun; Of time they were waxt-
ing- Some var. pulling fodder never
io~ok~6 IN The writer like d mans Job
The amount q. fee! one could SECURE
IL day being 80 very small when
compared with other methods ~
saving feed Set one hand 10
pulling fodder. give another
cora katie and let hina go .n cut.
ting the entire stalks A. the cad
a. ;he day the uan ~ith tao knl.c
vtii hare saved more u: the blades
tAAa The other man las secured -
wt3s have q: The same tiEEAe harvested
;Ae tora. ears and fhnckK and saved
them tn good -KaEe3. weIl-busi shocks
vaeu oaly anal, amount ~ the
sessa will be exposed 20 the weather
and Ae wtlg have saved e.oagh o.
grain shraaAage by cats4ng the ca
tire stalk 10 pat for b" wora os
harvesting Twice over.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-07-11

Open front houses are best for
poultry In the South all the year.
and during the hot season they are
doubly good. Let the birds air of in
summer. Good air costs nothing, and
is just as useful as good feed. Let
the birds have an abundance of il.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-07-11

cultivation is finished II used for
hay, cut before it natures, since
many hairs on the heads become
very stiff with age and injure stock
by the formation Of hair balls in the
stomach.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-07-11

Editorial Answer: AIHiL" cIpVFF
II bs-at for set grounds. and IL use ]
10 bee said IL MAS worth nothing on
dry soils, but more recent expert
etscr shows IL ia valuable on what
many term dry soils. Sow six pounds
or seed in March or September per
acre. Prepare good seed bed FOR
this seed and do no, cover too deep.
Bur clover does not need such
rnrrfui rrrparatlon Of The seed bed
bat good preparation will pay. a
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-07-11

stand Of fl can be got by hArro wing
the sred in on Bermuda sod. and
even withou, narrowing them In;
but better germination Will be got
D.. getting the seed or the burs into
'he soil 10 that sprouling IL promo'-
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-07-11


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The Southern farm gazette., 1908-07-11

On the moist land as described the
following mixture can be tried with
strong hope of success four pounds
~ alsike clover. Ave pounds OF tall
fescue tcalled also tail meadow fes-
cue. English blue grass, Randall
grass, and hy other namesl four
pounds Of rad Top. and five pounds OF
orchard grass seed This mixture
viii give good grazing as early as
February, Ia addition 10 the hay II
Will yield. By having grass growing
with The alzike clover. the clover
will not make cruptions on the skins
Of horses and mules that Craze II,
which would sometimes happen IL
grass Was not eaten with the clover.
Hay buyers in community may have
= decided preference for the hay of
some particular plant: and in seed
Ing meadow. IL Is best 10 plant
whatever viii satisfy this preference.
however unreasonable II may be, II
IL can be done without sacrificing
too much, Pearson is not far from
Jackson. Miss. and other places that
should be good markets for hay:
there Is good net income from hay
growing. and the boil weevil Is not
great distance from this point: so,
hay raising seems 10 offer a very
good opportunity 10 any man who
has wasted enough money in trying
to kill grass, that he is ready TO look
at the gain that can be had by grow
ing grass and making ii into hay.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-07-11
Editorial Answer:

Editorial Answer: AT the best,
only temporary success could be had
with alfalfa or red clover on poorly
drained land. Since Bermuda h
thriving on this farm, Il had better
be relied on for one OF the main hay
plants. o. course IL Is wise TO use
Il clover or alfalfa instead Of grass
for hay when conditions are favor
able To good returns from the clover
or alfalfa, since ii will help 10 i'm
prove the soil There Is a clover
that can be used on wet soft for hay
or pasture~-alsike clover II Will
even stand submercence for time.
while 1; vii! also grow on uplauds.
Till tests in the vicinity show that
alstke will thrive. however. 1t is ad-
vssabie 10 plant only limited areas
till results point TO the future policy.
X viii not make as large yield as
red clover where red clover Is Il sue
cssss. bat the alsIke IL more likely To
thrive. It's habit Is more recum bent,
and before cutting ii Will not seem
that there In IA much hay on the
ground as there really Is AIsige
suay be grown alone, bat II mixture
Of hay plants Will give a larger yield
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
DISTURBS THE HOUSE
EXCITED PERSON RANTS AND
WAVES AMERICAN FLAG.

George G. Gridley of Providence. r. l..
who interrupted the proceedings OF the
House of Representatives yesterday aft
ernoon by loud shouting. waving flag at
the time. was today placed in the WASH
ington Asylum Hospital for treatment
and observation.
His condition. the police surgeons.
Drs. Barry and Richard. thought. did
not require that he be sent to the
Government Hospital for the Insane. and
he was placed where he could be observed
for few days before reaching a definite
conclusion.
flag and $3.50 i'm real money, Gridley dis
turbed the proceedings of the House dur
ing consideration OF the sundry civil APP
preparation bill. Representative Parsons
of New York had just taken his seat.
after a five-minute talk on the prohib-
ton amendment. when the visitor. who
Ia about forty years OF age unfurled a
small American flag and addressed the
chair in a loud voice.
Mr.. Chairman. Mr.. Chairman" he said,
II hope you will recognizable rights OF,
this flag OF American citizens
The floor and galleries were packed. and
everybody turned in the mans direction.
House attaches quickly took the intruder
out. He struggled desperately, all the
while addressing the House. Most of his
remarks were drowned in the confusion
which reigned. but his closing words end
ed with land deprive people OF thG6
homes
In the guardhouse he gave his name as
George c. Gridley and said he was from
Providence. R. l. He called attention to
the fact that he had $3.50 in his pockets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
CUBAN ARMY HEAD HERE.
Gen. Puente Wants Model Fore:
When Island Starts Alone.

NEW YORK. May Gen. Faustino
Guerra Puente, commander-in-chief OF
the Cuban army. is in New Yorl,
He has come to make study
OF army organizati ton in the states Gov
Magoon has sent him to see how We do
things here, so that he may not be alto
Rether left when the time comes for the
withdrawal of the American troops. Under
President Roosevelts promise. Cuba Is to
start again on her own account early next
spring.
He is accompanied by Maj. Jose Marti
Of the Cuban artillery. who has been aid
de-camp to Gov. Gen. Magoon through
out the provisional administration,
and was also in attendance on Sec
rotary Taft during his recent mission to
the island. and by Capt. Landa of the
Cuban machine gun corps.
For many years Gen. Guerra Puente
has been prominent figure In Cuban af-
fairs. although he is still quite a young
man. After graduating at Havana Uni
versity he became a lawyer. but was soon
in the ranks of the insurrectionists. AT
the time of the Spanish american war he
was a colonel in the Cuban forces.
He comes. with Mai. Martf and Capt.
Landa. upon a special omcial mission from
the provisional government of Cuba. The
object Is to post himself fully as to Ameri-
can army methods especially as TO the in
struction Of cadets as to recruiting and
the machinery of supplies.
Visits are to be paid to the Military
Academy at West Point. to the STAFF Col
lese and Special Service Schools, at Fort
Leavenworth and the Mounted Service
School at Fort Riley. Kan. to the Coast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
>DoLLIvER ON POLITICS
Believes Taft and Bryan Will b
Presidential Nominees.

BALTIMORE. May Senator Jona-
than P. Dolliver Of Iowa wandered into
the Lyric alone last evening. He is a
lay delegate to the Methodist general
conference from the Iowa northwestern
conference. The senator took seat Qui-
city in the big hall. where he was espied
by some friends. who insisted that his
open, honest face, black mustache and
athletic figure should ornament the plat
form. He reluctantly accepted the invi-
tation to a higher seat. where he could
gaze into the faces of the 1900 interested
auditors
Whom will the republicans nominate
for President?" Senator Dolliver was
asked as he entered the hall.
Secretary Taft has the nomination
cinched," said the senator
And whom will the democrats nomi-
nate?"
Mr.: Bryan has the nomination
cinched."
did you get your Methodism in Pres
ton county. W. Va. where you were born.
or in the west?'
II was born a Methodist and was rocked
in the cradle of Methodism My dear and
good old father was a Methodist preacher
He went to his grave at the ripe age OF
ninety-one years strong in the Methodist
faith My religious belief and training
have been inheritances far beyond valua-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
Downfall in Ten Years.

1t IL not ten years since First Lieut.
Edward Hugh Martin. just returned from
a campaign in the Spanish war and deco
rated with medals for heroism at San
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his condition. and would take from no
boy the opportunities so many others
have enjoyed. except in so far as may be
necessary to prevent his employment in
places injurious TO his moral, mental OF
physical well being
An / am asking is that boy between
the ages Of twelve and fourteen years
may have the right to work for himseil
or the person named in the amendment
for such length of time as the judge
thinks proper whenever a necessity is
shown therefor. and when the work may
be performed in a moral and healthful
place"
The Lessons of Experience.
In answer to Mr.. Piles Mr.. Dolliver
said:
Il. for one am gradually growing more
and more opposed to having the duties or
American citizens defined by an order
from a court or report from some COM
mission or other. l believe it to be the
duty of Congress TO define what the leg
islative authority has the right to define
what the conduct of men shall be under
certain circumstances / heard speech
here Yesterday, which, while l did not
indorse all of il. had in 1t one element
which struck me as profoundly true ana
that is what we think ought TO De done
Shoulu De set uoWh III the -
so that a mans duty may be denned Dy
Jaw and not by the discretion OF Judge
or the report of some COMMISSION UT
other.
But from practical point OF view IN
all kindness to my hOnored friend. the
senator from Washington, l VIII say 10
him that this provision has been found
by the experience of nearly every state
that first adopted il and then abandonea
il destructive OF the efficiency OF the stat.
ute. and / sincerely hope it will not hnd
its way into this proposed act.
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LABOR. OF CHILDREN
Local Restrictions Adopted by
i. the Senate.
eALlINGER BILL PASSED
-
Mr.. Lodge Protests Against Mr..
!. Piles Amendment.
DISCRETION LODGED IN COURT
:
Authority Granted to Waive Provi-
sions Of the Law in Certain q
Exceptional Cases.
Child Labor Bill as Amended by
Senate.

Senator Gallinger's bill for the
regulation of child labor in the
District of Columbia. which has
been urged by the President in
recent messages to Congress. was
amended in several important par
ticulars before it passed the Senate
yesterday. AS it goes to the
House 1t provides:
That no child under fourteen
years OF age may be employed or
permitted TO work in A factory,
workshop. department store. tele-
graph ONCE. restaurant. saloon.
hotel. apartment house. poolroom.
theater. billiard room. bowling alley
or In the carrying of merchandise
or messages.
That no child under fourteen
years Of age shall be employed for
wages In any work whatever dur
ing school hours. nor before q am.
nor after 6 pm.
Senate and House pages are to be
exempt from the. operation of the
act.
The exception is also made that
when the Judge Of the Juvenile
Court. upon application from
parent. guardian. or next 1TlenO
Of any child. issues a permit allow
ing that child to work in any en-
ployment that will not in his opinion
injure the child mentally. morally
or physically. provided it shall be
shown that the chiid's help Is
needed for its own support. or that
of an invalid or disabled parent,
brother or sister.
In all cases where children under
sixteen years OF age are employed
In any Of the work above named,
age and schooling certificates must
be kept on file by the employer
and open to inspection of the proper
oficials. and the form Of the re-
CURED certificate is set forth in the
bill.
\ child under sixteen years of
age may not be employed in any
establishment named in the bill for
II. re than eight hours a day. nor
bes,rc 8 am. nor after pm. nor
emp."<sd for more than forty
eight hcars in one week.
Employers of such children are
required to post printed notices
sta ting Che number Of hours of
york reQuired. the time of begin
MT and OF finishing. and the hours
allowed for meals.
Tho appointment by the Commits
sionerS Of two inspectors to enforce
the act is authorized.
Prosecutions under the act are to
be in the Police Court.
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Artillery School at Fort Monroe. Va: the
school of Submarine Defense at Fort Tot
ten. and to the Engineering and Medical
schools at Washington.
Also some score or SO or arsena!s are 10
be seen. so that he may inspect fully the
process O: manufacture of al KINDS OF
arms ammunition and equipment. he
will likewise visit various recruiting sta
tons.
This new army had been established by
one OF the special acts framed by Gov.
Magoon. and was now being recruitel. IL
wo,,id consist of 1000 officers and men.
the rank and file being recruited for four
years service. There was also rural
guard. 5000 strong. acting as police in the
rural districts during peace. but bringing
the total forces up to 100 men unoe-
arms in time of trouble.
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over the porch and into the Bath Beach
| of Ri1lv WaSt

over the porch and into the Bath Beach
home Of Minstrel Billy West
There was little but a hulk left now of
the former army idol. But his parents
made one more effort to save him. The
marriage in Syracus, followed. Under the
influence of his young bride and the
chance of entering new profession in a
new part of the land. Martin did brace up
for a while But when the funds that
were to tide him to decency went up in
the western bank he threw away the last
shred of responsibility and plunged back
into debauchery.
Martin was suspected of the death Of
his partner In the Thunder Mountain
country. Idaho. He was held in Jail at
Lewiston, Idaho. for some time. The
body was never found and Martin was re-
leased Later he was arrested for dis
orderly conduct in Portland. and last July
barely escaped q term at Vancouver,
Wash. for stealing from pawnshop cash
drawer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
Juan Hill. was being feted and toasted
by society and officialdom from one end
| of his native f0yNn tn he other.

Juan Hill. was being feted and toasted
by society and officialdom from one end
Of his native town to the other.
Before that, born into the wealthy
wardman's family. he had won his way
to West Point; had distinguished him
SO high among his fellows that when the
war broke out he was gwen his commits
sion and highest recommendations in the
SD Regiment.
In the charge up San Juan he bore
two wounded comrades to safety under
the very guns Of the Spaniards. and
when he came back. as special mark of
recognition. he was transferred to the
9TH Artillery at Fort Hamilton:
John d. Crimmins and many other
deemed 1t an honor to entertain the young
hero. While a guest at the home of
Francis c. Travers at Oyster Bay his en-
gagement to Miss Katharine Travers was
announced. amid the plaudits of society.
and when. a little later. he was taken Ill
| there. he was nursued back to health by
the members of the family in time to
| appear as best man at the wedding OF
Vincent Travers and the beautiful Augusta
Lenhen.
Marries Poolroom Queen.
But this showering of favors and the
overmuch hero worship turned young
Martins head. He struck out into the
vivid life of the Great White Way.
gambling, drinking. rounding with the
fastest set until the first lieutenant's sal
airy became too meager for the pace he
went About this time he met Gussie Nc
Kee, then notorious as the keeper of d
poolroom on Sth avenue for women.
They were married after a sensational
courtship, and a month later army inspec-
tors found that Martins accounts as GUS
todian OF the artillery canteen were
short several hundred dollars. A court
martial Investigated. Despite recon-
mendations for mercy. and the fact that
while on trial he had risked his life to
save two marines from drowning Pres:-
dent Mckinley dismissed him from the
service.
From that time on the descent OF the
ex-West Pointer was rapid. The pool
room queen" began divorce proceedings
and died while the case was in court
Martin took to morphia. Pretty soon hs
had been arrested for passing a worth
less check.
Later forgery was proven against him
and he went to the penitentiary for
year. Free once more. he bobbed up In
the Yerkviile police court in 1905 cha re I'd
with attempted burglary of a drug store
That accusation was dismissed for lack
of evidence. but a few days later Martin
was arrested as one Of the suspicious
characters who had been trying to climb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
AFGHANS KILLED BY BRITISH.
List Of Dead Tribesmen Set Various.
~ at 90 and 500.

killed in the lighting which took place be-
tween a large Afghan force and the Brit
ish troops last Saturday at a point In the
Kyhber pass near Landi-Khotal. accord
ing to a dispatch sent in by a correspond
emit with the British column.
A message IL published here from La
hore. giving the Afghan dead at 900, but
this communication is discreditei
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
Funeral of Mrs. Margaret Gilbert

Funeral services over the remains O
Mrs. Margaret Gilbert. who died las
Tuesday. were held at 10 O'Clock thi.
morning at her late home. :oO6 F street
Rev. Dr. Wells, pastor of Mount Vernon
Methodist Episcopal Church. officiated
The interpent was in Glenwood GENIE
terry.
The paIlbearers were six grapdsons o.
the deceased, H. G. Reynolds. B. r
Rawlins and Carl. Clarence. Chapman
jr., and Charles Gilbert, jr. Many nora
offerings were received. one being from
President Roosevelt. one from the GilDer
class Of the Metropolitan Baptist Church
and another from members Of truck com
pany No. of the fire department, o.
which one Of the sons of the deceased /,
captain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-07
HELD FOR A MURDER
SPANISH WAR HERO SLEW
PAWNBRoKER WITH AXE.

Edward Hugh Martin, West Point
graduate. Spanish war hero. son Of for
mer Wardman Hugh Martin of New York
and recently the husband of Gussie Nc
Kee. the pool room queen" is locked up
at Portland, Greg, without bail. AS re-
| ported in dispatch to The Star yester-
| day he Is charged with numbering a
| pawnbrOker.
| Nathan Wolf was found dead in his
shop at Portland. last Saturday morning,
his body mangled with an axe. Evidences
| of fierce fight were everywhere. APP
parently he had first been shot in the
I neck from behind, but had still strength
to grapple with the robber. Then the
slayer -rought the axe into play and
after killing the pawnbroker. continued
| to SLASH the body.
When shirt found beneath the body
was identified as Martins he was ar
| rested. Later the prisoners wife, whom
| he had brought to Portland from SYRIA
| cuse. declared that she feared her nus
| band guilty. She confirmed the police
theory that the slayer was addicted to
| the use of drugs by the admission that
Martin IS addicted to morphine. The po-
| lice declare they have 4 clear case.
A dispatch from Portland SAYS:
Martin. in the Jail. denies his guilt. but
| continually calls for morphine and
whisky. He came here a little over a
| year ago from the east. where his par
ents had made last desperate effort to
| reform him by sanctioning his maria ae
| TO Tessie Griffin of Syracuse, and fur
| nishing him with funds SO that he might
take course In surgical school in the
| west.
Martin deposited the money in a local
bank. which failed. Then. completely dis
couraged. he plunged again into the deck
| less habits that transformed him rom
an idol Of eastern society into a thief.
| swindler and drug victim
Of late ne has been pawning the last
| effects of his young wife
1t Is the police theory that late Friday
nigh, he broke into Wolrs pawnshop
| aged Wolff awoke and resisted, killed
| him.
Downfall in Ten Years.
| 1t il not ten years since First Lieut.
Edward Hugh Martin. just returned from
a campaign in the Spanish war and deco
rated with medals for heroism at San
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died at LewisburS Tenn, of wounds in
fiicted by a rooster. The child fell in the
yard and the rooster attacked him. sink
ing its spurs repeatedly into the ohild's
head.
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II ever a ship deserved to die It was the
Slocum. but when Mr.. Gregory got hold OF
her it was found that her hull was still OF
use. and under the name Of Maryland abe
is now used as a lumber carrier down along
the Atlantic coast.
One Of the most famous burials on the
Perth Amboy fats was that Of the Daniel
Drew. long the queen Of the Hudson River
traffic and looked upon in those days az
the real thing in the line Of floating palaces.
Built In the early EOS she outlived her use-
fulness ten or a dozen year ago and
stripped Of her glories she was towed to
the Jersey shore to become junk.
Another boat that fell into the hands Of
the undertaken was the City Of Troy. which
burned. up the Hudson River, some years
ago. In her case, like that Of a friendless
human wanderer. it was decided that it
wouldn't pay to bring the body home and
she was torn apart without being moved.
Just at present business in the ship
burial line is quite brisk and two notable
additions have recently been made to the
yard, the City Of Key West and the Fair
field OF the Joy Line. Neither gives the
impression that her days of usefulness are
over, yet the first named is we'll over the
10 year mark, having been built in the eos
at Athens. N. Y, a name that doesn't
suggest shipyards to the present genera
ton.
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more leisurely gait but steadily have be-
come acclimated and find no fault with the
altitude except that they mo sleep as
much a they have been accustomed to do.
Perhaps 20 per cent Of the men who have
never worked at attitudes Of more than
1000 or 5000 feet find themselves unable
to stand the ~ 900 feet height and have to
give UP and return.
In building the railway the labor problem
has been serious The chief reliance has
been on the oholos, or Indian half bloods.
These. Of course. are Injured to the climate.
but they ave the aboriginal Independence
and work only when it suits them. Many
are small farmers. n in the crop season
they leave the railway for their farms.
The closing down temporarily Of some of
the tin mines enabled the contractors to
secure labor enough to complete the section
from viacha to Oruro, and with the ex-
perience that they have acquired in hand
ling the native labor they will probably be
able to secure laborers for the future build
ing without difficulty.